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No . 4 , British , No . 8 , Westminster and Keystone , No . 10 . Enoch , No . 11 , Tuscan , No . 14 , Old Dundee , No . 18 , Emulation , No . 21 , Britannic , No . 33 , Constitutional , No . 55 . Unions , No . 256 , Prince of Wales , No . 259 , make a point of being represented . Tho absence of others is explained by the fact of their having contributed at the Girls' or Benevolent

Festivals , and there are yet others who are young , and having perhaps sent a Steward to one Festival , do not as yet feel themselves strong enough to appear a second time . One thing certainly surprises us somewhat , namely , that an 1878 Lodge is the youngest on the list . "We should

have liked to see a few of still more recent constitution , excepting , of course , those which may have done their " little possible " at the earlier Festivals of the present year . On the wholo , the Metropolis had not far short of one-third of its complement of Lodges represented , and with a total of

£ 5 , 210 17 s , as the result of its Stewards' labours , is to be congratulated on its continued support of the Boys ' School . Not that we , or as far as we know any one else , has ever dreamed of questioning its goodwill towards all our Institutions ; still , in these days of perfunctory

fulfilment of important duties , it is at least a satisfaction to find one ' s confidence has not been misplaced . Be it added that Bro . Edwin ' s Storr's list , as Steward for St . John ' s Lodge , No . 167 , amounted to £ 75 12 s , not as stated last week to £ 70 7 s , and that Bro . Lasseter ' s amount should be entered as £ 42 .

If we turn from the Metropolis to the Country we shall have much on which to felicitate ourselves . The total

number of Stewards was 148 with Bro . Matier included , or 147 without him , and ' the aggregate of their lists so far as was known on the day of the Festival amounted to £ 6 , 470 10 s 3 d ,

which , though less considerable than last year , must be set down as a most serviceable result . But if the total is less than it was in 1880—and that is not so very surprising when we bear in mind that in the latter case the chair was

taken by tbe Earl of Lathom , Deputy Grand Master of England and Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire , one of our largest Provinces—there is one very gratifying feature , namely , that the result is distributed among no less than thirty-four Provinces out of the

fortyfour Provinces and Districts without a Provincial Organization into Avhich England and Wales , & c . are divided . There are , consequently , but ten Provinces or Districts unrepresented . The first in alphabetical order is , almost as a matter of course , Beds , with its five Lodges . A glance at

our three Tabular Statements of Provincial Contributions 1871-81 will show at once how much , or rather how little , it has done in aid of our three great Masonic Institutions . Bristol is not frequently an absentee , the work done by its eight Lodges , under tho strong influence of its chief , the

Earl of Limerick , being excellent as far as it goes . Cambridgeshire ( four Lodges ) is in the same boat as Beds—a fact which it is very painful to ^ note so regularly . It has given some £ 40 in round figures to our three Institutions in the course of the last seven years—a sum considerably less

than many a young Lodge of but yesterday ' s creation will give in the first year of its existence to each of our three Charities . Herefordshire , with four Lodges , is also a very constant absentee , but as it is only lately it has had a new chief appointed to preside over its

destinies , it cannot as yet be said to have had a fair opportunity of accomplishing any great things . No doubt Sir J . R . Bailey , Bart ., M . P ., will urge upon those he has been called upon to rule over the duty of contributing freely to our Central Institutions . Neither Leicestershire and

Rutland nor Lincolnshire is parsimonious in its gifts . The former has ten Lodges , and the latter twenty Lodges , and both have figured in previous lists for most welcome amounts . Norths and * Hunts , too , is a frequent , if not a constant , contributor , the support it gave its respected Grand Master

the Duke of Manchester , when he presided some time back at theTBenevolent Festival , being highly commendable , especially as the two counties together are only able to boast of nine Lodges . As to Northumberland ( twenty Lodges ) we must plead guilty to a very strong feeling of

surprise at its being one or the absentees . Being conterminous with Durham , whose Prov . Grand Master presided , we certainly expected it would have given substantial aid on the occasion of this Festival . However ,

when it has been represented by ono or more Stewards , it has given with no niggard hand . Wilts ( ten Lodges ) and the Isle of Man ( three Lodges ) arc the other non-contributing Provinces . Of the latter , as we have over and over again remarked , we are hardly justified in expecting

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anything , it is so far removed from the headquarters of the Craft ; while as to Wilts , its contributions have been on a very liberal so / ile . Thus * , of the absentee Provinces no less than six are fairly mindful of their duties ; of one but little can reasonably be expected , while from the other

three , whatever the Charities may expect to receive from them , they cannot be said to engage a very large amount of support , however grest may be the sympathy they arouse . Turn we now to the Provinces that were represented the first in order , Berks and Bucks , with its eighteen

Lodges , seven of which were represented by eight Stewards , the Etonian Lodge , No . 209 , sending up two , of whom Bro . Dick Radclyffe took up the capital list of £ 210 , while his colleague Bro . Sohiemann supplemented this with a useful £ 36 15 s . The Union , No . 414 , and

Grey Friars , No . 1101 , both of Reading , gave £ 73 10 s and £ 56 3 s fid respectively . Loyal Berks Lodge of Hope , No . 574 . is down for £ 22 lis , ' and the Vale of the White Horse , No . 1770 , per Bro . Thickens , contributes £ 15 15 s . These five are Berkshire Lodges , while bnt two of the nine

Bucks Lodges appear in the list , namely , St . Barnabas , No . 948 , of Linslade , for £ 45 2 s 6 d , and Scientific , No . 840 , of Wolverton , for £ 19 6 s 3 d . Thus , of the total for this Province , namely , £ 479 3 s 3 d , all but £ 64 8 s 9 d is contributed by Berkshire—a somewhat unequal arrangement , which it would be as well if the Bucks brethren would do

something to rectify in future years . However , speaking generally of this interesting Province , there is not the slightest doubt that it is one of the most liberal , as it is one of the most regular and devoted , supporters of all our Charities . Cheshire ( thirty-seven Lodges ) is entered

for a modest £ 26 5 s , being the amount of Bro . James Hamilton ' s list as Steward for the Stamford Lodge , No . 1045 , of Altrincham . But , as we have frequently pointed out , this Province , considering it has a flourishing Educational Institution of its own , which of necessity relieves

our Schools of a portion of the pressure on their resources , must be regarded as a liberal supporter of our Central Charities . It has figured at six out of the last seven Festivals of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , the sum of its contributions thereto being only a few pounds short of £ 800 . At the Festival of the Girls' School it has

regularly sent up one or more Stewards , whose joint lists exceed £ 875 , while the Boys' School has not been forgotten , as will be seen from the Table we publish elsewhere , which shows a regular attendance , with a total of nearly £ 800 . Cornwall ( twenty-eight Lodges ) , when it has set its heart

on supporting one or other of our Charities , does the thing handsomely . Thus in 1876 , when it assisted " Our Boys , " it gave , by the hands of Bro . W . J . Hughan , £ 453 12 s . In 1879 the Girls' School received £ 378 , the bulk of which was raised through the exertions of the same worthy

brother , while in the year 1878 , Lord Monnt Edgcnmbe Provincial Grand Master witb £ 460 and Bro . Hughan with £ 110 , between them made up the considerable sum of £ 570 . Small contributions have been sent up at other Festivals , the amount this year being £ 38 17 s .

Cumberland and Westmoreland ( nineteen Lodges ) , like the preceding Province , has the good fortune to possess a Craftsman of great energy in the person of Bro . George McKay , whose list at the recent Festival amounted to £ 210 Last year it gave , by tbe same brother ' s hands , £ 200

to the Girls' School , while in 1878 the Boys' School received per tbe same Bro . McKay £ 150 . Smaller amounts on other occasions , not omitting the Benevolent Institution , make up a respectable total , having regard to the number of Lodges in the Province . Derbyshire ( nineteen

Lodges ) has been represented six times in the past seven years at the Festivals of the Benevolent , and five times at those of the Girls' School . The Boys have been even more highly favoured , as it has not once missed a Festival in aid of that Institution . Three of its Lodges are represented in

tbe present instance by as many Stewards , and their joint efforts have resulted in a contribution of £ 142 5 s . 1 ° 1875 they received over £ 271 , and in 1879 over £ 277 , the Girls being credited in 1880 with £ 175 , and the Benevol ent in 1878 with £ 170 , and in 1880 with £ 132 . Devonshire , with

fifty Lodges , gives £ 27 16 s 6 d , but in 1875 its contribution was close on £ 290 , in 1876 £ 173 ( with one list outstanding ) , in 1877 £ 63 , in 1878 £ 220 , and in 1879 £ 68 . It has g iven the Benevolent , at six out of seven Festivals , over £ Ll- ^»

and the Girls in the same period a little short of £ 700-Dorsetshire has but thirteen Lodges , but thanks to Bros . Guest , M . P ., P . G . M ., and J . M . P . Montagu Past D . P . &^ j and Prov . G . Sunt . ( R . A . ) it is both a frequent and a liberal