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the Festival of this Institution , they vvere only sixpence short of £ 1883 , of which the R . M . B . I . received £ 1785 gs . 6 d . There is also , perhaps , another reason why this Province has figured at our more recent anniversary celebrations somewhat less conspicuously than in previous years , namely , that it has been establishing an Educational and Benevolent Association of its own , the contributions raised on this particular account being from £ 1800 to £ 2000 . Under these circumstances , the smaller figures vve have recorded at the last five Festivals in respect of Hants and the Isle of Wig ht are only such as might have been expected .
HERTFORDSHIRE , which has now 19 lodges on its roll , and a lodge at Broxbourne on the way to be consecrated , did well on Wednesday , the sum raised by its half-dozen Stewards , of whom Bro . John E . Dawson , Past D . P . G . M ., was one , being £ 297 us . Bro . Dawson acted independently , but to good purpose , his list being £ 57 4 s . The five lodges represented were the Hertford Lodge , No . 403 , per Bro . Rev . W .
Mills ; the King Harold Lodge , No . 1327 ; the Halsey Lodge , No . 1479 , per Bro . John Purrott , and two out of the three lodges consecrated last year , namely , the Kingswood Lodge , No . 2278 , per Bro . C . M . Coxon , which subscribed £ 40 18 s ., and the Bushey Hall Lodge , No . 2323 , vvhich was represented b y its principal founder and first W . M ., Bro . C . E . Keyser , whose list amounted to £ 92 8 s . Last year Hertfordshire , vvhich then had only 17 lodges , contributed £ 240 to this to
Institution ; £ 52 12 s . to the Girls ' School ; and ^ , 78 15 s . the Boys' School ; or together £ 371 7 s . In 1888 it raised £ 649 19 s . for the Girls' Centenary , and £ 146 15 s . 6 d . for the R . M . B . I ., making together £ 79 6 14 s . 6 d ., while in the Jubilee year it gave £ 606 7 s ., of vvhich this Institution obtained nearl y two-thirds , and in 1886 , close on £ 505 , of vvhich the Benevolent received £ 279 5 s . 6 d . Of
course , as Bro . Terry has been a Prov . Grand Officer of Herts for upwards of 20 years , and is immensely and deservedly popular in all the lodges , it stands to reason that he should obtain the chief share of support in this quarter , but the two Schools are by no means neglected . The Province of
KENT invariably p lays a prominent part in these Festival Returns , owing , no doubt , in a measure to its wealth of lodges , but chiefly vve incline to believe because it has - an excellent organisation for Charitable purposes . But whatever the reason , the fact is patent to all who study these lists . On Wednesday , 11 of its lodges and one of the chapters were represented by n Stewards , and the sum total of the lists compiled by them was £ 743 4 - Last year it subscribed £ 1460 16 s . 6 d .,
of which this Institution had the good fortune to secure £ 821 17 s . 6 d ., while the Boys' School obtained £ 493 , though the Girls' School , for manifest reasons , had to content itself with the more moderate sum of £ 145 19 s . In 1888 , the R . M . B . I . received £ 374 8 s ., the Girls' School , at its Centenary Festival , £ 3059 9 s . 6 d ., and the Boys' School , only three weeks after the useful contribution , £ 254 13 s . 6 d . In the jubilee year it contributed £ 1227 17 s . 6 d . to this Institution , £ 18445 . 6 d . to
the Girls' School , and £ 508 14 s . 6 d . to the R . M . I . B ., making together £ 1920 16 s . 6 d . These are very formidable figures , even when vve take into account that Kent has now some 62 lodges on its roll , and for at least a dozen years previously had been working on the same generous scale , though being somewhat fewer lodges , not quite to the same amount . Out of the 100 lodges on the roll of
LANCASHIRE ( EAST DIVISION ) , there vvere only eig ht vvhich sent up Stewards , but the 10 brethren who acted in this capacity compiled amongst them £ 217 17 s . We have said before that except on great occasions we must not measure the amount of support received from East Lancashire by the number of its lodges , as it has an Educational and Benevolent Association with a capital of some £ 9000 , which is doing right good service for its poorer and deceased members . On state occasions , however , it does
splendidly , as some years ago when Bro . Col . Starkie presided for this Institution and the contributions from the Province vvere upwards of £ 3500 .. Again in 1888 it raised £ 2873 us . 6 d . for the R . M . B . I . ; £ 1350 i 6 s . 6 d . for the Girls' Centenary ; and £ 126 5 s . for the Boys' School , or for the whole year £ 4350 13 s . But such contributions , where there is a local Charitable organisation , can only be occasional . The adjoining Province of
LANCASHIRE ( WEST DIVISION ) , which has about the same number of lodges as its eastern nei g hbour , is even more extensively committed to the support of its local Charities . It has as many as three of them , vvhich are well established and doing valuable service , the Systematic Educational Institution having a capital of about £ 20 , 000 . We do not , therefore , look to it for any large amount of support for the Central Charities
except on very special occasions , and then like East Lancashire it does well . Last year , for instance , its contributions to the three Institutions onl y amounted to £ 324 93 ., but in 1888 the total raised for the Girls' Centenary , the Boys' School , and the Old People , was £ 257 6 12 s ., of vvhich the senior Charity received £ 2440 2 s . On Wednesday nine Stewards acting for 10 lodges compiled amongst them the useful sum of £ 341 4 s .
LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND , though it has but a dozen lodges all told , is most exemplary in its support of our Institutions , its custom being to give each a turn , so that its contributions may amount to a substantial sum . Thus at the Boys' School Festival in June last it raised £ 525 ; at the Centenary of the Girls' School in 1888 it figured for £ 648 ios . ; in 188 7 it gave its attention to the R . M . B . I ., for which its
contributions amounted to £ 250 ; in 1886 the Boys School vvas favoured to the extent of £ 257 5 s . ; and in 1885 the Girls' School received £ 405 ; there being also a small amount to the credit of the Province at one or more of the intervening Anniversaries . On Wednesday Bro . A . Mclvor Tindall , of St . Peter ' s Lodge , No . 1330 , Market Harborough , did duty to excellent purpose as Steward , and succeeded in compiling the goodly total of £ 189 . There are 23 lodges on the roll of
LINCOLNSHIRE , and on Wednesday two of them were directly represented , while Bro . H . E . Cousans acted independently . The sum total vvas £ 100 is ., which , considering that Lincolnshire raised £ 518 last year—that is to say , £ 448 14 s . forthe Benevolent Institution and £ 6 9 6 s . for the Boys' School—is very creditable , fn 1888 it
subscribed £ 223 2 s . 6 d ., of vvhich £ 202 2 s . 6 d . was on account of the Girls' Centenary , so that the Province has been acquitting itself , admirably for some time past , the energy and solid good work done by Bro . H . E . Cousans being especiall y noteworthy . The Metropolitan County of
MIDDLESEX now has no less than 49 lodges on its roll , and more than ever , therefore , may be relied upon to make its influence apparent on these occasions . It is regularly represented , ancl generally for substantial amounts , the sum amassed by the u brethren who acted as Stewards for nine lodges—the Lebanon Lodge , No . 1326 ,
. Feltham , being furnished with three—being , £ 285 12 s . 6 d . Last year the total for all the three Festivals vvas £ 593 14 s . 6 d ., of which this Institution vvas fortunate enough to obtain £ 390 3 s . In 1888 , however , the Province made a far better show , the sum raised being £ 1816 5 s ., of vvhich the Girls' School , on the occasion of its Centenary , secured £ 1107 14 s ., while in the year of the Queen ' s Jubilee , the total was £ 1265 7 s ., vvhich vvas distributed with tolerable impartiality
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among the three Charities . In 1886 the amount vvas £ 1034 19 s ., of vvhich the Old People had the satisfaction of receiving over £ 546 . These figures , vvhich might have have been carried still further back , bear out vvhat we have said as to the regularity and munificence of the contributions from the Metropolitan Province , while as regards Wednesday ' s total , we are confident it would have been on a larger
scale but for the fact that Bro . Sir Francis Burdett , P . G . M ., has undertaken to preside as Chairman at the Girls' Festival in May , when the Province will very naturally endeavour to show its respect for its chief b y doing all in its power to support him . The Province of
NORFOLK has 17 lodges on its roll , but being an agricultural county , its subscriptions , though readil y and generously bestowed , are not on quite the same scale as in other Provinces where there are many such industrial centres . On Wednesday , however , three of its lodges sent up together £ 223 5 s ., of vvhich Bro . Mills , of the Walpole Lodge , No . 1500 , Norwich , had the gratification of compiling £ 157 ios .
Last year its two Stewards for the Boys' Festival made up between them a total of £ 101 us . , while in 1888 this Institution obtained £ 63 , and the Girls' School £ 214 4 s ., making together £ 277 4 s . In 1886 , when Bro . Lord Suffield P . G . M ., presided at the Boys' Festival , it raised £ 420 , so that though these figures are not on a large scale , they indicate a large amount of goodwill towards our Central Charities .
Since Bro . the Earl of Euston has had charge of the government of NORTHANTS AND HUNTS , this small Province , vvhich has but 11 lodges on its roll , has been greatl y distinguishing itself , its great achievement having been at the Festival of this Institution in February of last year , when Bro . the Earl of Euston presided , and the Province generously backed him up to the extent of £ " 914 ios . 6 d ., the brethren who raised
this sum being his lordship—whose list vvas £ 227 ios . —and 12 others , among whom were Bros . A . Cockerell ( £ 120 ) , W . Dixey ( £ 100 ) , and James Terry ( £ 207 15 s . ) . In May , Lord Euston acted as Steward for the Girls' School , and aided it to the extent of £ 26 5 s ., while on Wednesday , he gave a like sum , which , with the list of Bro . Carter , Steward for the St . Peter ' s Lodge , No . 442 ,
Petersborough , amounting to £ 15 15 s ., gave a total for the Province of £ 42 . In 1888 , its contributions amounted to nearl y £ 333 , of vvhich £ 204 15 s . vvas compiled at the Girls' Centenary , and £ 117 12 s . for the Boys' School , while in the Jubilee year it raised £ 350 for the latter Charity . This is an excellent record , and very creditable to our Northants and Hunts brethren .
There vvas a small contingent of five Stewards from the Province of OXFORDSHIRE on this occasion , the three out of the 10 lodges which were represented being the Alfred Lodge , No , 340 , the Apollo University Looge , No . 357 , which had three brethren acting for it , and the Thames Lodge , No . 18 95 , Henley-on-Thames . Their lists reached the comfortable sum of £ 235 12 s ., the chief item being Bro .
Colville Smith ' s list of £ 170 ios ., which is more than an average contribution from this Province . Last year , Oxfordshire gave £ 276 15 s . 6 d ., of which £ 186 19 s . 6 d . vvas received by this Institution , while in 1888 it raised £ 6 5 6 9 s . 6 d ., the bulk of which was entered in the Girls' School Centenary Returns . In 188 7 and 1886 , it raised £ 261 6 s . 6 d . and £ 279 13 s ., so that it may always be relied upon to figure in the Festival Lists , and at times to contribute well .
SHROPSHIRE , since its constitution as a separate Province , has shown itself determined to be an active supporter of our Charities , and on Wednesday two of its 12 lodges made up a total of £ 9 6 12 s ., of which Bro . W . Belton , of the Salopian Lodge of Charity , No . 117 , Shrewsbury , vvas responsible for £ 49 7 s ., and Bro . Southwell , of the Castle Lodge , No . 1621 , Bridgnorth , for the remainder . The amounts raised b y this Province at last year ' s Festivals were £ 210 18 s . for the
R . M . B . I ., £ 55 13 s . for the Girls' School , and £ 94 ios . for the Boys' School , or together £ 361 is . In 1888 , its total vvas £ 807 ios ., of vvhich no less than £ 770 15 s . was obtained for the Girls' Centenary , while in the Jubilee it showed to still greater advantage , its contribution at the 99 th Anniversary of the Girls' School , when its P . G . M ., Bro . Sir Offley Wakeman , Bart ., presided as Chairman , being £ 1022 17 s . These figures are large for a Province of such moderate dimensions , and demonstrate that our Shropshire friends have their hearts well in the work of providing for our Institutions .
SOMERSETSHIRE is another of the Provinces which may be looked upon to appear regularly on these occasions . It has 25 lodges on its roll , and some very zealous brethren , who take good care that its interest in our Institutions shall not be allowed to flag for want of Stewards . It generally leaves the canvassing to one brother who does duty for the whole Province , and does it very effectually . On Wednesday , Bro . G . H . Perrett was the chosen representative , and his list vvas £ i < jo 7 s . Last year , it
allowed itself a slight rest , and the total for the two Festivals it attended—those of the Benevolent and Boys' Institutions—vvas comparatively small , amounting to no more than £ 162 5 s ., but at the Girls' Centenary , it raised the large sum of £ 946 is ., the major portion of vvhich— £ 88 3 is . —vvas obtained by the exertions of Bro . J . L . Stothert . From 1884 to 1888 its yearly average vvas £ 820 , and from 1884 to 188 9 £ 712 within a fraction . The 10 lodges in the Province of
SOUTH WALES ( WEST DIVISION ) had one Steward in the person of Bro . J . Bevan Phillips , of the Prince of Wales ' Lodge , No . 671 , Llanelly , but as yet he has made no retnrn . In June last its two Stewards between them raised £ 204 8 s ., and in the May previous an unattached Steward gave £ 52 ios ., making the total for the year £ 256 18 s . In 1888 it raised
, £ 108 ios . for this Institution , and £ 105 at the Girls' Centenary , while in 188 9 it raised £ 210 for the Boys' School . Thus , though with such a paucity of lodges , it cannot enter an appearance regularly , it does so from time to time in such a manner that each Institution in turn obtains from it a fair measure of support . The one Steward who did duty for
STAFFORDSHIRE was Bro . M . Barker , of the Tudor Lodge , No . 1792 , Harborne , whose list vvas exactly £ 200 . In June last Bros . W . H . Bayley and John Bodenham , who are zealous partisans of all three Institutions , together with Bro . Tunnicliffe , of the Menturia Lodge , No . 418 , Hanley , compiled a total of £ 199 ios ., vvhich added to the £ 210 raised for this Institution and £ 89 5 s . for the Girls' School made the
general total for the year £ 49 8 15 s . In 1888 the Schools received between them £ 617 17 s ., namely , the senior School £ 365 7 s ., and the junior £ 262 ios ., while in the Jubilee year the amount distributed among the three Charities was £ 6 9 8 5 s , of vvhich the R . M . Benevolent Institution received £ 132 6 s ., the Girls' School £ 320 5 s ., and the Boys' School £ 245 14 s . Most of thc service thus rendered is
to be accounted for by the facilities offered by the Staffordshire Charitable Association to the members of the Province to become Life-Governors or Life-Subscribers of our Institutions , nor , seeing how beneficial are the results obtained , can vve speak in terms too high of the Province for having started such an organisation and the energy with vvhich its plans have been carried out . No one would have considered the Province of
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the Festival of this Institution , they vvere only sixpence short of £ 1883 , of which the R . M . B . I . received £ 1785 gs . 6 d . There is also , perhaps , another reason why this Province has figured at our more recent anniversary celebrations somewhat less conspicuously than in previous years , namely , that it has been establishing an Educational and Benevolent Association of its own , the contributions raised on this particular account being from £ 1800 to £ 2000 . Under these circumstances , the smaller figures vve have recorded at the last five Festivals in respect of Hants and the Isle of Wig ht are only such as might have been expected .
HERTFORDSHIRE , which has now 19 lodges on its roll , and a lodge at Broxbourne on the way to be consecrated , did well on Wednesday , the sum raised by its half-dozen Stewards , of whom Bro . John E . Dawson , Past D . P . G . M ., was one , being £ 297 us . Bro . Dawson acted independently , but to good purpose , his list being £ 57 4 s . The five lodges represented were the Hertford Lodge , No . 403 , per Bro . Rev . W .
Mills ; the King Harold Lodge , No . 1327 ; the Halsey Lodge , No . 1479 , per Bro . John Purrott , and two out of the three lodges consecrated last year , namely , the Kingswood Lodge , No . 2278 , per Bro . C . M . Coxon , which subscribed £ 40 18 s ., and the Bushey Hall Lodge , No . 2323 , vvhich was represented b y its principal founder and first W . M ., Bro . C . E . Keyser , whose list amounted to £ 92 8 s . Last year Hertfordshire , vvhich then had only 17 lodges , contributed £ 240 to this to
Institution ; £ 52 12 s . to the Girls ' School ; and ^ , 78 15 s . the Boys' School ; or together £ 371 7 s . In 1888 it raised £ 649 19 s . for the Girls' Centenary , and £ 146 15 s . 6 d . for the R . M . B . I ., making together £ 79 6 14 s . 6 d ., while in the Jubilee year it gave £ 606 7 s ., of vvhich this Institution obtained nearl y two-thirds , and in 1886 , close on £ 505 , of vvhich the Benevolent received £ 279 5 s . 6 d . Of
course , as Bro . Terry has been a Prov . Grand Officer of Herts for upwards of 20 years , and is immensely and deservedly popular in all the lodges , it stands to reason that he should obtain the chief share of support in this quarter , but the two Schools are by no means neglected . The Province of
KENT invariably p lays a prominent part in these Festival Returns , owing , no doubt , in a measure to its wealth of lodges , but chiefly vve incline to believe because it has - an excellent organisation for Charitable purposes . But whatever the reason , the fact is patent to all who study these lists . On Wednesday , 11 of its lodges and one of the chapters were represented by n Stewards , and the sum total of the lists compiled by them was £ 743 4 - Last year it subscribed £ 1460 16 s . 6 d .,
of which this Institution had the good fortune to secure £ 821 17 s . 6 d ., while the Boys' School obtained £ 493 , though the Girls' School , for manifest reasons , had to content itself with the more moderate sum of £ 145 19 s . In 1888 , the R . M . B . I . received £ 374 8 s ., the Girls' School , at its Centenary Festival , £ 3059 9 s . 6 d ., and the Boys' School , only three weeks after the useful contribution , £ 254 13 s . 6 d . In the jubilee year it contributed £ 1227 17 s . 6 d . to this Institution , £ 18445 . 6 d . to
the Girls' School , and £ 508 14 s . 6 d . to the R . M . I . B ., making together £ 1920 16 s . 6 d . These are very formidable figures , even when vve take into account that Kent has now some 62 lodges on its roll , and for at least a dozen years previously had been working on the same generous scale , though being somewhat fewer lodges , not quite to the same amount . Out of the 100 lodges on the roll of
LANCASHIRE ( EAST DIVISION ) , there vvere only eig ht vvhich sent up Stewards , but the 10 brethren who acted in this capacity compiled amongst them £ 217 17 s . We have said before that except on great occasions we must not measure the amount of support received from East Lancashire by the number of its lodges , as it has an Educational and Benevolent Association with a capital of some £ 9000 , which is doing right good service for its poorer and deceased members . On state occasions , however , it does
splendidly , as some years ago when Bro . Col . Starkie presided for this Institution and the contributions from the Province vvere upwards of £ 3500 .. Again in 1888 it raised £ 2873 us . 6 d . for the R . M . B . I . ; £ 1350 i 6 s . 6 d . for the Girls' Centenary ; and £ 126 5 s . for the Boys' School , or for the whole year £ 4350 13 s . But such contributions , where there is a local Charitable organisation , can only be occasional . The adjoining Province of
LANCASHIRE ( WEST DIVISION ) , which has about the same number of lodges as its eastern nei g hbour , is even more extensively committed to the support of its local Charities . It has as many as three of them , vvhich are well established and doing valuable service , the Systematic Educational Institution having a capital of about £ 20 , 000 . We do not , therefore , look to it for any large amount of support for the Central Charities
except on very special occasions , and then like East Lancashire it does well . Last year , for instance , its contributions to the three Institutions onl y amounted to £ 324 93 ., but in 1888 the total raised for the Girls' Centenary , the Boys' School , and the Old People , was £ 257 6 12 s ., of vvhich the senior Charity received £ 2440 2 s . On Wednesday nine Stewards acting for 10 lodges compiled amongst them the useful sum of £ 341 4 s .
LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND , though it has but a dozen lodges all told , is most exemplary in its support of our Institutions , its custom being to give each a turn , so that its contributions may amount to a substantial sum . Thus at the Boys' School Festival in June last it raised £ 525 ; at the Centenary of the Girls' School in 1888 it figured for £ 648 ios . ; in 188 7 it gave its attention to the R . M . B . I ., for which its
contributions amounted to £ 250 ; in 1886 the Boys School vvas favoured to the extent of £ 257 5 s . ; and in 1885 the Girls' School received £ 405 ; there being also a small amount to the credit of the Province at one or more of the intervening Anniversaries . On Wednesday Bro . A . Mclvor Tindall , of St . Peter ' s Lodge , No . 1330 , Market Harborough , did duty to excellent purpose as Steward , and succeeded in compiling the goodly total of £ 189 . There are 23 lodges on the roll of
LINCOLNSHIRE , and on Wednesday two of them were directly represented , while Bro . H . E . Cousans acted independently . The sum total vvas £ 100 is ., which , considering that Lincolnshire raised £ 518 last year—that is to say , £ 448 14 s . forthe Benevolent Institution and £ 6 9 6 s . for the Boys' School—is very creditable , fn 1888 it
subscribed £ 223 2 s . 6 d ., of vvhich £ 202 2 s . 6 d . was on account of the Girls' Centenary , so that the Province has been acquitting itself , admirably for some time past , the energy and solid good work done by Bro . H . E . Cousans being especiall y noteworthy . The Metropolitan County of
MIDDLESEX now has no less than 49 lodges on its roll , and more than ever , therefore , may be relied upon to make its influence apparent on these occasions . It is regularly represented , ancl generally for substantial amounts , the sum amassed by the u brethren who acted as Stewards for nine lodges—the Lebanon Lodge , No . 1326 ,
. Feltham , being furnished with three—being , £ 285 12 s . 6 d . Last year the total for all the three Festivals vvas £ 593 14 s . 6 d ., of which this Institution vvas fortunate enough to obtain £ 390 3 s . In 1888 , however , the Province made a far better show , the sum raised being £ 1816 5 s ., of vvhich the Girls' School , on the occasion of its Centenary , secured £ 1107 14 s ., while in the year of the Queen ' s Jubilee , the total was £ 1265 7 s ., vvhich vvas distributed with tolerable impartiality
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among the three Charities . In 1886 the amount vvas £ 1034 19 s ., of vvhich the Old People had the satisfaction of receiving over £ 546 . These figures , vvhich might have have been carried still further back , bear out vvhat we have said as to the regularity and munificence of the contributions from the Metropolitan Province , while as regards Wednesday ' s total , we are confident it would have been on a larger
scale but for the fact that Bro . Sir Francis Burdett , P . G . M ., has undertaken to preside as Chairman at the Girls' Festival in May , when the Province will very naturally endeavour to show its respect for its chief b y doing all in its power to support him . The Province of
NORFOLK has 17 lodges on its roll , but being an agricultural county , its subscriptions , though readil y and generously bestowed , are not on quite the same scale as in other Provinces where there are many such industrial centres . On Wednesday , however , three of its lodges sent up together £ 223 5 s ., of vvhich Bro . Mills , of the Walpole Lodge , No . 1500 , Norwich , had the gratification of compiling £ 157 ios .
Last year its two Stewards for the Boys' Festival made up between them a total of £ 101 us . , while in 1888 this Institution obtained £ 63 , and the Girls' School £ 214 4 s ., making together £ 277 4 s . In 1886 , when Bro . Lord Suffield P . G . M ., presided at the Boys' Festival , it raised £ 420 , so that though these figures are not on a large scale , they indicate a large amount of goodwill towards our Central Charities .
Since Bro . the Earl of Euston has had charge of the government of NORTHANTS AND HUNTS , this small Province , vvhich has but 11 lodges on its roll , has been greatl y distinguishing itself , its great achievement having been at the Festival of this Institution in February of last year , when Bro . the Earl of Euston presided , and the Province generously backed him up to the extent of £ " 914 ios . 6 d ., the brethren who raised
this sum being his lordship—whose list vvas £ 227 ios . —and 12 others , among whom were Bros . A . Cockerell ( £ 120 ) , W . Dixey ( £ 100 ) , and James Terry ( £ 207 15 s . ) . In May , Lord Euston acted as Steward for the Girls' School , and aided it to the extent of £ 26 5 s ., while on Wednesday , he gave a like sum , which , with the list of Bro . Carter , Steward for the St . Peter ' s Lodge , No . 442 ,
Petersborough , amounting to £ 15 15 s ., gave a total for the Province of £ 42 . In 1888 , its contributions amounted to nearl y £ 333 , of vvhich £ 204 15 s . vvas compiled at the Girls' Centenary , and £ 117 12 s . for the Boys' School , while in the Jubilee year it raised £ 350 for the latter Charity . This is an excellent record , and very creditable to our Northants and Hunts brethren .
There vvas a small contingent of five Stewards from the Province of OXFORDSHIRE on this occasion , the three out of the 10 lodges which were represented being the Alfred Lodge , No , 340 , the Apollo University Looge , No . 357 , which had three brethren acting for it , and the Thames Lodge , No . 18 95 , Henley-on-Thames . Their lists reached the comfortable sum of £ 235 12 s ., the chief item being Bro .
Colville Smith ' s list of £ 170 ios ., which is more than an average contribution from this Province . Last year , Oxfordshire gave £ 276 15 s . 6 d ., of which £ 186 19 s . 6 d . vvas received by this Institution , while in 1888 it raised £ 6 5 6 9 s . 6 d ., the bulk of which was entered in the Girls' School Centenary Returns . In 188 7 and 1886 , it raised £ 261 6 s . 6 d . and £ 279 13 s ., so that it may always be relied upon to figure in the Festival Lists , and at times to contribute well .
SHROPSHIRE , since its constitution as a separate Province , has shown itself determined to be an active supporter of our Charities , and on Wednesday two of its 12 lodges made up a total of £ 9 6 12 s ., of which Bro . W . Belton , of the Salopian Lodge of Charity , No . 117 , Shrewsbury , vvas responsible for £ 49 7 s ., and Bro . Southwell , of the Castle Lodge , No . 1621 , Bridgnorth , for the remainder . The amounts raised b y this Province at last year ' s Festivals were £ 210 18 s . for the
R . M . B . I ., £ 55 13 s . for the Girls' School , and £ 94 ios . for the Boys' School , or together £ 361 is . In 1888 , its total vvas £ 807 ios ., of vvhich no less than £ 770 15 s . was obtained for the Girls' Centenary , while in the Jubilee it showed to still greater advantage , its contribution at the 99 th Anniversary of the Girls' School , when its P . G . M ., Bro . Sir Offley Wakeman , Bart ., presided as Chairman , being £ 1022 17 s . These figures are large for a Province of such moderate dimensions , and demonstrate that our Shropshire friends have their hearts well in the work of providing for our Institutions .
SOMERSETSHIRE is another of the Provinces which may be looked upon to appear regularly on these occasions . It has 25 lodges on its roll , and some very zealous brethren , who take good care that its interest in our Institutions shall not be allowed to flag for want of Stewards . It generally leaves the canvassing to one brother who does duty for the whole Province , and does it very effectually . On Wednesday , Bro . G . H . Perrett was the chosen representative , and his list vvas £ i < jo 7 s . Last year , it
allowed itself a slight rest , and the total for the two Festivals it attended—those of the Benevolent and Boys' Institutions—vvas comparatively small , amounting to no more than £ 162 5 s ., but at the Girls' Centenary , it raised the large sum of £ 946 is ., the major portion of vvhich— £ 88 3 is . —vvas obtained by the exertions of Bro . J . L . Stothert . From 1884 to 1888 its yearly average vvas £ 820 , and from 1884 to 188 9 £ 712 within a fraction . The 10 lodges in the Province of
SOUTH WALES ( WEST DIVISION ) had one Steward in the person of Bro . J . Bevan Phillips , of the Prince of Wales ' Lodge , No . 671 , Llanelly , but as yet he has made no retnrn . In June last its two Stewards between them raised £ 204 8 s ., and in the May previous an unattached Steward gave £ 52 ios ., making the total for the year £ 256 18 s . In 1888 it raised
, £ 108 ios . for this Institution , and £ 105 at the Girls' Centenary , while in 188 9 it raised £ 210 for the Boys' School . Thus , though with such a paucity of lodges , it cannot enter an appearance regularly , it does so from time to time in such a manner that each Institution in turn obtains from it a fair measure of support . The one Steward who did duty for
STAFFORDSHIRE was Bro . M . Barker , of the Tudor Lodge , No . 1792 , Harborne , whose list vvas exactly £ 200 . In June last Bros . W . H . Bayley and John Bodenham , who are zealous partisans of all three Institutions , together with Bro . Tunnicliffe , of the Menturia Lodge , No . 418 , Hanley , compiled a total of £ 199 ios ., vvhich added to the £ 210 raised for this Institution and £ 89 5 s . for the Girls' School made the
general total for the year £ 49 8 15 s . In 1888 the Schools received between them £ 617 17 s ., namely , the senior School £ 365 7 s ., and the junior £ 262 ios ., while in the Jubilee year the amount distributed among the three Charities was £ 6 9 8 5 s , of vvhich the R . M . Benevolent Institution received £ 132 6 s ., the Girls' School £ 320 5 s ., and the Boys' School £ 245 14 s . Most of thc service thus rendered is
to be accounted for by the facilities offered by the Staffordshire Charitable Association to the members of the Province to become Life-Governors or Life-Subscribers of our Institutions , nor , seeing how beneficial are the results obtained , can vve speak in terms too high of the Province for having started such an organisation and the energy with vvhich its plans have been carried out . No one would have considered the Province of