Ninety-Fifth Anniversary Festival Of The Girls' School.

up £ 44 2 s for the second Festival of 1883 . It contributed fifty guineas to the Benevolent in February , and so keeps up the continuity of its attendances . South Wales ( Eastern Division ) shows a very good list from Bro . G . H . Noel , amounting to £ 217 7 s . There is

another Steward from this district to report himself , so that the total may be materially increased . The Province was not represented at the Benevolent Festival in February last , but has done fairly well for the Educational Institutions in the past .

Staffordshire , with four Stewards ( one of whom is not yet accredited with any amount ) , has contributed £ 272 6 s towards this year ' s Girls' Festival , which amount was preceded in February last by £ 57 15 s contributed to the Benevolent , and by upwards of £ 3 , 700 subscribed during the eight years 1875-1882 to the three Institutions .

Suffolk continues to do well for our Charities . Up to February last , including donations of £ 166 2 s 6 'd at the Festival held that month , the total subscribed by its members since 1875 was close on £ 2 , 480 , now it increases that total by £ 136 10 s brought up by Bro . N . Tracy , the Steward representing the Province .

Surrey , with five Stewards , adds to its past gifts by contributions of £ 109 10 s on behalf of the Girls' Festival of 1883 . It will be remembered that the Benevolent

Festival of the current year was presided over by the esteemed Grand Master of this Province , and that the subscriptions then amounted to £ 905 14 s , so that this year promises well to sustain the reputation of Surrey . Sussex again comes out well . It sent £ 210 to the

Benevolent in February , and now furnishes four Stewards , with lists amounting in the aggregate to £ 363 6 s . It has long taken an active interest in the Masonic Charities , and has been represented at nearly all of the Festivals which have been celebrated during the last nine years .

Warwickshire had five representatives on the Board of Stewards at this month ' s Festival , and between them they collected £ 59 17 s . The Province was also represented in February last , when £ 57 15 s was subscribed ; she did exceedingly well last year , and has done so in the past generally .

Worcestershire sends up nine of the Provincial Stewards , who between them secured £ 217 7 s for " Our Girls . " The Province did equally well for the Benevolent in February ,

contributing £ 218 13 s on that occasion . Having started so well , we can only hope the brethren of the district will finish up the year with a similar amount for the Boys ' School .

Yorkshire ( North and East ) had one Steward , who brought up £ 15 15 s , while the Western Division of the same county was represented by twenty brethren and a list of subscriptions amounting to £ 400 . Each of these Divisions appeared in the last returns of the Benevolent

Institution , the one for £ 29 13 s , and the other for £ 450 , and representatives of each have come to be recognised as constant attendants at the regularly recurring Festivals . We trust it may be many years before either are omitted from the lists .

Having now come to the end of the Provincial contributions , we have only to record the donation , by Bro . H . De Tatham , M . D ., of £ 10 10 s from abroad , and our task is at an end . In conclusion , we can but reassert the opinion

we gave in the opening passages of our remarks;—the Girls' School Festival of 1883 has resulted most satisfactorily , and express a fervent hope that as years roll on each succeeding Festival may prove as good , if not better , than the one of which we have just analysed the subscriptions .

The monthly meeting of the Lodge of Benevolence was held on Wednesday evening at Freemasons' Hall . Bros . Joshua Nuun President , Brett and Atkins Vice Presidents , occupied their respective chairs . There was a very large attendance of brethren . The Board of Masters was

first held , at which the agenda paper of the Quarterly Communication of 6 th June was read . The scrutineers for the porch , and for the ballot for the Board of General Purposes and Colonial Board were appointed , and the Lodge of Benevolence was then opened . The brethren

first confirmed the recommendations of grants to the amount of £ o 50 made at last meeting , and then proceeded with the new list , which contained thirty-eight cases .

Five of these were deferred . The remainder were relieved as follows : —One £ 150 , one £ 100 , two £ 50 , three £ 40 , four £ 30 , one £ 25 , five £ 20 , font- £ 15 , nine £ 10 , and three £ 5 , or a total of £ 880 .

The Late Election.—R.M.B.I.

THE LATE ELECTION . —R . M . B . I .

WE have little to add to the particulars we furnished last week in regard to the election which took place on Friday last . The death of one of the candidates —Francis Joseph Wirtzfeld—occurred about the time the Poll was declared . This applicant was returned as No 15

on the List of Successful Candidates . This will at once create a vacancy for the brother who stands highest on the deferred list . We append the names of Unsuccessful Candidates , with particulars of the votes polled for each . These , of course , will be carried forward for next election .

MALES . No . on Brought Polled Total Voting NAME forward to-day polled Paper 4 Inwoocl , John 158 384 542 46 Willcox , Christopher 495 28 Fitzwater , Charles 458 38 Lotinga , Noach S 439 43 Weston , Thomas E 411 14 fleigho , Daniel 43 355 398 29 Goodohild , Jamea 395 1 Ensell , George 238 70 308 uarciner

« so , uanmoai 138 50 Jones , John Thomas 118 13 Keid , Alexander 21 81 102 24 Towning , John L 77 16 Harrison , William 11 42 53 7 Sari , Charles 30 3 33 18 Kingsbury , John 28 25 Wade , Andrew 6 27 Allies , Frederick 4

17 Harper , Francis 3 23 Musham , John 3

FEMALES . 24 Sfcubington , Fanny 486 907 1393 30 Wood , Annetta T H 512 805 1317 40 Bowen , Emma 275 1041 1316 48 Beattie , Ellen G 696 580 1276 42 Russell , Mary 263 931 1194 33 Haynes , Eliza 522 ' 639 1161 2 Wakefield , Ann 919 204 1123 23 Thomas , Elizabeth Mary 571 531 1102

3 Child , Elizabeth Mary Ann 430 665 1095 22 Emmerson , Zelie 678 277 955 32 Buckley , Caroline C H V 591 356 947 58 Jagev , Magdalene 904 1 Elliott , Isabeila 764 99 863 53 Mardon , Sarah Anne 782 20 Eurnsey , Phcebe Ann 594 143 737 11 Smith , Mary 172 541 713 31 Chappie , Elizabeth 376 270 646 59 Perridge , Eebecca 589

5 Allen , Sarah Ann 439 42 481 52 Hobbs , Elizabeth 475 45 Evans , Harriet 252 207 459 6 Eowell , Margaret 368 17 385 12 Geary , Mary 243 112 355 18 Hill , Elizabeth 273 36 309

bo Isaac , trances 307 54 Timms , Susan 271 16 Pelton , Mary 94 112 206 46 Potter Ellen 52 99 151 57 Tribe , Jane 141 61 Townsend , Jane Mary 81 28 Eodgers , May Marianne 66 10 76 67 Rebbeck , Hannah 71

SB Jtleppel , Mary 66 55 Lovelock , Louisa 61 49 Polkinghorne , Jane 50 69 Cooley , Elizabeth L 50 65 Leaver , Jane 37 14 Copeland , Charlotte 12 4 16 19 Madeley , Harriet Matilda 6 8 14 7 Maddick , Jane 13 — 13 51 Matthews , Mary 9 17 Eigarlsford , Sarah 6 2 8 AA n *« ien- » TWo-n-p D O

50 Barras , Elizabeth Ann 7 9 Coates , Sarah 5 — 5 60 Croad , Susan 4 63 Greenwood , Ellen 4 38 Parker , Annie — 3 3 64 Hargreaves , Amelia — 68 Cook , Elizabeth Ann

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