The Boys School Festival.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . Chapter 402 Lieut .-Col . Joseph Wright PM No . 1434 PProvGS of W PZ 162 15 0

NORTH WALES . Lodge 755 James Porter 26 5 0 1336 Gwilt Cathrall PProvGAP WM 33 11 6 1674 Fisher Jones 22 10 6 1988 Major Thomas William Best ProvSGW PM 36 15 0 1988 AR Jones Griffith IPM — Unattached C K Benson ( Board of Managemnnt ) PPm . r ! W * 0 in n

, OXFORDSHIRE . Lodge 340 Philip W Margetts SW No . 1399 ) rn Q „ 340 Charles Milner Taphouse Asst DG i ° 357 P Colville Smith PProvGW PProvGW Cornwall V-Pres . PM 10 10 0 357 Harry Collison . 699 Georgo Cawthorne Sykes WM 12 12 0 1036 Rev . Arthur E Grisewood PProvGChap PM 10 11 6 1399 Joseph Freeman PM 1515 J Hastings PProvGPurs WM ) C 1 „ „ 1515 Alfred Edwin Hunt Std J ° 2414 Edward Rhys Wingfield Treas 19 8 0

SHROPSHIRE . Province Sir Offley Wakeman , Bart , V-Pres . ProvGM 60 13 0 Lodge 117 Henry Field Newman DC No . 2311 WM 36 15 0 262 Alexander Graham WM 63 0 0

SOMERSETSHIRE . 446 Ernest Arthur Ebblewhite ( see also Lodge No . 34 , Lon . ) 11 11 0 1755 W W Rice WM 37 16 0 SOUTH WALES ( WESTERN DIVISION ) . Province and 671 J Llewellyn Thomas PProv GS of W IPM 220 0 0

STAFFORDSHIRE . Lodge 482 G Shread PM 6 6 0 546 William Robert Blair PZ No . 546 PProv GW PM 31 10 0 637 Thomas Reeves Yoxall WM 22 16 6 726 James T Marson SW 10 10 0 . 726 William Hall JW and Sec 11 10 0 Chapter 624 J Fisher PProvGSB MEZ 31 10 0 Unattached

Mrs G Shread ... 5 5 0 Provincial Money 178 10 0 SUFFOLK . Lodge 81 Rov . N A Bosanquet ... 28 7 0 Capt . J H Leslie ( see also Punjab ) 21 0 0

SURREY . 889 Thomas Long PProvGDC PM 58 17 6 1362 Arthur Wood WM 44 2 0 1638 J Hammond Sumner WM 23 2 0 1851 F Jacob PProvGDC PM 45 PM 30 19 6 1920 T H Griffiths ... 100 0 0 1981 Samuel Ellis WM 52 10 0 2095 A F White SW 60 0 0 2473 J R Cleave WM 57 4 0

2502 T H Roberts IPM 60 0 0 2521 A H Gale IG 31 10 0 Unattached Fred West DepPGM PGD 21 0 0 R S Cobdeii ... 10 10 0 W J Mason PProvGD V-Pres . 15 15 0 C Offord Burgess 2473 V-Pres . PM 10 10 0 G Wardell ... 10 10 0 Mrs . T II Roberts ... 5 5 0 Mrs . T H Griffiths Lewis—AMaster H T Griffiths

SUSSEX . Province-J M Reed ... 110 5 0 Lodge 38 E Booth Wannop ... 21 10 0 732 J Billing PZ PProv GW PM 10 10 0 1110 Geo Fowler PM 12 1 0 1110 Joseph Welch ... 10 10 0 1466 Frederick Carr SW 38 17 0

16 i 6 John Sayers V .-Pres . PM 10 10 0 2187 John 0 Buckwell PPGD 36 15 0 2201 Gerald W E Loder , M . P . JW 107 2 0 2434 Rov . W Wakefield ... 10 10 0 2434 Howard ... 21 0 0 2483 H J Capon WM 23 12 6 Unattached V P Freeman PGD ProvGSec 10 10 0 C W Hudson PProvGW V-Pres . 10 10 0 Richard Clowes .,. 10 10 0 W Dawes PProvGReg PProvGJ

PProvGW 32 11 0 W J Geller ... 10 10 0 Chapman Marshall .. 10 10 0 Mrs . John Sayers ... 5 5 0 WARWICKSHIRE . Jubilee Life Presentation 525 0 0

Lodge 74 WPHoskins WM 1 74 Charles Lee PPGW V .-Pres . PM 74 T Surman PProvGD V .-Pres . PM 74 Josiah Collins PM No . 473 PM 74 Walter Ginder PM , . . 74 E C Newoy SW YXU 0 ° ° 74 Fred J Collins Sec 74 Henry Pinnell 74 Joshua Scowen 74 G Hug-gins

473 John Harris ProvGTreas PM 587 William A Bindley PPGW PM 5 5 0 587 Roderick J R Mackenzie PSGD 10 10 0 887 Howard J Collins PS RAC No . 43 2 nd Asst S No . 284 SD No . 587 52 10 0 938 Hans Graff IPM 1031 William Young WM 26 5 0 1180 Frederick Hobday PDGDC PM . 1180 William Hillman PPGP PM /„„ n . 1180 John Thomas Harcourt PM & CS l ° u

1180 John Palmer SW 1431 AECurrell ... | „ . . 1431 MF Jeffrey ... \ ° ' ° 1431 Emile Chatrian ... 11 11 0 1551 Thomas Rowbotham PM 10 10 0 Unattached W H Skinner ... 36 15 0 Lewis—Frank Bastick

WILTSHIRE . Province W J Mann PProvGTr Prov SGW 279 6 0 WORCESTERSHIRE . Unattached Thos R Arter No . 2034 PProv GTreas PM 925 PProvGW PZ 43 587 PProv lst AsstSoj of Warwicks . V-Pat . PM 10 10 0 Richard Westwood ... 57 15 0

YORKSHIRE ( NORTH AND EAST ) Lodge 312 Rov . E Fox-Thomas PProvGChap JW 30 19 n 543 W Lowther Garrick WM 10 io n

YORKSHIRE ( WEST ) . Lodge 154 Geo H Parke PM No . 1021 Pat . WM & PM 306 W Blackburn WM 306 J C Malcolm PM PProvGReg V-Pres . SW 439 Horatio S Wood ProvGStd PM Tr 904 John Gibbs PProvGTreas PM 1019 John J Martin PM 1102 Thomas Bailey PProvGOrg PM

HUH Ttios G Howell SD 1239 Charles Stokes PM 1513 James Wood WM 1513 Hotace B Nash JW 1513 Isaac Longley Treas 1542 GeiH Schofield 20 G 9 J Thornton James 2259 John Constable PProvGStdB PM Unattached John Hanson Mrs G H Parke Mrs W F Smithson

Total from the Province £ 285 10 0 ISLE OF MAN . Province G Chilwell Heron DPGM PGStB 26 0 0 SCOTLAND . Bro Davis 1 l n Robert Bail >¦ 5 5 0

FOREIGN STATIONS . CYPRUS . Lodge 2277 Surg .-Capt . W Kiddle , A . M . S . PM 10 10 0 EGYPT . 1105 Dr . H P Kostingo WM

BOMBAY . 2438 D Morris PM BURMA . 1268 P Rigby Nicholson PastSW PUNJAB . 1960 Capt . J H Leslie , R . A ., PDist GW PM 113 3 0 Chapter 1485 J W Gerard PM Nos . 782 1485 PZ

JAPAN . Lodge 1401 Thomas Charles Thornicroft Dep Dis GM PM WEST AFRICA . 1171 J Blackall Benjamin WM ST . HELENA .

488 Guy W Hogg WM 27 3 6 NORTH AMERICA . 442 David B Kennedy IPM DEMERARA . 247 David H McGowan PM

Reports Of Meetings.

REPORTS OF MEETINGS

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CRAFT : METROPOLITAN

GALLERY LODGE , No . 1928 . THE annual picnic in connection with this , the only purely Press Lodge in the world , was held on Saturday at Heme Bay , and was a great success . The Brethren and their friends travelled by London , Chatham aud Dover Railway ( saloons being provided for their accommodation ) to Herno Bay , where luncheon was served at Bro . Boncoy ' s Connaught Hotel .

Subsequently the entire party participated in a most delightful drive , returning to the Connaught between five and six o ' clock , when dinner was served . Bro . Chas . Lock W . M . presided , and was supported in the vice-chairs by Bros . Husk S . W . and Tarran J . W . Amongst the other Brethren present were : — Bros H . Bussey P . M ., W . Duckworth P . M . and Treasurer , H . Wright P . M ., W . T . Perkins P . M . and Secretary , Geo . E . Saunders P . M ., IL * Peacock

Reports Of Meetings.

Organist , Alfred Robins Treasurer Benevolent Fund , and about forty other Brethren and ladies . The toast list was commendably short . The Queen and the Craft was given by the W . M , the Ladies by Bro . Hemmingand acknowledged by Bro . H . Bussey P . M ., the W . M . by Bro . Wright P . M ., and the entertainers and the Secretary by the W . M ., who embraced the opportunity thus afforded him

of expressing to Bro . Perkins the thanks of the party and his own obligations to him for the admirable and complete arrangements which had been made by him , and which had contributed so largely to the enjoyment of all . A charming entertainment was given , the following artistes taking part : Miss Ada Kempton , Miss Oppitz , Bro . Dalgetty Henderson and Bro . Harry Peacock Organist of the Lodge .

A number of the Brethren and ladies , profiting by the excellent arrangements made , remained at Heme Bay until Monday . The weather throughout tho trip was delightful , and the summer outing of 1895 will be remembered as amongst the most gratifying of those held in connection with the Lodge .

CRAFT : PROVINCIAL

EMULATION LODGE , No . 299 . AT a meeting at the Bull Hotel , Dartford , on the 25 th ult ., Dr . Mowbray Taylor , Mr . C . J . Monckton , and Mr . Westbrook were initiated . The members subsequently dined together , when several songs were excellently sung . Bro . J . Stevens ably officiated as accompanist .