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bring together so respectable a sum . It is , indeed , to his labours that Herts is indebted for the premier place among the Provinces ; for if we leave out the result of the tickets for Life Subscriberships , we shall find that W . Yorkshire and Cornwall were ahead of it . Kent ( forty-three Lodges )
contributed £ 270 15 s , by the hands of six Stewards , who represented—one for each Lodge—the Freedom , No . 77 , Gravesend , tho Holmesdale , No . 874 , Tunbridge Wells , the Lord Warden , No . 1090 , Deal , the Cinque Ports , No . 1206 , Sandwich , the Acacia , No . 1314 , Bromley , ancl the
Sandgate , No . I 486 , of Sandgato . Last year its contribution to the Benevolent just exceeded £ 478 , tho result of the labours of ten Stewards ; but as this Province makes a point of being represented regularly at each recurring Festival , we cannot bo surprised there should bo an occasional falling
off . Be it remembered , however , that the sum contributed at this latest Festival raises its total for the last ten anniversaries to £ 8 , 431 4 s 6 d , or an average of £ 343 per Festival . East Lancashire ( eighty-six Lodges ) would no doubt send in a more formidable array of subscriptions , but for
the fact of its having an Educational Institute of its own ; but though it is down for comparatively small sums , it makes a point of being represented always , and this year the dnty has fallen on Bros . C . F . Matier ancl G . P . Brockbank , the former for the Humphrey Cheetham , No . 645 , ancl the
latter for a new Lodge , the St . George ' s , No . 1723 , Bolton . Last yenr the Province sent up for this Festival just over £ 330 . W . Lancashire ( seventy-seven Lodges ) is clown for £ 330 3 s , the aggregate of seven lists . Bi'o . R . Wylie , we may presume , did duty for the whole Province , and his list
of £ 180 will account for more than half of the total contributions . Bros . W . Harrison ( Unanimity , No . 113 , Preston ) , J . Daniel Moore , M . D . ( Fortitude , No . 281 , Lancaster ) , James Piatt ( Fermor , No . 1313 , Southport ) , ancl G . Davenport Pochin , W . H . Buckley , and Licut .-Colonel
Birchall ( all acting for Architect , No . 1375 , Didsbury ) , made np the rest . Last year it gave £ 185 17 s , with one list outstanding , to the Boys ' , £ 380 16 s to the Girls ' , £ 149 17 s 6 d to the Benevolent , or about £ 650 in all ; while in 1876 , when its Provincial Grand Master , Lord
Skelmersdale , was President for the Benevolent , its contributions reached beyond tho sum of £ 1 , 500 . Middlesex ( twenty-seven Lodges ) is another of the Provinces—such as Kent , East and West Lancashire , & c . —which makes a point of sending up Stewards to every Festival .
Onethird of its Lodges and two Chapters contribute , by the hands of twelve Stewards , a sum of £ 20114 s 6 d , ancl thus raise the total of its contributions since January 1875 to over £ 3 , 770 , or an average of £ 377 per Festival . Thegreatest efforts of Middlesex are in support of the Girls , a fact
which will excite surprise in no one , seeing that Bro . Little , the Secretary of that Institution , is Dep . Prov . G . Master . Thus over £ 2 , 000 went into the coffers of the Girls' in 1875 , 1876 , and 1877 , but the Benevolent is fairly well supported , and received in 1877 , £ 329 5 s ; in 1876 ,
£ 198 2 s ; and in 1875 , £ 166 7 s . Of course it was to be expected the Duke of Manchester , as Chairman , would receive the warm support of the Province over which he has so long presided ; but Northampton and Hunts is not a large Province , and numbers only eight Lodges , yet its
contributions , including the personal donation of the Prov . G . Master , reached the sum of £ 300 , Bro . Butler Wilkins Dep . P . G . M ., Bro . E . Cox , of the Pomfret , No . 360 , Northampton , and Bro . Rob . H . Griffin , of St . Peter ' s , No . 442 , Peterborough , acting apparently as joint Stewards
for the Province . This Province has now played its part at five Festivals out of the ten which have taken place since tho beginning of 1875 . Notts , as a Province , though it has nine Lodges , is without any Prov . Grand Lodge organisation , but the Newark-on-Trent was
represented by Bro . William Newton , and gave a small sum . The Province figured at the Boys' Festival last June , a single Steward taking up a list somewhat over the average , and in spite of its disorganised state it has supported the Girls' ancl Boys' in both cases at
the Festivals of 1876 and 1877 . Oxon ( eight Lodges ) sends two Stewards , Bro . Rev . H . Deane , Apollo University , No . 357 , and Bro . N . O . Wakeman , Churchill , No . 478 , Oxford . Last year , when its Provincial Grand Master
Prince Leopold , was only prevented by bis health from presiding at the Benevolent Festival , it raised £ 279 13 s , ancl there is this further to be said in its behalf , it has been present regularly at all the last ten Festivals . Somersetshire ( nineteen Lodges ) sent two Stewards , representing Lodges No . 446 ( the Benevolent , Wells ) and No . 814 ( the
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Parrot and Axe , Crewkorne ) , and the Royal Cumberland Chapter , No . 41 , Batb , sent also a small amount . Last year it gave over £ 253 to tho Benevolent , and over £ 58 to the Boys ' . Staffordshire ( twenty-ono Lodges ) had the misfortune to lose its Prov . G . Master last year , but four
Stewards , representing three Lodges , took up £ 156 7 s . Last year it gave £ 145 to this Institution , over £ 160 to the Girls ' , and £ 149 2 s to the Boys ' . Suffolk ( nineteen Lodges ) sent £ 94 2 s , by Bros . W . Clarke , G . H . Grimwoocl , and John L . Clemence , representing Lodges No . 114 ( " British
Union , " Ipswich ) , No . 1224 ( " Stonr Valley , " Sudbury ) , and No . 1452 ( " St . Margaret's , " Lowestoft . ) Last year it gave £ 111 14 s to tho Benevolent , and £ 115 10 s to tho Boys ' , and is , moreover , constant in its support of our Institutions . Three Stewards , Bros . J . R . Boor ( St . George ' s ,
No . 370 , Chertsey ) , C . H . Edmands ( Frederick of Unity , No . 452 , Croydon ) , ancl H . W . Charrington ( Wey Side , No . 1395 , Woking ) , did duty for Surrey , with its eighteen Lodges . Their joint contributions only amount to £ 66 18 s ; but last year it gave just over £ 111 to the Benevolent ,
over £ 40 to the Girls ' , and over £ 90 to the Boy ' s ; and in 1876 it raised over £ 210 for the last mentioned Institution . Here , again , Ave have an instance of praiseworthy support administered regularly . The honour of representing the nineteen Lodges of Sussex is shared—somewhat unequally ,
however—between a Brighton Lodge ( the Royal Brunswick , No . 732 ) ancl a Lewes Lodge ( the Pelham , No . 1303 ) . The total of the two lists is £ 84 10 s . Last year the same towns enjoyed the same honour , ancl together they made up a list of over £ 150 . It also contributed over £ 270 to
the Boys' Festival in June last , and over £ 233 to the Girls ' in May . It was , further , a supporter of the Boys' in 1876 to the extent of over £ 200 . Little Wilts ( ten Lodges ) does its duty regularly ancl liberally , one Steward for the whole Province , and a total of £ 164 lis , being the result on
this occasion . . Last year its Prov . Grand Master , Lord Methuen , was Steward for this same same Institution , ancl his list just exceeded £ 273 . It also supported " Our Boys " to the extent of £ 142 16 s , ancl the Girls' to that of £ 122 14 s ; in fact , it has only been unrepresented at one
out of the last ten Festivals . N . ancl E . Yorkshire ( twentyfive Lodges ) sent up three Stewards , representing two LocVes , the agrerresate of their lists being , however , small . It also contributed moderately to the Boys' and Benevolent last year , and we think it might bestir itself more actively
on these occasions . West Yorkshire , as usual , has a long array of Stewards , and the goodly total of £ 603 5 s . This follows immediately on a sum of £ 766 10 s given to " Our
Boys " in June last , and makes the total of its contributions to our Charities at ten Festivals £ 5 , 287 6 s , giving an average slightly in excess of £ 528 per Festival . The Benevolent has received from this Province the sum of
£ 1 , 945 15 s at the last four Festivals . We need not say more than this ; to do so would be " to gild refined gold . " We have now completed our task . We have done our best to render justice to all Lodges and Provinces , and if we have felt it to be our duty to remark on any apparent
shortcomings , we trust it will be admitted we have clone so , not in a captious or complaining , but in a kindly spirit , ancl with the sole desire to animate brethren to further honourable rivalry—within , of course , the just limits of their ability—in the sacred cause of Charity .
Tho final meeting of the Board of Stewards of the recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will be held at Freemasons' Hall , on Tuesday , the 26 th inst ., at four o ' clock p . m ., for the purpose of auditing ,
and , if approved , of ordering payment of the accounts in connection therewith . The Secretary will be in attendance throughout the clay to receive such donations ancl subscriptions as may have been paid to the Stewards , and to take instructions as to the collection of the unpaid accounts .
The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Confidence Lodge of Instruction , No . 193 , at the Railway Tavern , London-street , Fenchurch-street , on Wednesday next , the 27 th inst ., at 6 o ' clock precisely . Bros . J . E . Ives , No . 781 , W . M . ; T . J . Barnes P . M . 933 ancl 554 S . W ., J . Andrews J . D . 1227 J . W ., E . Gottheil Preceptor I . P . M .
FIEST L ECTURE . —Bros . Biddle , Hallam , Scbeerboom , Ellis , C . E Webb , Andrews , and W . Hogg . SECOND LECTUKE . —Bros . W . J . Eawley , W . Musto , Onld , T . J Barnes , and J . Shepherd . THIBD LECTUKE , —Bros , U . Clegg , J . Taylor , and Myers .
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bring together so respectable a sum . It is , indeed , to his labours that Herts is indebted for the premier place among the Provinces ; for if we leave out the result of the tickets for Life Subscriberships , we shall find that W . Yorkshire and Cornwall were ahead of it . Kent ( forty-three Lodges )
contributed £ 270 15 s , by the hands of six Stewards , who represented—one for each Lodge—the Freedom , No . 77 , Gravesend , tho Holmesdale , No . 874 , Tunbridge Wells , the Lord Warden , No . 1090 , Deal , the Cinque Ports , No . 1206 , Sandwich , the Acacia , No . 1314 , Bromley , ancl the
Sandgate , No . I 486 , of Sandgato . Last year its contribution to the Benevolent just exceeded £ 478 , tho result of the labours of ten Stewards ; but as this Province makes a point of being represented regularly at each recurring Festival , we cannot bo surprised there should bo an occasional falling
off . Be it remembered , however , that the sum contributed at this latest Festival raises its total for the last ten anniversaries to £ 8 , 431 4 s 6 d , or an average of £ 343 per Festival . East Lancashire ( eighty-six Lodges ) would no doubt send in a more formidable array of subscriptions , but for
the fact of its having an Educational Institute of its own ; but though it is down for comparatively small sums , it makes a point of being represented always , and this year the dnty has fallen on Bros . C . F . Matier ancl G . P . Brockbank , the former for the Humphrey Cheetham , No . 645 , ancl the
latter for a new Lodge , the St . George ' s , No . 1723 , Bolton . Last yenr the Province sent up for this Festival just over £ 330 . W . Lancashire ( seventy-seven Lodges ) is clown for £ 330 3 s , the aggregate of seven lists . Bi'o . R . Wylie , we may presume , did duty for the whole Province , and his list
of £ 180 will account for more than half of the total contributions . Bros . W . Harrison ( Unanimity , No . 113 , Preston ) , J . Daniel Moore , M . D . ( Fortitude , No . 281 , Lancaster ) , James Piatt ( Fermor , No . 1313 , Southport ) , ancl G . Davenport Pochin , W . H . Buckley , and Licut .-Colonel
Birchall ( all acting for Architect , No . 1375 , Didsbury ) , made np the rest . Last year it gave £ 185 17 s , with one list outstanding , to the Boys ' , £ 380 16 s to the Girls ' , £ 149 17 s 6 d to the Benevolent , or about £ 650 in all ; while in 1876 , when its Provincial Grand Master , Lord
Skelmersdale , was President for the Benevolent , its contributions reached beyond tho sum of £ 1 , 500 . Middlesex ( twenty-seven Lodges ) is another of the Provinces—such as Kent , East and West Lancashire , & c . —which makes a point of sending up Stewards to every Festival .
Onethird of its Lodges and two Chapters contribute , by the hands of twelve Stewards , a sum of £ 20114 s 6 d , ancl thus raise the total of its contributions since January 1875 to over £ 3 , 770 , or an average of £ 377 per Festival . Thegreatest efforts of Middlesex are in support of the Girls , a fact
which will excite surprise in no one , seeing that Bro . Little , the Secretary of that Institution , is Dep . Prov . G . Master . Thus over £ 2 , 000 went into the coffers of the Girls' in 1875 , 1876 , and 1877 , but the Benevolent is fairly well supported , and received in 1877 , £ 329 5 s ; in 1876 ,
£ 198 2 s ; and in 1875 , £ 166 7 s . Of course it was to be expected the Duke of Manchester , as Chairman , would receive the warm support of the Province over which he has so long presided ; but Northampton and Hunts is not a large Province , and numbers only eight Lodges , yet its
contributions , including the personal donation of the Prov . G . Master , reached the sum of £ 300 , Bro . Butler Wilkins Dep . P . G . M ., Bro . E . Cox , of the Pomfret , No . 360 , Northampton , and Bro . Rob . H . Griffin , of St . Peter ' s , No . 442 , Peterborough , acting apparently as joint Stewards
for the Province . This Province has now played its part at five Festivals out of the ten which have taken place since tho beginning of 1875 . Notts , as a Province , though it has nine Lodges , is without any Prov . Grand Lodge organisation , but the Newark-on-Trent was
represented by Bro . William Newton , and gave a small sum . The Province figured at the Boys' Festival last June , a single Steward taking up a list somewhat over the average , and in spite of its disorganised state it has supported the Girls' ancl Boys' in both cases at
the Festivals of 1876 and 1877 . Oxon ( eight Lodges ) sends two Stewards , Bro . Rev . H . Deane , Apollo University , No . 357 , and Bro . N . O . Wakeman , Churchill , No . 478 , Oxford . Last year , when its Provincial Grand Master
Prince Leopold , was only prevented by bis health from presiding at the Benevolent Festival , it raised £ 279 13 s , ancl there is this further to be said in its behalf , it has been present regularly at all the last ten Festivals . Somersetshire ( nineteen Lodges ) sent two Stewards , representing Lodges No . 446 ( the Benevolent , Wells ) and No . 814 ( the
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Parrot and Axe , Crewkorne ) , and the Royal Cumberland Chapter , No . 41 , Batb , sent also a small amount . Last year it gave over £ 253 to tho Benevolent , and over £ 58 to the Boys ' . Staffordshire ( twenty-ono Lodges ) had the misfortune to lose its Prov . G . Master last year , but four
Stewards , representing three Lodges , took up £ 156 7 s . Last year it gave £ 145 to this Institution , over £ 160 to the Girls ' , and £ 149 2 s to the Boys ' . Suffolk ( nineteen Lodges ) sent £ 94 2 s , by Bros . W . Clarke , G . H . Grimwoocl , and John L . Clemence , representing Lodges No . 114 ( " British
Union , " Ipswich ) , No . 1224 ( " Stonr Valley , " Sudbury ) , and No . 1452 ( " St . Margaret's , " Lowestoft . ) Last year it gave £ 111 14 s to tho Benevolent , and £ 115 10 s to tho Boys ' , and is , moreover , constant in its support of our Institutions . Three Stewards , Bros . J . R . Boor ( St . George ' s ,
No . 370 , Chertsey ) , C . H . Edmands ( Frederick of Unity , No . 452 , Croydon ) , ancl H . W . Charrington ( Wey Side , No . 1395 , Woking ) , did duty for Surrey , with its eighteen Lodges . Their joint contributions only amount to £ 66 18 s ; but last year it gave just over £ 111 to the Benevolent ,
over £ 40 to the Girls ' , and over £ 90 to the Boy ' s ; and in 1876 it raised over £ 210 for the last mentioned Institution . Here , again , Ave have an instance of praiseworthy support administered regularly . The honour of representing the nineteen Lodges of Sussex is shared—somewhat unequally ,
however—between a Brighton Lodge ( the Royal Brunswick , No . 732 ) ancl a Lewes Lodge ( the Pelham , No . 1303 ) . The total of the two lists is £ 84 10 s . Last year the same towns enjoyed the same honour , ancl together they made up a list of over £ 150 . It also contributed over £ 270 to
the Boys' Festival in June last , and over £ 233 to the Girls ' in May . It was , further , a supporter of the Boys' in 1876 to the extent of over £ 200 . Little Wilts ( ten Lodges ) does its duty regularly ancl liberally , one Steward for the whole Province , and a total of £ 164 lis , being the result on
this occasion . . Last year its Prov . Grand Master , Lord Methuen , was Steward for this same same Institution , ancl his list just exceeded £ 273 . It also supported " Our Boys " to the extent of £ 142 16 s , ancl the Girls' to that of £ 122 14 s ; in fact , it has only been unrepresented at one
out of the last ten Festivals . N . ancl E . Yorkshire ( twentyfive Lodges ) sent up three Stewards , representing two LocVes , the agrerresate of their lists being , however , small . It also contributed moderately to the Boys' and Benevolent last year , and we think it might bestir itself more actively
on these occasions . West Yorkshire , as usual , has a long array of Stewards , and the goodly total of £ 603 5 s . This follows immediately on a sum of £ 766 10 s given to " Our
Boys " in June last , and makes the total of its contributions to our Charities at ten Festivals £ 5 , 287 6 s , giving an average slightly in excess of £ 528 per Festival . The Benevolent has received from this Province the sum of
£ 1 , 945 15 s at the last four Festivals . We need not say more than this ; to do so would be " to gild refined gold . " We have now completed our task . We have done our best to render justice to all Lodges and Provinces , and if we have felt it to be our duty to remark on any apparent
shortcomings , we trust it will be admitted we have clone so , not in a captious or complaining , but in a kindly spirit , ancl with the sole desire to animate brethren to further honourable rivalry—within , of course , the just limits of their ability—in the sacred cause of Charity .
Tho final meeting of the Board of Stewards of the recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will be held at Freemasons' Hall , on Tuesday , the 26 th inst ., at four o ' clock p . m ., for the purpose of auditing ,
and , if approved , of ordering payment of the accounts in connection therewith . The Secretary will be in attendance throughout the clay to receive such donations ancl subscriptions as may have been paid to the Stewards , and to take instructions as to the collection of the unpaid accounts .
The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Confidence Lodge of Instruction , No . 193 , at the Railway Tavern , London-street , Fenchurch-street , on Wednesday next , the 27 th inst ., at 6 o ' clock precisely . Bros . J . E . Ives , No . 781 , W . M . ; T . J . Barnes P . M . 933 ancl 554 S . W ., J . Andrews J . D . 1227 J . W ., E . Gottheil Preceptor I . P . M .
FIEST L ECTURE . —Bros . Biddle , Hallam , Scbeerboom , Ellis , C . E Webb , Andrews , and W . Hogg . SECOND LECTUKE . —Bros . W . J . Eawley , W . Musto , Onld , T . J Barnes , and J . Shepherd . THIBD LECTUKE , —Bros , U . Clegg , J . Taylor , and Myers .