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the Benevolent and Girls' School Festivals , and the latter at that of the Boys'School . Thus , without going further back , we find that Cornwall has been efficiently represented at each of the last ten Festivals , the sum total raised by it on these occasions being £ 1765 3 s . The 22 lodges in
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND sent up £ 102 12 s . 6 d . by the hands of Bro . Geo . Dalrymple on Wednesday , notwithstanding that last year it raised ^ 1050 for the Old People and £ 210 for the Girls' School . During the year of the Queen ' s Jubilee , it appears to have rested , only the Benevolent Institution receiving support to the modest extent of - £ 55 13 s . ; but in 1886 , with Bros . G . J . McKay and J . H .
Hogg as Stewards , it raised ^ 500 , for the Boys' School . In 1885 it was represented at the Benevolent and Boys' School Festivals , the sum of its subscriptions being £ 102 18 s . 6 d . ; in 1884 it entered no appearance at all , but in 1883 it raised £ 1050 for the Boys' School , so that if not a regular , it is unquestionably , a generous supporter of our Charities . The Province of
DERBYSHIRE , which also has 22 lodges on its roll , had two of them—the St . Oswald , No . 850 , Ashbourne , and the Phoenix Lodge of St . Ann , No . 1235 . Buxtonrepresented , the total of the two lists being ^ 32 1 is . But this is not to be wondered at , seeing that last year it raised a fraction over £ 891 , or ^ 40 ios . per lodge . Its record for the Jubilee year was also a good one , the three Institutions receiving amongst them a fraction under - £ 626 , of In its
which the Old People obtained ^ 387 14 s . 1886 contributions were on a small scale , and amounted for all three Festivals to only ^ 176 15 s . ; but the preceding year , when its chief , the Marquis of Hartington , presided at the Boys'Festival , it raised close on j £ i 547 for that Institution , so that in the four years , from 18 S 5-1 S 8 S both inclusive , it has distributed amongst our Charities £ 3240 12 s ., or on an average ^ 820 per year . As the Provincial Grand Master of
DEVONSHIRE , Bro . Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., did the honours as President at the Boys ' School Festival in June last , and compiled the excellent total of £ 840 , it is riot surprising that the Province should be for a time at rest , and that only a single Steward , representing Chapter No . 70 , should figure on Wednesday's list , the amount of his Return not being stated . The total for last
year , taking the three Festivals together , was ^ 1013 5 s ., which , even for a province with 52 lodges on its roll , is by no means an inconsiderable sum . In 1887 it helped the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution to the extent of £ 50 , and figured in the Returns of the same Institution , as well as in those of the Girls' School the year previous—for £ 157 10 $ . in the
former , and for £ 136 19 s . in the latter . These , perhaps , are not such heavy figures as might have been expected , but it must be borne in mind that Devonshire has both an Educational Institution and an Annuity Fund of its own , so that its support is divided between these and the Central Charities of the Society . Two out of the 13 lodges in
DORSETSHIRE . had Stewards on Wednesday , Bro . Sir R . N . Howard , one of the Junior Grand Deacons for the year , as representative of the Portland Lodge , No . 1037 , handing in a list of £$ 6 ios ., and Bro . S . R . Baskett , who frequently undertakes these duties , acting for the Beaminster Manor Lodge , No .
1367 , one of £ 100 , the sum for the two being ^ 156 ios . Last year the Province raised £ 294 for the Girls' School Centenary ; in 1887 , £ 113 3 s . for the R . M . B . I . ; and in 1886 , £ ' iSo ios . for the same Institution , and ^ 142 16 s . for the Girls' School , while in 18 S 5 Bro . Baskett raised £ g 6 12 s . tor the Girls' School , and Bro . Dugdale £ 68 5 s . for the Boys' School .
DURHAM sent up two Stewards , one of whom , Bro . H . B . Olsen has often figured in these Returns before , and on Wednesday , acted for the Harbour of Refuge Lodge , No . 764 , West Hartlepool , whilst his colleague , Bro . W . B . Foxton represented the whole Province , their joint list amounting to £ 115 ios . In 1888 the Province did exceedingly well , its two Stewards , Bros . Hill
Drury and C . S . Lane taking up between them £ 252 ios . for the Boys ' School , while the Girls' School received £ 375 18 s ., Bros . Oisen , Foxton , Lane , and Drury , being among the Stewards who had a hand in raising it , and the Benevolent secured , per Bro . C . S . Lane , ^ 122 15 s ., the total lor the year being £ 75 1 3 s ., which is decidedly good , even for a Province which
can muster 31 lodges . In the three preceding years the totals averaged £ 230 per year , and in 1884 they amounted to ^ 45 2 , while in 1881 , when the late Marquis of Londonderry was Chairman for the Boys' School , Durham raised ^ 1024 during the year . It is only occasionally , and under special circumstances , that we find
ESSEX and its 28 lodges so thinly represented as it was on Wednesday , but we need not go very far afield to account for this . It commenced operations last year by subscribing ^ 146 9 s . 6 d . to this Institution , the number of its representatives being three , and the number of lodges on its roll 25 . At the Girls' School Centenary it sent up a contingent of 24 Stewards , headed
b y Bro . Lord Brooke , M . P ., P . G . M ., their lists amounting to ^ 874 6 s ., and at the Boys' School Festival , three weeks later , it contributed by the medium of five Stewards £ 27 6 8 s ., so that its sum total for 1888 was £ } 2 § 7 3 s . 6 d . In Jubilee year it raised ^ 873 7 s ., and the year previous £ 599 5 s ., so that its total for the last three years amounts to £ 276 9 15 s . 6 d ., or , on an average , ^ 923 5 s . per year . In 1884 , when t > ro . Lorc j Brooke presided as Chairman at the Girls' Festival , the Province raised
£ iooo , and , with what it subscribed to the two other Institutions , its total for the year was £ 1546 7 s . 6 d . On Wednesday Bro . Skingley , as steward for the United Lodge , No . 697 , Colchester , raised £ 57 15 s ., and f ° - Lennox Browne , who acted for the new Warner Lodge , No . 2256 , Uiigwell , and the Empire Lodge , No . 2108 , which meets in London , & 2 34 3 s ., the sum of the two being ^ , 291 iSs ., which is a capital Return for Ismail a representation , three of the 14 lodges in
GLOUCESTERSHIRE « nt up Stewards , and Bros . Vassar-Smith , D . P . G . M ., and the Baron de At th " R' , - * - ' acted Unattached , the total of the five lists being £ 94 ios . SOIP B ° y s' School Festival , in June last , Bro . Baron de Ferrieres was the thren h eSentalive ° f the Province » but at the Girls > Centenary the 17 bre-,, ] 0 ° acted as Stewards amongst them raised £ 520 18 s ., 11 out of the Febr ^ f . " ^ ' cna P attached to one of them being represented . In Whole ^ ,. four Stewards compiled a total of £ 79 5 s . 6 d ., the record for the e year being £ 621 3 s . 6 d . In 1887 , the figures were comparatively light ,
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the amount distributed amongst the three Institutions being only £ 221 us ., but the total tor the three previous years reached £ 224 . 0 9 s ., the largeness of the sum being in great measure accounted for by the presidency of Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks Beach , Bart ., M . P ., at the Benevolent Festival , when ihe Province generously supported him to the extent of £ 1211 . Thus in the preceding five years this by no means strong Province has subscribed ^ 3083 4 s ., which yields an average per year of over £ 616 .
HANTS AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT , like Essex , has a smaller contingent of Stewards than usual , and the falling off must be attributed to the same cause . It has a strong muster of 47 lodges , and it has always maintained a high average of contributions . Thus , in 1884 it distributed . £ 1180 ios . 6 d . among our Institutions ; in 1885 , £ 1062 is . 6 d . ; in 1886 , £ 826 15 s . 6 d . ; in 1887 , £ 1882 19 s . 6 d ., of which the R . M . B . I . received £ 1785 9 s . 6 d ., the Prov . G . Master , Bro . W .
W . B . Beach , M . P ., being the Chairman at its Festival ; and last year , £ 1355 is . 6 d ., of which £ 1149 13 s . 6 d . was raised for the Girls' Centenary . The total for the five years is ^ 630 7 7 s . 6 d ., which gives an average per year of £ 1261 and a fraction . On Wednesday , six of its lodges were represented by five Stewards , and the sum of their lists amounted to £ 135 os . 6 d . This , at all events , is a fair beginning for the current year , alter a series of such heavy totals . The Province of
HERTFORDSHIRE must be reckoned as among the most constant friends and supporters of the Institution of which Bro . Terry is the Secretary—a fact which is to be accounted for by the link which lor so many years has connected that worthy brother with the Province . It . assists all the Institutions with commendable impartiality , and only once in the last tight or ten years has been
unrepresented at one of these Anniversary gatherings . But Bro . lerry is one of its luminaries . He has presided as Master ol more than one of its lodges , was a Prov . G . Officer in the days of the late Bro . VV . Stuart , P . G . M ., and is a Past J . G . Warden , as well as the Prov . G . D . C . under Bro . Halsey . On Wednesday , six oi its 17 lodges sent Stewards , and Bro . C . E . Keyser
acted Unattached , the aggregate of their lists being £ 233 5 s . Last year it raised ^ 146 15 s . 6 d . for the R . M . B . I . and £ 649 19 s . tor the Girls ' Centenary , the total lor the year being ^ 795 14 s . 60 ., or in round figures £ 800 . In Jubilee year it distributed £ 606 7 s ., Bro . Terry securing the lion ' s share ; and in 1886 , £ 505 , of which £ 279 5 s . 6 d . was raised for the R . M . B . I ., the total for these tnree years being a fraction over ^ 1907 .
KENT occupies the front position among the contributing Provinces in the Returns of Wednesday , the number of , its Stewards being 16 , ol whom two were unattached , and the other 14 stood for 13 out of its 57 lodges . In June last it raised ^ 254 13 s . 6 d . for the Boys' School , and that , too , wilhin three weeks of contributing £ 3059 gs . 6 d . at the Girls' School Centenary ,
while in the preceding February its eight Stewards compiled £ 374 8 s . for this Institution , the total for the year being ^ 3 688 lis . In Jubilee year it raised £ 1227 17 s . 6 d . for the R . M . B . I ., £ 184 4 s . 6 d . for the Girls' School , and £ 508 14 s . 6 d . for the Buys' School , or . - £ 1920 16 s . 6 d . lor the year ; and in 1886 its contributions amounted
to ^ 1725 , the three years' total being £ 7334 7 s . 6 d . If we carried our researches still further back , we should still find this Province occupying as conspicuous a position , its total—to give only one instance—for the Boys * School Festival in 1883 , when Bro . Lord Amherst , P . G . M ., presided as Chairman , being £ 2316 5 s . 6 d . Thus the figu . es in Wednesday ' s list are worthy of the Province which lurnished them .
The Province which next claims our attention is the strongest as regards the number ot its lodges in England , and though it is only occasionally that it figures in proportion to its strength , theie are reasons which we have referred to in several previous analyses , and which fully explain the apparent disproportion between its numerical strength and the amount of its contributions to the Central Masonic Charities . The fact is that
LANCASHIRE—EASTERN DIVISION , with its roll of 100 lodges , or thereabouts , has a large membership , and it finds it more convenient to support a Charitable Association of us own , lor the benefits of which only members of the Province and the belongings of members are eligible . This is a relief to the Central Charities , and explains , as we have said , why it is that East Lancashire does not figure more
conspicuously in these Returns . On Wednesday it sent up 14 Stewards , who represented 11 lodges , and their lists reached a total of £ 171 3 s . In June of last year it raised £ 1350 16 s . 6 d . tor the Girls' School and £ 126 5 s . lor the Boys' School , ana in trie preceding February ^ 2873 1 is . 6 d . tor this Institution , the year ' s contributions thus amounting to X ' 4350 13 s .
The three previous years its Returns were on a smaller scale , but in 1884 it distributed £ 1247 among the Charities , the R . M . B . I . obtaining one-half of it , while at the Boys' School Festival in 1883 it figured tor £ 2100 . The record , therefore , is very creditable . The same remarks must be applied to the adjoining Province of
LANCASHIRE—WESTERN DIVISION , which stands second in point of numerical strength , and has not one , but several , Provincial organisations of its own , which are necessaril y a relief to our Central Charities . On grand occasions West Lancashire gives us a taste ot its quality , the most recent case in point being last year , when it
sent up 85 Stewards , headed by Bro . the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M ., and Prov . G . M ., and their tale of contributions amounted to ^ 2440 2 s ., the total for the year being £ 2576 12 s . It has shown itsell similarly generous when its P . G . M . has taken the chair , and , therelore , the comparative modesty of its Wednesday ' s total— £ 93 95 . —is tully accounted for . The Province of
LINCOLNSHIRE is the more welcome , because two or three years since it did not do itself justice by appealing as frequently as other Provinces of equal character and strength . In 1888 it was represented to very good purpose at the Centenary of the Girls' School , its halt-dozen Stewards compiling amongst them the useful total of £ 202 2 s . 6 d ., while one of its 22 lodges—the Pelham Pillar ,
No . 792 , Grimsby—sent up Stewards and a list of £ 21 to the Royal Masonic Institution tor Boys , the total tor last year being £ 223 2 s . od . On Wednesday , Bro . H . E . Cousans took the Province generally under his charge , and had the satisfaction of handing in a list amounting to £ 3 J 4 7 s ., while the four other Stewards representing as many lodges were able to supplement this with a lurther £ 74 7 s ., so that Lincolnshire figures worthily in the Returns for ^ 448 14 s ,
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the Benevolent and Girls' School Festivals , and the latter at that of the Boys'School . Thus , without going further back , we find that Cornwall has been efficiently represented at each of the last ten Festivals , the sum total raised by it on these occasions being £ 1765 3 s . The 22 lodges in
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND sent up £ 102 12 s . 6 d . by the hands of Bro . Geo . Dalrymple on Wednesday , notwithstanding that last year it raised ^ 1050 for the Old People and £ 210 for the Girls' School . During the year of the Queen ' s Jubilee , it appears to have rested , only the Benevolent Institution receiving support to the modest extent of - £ 55 13 s . ; but in 1886 , with Bros . G . J . McKay and J . H .
Hogg as Stewards , it raised ^ 500 , for the Boys' School . In 1885 it was represented at the Benevolent and Boys' School Festivals , the sum of its subscriptions being £ 102 18 s . 6 d . ; in 1884 it entered no appearance at all , but in 1883 it raised £ 1050 for the Boys' School , so that if not a regular , it is unquestionably , a generous supporter of our Charities . The Province of
DERBYSHIRE , which also has 22 lodges on its roll , had two of them—the St . Oswald , No . 850 , Ashbourne , and the Phoenix Lodge of St . Ann , No . 1235 . Buxtonrepresented , the total of the two lists being ^ 32 1 is . But this is not to be wondered at , seeing that last year it raised a fraction over £ 891 , or ^ 40 ios . per lodge . Its record for the Jubilee year was also a good one , the three Institutions receiving amongst them a fraction under - £ 626 , of In its
which the Old People obtained ^ 387 14 s . 1886 contributions were on a small scale , and amounted for all three Festivals to only ^ 176 15 s . ; but the preceding year , when its chief , the Marquis of Hartington , presided at the Boys'Festival , it raised close on j £ i 547 for that Institution , so that in the four years , from 18 S 5-1 S 8 S both inclusive , it has distributed amongst our Charities £ 3240 12 s ., or on an average ^ 820 per year . As the Provincial Grand Master of
DEVONSHIRE , Bro . Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., did the honours as President at the Boys ' School Festival in June last , and compiled the excellent total of £ 840 , it is riot surprising that the Province should be for a time at rest , and that only a single Steward , representing Chapter No . 70 , should figure on Wednesday's list , the amount of his Return not being stated . The total for last
year , taking the three Festivals together , was ^ 1013 5 s ., which , even for a province with 52 lodges on its roll , is by no means an inconsiderable sum . In 1887 it helped the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution to the extent of £ 50 , and figured in the Returns of the same Institution , as well as in those of the Girls' School the year previous—for £ 157 10 $ . in the
former , and for £ 136 19 s . in the latter . These , perhaps , are not such heavy figures as might have been expected , but it must be borne in mind that Devonshire has both an Educational Institution and an Annuity Fund of its own , so that its support is divided between these and the Central Charities of the Society . Two out of the 13 lodges in
DORSETSHIRE . had Stewards on Wednesday , Bro . Sir R . N . Howard , one of the Junior Grand Deacons for the year , as representative of the Portland Lodge , No . 1037 , handing in a list of £$ 6 ios ., and Bro . S . R . Baskett , who frequently undertakes these duties , acting for the Beaminster Manor Lodge , No .
1367 , one of £ 100 , the sum for the two being ^ 156 ios . Last year the Province raised £ 294 for the Girls' School Centenary ; in 1887 , £ 113 3 s . for the R . M . B . I . ; and in 1886 , £ ' iSo ios . for the same Institution , and ^ 142 16 s . for the Girls' School , while in 18 S 5 Bro . Baskett raised £ g 6 12 s . tor the Girls' School , and Bro . Dugdale £ 68 5 s . for the Boys' School .
DURHAM sent up two Stewards , one of whom , Bro . H . B . Olsen has often figured in these Returns before , and on Wednesday , acted for the Harbour of Refuge Lodge , No . 764 , West Hartlepool , whilst his colleague , Bro . W . B . Foxton represented the whole Province , their joint list amounting to £ 115 ios . In 1888 the Province did exceedingly well , its two Stewards , Bros . Hill
Drury and C . S . Lane taking up between them £ 252 ios . for the Boys ' School , while the Girls' School received £ 375 18 s ., Bros . Oisen , Foxton , Lane , and Drury , being among the Stewards who had a hand in raising it , and the Benevolent secured , per Bro . C . S . Lane , ^ 122 15 s ., the total lor the year being £ 75 1 3 s ., which is decidedly good , even for a Province which
can muster 31 lodges . In the three preceding years the totals averaged £ 230 per year , and in 1884 they amounted to ^ 45 2 , while in 1881 , when the late Marquis of Londonderry was Chairman for the Boys' School , Durham raised ^ 1024 during the year . It is only occasionally , and under special circumstances , that we find
ESSEX and its 28 lodges so thinly represented as it was on Wednesday , but we need not go very far afield to account for this . It commenced operations last year by subscribing ^ 146 9 s . 6 d . to this Institution , the number of its representatives being three , and the number of lodges on its roll 25 . At the Girls' School Centenary it sent up a contingent of 24 Stewards , headed
b y Bro . Lord Brooke , M . P ., P . G . M ., their lists amounting to ^ 874 6 s ., and at the Boys' School Festival , three weeks later , it contributed by the medium of five Stewards £ 27 6 8 s ., so that its sum total for 1888 was £ } 2 § 7 3 s . 6 d . In Jubilee year it raised ^ 873 7 s ., and the year previous £ 599 5 s ., so that its total for the last three years amounts to £ 276 9 15 s . 6 d ., or , on an average , ^ 923 5 s . per year . In 1884 , when t > ro . Lorc j Brooke presided as Chairman at the Girls' Festival , the Province raised
£ iooo , and , with what it subscribed to the two other Institutions , its total for the year was £ 1546 7 s . 6 d . On Wednesday Bro . Skingley , as steward for the United Lodge , No . 697 , Colchester , raised £ 57 15 s ., and f ° - Lennox Browne , who acted for the new Warner Lodge , No . 2256 , Uiigwell , and the Empire Lodge , No . 2108 , which meets in London , & 2 34 3 s ., the sum of the two being ^ , 291 iSs ., which is a capital Return for Ismail a representation , three of the 14 lodges in
GLOUCESTERSHIRE « nt up Stewards , and Bros . Vassar-Smith , D . P . G . M ., and the Baron de At th " R' , - * - ' acted Unattached , the total of the five lists being £ 94 ios . SOIP B ° y s' School Festival , in June last , Bro . Baron de Ferrieres was the thren h eSentalive ° f the Province » but at the Girls > Centenary the 17 bre-,, ] 0 ° acted as Stewards amongst them raised £ 520 18 s ., 11 out of the Febr ^ f . " ^ ' cna P attached to one of them being represented . In Whole ^ ,. four Stewards compiled a total of £ 79 5 s . 6 d ., the record for the e year being £ 621 3 s . 6 d . In 1887 , the figures were comparatively light ,
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the amount distributed amongst the three Institutions being only £ 221 us ., but the total tor the three previous years reached £ 224 . 0 9 s ., the largeness of the sum being in great measure accounted for by the presidency of Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks Beach , Bart ., M . P ., at the Benevolent Festival , when ihe Province generously supported him to the extent of £ 1211 . Thus in the preceding five years this by no means strong Province has subscribed ^ 3083 4 s ., which yields an average per year of over £ 616 .
HANTS AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT , like Essex , has a smaller contingent of Stewards than usual , and the falling off must be attributed to the same cause . It has a strong muster of 47 lodges , and it has always maintained a high average of contributions . Thus , in 1884 it distributed . £ 1180 ios . 6 d . among our Institutions ; in 1885 , £ 1062 is . 6 d . ; in 1886 , £ 826 15 s . 6 d . ; in 1887 , £ 1882 19 s . 6 d ., of which the R . M . B . I . received £ 1785 9 s . 6 d ., the Prov . G . Master , Bro . W .
W . B . Beach , M . P ., being the Chairman at its Festival ; and last year , £ 1355 is . 6 d ., of which £ 1149 13 s . 6 d . was raised for the Girls' Centenary . The total for the five years is ^ 630 7 7 s . 6 d ., which gives an average per year of £ 1261 and a fraction . On Wednesday , six of its lodges were represented by five Stewards , and the sum of their lists amounted to £ 135 os . 6 d . This , at all events , is a fair beginning for the current year , alter a series of such heavy totals . The Province of
HERTFORDSHIRE must be reckoned as among the most constant friends and supporters of the Institution of which Bro . Terry is the Secretary—a fact which is to be accounted for by the link which lor so many years has connected that worthy brother with the Province . It . assists all the Institutions with commendable impartiality , and only once in the last tight or ten years has been
unrepresented at one of these Anniversary gatherings . But Bro . lerry is one of its luminaries . He has presided as Master ol more than one of its lodges , was a Prov . G . Officer in the days of the late Bro . VV . Stuart , P . G . M ., and is a Past J . G . Warden , as well as the Prov . G . D . C . under Bro . Halsey . On Wednesday , six oi its 17 lodges sent Stewards , and Bro . C . E . Keyser
acted Unattached , the aggregate of their lists being £ 233 5 s . Last year it raised ^ 146 15 s . 6 d . for the R . M . B . I . and £ 649 19 s . tor the Girls ' Centenary , the total lor the year being ^ 795 14 s . 60 ., or in round figures £ 800 . In Jubilee year it distributed £ 606 7 s ., Bro . Terry securing the lion ' s share ; and in 1886 , £ 505 , of which £ 279 5 s . 6 d . was raised for the R . M . B . I ., the total for these tnree years being a fraction over ^ 1907 .
KENT occupies the front position among the contributing Provinces in the Returns of Wednesday , the number of , its Stewards being 16 , ol whom two were unattached , and the other 14 stood for 13 out of its 57 lodges . In June last it raised ^ 254 13 s . 6 d . for the Boys' School , and that , too , wilhin three weeks of contributing £ 3059 gs . 6 d . at the Girls' School Centenary ,
while in the preceding February its eight Stewards compiled £ 374 8 s . for this Institution , the total for the year being ^ 3 688 lis . In Jubilee year it raised £ 1227 17 s . 6 d . for the R . M . B . I ., £ 184 4 s . 6 d . for the Girls' School , and £ 508 14 s . 6 d . for the Buys' School , or . - £ 1920 16 s . 6 d . lor the year ; and in 1886 its contributions amounted
to ^ 1725 , the three years' total being £ 7334 7 s . 6 d . If we carried our researches still further back , we should still find this Province occupying as conspicuous a position , its total—to give only one instance—for the Boys * School Festival in 1883 , when Bro . Lord Amherst , P . G . M ., presided as Chairman , being £ 2316 5 s . 6 d . Thus the figu . es in Wednesday ' s list are worthy of the Province which lurnished them .
The Province which next claims our attention is the strongest as regards the number ot its lodges in England , and though it is only occasionally that it figures in proportion to its strength , theie are reasons which we have referred to in several previous analyses , and which fully explain the apparent disproportion between its numerical strength and the amount of its contributions to the Central Masonic Charities . The fact is that
LANCASHIRE—EASTERN DIVISION , with its roll of 100 lodges , or thereabouts , has a large membership , and it finds it more convenient to support a Charitable Association of us own , lor the benefits of which only members of the Province and the belongings of members are eligible . This is a relief to the Central Charities , and explains , as we have said , why it is that East Lancashire does not figure more
conspicuously in these Returns . On Wednesday it sent up 14 Stewards , who represented 11 lodges , and their lists reached a total of £ 171 3 s . In June of last year it raised £ 1350 16 s . 6 d . tor the Girls' School and £ 126 5 s . lor the Boys' School , ana in trie preceding February ^ 2873 1 is . 6 d . tor this Institution , the year ' s contributions thus amounting to X ' 4350 13 s .
The three previous years its Returns were on a smaller scale , but in 1884 it distributed £ 1247 among the Charities , the R . M . B . I . obtaining one-half of it , while at the Boys' School Festival in 1883 it figured tor £ 2100 . The record , therefore , is very creditable . The same remarks must be applied to the adjoining Province of
LANCASHIRE—WESTERN DIVISION , which stands second in point of numerical strength , and has not one , but several , Provincial organisations of its own , which are necessaril y a relief to our Central Charities . On grand occasions West Lancashire gives us a taste ot its quality , the most recent case in point being last year , when it
sent up 85 Stewards , headed by Bro . the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M ., and Prov . G . M ., and their tale of contributions amounted to ^ 2440 2 s ., the total for the year being £ 2576 12 s . It has shown itsell similarly generous when its P . G . M . has taken the chair , and , therelore , the comparative modesty of its Wednesday ' s total— £ 93 95 . —is tully accounted for . The Province of
LINCOLNSHIRE is the more welcome , because two or three years since it did not do itself justice by appealing as frequently as other Provinces of equal character and strength . In 1888 it was represented to very good purpose at the Centenary of the Girls' School , its halt-dozen Stewards compiling amongst them the useful total of £ 202 2 s . 6 d ., while one of its 22 lodges—the Pelham Pillar ,
No . 792 , Grimsby—sent up Stewards and a list of £ 21 to the Royal Masonic Institution tor Boys , the total tor last year being £ 223 2 s . od . On Wednesday , Bro . H . E . Cousans took the Province generally under his charge , and had the satisfaction of handing in a list amounting to £ 3 J 4 7 s ., while the four other Stewards representing as many lodges were able to supplement this with a lurther £ 74 7 s ., so that Lincolnshire figures worthily in the Returns for ^ 448 14 s ,