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Ninety-Fifth Anniversary Festival Of The Girls' School.
tive Steward , Bro . W . Cleghorn . Other Lodges sending up lists of , and exceeding £ 100 , are Nos . 1657 , Aldersgate , and No . 1949 , Brixton , each of which figures for £ 105 , taken up by Bros . S . Benton , M . D , and H . B . Marshall , C . C ., respectively ; No . 1056 , Victoria , whose
Steward , Bro . J . Bonlton , collected £ 101 17 s 6 'd , and No . 1963 , Dnke of Albany , which sent £ 100 by its representative , Bro . R . J . Vincent . The other London Stewards have each , we have no doubt , done their best , aud there are doubtless many who deserve separate mention , but the
space at our disposal does not admit of our specially referring to lists -under £ 100 , although the part they play in the general success of a Festival renders them of no small importance . We hope that the sparseness of the comments usually accorded to minor lists will not deter brethren who
are unable to manage large ones from trying their hands , it is not possible for all to excel , and if a brother has done all that lay in his power , he has done as much , may be more , than he whose total heads the list . Berks and Bucks is the first , in alphabetical order , of the
Provinces which appear in this year ' s list . It is represented by six Stewards , who between them have brought up £ 183 lis ; Bro . Richard Dowsett , of Grey Friars Lodge , No . 1101 , collecting the largest amount ( £ 60 ) from this district . The Province was represented at the Benevolent
Festival of the current year by four Stewards , with a total of £ 109 12 s 6 d . It has not been absent from one of the Girls' School Festivals which have taken place since the starting of THE FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE ( 1875 ) , the total contributed from its members to the nine Festivals we have
recorded being £ 1 , 632 7 s . Cambridgeshire presents a glorious change at this Festival compared with its past record of services rendered to the Institutions ; its total contributions to the Festivals held from February 1875 to February 1883—twenty-five
in number—having been but £ 46 , viz ., £ 25 to the Benevolent in 1875 , £ 5 5 s to the Girls' in 1878 , and £ 15 15 s to the Boys' the same year . It now appears on the list of contributing Provinces with an amount of £ 128 2 s collected by its Steward , Bro . N . J . York ; and right glad
are we to chronicle the fact . We trust the brethren of Cambridgeshire may find it within their power to continue the good work thus begun , and that having now won a hig h , place in the list of contributing Provinces , it will act in such a manner as to maintain , if not improve , such position .
Cheshire , represented by three Stewards , sends £ 85 12 s ; this is its second donation to the London Charities this year , its total to the Benevolent in February being £ 37 16 s .
It is seldom absent from the three central Institution Festivals , and also finds funds to support a home Charity . Cheshire might be adopted as a pattern by many of the other Provinces .
Cornwall , which also put in an appearance at the February Festival of the current year , now contributes £ 7310 s , at the hands of two Stewards . It was represented at last year ' s Festival of this Institution , when £ 32 lis was sent tip . Previous to that it had only contributed to one of the
seven Girls' School Festivals which we have noticed , viz ., that of 1879 , when its contributions reached the sum of £ 378 . We are glad to see it among the contributors two years running , and hope that the old system of long breaks "will now be abolished .
Cumberland and Westmoreland opens the ball this year with a contribution of £ 26 5 s to the Girls' Festival . Its last donation to this Institution was in 1880 , when H . R . H . Prince Leopold undertook the office of Chairman , and then it figured for £ 375 7 s . We notice that Bro . McKay , the
Steward from this district , describes himself as " unattached , " a distinction which , we trust , does not arise in consequence of any disinclination of the Lodges of the
Province to be represented . We should have liked Bro . McKay to have been accredited to " the Province , " in which case , perhaps , his list might have amounted to something more than is now the case .
Derbyshire , at the hands of Bro . John Stanley , of Lodge No . 1235 , sends up £ 70 7 s . This Province was represented at the first Festival of the current year , £ 50 being then contributed , and is to be found among those present at most of the gatherings of the last eig ht years .
Devonshire is now represented by four Stewards , three of whom contribute £ 203 3 s , while the fourth is yet to declare the amount of his list . The Province sent up £ 74 lis to this year's Benevolent , and is , as we stated when reviewing the donations at that Festival , among the
Ninety-Fifth Anniversary Festival Of The Girls' School.
most consistent supporters of the central Charities . It has also a local fund , which calls for assistance at the hands of its members . Dorsetshire is on the list of represented Provinces , but
its Steward , Bro . R . N . Howard , of No . 1027 , had not , at the time the list was supplied us , given in the amount he had secured for the Institution . At the Benevolent in February the same brother took np a list of £ 100 , a total which we hope will bo at least equalled for the Girls .
Durham supplements its donation of £ 63 lis to last February ' s Festival , by one of £ 86 2 s 6 d to the one now under notice , and thus keeps up the regularity of the " representations " it has now made at the three Festivals for some years past .
Essex is another regular attendant at the Festivals , and now comes forward with £ 97 2 s towards the general total . This sum was collected by three brethren ,
representing respectively Nos . 276 , 1000 , and 1545 . This district , as we said in our issue of 10 th March last , has only missed being represented at three out of the last twent ysix Festivals .
Gloucestershire , a contributor of £ 213 3 s in February last , and one of the strongest supporters of the three Institutions during the preceding eight years , now continues the good work , with a contribution of £ 36 15 s from its two Stewards .
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight—the Province of which the Chairman is the head—supported its ruler by sending up eighteen Stewards , who between them collected £ 1 , 254 13 s , which , with a donation of fifty guineas from the Chairman himself , gives £ 1 , 307 3 s as the contribution
of Hampshire to the Girls' Festival of 1883 . It figured in February last for £ 149 16 s , and , as was then stated , had contributed upwards of £ 4 , 596 during the previous eight years to the three Institutions , so that its total donations since 1875 now reach £ 6 , 053 4 s 6 d .
Hertfordshire continues on the good course which has marked this Province for many years past . It was represented by four Stewards on the occasion of this year ' s Girls' School Festival , and between these four brethren a
total of £ 158 lis 6 d has been raised , the representative of the King Harold Lodge , No . 1327 , being accredited with £ 96 12 s of the total . It was represented in February last , when £ 233 4 s was collected for the Benevolent .
Kent now sends £ 238 8 s as the result of five of its six Stewards' exertions . We must wait until the Boys ' Festival is over , in June next , before we can say anything as to this year ' s contributions from this district , as the
Provincial Grand Master—Viscount Holmesdale—will then preside , and will no doubt be well supported . Its lists in February last , or rather three out of four of them , totalled up to £ 148 5 s .
Lancashire is represented by eight Stewards from the Eastern Division and ten from the Western , the amounts sent up being £ 89 5 s in the case of the former , and £ 244 13 s in that of the latter . Each was represented in February last , and each has played a conspicuous part in
the maintenance of the three Institutions in the past . The day is not far distant when another " magnificent" totalsuch as was forthcoming from this county in 1876 and 1880—may be looked for . If either of its Provincial Grand Masters could be induced to take the chair , we feel sure the whole county would rally round .
Middlesex follows its donations of £ 356 8 s 6 d to the Benevolent in February last by a total of £ 117 13 s to the Girls on the present occasion . It is represented by four Stewards , Rev . Dr . P . H . E . Brette , as representtaive of No . 1460 , being accredited with £ 44 2 s of the Provincial total .
Monmouthshire , absent from the Benevolent in February last , appears here with £ 236 5 s , collected by one Steward . It has done well in the past , and may be considered as one of the regular supporters of the Charities . North Wales and Salop has four representatives , and
these have secured , between them , a total of £ 64 Is as a follower to the £ 52 6 s for which the Province figured in February last . For some time past this district has done well , its donations to the Girls School last year ( £ 352 10 s ) being specially noticeable . to
Oxfordshire continues the regularity of its support the Charities , which has marked the S \ years we have been in existence . It has not missed one of the twentysix Festivals we have recorded . It now contributes £ 85 12 s 6 d at the hands of four Stewards . Somersetshire , with one Steward to represent it , sends
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Ninety-Fifth Anniversary Festival Of The Girls' School.
tive Steward , Bro . W . Cleghorn . Other Lodges sending up lists of , and exceeding £ 100 , are Nos . 1657 , Aldersgate , and No . 1949 , Brixton , each of which figures for £ 105 , taken up by Bros . S . Benton , M . D , and H . B . Marshall , C . C ., respectively ; No . 1056 , Victoria , whose
Steward , Bro . J . Bonlton , collected £ 101 17 s 6 'd , and No . 1963 , Dnke of Albany , which sent £ 100 by its representative , Bro . R . J . Vincent . The other London Stewards have each , we have no doubt , done their best , aud there are doubtless many who deserve separate mention , but the
space at our disposal does not admit of our specially referring to lists -under £ 100 , although the part they play in the general success of a Festival renders them of no small importance . We hope that the sparseness of the comments usually accorded to minor lists will not deter brethren who
are unable to manage large ones from trying their hands , it is not possible for all to excel , and if a brother has done all that lay in his power , he has done as much , may be more , than he whose total heads the list . Berks and Bucks is the first , in alphabetical order , of the
Provinces which appear in this year ' s list . It is represented by six Stewards , who between them have brought up £ 183 lis ; Bro . Richard Dowsett , of Grey Friars Lodge , No . 1101 , collecting the largest amount ( £ 60 ) from this district . The Province was represented at the Benevolent
Festival of the current year by four Stewards , with a total of £ 109 12 s 6 d . It has not been absent from one of the Girls' School Festivals which have taken place since the starting of THE FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE ( 1875 ) , the total contributed from its members to the nine Festivals we have
recorded being £ 1 , 632 7 s . Cambridgeshire presents a glorious change at this Festival compared with its past record of services rendered to the Institutions ; its total contributions to the Festivals held from February 1875 to February 1883—twenty-five
in number—having been but £ 46 , viz ., £ 25 to the Benevolent in 1875 , £ 5 5 s to the Girls' in 1878 , and £ 15 15 s to the Boys' the same year . It now appears on the list of contributing Provinces with an amount of £ 128 2 s collected by its Steward , Bro . N . J . York ; and right glad
are we to chronicle the fact . We trust the brethren of Cambridgeshire may find it within their power to continue the good work thus begun , and that having now won a hig h , place in the list of contributing Provinces , it will act in such a manner as to maintain , if not improve , such position .
Cheshire , represented by three Stewards , sends £ 85 12 s ; this is its second donation to the London Charities this year , its total to the Benevolent in February being £ 37 16 s .
It is seldom absent from the three central Institution Festivals , and also finds funds to support a home Charity . Cheshire might be adopted as a pattern by many of the other Provinces .
Cornwall , which also put in an appearance at the February Festival of the current year , now contributes £ 7310 s , at the hands of two Stewards . It was represented at last year ' s Festival of this Institution , when £ 32 lis was sent tip . Previous to that it had only contributed to one of the
seven Girls' School Festivals which we have noticed , viz ., that of 1879 , when its contributions reached the sum of £ 378 . We are glad to see it among the contributors two years running , and hope that the old system of long breaks "will now be abolished .
Cumberland and Westmoreland opens the ball this year with a contribution of £ 26 5 s to the Girls' Festival . Its last donation to this Institution was in 1880 , when H . R . H . Prince Leopold undertook the office of Chairman , and then it figured for £ 375 7 s . We notice that Bro . McKay , the
Steward from this district , describes himself as " unattached , " a distinction which , we trust , does not arise in consequence of any disinclination of the Lodges of the
Province to be represented . We should have liked Bro . McKay to have been accredited to " the Province , " in which case , perhaps , his list might have amounted to something more than is now the case .
Derbyshire , at the hands of Bro . John Stanley , of Lodge No . 1235 , sends up £ 70 7 s . This Province was represented at the first Festival of the current year , £ 50 being then contributed , and is to be found among those present at most of the gatherings of the last eig ht years .
Devonshire is now represented by four Stewards , three of whom contribute £ 203 3 s , while the fourth is yet to declare the amount of his list . The Province sent up £ 74 lis to this year's Benevolent , and is , as we stated when reviewing the donations at that Festival , among the
Ninety-Fifth Anniversary Festival Of The Girls' School.
most consistent supporters of the central Charities . It has also a local fund , which calls for assistance at the hands of its members . Dorsetshire is on the list of represented Provinces , but
its Steward , Bro . R . N . Howard , of No . 1027 , had not , at the time the list was supplied us , given in the amount he had secured for the Institution . At the Benevolent in February the same brother took np a list of £ 100 , a total which we hope will bo at least equalled for the Girls .
Durham supplements its donation of £ 63 lis to last February ' s Festival , by one of £ 86 2 s 6 d to the one now under notice , and thus keeps up the regularity of the " representations " it has now made at the three Festivals for some years past .
Essex is another regular attendant at the Festivals , and now comes forward with £ 97 2 s towards the general total . This sum was collected by three brethren ,
representing respectively Nos . 276 , 1000 , and 1545 . This district , as we said in our issue of 10 th March last , has only missed being represented at three out of the last twent ysix Festivals .
Gloucestershire , a contributor of £ 213 3 s in February last , and one of the strongest supporters of the three Institutions during the preceding eight years , now continues the good work , with a contribution of £ 36 15 s from its two Stewards .
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight—the Province of which the Chairman is the head—supported its ruler by sending up eighteen Stewards , who between them collected £ 1 , 254 13 s , which , with a donation of fifty guineas from the Chairman himself , gives £ 1 , 307 3 s as the contribution
of Hampshire to the Girls' Festival of 1883 . It figured in February last for £ 149 16 s , and , as was then stated , had contributed upwards of £ 4 , 596 during the previous eight years to the three Institutions , so that its total donations since 1875 now reach £ 6 , 053 4 s 6 d .
Hertfordshire continues on the good course which has marked this Province for many years past . It was represented by four Stewards on the occasion of this year ' s Girls' School Festival , and between these four brethren a
total of £ 158 lis 6 d has been raised , the representative of the King Harold Lodge , No . 1327 , being accredited with £ 96 12 s of the total . It was represented in February last , when £ 233 4 s was collected for the Benevolent .
Kent now sends £ 238 8 s as the result of five of its six Stewards' exertions . We must wait until the Boys ' Festival is over , in June next , before we can say anything as to this year ' s contributions from this district , as the
Provincial Grand Master—Viscount Holmesdale—will then preside , and will no doubt be well supported . Its lists in February last , or rather three out of four of them , totalled up to £ 148 5 s .
Lancashire is represented by eight Stewards from the Eastern Division and ten from the Western , the amounts sent up being £ 89 5 s in the case of the former , and £ 244 13 s in that of the latter . Each was represented in February last , and each has played a conspicuous part in
the maintenance of the three Institutions in the past . The day is not far distant when another " magnificent" totalsuch as was forthcoming from this county in 1876 and 1880—may be looked for . If either of its Provincial Grand Masters could be induced to take the chair , we feel sure the whole county would rally round .
Middlesex follows its donations of £ 356 8 s 6 d to the Benevolent in February last by a total of £ 117 13 s to the Girls on the present occasion . It is represented by four Stewards , Rev . Dr . P . H . E . Brette , as representtaive of No . 1460 , being accredited with £ 44 2 s of the Provincial total .
Monmouthshire , absent from the Benevolent in February last , appears here with £ 236 5 s , collected by one Steward . It has done well in the past , and may be considered as one of the regular supporters of the Charities . North Wales and Salop has four representatives , and
these have secured , between them , a total of £ 64 Is as a follower to the £ 52 6 s for which the Province figured in February last . For some time past this district has done well , its donations to the Girls School last year ( £ 352 10 s ) being specially noticeable . to
Oxfordshire continues the regularity of its support the Charities , which has marked the S \ years we have been in existence . It has not missed one of the twentysix Festivals we have recorded . It now contributes £ 85 12 s 6 d at the hands of four Stewards . Somersetshire , with one Steward to represent it , sends