Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
R.M. Institution For Boys. Analysis Of The Subscription List.
member of the Lodges in these Provinces will only be too glad to do what in him lies to encourage and support out Institutions . Be this as it may , however , wo trust thr effort will be made , and that a fifth year will not be allowed to pass without some contributions being received from
these parts . As to the contributing Provinces , and taking them in alphabetical order , we find , first , Berks and Bucks represented by two Stewards from two of its sixteen Lodges .
one of these , the Loyal Berkshire Lodge of Hope , No . 574 of Newbury , doing duty for the County of Berks , and the Wycombe , No . 1501 , of High Wycombe , rendering n similar service for that of Bucks . The amounts are small
— £ 26 10 s and £ 27 0 s respectively—and nearly equal , bnt in May , at the Festival of the Girls' School , six Stewards representing as many Lodges , took up sums amounting together to £ 217 5 s , while in February , at the Benevolent , it contributed £ 157 9 s , by the medium of seven Stewards
Last year , four of its Lodges , represented by five Stewards , sent up £ 171 18 s 6 d—one list being outstanding at the time—at the Festival of the Boys . Four Lodges sent representatives to the Girls , their joint contributions being £ 114 9 s , and at the Benevolent its four Stewards took up
£ 173 19 s Cd . In 18 / 6 , it contributed by the medium of three Stewards , £ 15215 s to the Boys , and £ 141 15 s to the Girls per a brother of No . 1501 . In 1875 , it contributed £ 287 3 s 6 d to the Boys , £ 75 2 s to the Girls , and £ 91 5 s Gd to the Benevolent . Thus , it has been an absentee only
once in the four years , the aggregate of its contributions , as far as they appear in the lists from which we have gleaned these particulars , being over £ 1 , 636 . Bristol with its eight Lodges was represented by its Provincial Grand Secretary , whoso list amounted to £ 75 12 s . In February ,
a member of one of its Lodges , No . 103 , took up a list of £ 134 15 s for the Benevolent , In February 1877 , the Earl of Limerick , Prov . G . Master , as Steward for tho whole Province , sent in a smn of £ 161 8 s to the same Institution , and in 1870 , the Prov . G . Registrar figured in the
list of Stewards for the Benevolent , though what was the result of his efforts did not appear at the time tho subscriptions were announced . In 1875 , it contributed £ 114 9 s to tho Boys , £ 66 IBs Gd to the Girls , and £ 53 to the Benevolent . Thus this Province has sent
representatives to seven out of the last twelve Festivals . Cambridge , let ns hope , has entered on a new system . It is weak in point of numbers , and has only four Lodges , of which three belong to Cambridge , and one to Wisbeach . Hitherto , during the course of our experience—or rather till as late
as the Benevolent Festival of February last , wo had had no opportunity of noting its contributions to any of tho Festivals we have been privileged to chronicle , bnt at the CKrls' Festival in May and on this occasion C . F . M . Mundy of tho Isaac Newton University , No . 859 , has done
his part in redeeming the good namo of the Province . His two lists together amount to twenty guineas , and they look more like his own personal contributions than as the outcome of his canvass , but at all events praise is due to this Craftsman , who appears to be the only member of this
Province who remembers there are threo Central Masonic Charities which need to be supported . True , there is a boy being educated and maintained at Wood Green , and there are , or recently were , two girls—one by purchase—in the sister Institution at Battersea Rise ; but this , instead of
involving any contribution of money , is a great advantage , as it relieves the Lodges of the Province of the necessity of rendering any help to the children in question . We have never been able to understand why , if the Apollo University , No . 357 , of Oxford , can make itself conspicuous by
almost invariably sending up one or more Stewards to our Festivals , the Isaac Nowton University , No . 859 , cannot bo equally mindful of its duties . The members of the two Lodges are socially of the same standing , and it strikes us that what tho one does habitually , the other might
condescend to do occasionally . As for the Provincial Grand Master and his Officers who do not seem to bestir themselves much , we think it would be as well if some one whispered into the ear of the former the old proverb , noblesse ohliijc . The position he holds is one of great dignity , but
it was never intended it should be merely ornamental , and that its duties , which are not particularly onerous , should be done or left undone at pleasure . Five out of the thirtynine Lodges of Cheshire were represented by Six Stewards .
There is one list still to come , while those of the other five amount to £ 80 17 s . The Lodges hail from Nantwich ( No . I 293 ) , Chester ( No . 425 ) , Birkenhead ( No . 537 ) , Crewe ( No . 979 ) , and Seacombe ( No . 1276 ) . Though its contributions
R.M. Institution For Boys. Analysis Of The Subscription List.
have not been on a scale of great magnitude , it has contributed to each of the twelve Festivals held during the last Four years . Moreover , there is in this case a local charity to be looked after , and those who have noted onr articles on the Cheshire Educational Institute must be perfectly well aware
how the brethren of the Province fulfil their duty towards it . However , in May it gave £ 134 8 s to tho Girls , and in February £ 172 2 s to the Benevolent . Last year the Boys School benefited to the extent of £ 106 18 s 6 d , with one list still to come , tho Girls received £ 10 10 s , and the
Benevolent £ 139 3 s . In 1876 , the Boys had £ 155 10 s 6 d , the Girls £ 73 10 s , and the Benevolent £ 47 7 s . In 1875 , £ 84 was handed to the Boys , £ 21 to the Girls , and £ 100 to the Benevolent . Cumberland and Westmoreland , with
nineteen Lodges , found a most efficient representative in the person of Bro . McKay , the W . Master of Union , No . 129 , of Kendal and Prov . G . Dir . of Cers ., and his list totalled to the level sum of £ 150 . This is tho first Festival it has
attended this year . However , at tho Benevolent in 187 / , the same brother served as Steward , and took np a list of £ 63 , and at the Boys' Festival in 187 G , the sum handed in was £ 147 . Derbyshire ( eighteen Lodges ) was represented by three brethren of the Eoyal Sussex , No . 353 , Winshill ,
aud their joint contributions together amounted to £ 56 14 s . In May its contribution to the Girls was £ 21 8 s Gd , but it began the year well by contributing £ 170 to the
Benevolent by the hands of its Provincial G . Master , the Marquis of Hartington , and another brother . Last year the Boys benefited to tho extent of £ 77 14 s , and a member of No . 850 figured for £ 10 at tho Benevolent . £ 131 15 s Gel
went to tho Boys in 1876 , while in 18 / 0 the same Institution fared still better , the total subscribed amounting to £ 271 Gs , while the Girls received ten guineas . Tho honour of Devonshire , when in the keeping of Bro . Godtschalk , is always maintained efficiently . It has forty-six Lodges , and
it sends £ 220 . The half of this amount went to the Benevolent in Februazy , and a sum of £ 29 10 s 6 d to the Girls in May . Bro . Curtcis took up sixty guineas for the Boys last year , while the Girls received fifty guineas , and the Benevolent a fraction over £ 596 . In 1876 , one list for
the Boys amounted to £ 173 5 s , and there was one other outstanding . In 1875 , the same Institution received the sum of £ 289 17 s . Ifc has only been unrepresented afc one out of the last twelve Festivals . Dorset , with its thirteen Lodges , is most fortunate in numbering among its
Craftsmen several members of great zeal and activity , and accordingly it figures for very handsome amounts on nearly every occasion . At this Festival Bro . J . M . P . Montagu , Past Dep . Prov . G . M , hands in a list of £ 401 12 s . As Steward for the Girls in May he was the means of raising
a sum of £ 116 lis , and by his exertions in February the Benevolent was richer by £ 150 than it would have been had he not acted for his Province . Last yeai ' , the contributions were to the Benevolent £ 305 , Girls £ 180 12 s , and Boys £ 80 17 s . In 1876 , there was
contributed £ 222 to the Benevolent , and for 1875 the Boys received £ G 33 3 s , making the handsome total for the four years of £ 2 , 089 15 s , which gives an average of as nearly as possible £ 522 10 s per annum , nearly £ 174 5 s per Institution , and of about £ 40 per Lodge per annum .
Well done , Dorsetshire , and well clone , Bro . Montagu , as Steward at five of these Festivals ! Durham ( twenty-five Lodges ) is represented by Bro . Crookcs , and his amount of subscriptions is £ 155 8 s . Last year he took np for the Boys' School an almost equal amount— £ 158 lis , and the
same Institution received £ 275 2 s in 187 G , and £ 3 / 219 s 6 d the previous year , while the Girls had £ 286 2 s 6 d in 1877 . Essex with its sixteen Lodges looks excellently well , figuring , as it does , for £ 233 5 s 7 d , the result of the exertions of four Stewards , and there is one list yet to come . It was
represented modestly at the Girls' Festival in May and to the extent of £ 88 lGs at the Bcnevoleut in February . £ 76 16 s was its contribution last year to the Boys' School , £ 37 9 s went to the Girls' School , and £ 113 13 s to the Benevolent . In 1876 it supported the Boys to the extent of £ 144 18 s ,
and the Benevolent with £ 42 10 s . In 1875 the Boys received £ 68 5 s , and there was Bro . Tanner ' s list still to come , and the Girls £ 80 Cs Gd , so that this Province has not overlooked its dut y in supporting our Charities . Of the fourteen Gloucestershire Loda-es no less than four are
represented , the aggregate of their contributions reaching the very considerable amount of £ 37913 s , Bro . White of the Royal Gloucestershire No . 839 , Gloucester , leading the way with £ 168 . Its three Stewards' lists in May amounted to £ 229 16 s Gd , and in February a Cheltenham Lodge ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
R.M. Institution For Boys. Analysis Of The Subscription List.
member of the Lodges in these Provinces will only be too glad to do what in him lies to encourage and support out Institutions . Be this as it may , however , wo trust thr effort will be made , and that a fifth year will not be allowed to pass without some contributions being received from
these parts . As to the contributing Provinces , and taking them in alphabetical order , we find , first , Berks and Bucks represented by two Stewards from two of its sixteen Lodges .
one of these , the Loyal Berkshire Lodge of Hope , No . 574 of Newbury , doing duty for the County of Berks , and the Wycombe , No . 1501 , of High Wycombe , rendering n similar service for that of Bucks . The amounts are small
— £ 26 10 s and £ 27 0 s respectively—and nearly equal , bnt in May , at the Festival of the Girls' School , six Stewards representing as many Lodges , took up sums amounting together to £ 217 5 s , while in February , at the Benevolent , it contributed £ 157 9 s , by the medium of seven Stewards
Last year , four of its Lodges , represented by five Stewards , sent up £ 171 18 s 6 d—one list being outstanding at the time—at the Festival of the Boys . Four Lodges sent representatives to the Girls , their joint contributions being £ 114 9 s , and at the Benevolent its four Stewards took up
£ 173 19 s Cd . In 18 / 6 , it contributed by the medium of three Stewards , £ 15215 s to the Boys , and £ 141 15 s to the Girls per a brother of No . 1501 . In 1875 , it contributed £ 287 3 s 6 d to the Boys , £ 75 2 s to the Girls , and £ 91 5 s Gd to the Benevolent . Thus , it has been an absentee only
once in the four years , the aggregate of its contributions , as far as they appear in the lists from which we have gleaned these particulars , being over £ 1 , 636 . Bristol with its eight Lodges was represented by its Provincial Grand Secretary , whoso list amounted to £ 75 12 s . In February ,
a member of one of its Lodges , No . 103 , took up a list of £ 134 15 s for the Benevolent , In February 1877 , the Earl of Limerick , Prov . G . Master , as Steward for tho whole Province , sent in a smn of £ 161 8 s to the same Institution , and in 1870 , the Prov . G . Registrar figured in the
list of Stewards for the Benevolent , though what was the result of his efforts did not appear at the time tho subscriptions were announced . In 1875 , it contributed £ 114 9 s to tho Boys , £ 66 IBs Gd to the Girls , and £ 53 to the Benevolent . Thus this Province has sent
representatives to seven out of the last twelve Festivals . Cambridge , let ns hope , has entered on a new system . It is weak in point of numbers , and has only four Lodges , of which three belong to Cambridge , and one to Wisbeach . Hitherto , during the course of our experience—or rather till as late
as the Benevolent Festival of February last , wo had had no opportunity of noting its contributions to any of tho Festivals we have been privileged to chronicle , bnt at the CKrls' Festival in May and on this occasion C . F . M . Mundy of tho Isaac Newton University , No . 859 , has done
his part in redeeming the good namo of the Province . His two lists together amount to twenty guineas , and they look more like his own personal contributions than as the outcome of his canvass , but at all events praise is due to this Craftsman , who appears to be the only member of this
Province who remembers there are threo Central Masonic Charities which need to be supported . True , there is a boy being educated and maintained at Wood Green , and there are , or recently were , two girls—one by purchase—in the sister Institution at Battersea Rise ; but this , instead of
involving any contribution of money , is a great advantage , as it relieves the Lodges of the Province of the necessity of rendering any help to the children in question . We have never been able to understand why , if the Apollo University , No . 357 , of Oxford , can make itself conspicuous by
almost invariably sending up one or more Stewards to our Festivals , the Isaac Nowton University , No . 859 , cannot bo equally mindful of its duties . The members of the two Lodges are socially of the same standing , and it strikes us that what tho one does habitually , the other might
condescend to do occasionally . As for the Provincial Grand Master and his Officers who do not seem to bestir themselves much , we think it would be as well if some one whispered into the ear of the former the old proverb , noblesse ohliijc . The position he holds is one of great dignity , but
it was never intended it should be merely ornamental , and that its duties , which are not particularly onerous , should be done or left undone at pleasure . Five out of the thirtynine Lodges of Cheshire were represented by Six Stewards .
There is one list still to come , while those of the other five amount to £ 80 17 s . The Lodges hail from Nantwich ( No . I 293 ) , Chester ( No . 425 ) , Birkenhead ( No . 537 ) , Crewe ( No . 979 ) , and Seacombe ( No . 1276 ) . Though its contributions
R.M. Institution For Boys. Analysis Of The Subscription List.
have not been on a scale of great magnitude , it has contributed to each of the twelve Festivals held during the last Four years . Moreover , there is in this case a local charity to be looked after , and those who have noted onr articles on the Cheshire Educational Institute must be perfectly well aware
how the brethren of the Province fulfil their duty towards it . However , in May it gave £ 134 8 s to tho Girls , and in February £ 172 2 s to the Benevolent . Last year the Boys School benefited to the extent of £ 106 18 s 6 d , with one list still to come , tho Girls received £ 10 10 s , and the
Benevolent £ 139 3 s . In 1876 , the Boys had £ 155 10 s 6 d , the Girls £ 73 10 s , and the Benevolent £ 47 7 s . In 1875 , £ 84 was handed to the Boys , £ 21 to the Girls , and £ 100 to the Benevolent . Cumberland and Westmoreland , with
nineteen Lodges , found a most efficient representative in the person of Bro . McKay , the W . Master of Union , No . 129 , of Kendal and Prov . G . Dir . of Cers ., and his list totalled to the level sum of £ 150 . This is tho first Festival it has
attended this year . However , at tho Benevolent in 187 / , the same brother served as Steward , and took np a list of £ 63 , and at the Boys' Festival in 187 G , the sum handed in was £ 147 . Derbyshire ( eighteen Lodges ) was represented by three brethren of the Eoyal Sussex , No . 353 , Winshill ,
aud their joint contributions together amounted to £ 56 14 s . In May its contribution to the Girls was £ 21 8 s Gd , but it began the year well by contributing £ 170 to the
Benevolent by the hands of its Provincial G . Master , the Marquis of Hartington , and another brother . Last year the Boys benefited to tho extent of £ 77 14 s , and a member of No . 850 figured for £ 10 at tho Benevolent . £ 131 15 s Gel
went to tho Boys in 1876 , while in 18 / 0 the same Institution fared still better , the total subscribed amounting to £ 271 Gs , while the Girls received ten guineas . Tho honour of Devonshire , when in the keeping of Bro . Godtschalk , is always maintained efficiently . It has forty-six Lodges , and
it sends £ 220 . The half of this amount went to the Benevolent in Februazy , and a sum of £ 29 10 s 6 d to the Girls in May . Bro . Curtcis took up sixty guineas for the Boys last year , while the Girls received fifty guineas , and the Benevolent a fraction over £ 596 . In 1876 , one list for
the Boys amounted to £ 173 5 s , and there was one other outstanding . In 1875 , the same Institution received the sum of £ 289 17 s . Ifc has only been unrepresented afc one out of the last twelve Festivals . Dorset , with its thirteen Lodges , is most fortunate in numbering among its
Craftsmen several members of great zeal and activity , and accordingly it figures for very handsome amounts on nearly every occasion . At this Festival Bro . J . M . P . Montagu , Past Dep . Prov . G . M , hands in a list of £ 401 12 s . As Steward for the Girls in May he was the means of raising
a sum of £ 116 lis , and by his exertions in February the Benevolent was richer by £ 150 than it would have been had he not acted for his Province . Last yeai ' , the contributions were to the Benevolent £ 305 , Girls £ 180 12 s , and Boys £ 80 17 s . In 1876 , there was
contributed £ 222 to the Benevolent , and for 1875 the Boys received £ G 33 3 s , making the handsome total for the four years of £ 2 , 089 15 s , which gives an average of as nearly as possible £ 522 10 s per annum , nearly £ 174 5 s per Institution , and of about £ 40 per Lodge per annum .
Well done , Dorsetshire , and well clone , Bro . Montagu , as Steward at five of these Festivals ! Durham ( twenty-five Lodges ) is represented by Bro . Crookcs , and his amount of subscriptions is £ 155 8 s . Last year he took np for the Boys' School an almost equal amount— £ 158 lis , and the
same Institution received £ 275 2 s in 187 G , and £ 3 / 219 s 6 d the previous year , while the Girls had £ 286 2 s 6 d in 1877 . Essex with its sixteen Lodges looks excellently well , figuring , as it does , for £ 233 5 s 7 d , the result of the exertions of four Stewards , and there is one list yet to come . It was
represented modestly at the Girls' Festival in May and to the extent of £ 88 lGs at the Bcnevoleut in February . £ 76 16 s was its contribution last year to the Boys' School , £ 37 9 s went to the Girls' School , and £ 113 13 s to the Benevolent . In 1876 it supported the Boys to the extent of £ 144 18 s ,
and the Benevolent with £ 42 10 s . In 1875 the Boys received £ 68 5 s , and there was Bro . Tanner ' s list still to come , and the Girls £ 80 Cs Gd , so that this Province has not overlooked its dut y in supporting our Charities . Of the fourteen Gloucestershire Loda-es no less than four are
represented , the aggregate of their contributions reaching the very considerable amount of £ 37913 s , Bro . White of the Royal Gloucestershire No . 839 , Gloucester , leading the way with £ 168 . Its three Stewards' lists in May amounted to £ 229 16 s Gd , and in February a Cheltenham Lodge ,