Analysis Of The R.M.B.I. Subscription List.

ANALYSIS OF THE R . M . B . I . SUBSCRIPTION LIST .

BEFOBE entering upon our accustomed task of analysing the Subscription List , it will be as well , perhaps , if we offer a few words of congratulation to those more immediately connected with the celebration of Tnesday . We have invariably made it our business to

point out that the distinguished brother who consents to occupy the chair at one of our Festivals incurs a certain amount of responsibility . Not only has he to preside at the dinner , but he must also bestir himself very actively with a view to securing as large an amount of support as

possible for the Institution he is for the moment more immediately interested in . Now , as we remarked last week , the Province of South Wales , Western Division , of which Bight Worshipfnl Bro . Lient .-Colonel Lloyd-Philipps is the respected chief , is but a small one , having only nine

Lodges on its roll . No matter then how loyally the brethren of this province might support their Prov . G . Master , it was ont of all reason to suppose they could emulate the triumphs of stronger and more influential Provinces . The will was as great , but the field was

circumscribed . Yet we venture to say that , merely having regard to the support given him by his own Province , Lieutenant-Colonel Lloyd-Philipps cannot be otherwise than gratified at the result of Tuesday ' s proceedings , while if he takes note of the grand total subscribed from all quarters , he must

be still more delighted when , taking the returns in round figures , at £ 12 , 500—a sum of over £ 103 was received the very morning after the Festival—he finds the average of the Stewards' lists was within a fraction of the very consider , able sum of £ 50 .

And if the Chairman is to be congratulated , so assuredly are the Stewards , individually and collectively , who exerted themselves so strenuously and so successfully in helping our Benevolent Institution , and enabling it to continue with undiminished ability the good work to which

it is devoted . The officials , too , are to be congratulated on the result . Bro . Terry and his staff have laboured during the past twelve months unremittingly in order that the Festival now past might bear good fruit . They knew it was well nigh impossible to expect a West Yorkshire

would be able to preside this year as well as last , and that a total of over £ 14 , 300 was ont of the question . They also knew—none better , indeed—how necessary it was a good harvest should be gathered in , if the Institution were to continue at its present strength ; and with this

knowled ge ever before them , they set about the task of enlisting the services of Stewards with a zeal and energy beyond all praise . They have their reward in the consciousness of having done their part towards the result of Tuesday . Lastly , we must congratulate the Institution and its

wellwishers that , thanks to the contributions of the day in question , it will be possible to maintain the number of annuitants at its present strength .

Let us now turn to the more especial task of the moment . The Anniversary of 1882 , if it cannot quite be compared with its immediate predecessor , is undeniably a fruitful one , in excess rather than in defect of the average

Analysis Of The R.M.B.I. Subscription List.

of the last few years . The Board of Stewards also was an average one , and consisted of 254 brethren , of whom 138 represented Lodges or Chapters in the Metropolitan District , while 116 acted for sundry of the Provinces . The amount , as announced in the course of the evening ,

was , omitting fractions , £ 12 , 337 , of which London contributed £ 6 , 884 , and the Provinces £ 5 , 452 , eleven lists being at the time outstanding . Of these eleven , one , as we have already stated , reached Bro . Terry the morning after the Festival , so that the amount thus far contributed by Loudon is

£ 6 , 998— the total of the newly received list , that of Burlington Lodge , No 96 , by the hands of Bro . J . Anstey Wild jun ., being £ 103 19 s . Of the 138 London Stewards , six appear to have been unattached , while tho remaining 132 acted on behalf of 120 Lodges , six Royal Arch Chapters ,

and one Sanctuary Ancient and Primitive Bite . As regards order of priority , Mizpah Lodge , No . 1671 , heads tbe list with £ 187 19 s , the result of the joint exertions of Bros . R . A . Morgan and J . Bergman , Victoria Lodge , No . 1056 , being close up with £ 180 5 s , thanks to its

Steward , Bro . James Boulton . Next comes Prosperity , No . 65 , with £ 142 16 s , and thon , in the order stated , Yarborough , No . 554—always a liberally-contributing Lodge—with £ 128 6 s , per Bro . J . J . Berry ; Sincerity , No . 174 , with £ 117 17 s ; Merchant Navy , No . 781 ,

£ 115 18 s ; Friends m Council , No . 1383—Friends indeed and Friends in need— £ 112 7 s ; Sovereign Sanctuary Ancient and Primitive Rite , £ 110 18 s 6 d ; Montague Guest Lodge , No . 1900 , per Bro . Festa , its Senior Warden , £ 105 , and No . 1949 with a similar sum—both these being

new Lodges , and less than a year old ; Burlington , No . i ) 6 , and Temple Bar , No . 1728 , each with £ 103 ' l 9 s ; United Strength , No . 228 , with £ 103 lis 6 d ; Antiquity , No . 2 ,

£ 101 16 s ; Tranquillity , No . 185 , per Bro . Croaker P . M ., £ 103 3 s ; and Temperance , No . 169 , £ 100 . Thus , though there is no specially large amount given by a single Lodge , there is a goodly array of three-figure contributions .

One or two remarks , supplementary to the foregoing , may reasonably be made . While the old Lodges are , as usual , very strongly represented , Grand Stewards' Lodge , and Nos . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 14 , 15 , 18 , 19 , 21 , 22 ,

27 , 29 , 30 , 33 , & c ., & c , sending up Stewards , the junior Lodges are also well to the fore , no less than five Lodges of last year ' s creation being iu the list , to two of which we have already paid the just compliment of noticing their contributions . It is also worthy of remark that—writing

subject to correction—this is the largest proportion oi London Lodges at any of the Festivals it has been onr privilege to record . There aro in round figures some 310 Lodges in the Metropolitan district , so that over one-third are represented .

We now turn to the Provinces , which , so far as they sent up representatives , contributed the handsome total of £ 5 , 452 . On glancing at tho list , it will be found that thirty of them sent up Stewards , and as there are only forty-one , with three districts having no Provincial

organisation , the representation is distributed over three-fourths of the whole country , London being , of course , excepted . The absentees are as follow : —Bedfordshire ( 5 Lod ges ) and Cambridgeshire ( 4 Lodges ) , as usual ; Bristol ( 8 Lodges ) , which , however , has been fairly well represented

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