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HANTS AND ISLE OF WIGHT . Lodge 35 Bro . Asher Barfield - - 25 0 0 723 Henry Stone - - 31 10 0 903 John Wallingford . 41 2 0 100 12 0

HERTFORDSHIRE Chapter 403 Comp . David Roberts , V . P . Lodge 419 Bro . James Shilcock - - 14 18 0 1327 Frederick Drummond 92 7 0 1385 John Brittain - - 35 12 6 1580 Henry Cox - - 75 11 0 218 8 6

JERSEY Island of , Bro . J T du Jardin - 57 15 0 KENT

Lodge 20 Bro . HWMooro - -770 77 W Barlow - ¦) „ ,.,. 77 Wm . Hicks . -j 3 S 1 G ° 709 Geo . W Greenhill - 50 2 0 829 Wm . Moulder - . 20 0 0 1096 George Thompson - 53 0 0 1436 Adam Keeler - - 31 10 0 1464 J A FarnfieJd , V . P . - 35 14 0 236 9 0

EAST LANCASHIRE Chapter 62 Comp . George Higgins 30 0 C Lodge 300 Bro . Aid . J W Bonlton 992 J J Menkin - - 10 10 0 1504 Josiah Pollard - . 15 15 0 56 5 0

WEST LANCASHIRE Bro . Robert Wylio - - 105 0 0 580 Captain J Balmer - 21 0 0 1325 J W Bargess - - 31 10 0 157 10 0

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MIDDLESEX Lodge 708 Bro . Alban G H Gibbs - 12 12 0 1293 JohnKirke - . 25 4 0 1309 Clement L Smiles - 11 10 0 1326 Copeman Wm . Fos - 22 15 0 1415 E Kimber - - - 27 14 0 1597 R L Sindall - - 26 5 0 1637 John B King - - 125 6 0 1777 Horace B Marshall , C . C ., Vice Patron - 105 0 0 1777 n A Duboi 3

356 6 0 MONMOUTHSHIRE 1429 Bro . Wm . Watkins - - 46 15 0 NORTHS . AND HUNTS . 466 Bro . E J Orford . - 115 10 0

NORTH WALES AND SALOP . 1477 Bro . John Corbett . - 10 10 0 OXFORD . 357 Bro . Reginald Bird M . A . . 65 0 0 357 Rev Hy Deane B . D . - 40 9 0 357 H R Cooper Smith M . A . - - - 106 9 6

478 Fentham Hedges - - 20 0 0 231 18 6 SUFFOLK . The Province , Bro . N Tracy - 100 8 0 114 Wm Clarke 100 8 0

SURREY . 416 Dr Bro . Stanislaus Makovski - - - 13 12 0 Chapter 1395 Comp . Arthur n Bowles Lodge 1638 Bro , Hy Wm Linton - - 55 13 0 69 5 0

SUSSEX . The Province , Bro . J H Scott D . P . G . M . - - 600 0 0

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NORTH AND EAST YORKS . The Chairman . 105 0 0 John P Bell M . D . J . P . D . P . G . M . . - 325 13 0

Lodge 2 C 0 Bro . John W Woodall - 105 O 0 236 Sir Jas Meek . . 81 10 0 Chapter 236 Comp . Hon . WTOrde-Powletfc 34 17 6 Lodge 250 Bro . John Thompson 312 WII Marwood - - 52 10 0 566 John T Atkinson . 25 18 6 1605 R Boggett - - - 73 10 0 1611 TBWhytehead - 26 5 O 1611 J S Cumberland - 613 J Johnson Field . 25 0 0 855 4 0

WEST YORKSHIRE . Bro . Lt-Col SirH Edwards Bart . M . P . Prov . G . M . 139 Joseph Spencer 139 S Linton Swann 208 R JChritchleyJ . P . V . P . 208 Henry Day J . P . 290 WmHarrop 302 Benj Bronghton 302 WW Barlow - 302 ThosHill

-304 Chas L Mason 304 Saml W Newsam 289 Jno D Kay 380 Capt Wordsworth V . P . 910 T W Tew J . P . V . P . - 910 W S Simpson - 974 Wm Firth 974 Wm Chas Lupton 1019 Herbert GE Green

-371 0 0 SOUTH WALES ( Western Division ) . Bro . Lord Kensington M . P . 10 10 0 WILTSHIRE . 6 C 3 Bro . Wm Nott - . 15 15 0

WARWICKSHIRE . 567 Bro . Joseph Boddington 567 George Hall - . 21 . 0 0 21 0 0 EAST INDIES-PUNJAB . Bro . Maj . Marmaduke Ram . say , Diet . G . M . 52 10 0

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CORRESPONDENCE .

• — : o : — We do not hold ourselves responsible for tho opinions of our Cor . respondents . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . All Letters must hear the name anl address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith .

ROYAL MASONIC PUPILS' ASSISTANCE FUND .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Will you kindly give me space for one or two remarks on your leader in last Saturday ' s CHRONICLE ? The resolution of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire was passed unanimously , after mature deliberation , many of the brethren present being intimately acquainted with the working of

large public schools . It was the undivided opinion of all that the scheme as suggested by Lord Rosslyn -was impracticable , and could not possibly bo managed in a satisfactory manner without the assistance of the School Committees , they alone understanding tho character , temperament , physique , and capabilities of the pupils . There are scholarships attached to all large public schools , which

are managed by the governing bodies thereof , and if the Masonic Institutions aro really fettered by restrictive laws it would be quite possible for the " Charity Commissioners" to grant pel-mission for the appropriation of certain funds raised specially for certain objects . This would bo far preferable to creating the heavy expense of maintaining another Institution , Secretary and staff .

The foregoing argnments weighed heavily with tho Warwickshire brethren , and it is unfair to suppose that " EXPENSE " was the sole cause of opposition to the scheme in its present form . The subscriptions sent from this Province to the Charities will exempt its Masons from even the least suspicion of meanness . It is quite true that Lord Leigh is , and always was , favourable to

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scholarships when tinder the management of existing Committees ; he expressed himself so when he last took the chair at the Boys ' Anniversary Dinner ( the third year of his presidency ) . In this instance he only disapproves of the modus operandi . A plan has been suggested , but not yet discussed , that a fund for

Masonic pupils shonld be instituted in every Province , and worked by the existing Boards of Benevolence . Many advantages would accrue from this system , as it would enable the pupils in many cases to live with or near their friends , and the idea is well worthy of consideration .

I am , Dear Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully , Jonjf MACHEN , D . P . G . M . WARWICKSHIRE , Lillington , Leamington , 3 rd Febrnary 1880 .

[ We take the earliest opportunity of correcting an error our esteemed brother has fallen into with reference to onr remarks . We certainly said that it was the question of expense which deterred the Warwickshire brethren from joining in the foundation of the Royal Masonic Pupils '

Assistance Fund , but we did not intend thereby to cast any slur on the Province . As we understand it , the Warwickshire verdict is , that the Fund will be an expense on the whole _ English Craft ; not that they object to contribute their share to any good cause . We do not for

one moment wish it to be thought that we consider the brethren of Warwickshire remiss in the matter of Charity , or that we think they would refuse support to anything in the form of benevolence merely on the ground of its entailing a further display of their liberality . —ED . F . C . ]