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Statement Of Provincial Contributions To The R.M.B.I. 1875-81.
STATEMENT OF PROVINCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE R . M . B . I . 1875-81 .
WE have been at the pains of compiling a table of the contributions to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution of our several Provinces , and districts which cannot boast of a Provincial organisation , during the tennial period from 1875 to 1881 , both inclusive . We
sep have done so , because we have , in spite of whatever is n 0 vv and again said to the contrary , an abiding faith in the impressive eloquence of plain figures . A statement such as we this day present to our readers shows clearly and unmistakably what this or that Province or district
has or has not done towards fostering the Institution for A" -ed and Decayed Masons and their Widows . No amount of modesty on the part of any brother belonging to a largely contributing , and therefore distinguished , Province will in the face of the information this statement
furnishes , be able to interpose between the Craft generally , and its just appreciation of the active sympathy exhibited by such Province . Not even the most enthusiastic expression of " good intentions " will be capablo of explaining away tho indifference with which the active support of the R . M . B . I ., during these seven years has been regarded by a
few Provinces or districts . There is , however , one important qualification which it would be the height of injustice on our part to pass unnoticed . There are a very few
Provinces—and the words " a very few " are pleasant to the ear of the genuine Mason—which habitually ignore altogether the claims of our Institutions to their support . There are those which habitually distribute their golden
1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 Total £ sd £ s d £ s d £ a d £ s d £ s d £ sd £ sd Beds Berks and Bucks - - 122 13 0 ... 173 19 6 157 9 0 326 7 6 215 3 6 207 19 6 1203 12 0 Bristol .... 53 0 0 ... 161 8 0 134 15 0 15 15 0 ... 54 2 0 419 0 0
Cambridgeshire 25 0 0 ... ... ... ... ... ... 25 0 0 Cheshire - - - - 120 0 0 47 7 0 139 3 0 172 2 0 ... 69 1 0 243 12 0 791 5 0 Cornwall ... 15 0 0 ... ... 570 00 ... 63 0 0 10 10 0 658 10 0 Cumberland and Westmoreland ... ... 63 0 0 ... 63 2 0 ... ... 126 2 0 Derbyshire - - - - 10 0 0 ... 10 0 0 170 0 0 23 8 6 132 3 0 110 16 0 456 7 6 Devonshire - - - - 38 18 0 122 10 0 596 0 6 110 0 0 ... 191 13 0 63 0 0 1122 1 6 Dorsetshire - - - - - 222 0 0 305 0 0 150 0 0 101 1 0 230 15 0 45 4 0 1054 0 0
Durham - - ••• ... 174 0 6 174 0 6 Essex - 42 10 0 113 13 0 88 16 0 11 0 0 89 13 6 57 19 0 403 11 6 Gloucestershire - - - ... 28 7 0 118 0 0 148 12 0 88 8 0 263 11 0 646 18 0 Hants and I . of Wight - 162 18 0 285 11 6 171 5 0 70 7 6 187 8 6 100 12 0 297 13 0 1275 15 6
Herefordshire . .. ... oo o u ... ... ... ... ... 05 o U Herts 217 12 0 102 11 0 176 8 6 645 11 6 144 10 218 8 6 456 0 0 1960 12 6 Kent 305 2 0 465 19 0 478 3 0 270 15 0 432 4 0 236 9 0 358 14 6 2547 6 6 Lancaster , E . - - - 59 1 0 15 0 0 340 5 0 30 0 0 3542 0 0 56 5 0 136 10 0 4179 1 0
W . - - - 9 13 6 1508 10 0 131 17 6 330 3 0 36 18 0 157 10 0 257 5 0 2431 17 0 Leicestershire and Entland - ... 109 16 0 15 8 0 ... 125 14 0 ... ... 250 18 0 Lincolnshire . .. 573 0 0 6 10 0 35 0 0 ... 68 14 6 ... ... 683 4 6 Middlesex - - - - 166 7 0 223 2 0 329 5 0 201 14 6 440 7 0 356 6 0 346 3 6 2063 5 0 Monmouthshire - - ... ... 210 0 0 ... 136 10 0 46 15 0 52 10 0 445 15 O / iz 448
-Norfolk - - - - az o u ao ID v oa ru ... aoo v ... ... lu u North Wales and Salop - ... ... ... ... ... 10 10 0 10 10 0 21 0 0 Northamptonshire and Hunts 15 5 0 121 0 0 ... 300 0 0 50 0 0 115 10 0 191 7 0 793 2 0 Northumberland - - 37 8 6 112 10 0 ... ... ... ... ... 149 18 6 Nottinghamshire - - ... ... ... 20 0 0 21 15 0 ... ... 41 15 0
Oxfordshire - - - 70 6 0 87 10 U 279 13 0 47 10 0 41 18 0 231 18 6 108 14 0 867 9 6 Somersetshire - - - 21 11 0 66 6 0 253 14 0 85 18 0 38 17 0 ... 58 17 0 525 3 0 South Wales , East Div . . ... 250 . 0 0 ... ... ... ... ... 250 0 0 „ WestDiv . - ... ... ... ... 225 0 0 10 10 0 ... 235 10 0 Staffordshire - - - 271 5 0 ... 145 0 0 156 7 0 ... ... 178 10 0 751 2 0 Suffolk - - - 60 0 0 77 0 0 111 14 0 94 2 0 171 2 0 100 8 0 136 19 0 751 5 0 Surrev - - - - 27 0 6 37 15 0 111 0 6 66 18 0 164 11 0 69 5 0 ' 56 18 0 533 8 0
Sussex .... ... 106 0 0 158 13 0 84 10 0 126 0 0 600 00 175 1 0 1250 4 0 Warwickshire - - 70 0 0 ... 467 5 6 ... 38 17 0 21 0 0 3112 0 628 14 6 Wilts' - - - - 79 14 0 201 6 6 273 1 0 164 11 0 237 10 0 15 15 0 ... 971 17 6 Worcestershire - ... •¦• ••• 42 0 0 ... ... 42 0 0 Yorkshire ( N . and E /) - ... 46 0 0 39 5 0 31 10 0 72 6 0 855 4 0 3112 0 1075 17 0
„ ( W . ) - - - 242 10 0 550 0 0 550 0 0 603 5 0 550 0 0 371 0 0 3560 0 0 6426 15 0 Ghannel Islands - Jersey .. .. ... ... ... ... ... 57 15 0 241 10 0 299 5 0 Isle of Man ...
Total .-. - 2805 9 6 4898 15 0 5950 6 0 4874 4 6 7889 11 0 4710 18 0 7917 0 0 GRAND TOTAL - £ 39 , 046 4 s Od .
Metropolitan Chapter of Improvement . — -At the Jamaica Coffee House , Cornhill , on Tuesday , 8 th instant . Present—Comps . Bloomfield Z ., J . Payne H ., Dottridge J ., Brasted S . N ., Fraser P . S . and a very large nnmber of Companions . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed , with Comp . Sayer as candidate . Tho work was
admirably performed , and elicited warm commendations from those present . Comps . A . Pocock , Chap . 1194 , andL . Steingraher , Chap . 21 , were elected members . The election of Officers for the onsninir fortnight then took place , and resulted as follows : —S . Ponnceby / ,. Lardner H ., Dottridge J ., Maidwell S . N ., Sayer P . S . Comp . Win . Stephens P . Z . 862 , 874 , 1365 , 1489 , & c , will rehearse the ceremony
guineas with an impartial hand among all of them ; whilo there are others which , whether by accident or intention , view one or other of the three with greater favour . Hence , in this statement , some Provinces will bo found to shine to greater , and some to less , advantage , as compared
with the remainder , than is their due . Warwickshire and Worcestershire are cases in point ; and when , in tho order of things , similar tables are published for our Schools , it will be found that their sympathies with those Charities is most cordial in fact as -well as in intention .
The figures are taken from tho official lists furnished by the Secretary of the R . M . B . I . the morrow of each Festival , and aro the same , therefore , as we have dealt with in our analyses . It may be further interesting to give the names of the distinguished brethren who have
presided at tho Festivals thus grouped together . Thcso are as follow , viz .: —1875 , tho late Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot P . G . M . Staffordshire ; 187 G , the Earl of Lathom ( then Lord Skelmersdalo ) D . G . M . and P . G . M . W . Lancashire ; 1877 , tho late Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot
P . G . M . Staffordshire—who , when at the last moment it was announced that , H . R . H . Prince Leopold P . G . M . Oxfordshire , was prevented , by the state of his health , from taking the chair , loyally placed his services at the
disposal of the Institution ; 187 b , the Duke of Manchester P . G . M . Northamptonshire and Hunts ; 1879 , Lieut . Col . N . Le Gendre Starkie P . G . M . East Lancashire ; 1880 , the Earl of Zetland P . G . M . N . and E . Yorkshire ; 1881 , Sir Henry Edwards , Bart . P . G . M . W . Yorkshire . We will just state that the total of over £ 39 , 000 gives the splendid average per Festival of rather more than £ 5570 .
of installation of Principals on Tuesday next , business to commence at six o ' clock . It is anticipated a very large number of Installed Principals will be present to support onr esteemed Companion . The ceremony of exaltation will afterwards be rehearsed , at seven o ' clock . The Chapter of Improvement was closed , and tho convocation
adjourned until Tuesday , 15 th inst . Companions who are workinc ; for the respective chairs in tho Itoyal Arch should avail themselves of this opportunity ; Comp . Stephens ' s ability has been fully recognised , and the Companions at this Chapter of Improvement always give a cordial greeting to any Visitors . Comp . P . Brown ably fulfils tho duties of Scribe E . and Preceptor .
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Statement Of Provincial Contributions To The R.M.B.I. 1875-81.
STATEMENT OF PROVINCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE R . M . B . I . 1875-81 .
WE have been at the pains of compiling a table of the contributions to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution of our several Provinces , and districts which cannot boast of a Provincial organisation , during the tennial period from 1875 to 1881 , both inclusive . We
sep have done so , because we have , in spite of whatever is n 0 vv and again said to the contrary , an abiding faith in the impressive eloquence of plain figures . A statement such as we this day present to our readers shows clearly and unmistakably what this or that Province or district
has or has not done towards fostering the Institution for A" -ed and Decayed Masons and their Widows . No amount of modesty on the part of any brother belonging to a largely contributing , and therefore distinguished , Province will in the face of the information this statement
furnishes , be able to interpose between the Craft generally , and its just appreciation of the active sympathy exhibited by such Province . Not even the most enthusiastic expression of " good intentions " will be capablo of explaining away tho indifference with which the active support of the R . M . B . I ., during these seven years has been regarded by a
few Provinces or districts . There is , however , one important qualification which it would be the height of injustice on our part to pass unnoticed . There are a very few
Provinces—and the words " a very few " are pleasant to the ear of the genuine Mason—which habitually ignore altogether the claims of our Institutions to their support . There are those which habitually distribute their golden
1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 Total £ sd £ s d £ s d £ a d £ s d £ s d £ sd £ sd Beds Berks and Bucks - - 122 13 0 ... 173 19 6 157 9 0 326 7 6 215 3 6 207 19 6 1203 12 0 Bristol .... 53 0 0 ... 161 8 0 134 15 0 15 15 0 ... 54 2 0 419 0 0
Cambridgeshire 25 0 0 ... ... ... ... ... ... 25 0 0 Cheshire - - - - 120 0 0 47 7 0 139 3 0 172 2 0 ... 69 1 0 243 12 0 791 5 0 Cornwall ... 15 0 0 ... ... 570 00 ... 63 0 0 10 10 0 658 10 0 Cumberland and Westmoreland ... ... 63 0 0 ... 63 2 0 ... ... 126 2 0 Derbyshire - - - - 10 0 0 ... 10 0 0 170 0 0 23 8 6 132 3 0 110 16 0 456 7 6 Devonshire - - - - 38 18 0 122 10 0 596 0 6 110 0 0 ... 191 13 0 63 0 0 1122 1 6 Dorsetshire - - - - - 222 0 0 305 0 0 150 0 0 101 1 0 230 15 0 45 4 0 1054 0 0
Durham - - ••• ... 174 0 6 174 0 6 Essex - 42 10 0 113 13 0 88 16 0 11 0 0 89 13 6 57 19 0 403 11 6 Gloucestershire - - - ... 28 7 0 118 0 0 148 12 0 88 8 0 263 11 0 646 18 0 Hants and I . of Wight - 162 18 0 285 11 6 171 5 0 70 7 6 187 8 6 100 12 0 297 13 0 1275 15 6
Herefordshire . .. ... oo o u ... ... ... ... ... 05 o U Herts 217 12 0 102 11 0 176 8 6 645 11 6 144 10 218 8 6 456 0 0 1960 12 6 Kent 305 2 0 465 19 0 478 3 0 270 15 0 432 4 0 236 9 0 358 14 6 2547 6 6 Lancaster , E . - - - 59 1 0 15 0 0 340 5 0 30 0 0 3542 0 0 56 5 0 136 10 0 4179 1 0
W . - - - 9 13 6 1508 10 0 131 17 6 330 3 0 36 18 0 157 10 0 257 5 0 2431 17 0 Leicestershire and Entland - ... 109 16 0 15 8 0 ... 125 14 0 ... ... 250 18 0 Lincolnshire . .. 573 0 0 6 10 0 35 0 0 ... 68 14 6 ... ... 683 4 6 Middlesex - - - - 166 7 0 223 2 0 329 5 0 201 14 6 440 7 0 356 6 0 346 3 6 2063 5 0 Monmouthshire - - ... ... 210 0 0 ... 136 10 0 46 15 0 52 10 0 445 15 O / iz 448
-Norfolk - - - - az o u ao ID v oa ru ... aoo v ... ... lu u North Wales and Salop - ... ... ... ... ... 10 10 0 10 10 0 21 0 0 Northamptonshire and Hunts 15 5 0 121 0 0 ... 300 0 0 50 0 0 115 10 0 191 7 0 793 2 0 Northumberland - - 37 8 6 112 10 0 ... ... ... ... ... 149 18 6 Nottinghamshire - - ... ... ... 20 0 0 21 15 0 ... ... 41 15 0
Oxfordshire - - - 70 6 0 87 10 U 279 13 0 47 10 0 41 18 0 231 18 6 108 14 0 867 9 6 Somersetshire - - - 21 11 0 66 6 0 253 14 0 85 18 0 38 17 0 ... 58 17 0 525 3 0 South Wales , East Div . . ... 250 . 0 0 ... ... ... ... ... 250 0 0 „ WestDiv . - ... ... ... ... 225 0 0 10 10 0 ... 235 10 0 Staffordshire - - - 271 5 0 ... 145 0 0 156 7 0 ... ... 178 10 0 751 2 0 Suffolk - - - 60 0 0 77 0 0 111 14 0 94 2 0 171 2 0 100 8 0 136 19 0 751 5 0 Surrev - - - - 27 0 6 37 15 0 111 0 6 66 18 0 164 11 0 69 5 0 ' 56 18 0 533 8 0
Sussex .... ... 106 0 0 158 13 0 84 10 0 126 0 0 600 00 175 1 0 1250 4 0 Warwickshire - - 70 0 0 ... 467 5 6 ... 38 17 0 21 0 0 3112 0 628 14 6 Wilts' - - - - 79 14 0 201 6 6 273 1 0 164 11 0 237 10 0 15 15 0 ... 971 17 6 Worcestershire - ... •¦• ••• 42 0 0 ... ... 42 0 0 Yorkshire ( N . and E /) - ... 46 0 0 39 5 0 31 10 0 72 6 0 855 4 0 3112 0 1075 17 0
„ ( W . ) - - - 242 10 0 550 0 0 550 0 0 603 5 0 550 0 0 371 0 0 3560 0 0 6426 15 0 Ghannel Islands - Jersey .. .. ... ... ... ... ... 57 15 0 241 10 0 299 5 0 Isle of Man ...
Total .-. - 2805 9 6 4898 15 0 5950 6 0 4874 4 6 7889 11 0 4710 18 0 7917 0 0 GRAND TOTAL - £ 39 , 046 4 s Od .
Metropolitan Chapter of Improvement . — -At the Jamaica Coffee House , Cornhill , on Tuesday , 8 th instant . Present—Comps . Bloomfield Z ., J . Payne H ., Dottridge J ., Brasted S . N ., Fraser P . S . and a very large nnmber of Companions . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed , with Comp . Sayer as candidate . Tho work was
admirably performed , and elicited warm commendations from those present . Comps . A . Pocock , Chap . 1194 , andL . Steingraher , Chap . 21 , were elected members . The election of Officers for the onsninir fortnight then took place , and resulted as follows : —S . Ponnceby / ,. Lardner H ., Dottridge J ., Maidwell S . N ., Sayer P . S . Comp . Win . Stephens P . Z . 862 , 874 , 1365 , 1489 , & c , will rehearse the ceremony
guineas with an impartial hand among all of them ; whilo there are others which , whether by accident or intention , view one or other of the three with greater favour . Hence , in this statement , some Provinces will bo found to shine to greater , and some to less , advantage , as compared
with the remainder , than is their due . Warwickshire and Worcestershire are cases in point ; and when , in tho order of things , similar tables are published for our Schools , it will be found that their sympathies with those Charities is most cordial in fact as -well as in intention .
The figures are taken from tho official lists furnished by the Secretary of the R . M . B . I . the morrow of each Festival , and aro the same , therefore , as we have dealt with in our analyses . It may be further interesting to give the names of the distinguished brethren who have
presided at tho Festivals thus grouped together . Thcso are as follow , viz .: —1875 , tho late Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot P . G . M . Staffordshire ; 187 G , the Earl of Lathom ( then Lord Skelmersdalo ) D . G . M . and P . G . M . W . Lancashire ; 1877 , tho late Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot
P . G . M . Staffordshire—who , when at the last moment it was announced that , H . R . H . Prince Leopold P . G . M . Oxfordshire , was prevented , by the state of his health , from taking the chair , loyally placed his services at the
disposal of the Institution ; 187 b , the Duke of Manchester P . G . M . Northamptonshire and Hunts ; 1879 , Lieut . Col . N . Le Gendre Starkie P . G . M . East Lancashire ; 1880 , the Earl of Zetland P . G . M . N . and E . Yorkshire ; 1881 , Sir Henry Edwards , Bart . P . G . M . W . Yorkshire . We will just state that the total of over £ 39 , 000 gives the splendid average per Festival of rather more than £ 5570 .
of installation of Principals on Tuesday next , business to commence at six o ' clock . It is anticipated a very large number of Installed Principals will be present to support onr esteemed Companion . The ceremony of exaltation will afterwards be rehearsed , at seven o ' clock . The Chapter of Improvement was closed , and tho convocation
adjourned until Tuesday , 15 th inst . Companions who are workinc ; for the respective chairs in tho Itoyal Arch should avail themselves of this opportunity ; Comp . Stephens ' s ability has been fully recognised , and the Companions at this Chapter of Improvement always give a cordial greeting to any Visitors . Comp . P . Brown ably fulfils tho duties of Scribe E . and Preceptor .