Stewards' Lists.

ISLE OF MAN . £ s . d . Lodge , o and 2164 Bro . C . Morton Challender ... 30 iS o

FOREIGN STATIONS . MALTA . 349 Bro . * J . Kenyon ( see also Jersey ) —

Malta Masonic Charity Association Bro . W . E . Cook 04 10 o

Stewards' Lists.

CYPRUS . £ s . d . 2277 „ Surgeon - Capt . W . Kiddle , M . S . ... 10 10 0 EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO .

222 5 „ F . St . & .- _ - Caulfield BENGAL . 372 „ Sham Lall Mullick ... WEST AFRICA . 11 7 1 „ E . R . Davison

* Included In Lodge Or Provincial List.

* Included in Lodge or Provincial list .

SUMMARY OI * THE PROVINCES .

,,. £ s . d . Bedfordshire 50 o o Berkshire 214 5 6 Buckinghamshire . ... 170 2 0 Cambridgeshire 63 0 o i

Cheshre - :.. 21 0 o Cornwall 225 15 o Cumberland and Westmorland G 3 5 o Derbyshire 1000 o o Dtvonshire 179 11 o Dorsetshire 150 15 0 Durham 115 10 o

Essex ... 2235 9 o Gloucestershire 84 00 Hants and Isle of Wight ... 311 14 o Hertfordshire 37 S 19 o lersey 2 G 3 o o Kent ... ... ... ... 1177 19 G Lancashire ( East Division ) ... 14611 o „ ( West Division ) .. 23 S 7 o

£ s . d . Leicestershire and Rutland ... 367 10 0 Middlesex 412 7 G Northanrs and Hunts ... 44 2 o North Wales 293 5 0

Oxfordshire ... 123 1 0 Shropshire 60 iS o Somersetshire 174 6 o South Wales ( East Division ) Staffordshire ' .. 332 7 0 Suffolk 277 7 G Surrey 630 16 6 "

Sussex 943 o 6 Warwickshire 327 13 o Wiltshire 102 5 6 Worcestershire 63 o o Yorkshire ( North and East ) 323 o o Yorkshire ( West ) 430 10 o Isle of Man 30 iS o Foreign Stations 105 o o

203 STEWARDS—LONDON £ 9 , 292 2 6 3 21 STEWARDS—PROVINCES 12 , 04 s 9 0 GRAND TOTAL £ 21 , 340 11 G Bro . MCLEOD said this was the third largest list ever announced at a Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . ( Applause . )

Bro . HENRY SMITH , P . G . D ., Dep . Prov . G . M . of West Yorkshire , in proposing ' * The Other Masonic Charities , and Success to them , " said he could scarcely expect the brethren and ladies to attend to the few feeble words hc was about to utter after the extraordinary figures which had been announced by the Secretary . All he could say was as Treasurer of the

Girls' School he trusted that they would never lose sight of the girls or of ihe old men and widows . He hoped their interest in those other Institutions would never wane ; he hoped , rather , it would increase from year to year . As Bro . Terry had often said , boys and girls would become old people , but old people had nothing to look forward to .

Bro . J AMES TERRY , in reply , congratulated his excellent friend and colleague , Bro . McLeod , on his enormous success , thanked the brethren for their efforts on behalf of the other Institutions , and hoped Lord Brooke , who had now presided over the Boys' and the Girls' Festivals , would honour the Benevolent Institution by presiding for it . It had been said that night , that with respect to the Educational Institutions of Freemasonry , the boys would

protect the girls and take care of themselves afterwards . Might he ask , where would have been the boys and the the girls if it had not been for thc men and the women ? They were the primary cause of these Institutions , lie hoped everyone who had attended that day had been amply rewarded hy the success of the present Festival . Bro . GEORGE E . FAIRCIIILO responded to the toast of " The Stewards , " and Bro . Col . PERKINS to that of " The Ladies . "

The company afterwards enjoyed a concert given under the direction of Bro . Maldwyn Humphreys , A . R . A . M . The performers were Bros . May , Humphreys , Grice , and Lindon , and Miss Maggie Davies , and Miss Edith Hands . Bro . YValtei Hedgcock was accompanist .

Analysis Of The Returns.

ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNS .

What in the way of hearty congratulation we have found it our duty to offer in connection with the anniversary meeting on Wednesday will be found in another part of our columns . But it is scarcely possible for us to enter upon the task of analysing the Returns without expressing the pleasure we feel at a result , in which both London and the Provinces have taken an almost equally successful part . London , with the less numerous section of the Board of Stewards , has a smaller

• • hare in the success that was then achieved , while the Country , with the more numerous contingent and a larger constituency to appeal to , had contributed the more largely . However , in these analytical articles we carefully avoid everything in the nature of invidious comparisons , and though we may notice that London—or the Provinces as the case may be—has been more or less numerousl y represented , and has , in consequence , borne a larger or smaller share 111 the general result , we never experience or give expression to the slightest doubt that both have worked with the utmost goodwill , and have done what lay in their

puiver towards ensuring a well-equipped treasury for the current financial year . I'lius of the total raised in aid of the Masonic Institution for Boys at its 05 th Anniversary , London , with 203 Stewards , raised . £ 9292 2 s . 6 d ., while the Provinces , with 321 Stewards , obtained . £ 12 , 04 8 gt . ; the general or grand total contributed b y the whole Craft being £ 21 , 340 us . 6 d ., the total number of Stewards l ) ei ng 524 . Taking

LONDON i'st , we find the place of honour was secured by Bro . Oscar Philippe , the representative of the Montague Guest Lodge , No . 1900 , who had the satisfaction of Mmpiling the very large list of ^ , 671 5 s ., which included a personal 5 , ° nation of 150 guineas , completing qualification as Patron of the Institution . 'here are very few brethren who have raised lists of such formidable "¦ tensions , and therefore the honour attached to Bro . Philippe for his enlevement on Wednesday is the greater . Next to him . but lougo intcrmllo , omes Bro _ T w Perryman , of the Clarence and Avondale , No . 2411

Analysis Of The Returns.

Leytonstone , who raised the very considerable sum of £ 324 9 s . It is just possible that as Bro . Perryman's lodge , though included in the Metropolitan district , is located in the county of Essex , he may have used extra exertion as a Steward , because it was the Provincial Grand Master of Essex who was to be the Chairman of the day , but whether this influenced him or not , he must have laboured hard , and , as it has proved , very successfully to have amassed so large a total . The third place was secured bv Bro . A . G . Duck and other members of

LodgeTemperance-in-the-East , No . S 9 S , who raised £ 230 , while Bro . R . J . Tucker , of the Woodgrange Lodge , No . 2409 , and Bro . E . C . Talbot , of the Lodge of Prosperity , No . 65 , were close at the heels of No . 898 , the former having £ 214 14 s . 6 d . to his credit and the latter £ 210 . Bro . Harold Harper , of the Southwark Lodge , No . 8 79 , compiled £ 157 10 s ., Bro . A . Williams , of the Ranelagh and Hammersmith Lodges , Nos . 8 34 and 2090 respectively , having £ 142 16 s . standing to his credit , and Bro . T . H . H . Hobbs , of the Viator Lodge , No .

2308 , £ 141 15 s . Bro . C . Filhon , one of the brethren who looked after the credit of the City of Westminster Lodge , and at the same time worked for the Boys ' School , stood next with £ 138 is . 6 d ., while Bro . F . W . Rose , of the Lodge of Loyalty , No . 1607 , was on ' y a short distance behind , with £ 121 . Then came the redoubtable Bro . James Willing , jun ., of the Strand Lodge , No . 19 S 7 , who has taken part in a struggle to build up large lists for this or the other Institutions , and who , on this occasion contrived to bring together ; £ n 6 os . 6 d . The

representative of the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 259—Bro . Gerald S . Hanson — handed in a list of £ 115 10 s ., and then , well together , Bro . A . Piper , of the Domatic Lodge , No . 177 , with £ 114 iSs ., and Bro . John Kay , of the Crystal Palace Lodge , No . 742 , with £ 113 8 s . Bro . H . F . G . Weber , of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 90 , vvas next in order , with £ 106 is ., and then bracketed together Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , representing the Buckingham and Chandos Lodge , No . 1158 , and the Alliance , No . 1827 , and Bro .

Carl T . Fleck , of the Old Concord Lodge , No . 172 , who each of them obtained £ 105 , and Bro . W . D . Turnpenny , Lodge No . 749 , £ 100 . Two other Stewards raised upwards of , £ 100 , namely , Bro . R . Wake , of the Pimlicj Lodge , No . 1772 , who is entered for £ 102 18 s ., and Bro . J . Fielder Haden , of the William Preston Lodge , No . 766 , who scored a total of £ 101 17 s . Among other strong lists may bs mentioned those of Bro . Wellcome ( No . 3 ) , for £ Sy 2 s . ; Bro . W . H . Holroyd ( No . 9 ) , for £ 75 ; Bro . J . W . Roy ( No . 12 ) , for £ 81 18 s . ; Bro . W . H . Dallimore ( No . 87 ) , for £ 79 17 s . ; Bro . Horace Cheston ( No .

79 ) , for £ 8 $ is . ; Bro . John E . Fells ( No . 193 ) , £ 87 3 s . ; Bro . E . Stvles ( No . 704 ) , for £ 7 8 15 s . ; Bro . F . Voller ( No . 754 ) , for £ 84 ios . ; Bro . A . Toley ( No . 1178 ) , for £ 73 ios . ; Bro . W . S . Emden ( No . 122 S ) , for £ 71 8 s . ; Bro . G . C . Blanchard ( No . 1275 ) , for £ 75 ; Bro . Rev . R . Milner ( No . ( 1383 ) , for £ 85 is . ; Bro . W . Bellamy ( No . 1627 ) , for £ 92 16 s . ; Bro . J . Conning ( No . 1687 ) , for £ 80 17 s . ; Bro . G . R . Bolton ( No . 1732 ) , for £ 80 17 s . 6 d . ; Bro . H . W . Davie ( No . 2150 ) , for £ 79 16 s . ; Bro . J . B . S . Lancaster ( No . 2304 ) , for £ 73 ios ., and Bro . T . Eccleston Gibb ( No . 2427 ) , for £ 8 D .

We now pass to THE PROVINCES , which have done their part so bravely at this very successful meeting . Out of the 4 6 groups , including that of the Channel Islands , which has no Provincial organisation , into which our home Freemasonry is sub-divided , no less than 37 were represented , the number of brethren and ladies who acted as Stewards on their behalf being 321 , and the amount they accumulated £ 12 , 048 9 s . There were thus only nine

which had no share in Wednesday s triumph , and in the case of a majority of these nine their absence may easily be explained or will be readil y condoned . Thus BRISTOL ( nine lodges ) , though it has been an absentee from all three Festivals of the current year , raised upwards of £ 900 for this Institution last year and the year before , namely £ 595 in 1891 , and £ 316 in 1892 . HEREFORDSHIRE ( five lodges ) , was represented at the Benevolent Festival in February last , while LINCOLNSHIRE ( 24 lodges ) , was represented on a small

scale at the Girls' School Festival last month , and very prominently at the Jubilee of the Benevolent Institution in February , 1892 . MONMOUTH - SHIRE ( 10 lodges ) raised £ 272 for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution in February , and £ 317 for this Institution in June , 1892 . NORFOLK ( 17 lodges ) raised £ 78 15 s . for the Girls' School in May , and . £ 516 10 s . forthe Jubi , ee Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution in 1892 , and NORI'IIUM-IKR . LANU ( 23 lodges ) gave £ 94 10 s . to the latter Charity in February last , and £ 1334 to this Institution in June , 1892 , while NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ( I 6 lodges ) raised close

on . £ 200 for the " Old People" —which received the bulk of the mo . iey—and this Institution in 1892 , and over £ 120 for the Girls' School last month . Souru WALES , WEST DIVISION ( 10 lodges ) , figured in last month ' s Returns to the Giils ' School for . £ 150 , and for upwards of £ 160 in those of tne Boys' School , as well as for , £ 32 us . in those of the Benevolent Jubilee in 1892 ; and the CHANNEL ISLANDS raised upwards of . £ 240 for the Benevolent Jubilee last year , and nearly , 690 for the Benevolent and Girls' School celebrations of the current year . These nine Provinces together contain 119 lodges , which , in estimating the value of the Provincial total on Wednesday , must hi omitted from the calculation .

Of the represented Provinces , BEDFORDSHIRE , which has but six lodges all told , was represented at the Old People ' s Festival in February by its D . P . G . M . —Bro . Prior—whose list was £ 47 $ s ., and by Bro . Lord Ampthill , P . G . M ., at the Girls' School celebration last month , wnen the total

returned was £ 63 7 s . On Wednesday his lordship again acted as Steward for the Province , and handed in a list of £$ 0 , which raises the total of this year ' s contributions to ; £ i 6 o 5 ,. Last year it contributed . 6152 5 s . to the Benevolent Institution and Girls' School , tne former obtaining out 01 it £ 126 , while in 1891 it raised . £ 13 8 12 s ., of which Bro . Prior ' s list for £ 109 4 s . was the principal item .

Five out of the 14 lodges on the roll of BERKSHIRE sent Stewards on Wednesday , the Abbey Lodge , No . 945 , Abingdon , having two representatives , and the sum total of their lists was . £ 214 5 s . Gd ., an amount which is all the more creditable , as in February the Province raised £ 203 5 s . for the Benevolent Institution and £ 325 1 is . 6 d . for the Girls' School last month .

Thus the total of contributions for the current year is , 6743 ss ., which compares very favourably with the , £ 954 IS . 6 d . —of which the Old People received £ 661 9 s . 6 J . —distributed among the Institutions in 1892 , and still more favourably with the . £ 385 is . which constituted the amount distributed in 1891 . Berkshire , indeed , has done exceptionally well since it was constituted as a Province separate and distinct from its neighbour and old associate ,

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE , which , in the matter of lodges , is stronger than Berkshire , and has similarly distinguished itself by the support it has given to our Institutiu . is . In February , 1891 , it raised ^ 36 15 s . lor the Old People , while in the May lullowing , when Bro . Lord Carrington , its Prov . G . Master , presiceu at the Girla' scuuul , it returned

£ 300 in support of his lordship s chairmanship , winding up the year with , £ 174 6 s . to this Institution ; the whole year's Returns reaching the very coi' * ¦ im-ndabli * figure of . £ 511 is . Last year it began oycialioas by presenting £ 291 18 s . to the Jubilee Festival of the Old People . In May it was content with a return of £ 3 $ 15 s . to the Girls' School , but in June it once ;» gi . iii pat foith its