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The Festival Of The Masonic Institution For Girls.
THE FESTIVAL OF THE MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
THE Ninety-third Anniversary Festival of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Girls was held at the Great Hall of the Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday evening . Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Provincial Grand Master of Gloucestershire , occupied the chair , and was supported right and left by Colonel Sir Francis Burdett , Bart .,
Provincial Grand Master Middlesex , and Sir Henry Edwards , Bart ., Provincial Grand Master West Yorkshire , with other influential brethren . The number of those present , irrespective of the ladies , may be reckoned at 400 . The banquet was of the usual character , and , as invariably
happens with those which are served at Bro . Best ' s wellknown hostelry , under the able direction of Bro . DaAvkins , gave the greatest satisfaction . The Band of the Boys ' School did their best to enliven the proceedings during dinner , and there was the customary Concert in the Temple
afterwards , under the direction of Madame Thaddeus Wells- These matters , however , are sufficiently described in the report we give of the whole proceedings in another column ; so that we shall not be at the trouble of more
than recapitulating them here . Neither shall we attempt anything like our regular Analysis of the Subscription List , having regard to the lateness at which it of necessit y reaches us . We shall content ourselves with a few
comments of a general character . It must be allowed that the Festival which is just past has proved a greater success than very many were led to expect , and on this ground , if on no other , we should feel it our duty to congratulate the Chairman , the Board of
Stewards , and the Secretary , Bro . Hedges , on the result of their joint efforts . We have already said that the appearance of Sir M . Hicks-Beach , in the character of Chairman on this occasion , would have to be regarded as his maiden effort as a chosen leader among Craftsmen , and we are
glad it is in our power to record that this effort has proved of such advantage to the Girls' School . The Board of Stewards mustered exactly 260 strong , a number which , albeit inferior to that of last year , is , as we remarked last week , greater than it has ever been at any previous
Festival . The fact that the total of the subscriptions , as announced by Bro . Hedges , was as nearly as possible £ 11 , 500 , shows bow well and worthily the brethren who gave their services on this Board must have exerted themselves , in order to have realised so capital a sum , while Bro . Hedges
cannot be otherwise than satisfied that , at the three Festivals which have occurred since his appointment to the post of Secretary , he has been able to announce results amounting in the aggregate to over £ 36 , 800 , or rather more than an average of £ 12 , 266 per Festival . We do not
always agree with our worthy brother ' s policy . There are those who think he would do better to follow the example which has been pursued so successfully by his brother Secretaries . But we should act most unjustly if we thought for one moment of withholding from him the great praise to which 1 . o o i - ..-.. w .-.
. ne is so justly entitled . If we are to judge , as is done in other cases , of Bro . Hedges ' s pudding by the eating , it cannot be denied it is a most excellent composition . That he should have scored , as he has , within a few months of Bro . i erry ' s great achievement , and maintained his reputation
*> ° well as to be almost level with the result of his first f estival , and , all circumstances considered , so close up to what it was last year , when Prince Leopold presided , is very greatly to his credit . Wc trust he will always have as excellent a record to point to .
The Festival Of The Masonic Institution For Girls.
We have said we have no intention in the present instance of attempting anything like an analysis of tbe List . We cannot , however , allow this opportunity to pass without offering our special congratulations to the Province of Gloucestershire . We have pointed out that it is but a
modest Province—modest , that is to say , as to the number of its Lodges , and the extent of its membership . It has but fourteen Lodges , and its subscribing members , all told , are but 578 , but it commissioned no less than twentyfour Stewards , and these among them made up a total of
£ 1 , 000 . From the Report we publish of the Installation of Sir M . Hicks-Beach , it will be seen that the amount it was said the Province had raised was over £ 700 , and on the motion of the new Deputy Prov . Grand Master , the further sum of £ 35 was voted out of the Grand Lodge funds . It
was resolved this should be still further increased , and ultimately the amount we havo stated was made up . This may be justly set down as about the grandest Provincial effort on record . Fourteen Lodges—twenty-four Stewards — £ 1 , 000 . Nothing more than this need be said , at all events
in this number . London has clone well , with its one hundred and fourteen Stewards , and its contribution of £ 5 , 374 7 s 6 d , while the Provinces , omitting Gloucestershire , have sent up £ 4 , 884 17 4 d , these amounts making up the sum we announced at first , namely , not so very far
short of £ 11 , 500 . We may as well note , bowever , tbat for all its brilliant efforts in February , West Yorkshire is well up to the mark , with a list of subscriptions amounting in all to £ 500 . But we are forgetting our determination not to attempt anything analytical , and if we continue in
this strain we shall find ourselves launched upon a fulllength sketch , to which , at so shortanotice , and with so little time for preparation , we aro hardly likely to do justice .
We repeat , that we are well satisfied with tho result of Wednesday ' s proceedings , and we renew our congratulations to all who have had a share in producing so excellent a result .
The Report Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE REPORT OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
WE publish in another part of our columns the report which was yesterday submitted to and approved by tbe General Committee of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . The salient features are worth noting . The total amount of the
subscriptions at the Festival in February , when R . W . Bro . Sir H . Edwards , Bart ., P . G . M . West Yorkshire , occupied the chair , is stated as £ 14 , 360 . The number of annuitants during the past year was 150 males and 155 females , and it has been agreed to increase these to 155 males and 160
females , or together , 315 ; while there are likewise fourteen widows in receipt each of the half of her late husband ' s annuity , so that the outlay on this account to which the Institution is committed now amounts to £ 11 , 600 . The number of vacancies originally to be balloted for at yesterday ' s
election was thirteen men and seven widows , and the number of approved candidates was thirty-seven men and sixtyone women . Seven men and three widows have died in the interim , so that with the additional five men and five
women agreed to be elected , the number to be balloted for were twenty-five men by thirty-seven candidates , and fifteen widows by sixty-one candidates . The result of the contest will be found elsewhere in the present number . The accounts speak for themselves . The total Receipts Male Fund , including a Balance forward of £ 4 , 023 Is ,
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The Festival Of The Masonic Institution For Girls.
THE FESTIVAL OF THE MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
THE Ninety-third Anniversary Festival of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Girls was held at the Great Hall of the Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday evening . Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Provincial Grand Master of Gloucestershire , occupied the chair , and was supported right and left by Colonel Sir Francis Burdett , Bart .,
Provincial Grand Master Middlesex , and Sir Henry Edwards , Bart ., Provincial Grand Master West Yorkshire , with other influential brethren . The number of those present , irrespective of the ladies , may be reckoned at 400 . The banquet was of the usual character , and , as invariably
happens with those which are served at Bro . Best ' s wellknown hostelry , under the able direction of Bro . DaAvkins , gave the greatest satisfaction . The Band of the Boys ' School did their best to enliven the proceedings during dinner , and there was the customary Concert in the Temple
afterwards , under the direction of Madame Thaddeus Wells- These matters , however , are sufficiently described in the report we give of the whole proceedings in another column ; so that we shall not be at the trouble of more
than recapitulating them here . Neither shall we attempt anything like our regular Analysis of the Subscription List , having regard to the lateness at which it of necessit y reaches us . We shall content ourselves with a few
comments of a general character . It must be allowed that the Festival which is just past has proved a greater success than very many were led to expect , and on this ground , if on no other , we should feel it our duty to congratulate the Chairman , the Board of
Stewards , and the Secretary , Bro . Hedges , on the result of their joint efforts . We have already said that the appearance of Sir M . Hicks-Beach , in the character of Chairman on this occasion , would have to be regarded as his maiden effort as a chosen leader among Craftsmen , and we are
glad it is in our power to record that this effort has proved of such advantage to the Girls' School . The Board of Stewards mustered exactly 260 strong , a number which , albeit inferior to that of last year , is , as we remarked last week , greater than it has ever been at any previous
Festival . The fact that the total of the subscriptions , as announced by Bro . Hedges , was as nearly as possible £ 11 , 500 , shows bow well and worthily the brethren who gave their services on this Board must have exerted themselves , in order to have realised so capital a sum , while Bro . Hedges
cannot be otherwise than satisfied that , at the three Festivals which have occurred since his appointment to the post of Secretary , he has been able to announce results amounting in the aggregate to over £ 36 , 800 , or rather more than an average of £ 12 , 266 per Festival . We do not
always agree with our worthy brother ' s policy . There are those who think he would do better to follow the example which has been pursued so successfully by his brother Secretaries . But we should act most unjustly if we thought for one moment of withholding from him the great praise to which 1 . o o i - ..-.. w .-.
. ne is so justly entitled . If we are to judge , as is done in other cases , of Bro . Hedges ' s pudding by the eating , it cannot be denied it is a most excellent composition . That he should have scored , as he has , within a few months of Bro . i erry ' s great achievement , and maintained his reputation
*> ° well as to be almost level with the result of his first f estival , and , all circumstances considered , so close up to what it was last year , when Prince Leopold presided , is very greatly to his credit . Wc trust he will always have as excellent a record to point to .
The Festival Of The Masonic Institution For Girls.
We have said we have no intention in the present instance of attempting anything like an analysis of tbe List . We cannot , however , allow this opportunity to pass without offering our special congratulations to the Province of Gloucestershire . We have pointed out that it is but a
modest Province—modest , that is to say , as to the number of its Lodges , and the extent of its membership . It has but fourteen Lodges , and its subscribing members , all told , are but 578 , but it commissioned no less than twentyfour Stewards , and these among them made up a total of
£ 1 , 000 . From the Report we publish of the Installation of Sir M . Hicks-Beach , it will be seen that the amount it was said the Province had raised was over £ 700 , and on the motion of the new Deputy Prov . Grand Master , the further sum of £ 35 was voted out of the Grand Lodge funds . It
was resolved this should be still further increased , and ultimately the amount we havo stated was made up . This may be justly set down as about the grandest Provincial effort on record . Fourteen Lodges—twenty-four Stewards — £ 1 , 000 . Nothing more than this need be said , at all events
in this number . London has clone well , with its one hundred and fourteen Stewards , and its contribution of £ 5 , 374 7 s 6 d , while the Provinces , omitting Gloucestershire , have sent up £ 4 , 884 17 4 d , these amounts making up the sum we announced at first , namely , not so very far
short of £ 11 , 500 . We may as well note , bowever , tbat for all its brilliant efforts in February , West Yorkshire is well up to the mark , with a list of subscriptions amounting in all to £ 500 . But we are forgetting our determination not to attempt anything analytical , and if we continue in
this strain we shall find ourselves launched upon a fulllength sketch , to which , at so shortanotice , and with so little time for preparation , we aro hardly likely to do justice .
We repeat , that we are well satisfied with tho result of Wednesday ' s proceedings , and we renew our congratulations to all who have had a share in producing so excellent a result .
The Report Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE REPORT OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
WE publish in another part of our columns the report which was yesterday submitted to and approved by tbe General Committee of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . The salient features are worth noting . The total amount of the
subscriptions at the Festival in February , when R . W . Bro . Sir H . Edwards , Bart ., P . G . M . West Yorkshire , occupied the chair , is stated as £ 14 , 360 . The number of annuitants during the past year was 150 males and 155 females , and it has been agreed to increase these to 155 males and 160
females , or together , 315 ; while there are likewise fourteen widows in receipt each of the half of her late husband ' s annuity , so that the outlay on this account to which the Institution is committed now amounts to £ 11 , 600 . The number of vacancies originally to be balloted for at yesterday ' s
election was thirteen men and seven widows , and the number of approved candidates was thirty-seven men and sixtyone women . Seven men and three widows have died in the interim , so that with the additional five men and five
women agreed to be elected , the number to be balloted for were twenty-five men by thirty-seven candidates , and fifteen widows by sixty-one candidates . The result of the contest will be found elsewhere in the present number . The accounts speak for themselves . The total Receipts Male Fund , including a Balance forward of £ 4 , 023 Is ,