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associate , when the late Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., was Prov . G . Master of " Berks and Bucks , " this Province has always shown to great advantage during the io years of its separate existence , and particularly last year , when Lord Addington presided at the Festival of this Institution , and his lodges and their members loyally supported him to the extent of £ 1495 ios ., a contribution of £ 111 6 s . to the Boys ' School augmenting the year ' s total to £ 1606 19 s . Again , in 1898 , the aggregate
of-its subscriptions , including £ 1143 18 s . 6 d . to the Boys' Centenary , reached £ 1323 9 - 6 dV ' while at the outset of its separate career , when its then Prov . G . Master , Lord Carrington , took the chair at the Girls' Festival , it raised in all £ 511 is ., of which £ 300 was subscribed in honour of his lordship's chairmanship . In 1892 , including £ 290 18 s . to the Benevolent Festival , the year ' s total stood at £ 705 15 s ., and in 1894 at £ sgo .
CAMBRIDGESHIRE , though a small Province with only four lodges on its roll , has been doing excellent work in behalf of our Charities for a number of years , and on Wednesday the representatives of three of its lodges together raised £ 102 19 s . 6 d , the principal item being the list of Bro . George Barrow , No . 2107 , for £ 81 19 s . 6 d . Last year it showed up well , being entered for £ 95 15 s . at the Benevolent Festival
and for £ 126 and £ 6 3 at the Girls' and Boys Festivals respectively . In 18 99 , its contributions amounted to no more than £ 222 12 s ., but this is not to be wondered at seeing that in 1898 it raised in all £ 759 13 s . 6 d ., of which £ 707 3 s . 6 d . was subscribed to the Boys' Centenary . In 1897 , it distributed among our Central ¦ Charities £ 323 ios . 3 d ., and , in 1896 , £ 364 5 s . Bearing in mind what we have said as to the smallness of the Province , these figures are most creditable .
CHESHIRE , " " is one of our strong Provinces , comprising now as many as 55 lodges , but it has two Charitable Institutions of its own—an Educational , which has been established for over 35 years , and a Benevolent , which was started under the auspices of Earl Egerton of Tatton , who resigned the office of Prov . G . Master last year . Hence , like other strong Provinces which are similarly placed , it occasionally
shows to less advantage than in proportion to its strength . On this occasion only two of its lodges figured in the Returns , and the sum of their lists was £ 2 t . Last year it took part in all three Festivals , giving £ 73 ios . to this Institution , £ 289 16 s . to the Girls' School , and £ 68 5 s . to the Boys' School , the year's aggregate reaching £ 431 15 s . Its highest contributions include £ 1050
to the Boys' School in 1891 , £ 1988 to the Benevolent Jubilee in 1892 , £ 2000 to the Boys' School in 1895 , when Earl Egerton was in the chair at its annual Festival ; and £ 2753 12 s . to the Boys' Centenary in 1898 . These figures tell their own tale of generous support when a particular need arises . There are now 31 lodges in the Province of
CORNWALL , which on Wednesday was represented as a whole by Bro . E . M . Milford , while Bro . Sholto H . Hare acted as Steward for the Molesworth Lodge , No . 1954 , Wadebridge . The total compiled by these two reached £ 418 8 s . 6 d ., of which all but £ 37 5 s . 6 d . was included in Bro . Melford ' s list for the Province . Last year Cornwall subscribed in all £ 37 8 , of which £ 357 was in behalf of the Boys ' School , while the Benevolent and Girls' Institutions received £ 10 ios . each . In
18 99 , the Old People were benefited to the extent of £ 238 is ., the Girls ' School with £ 231 , and the Boys' School with £ 47 5 s ., making the total for the year £ 516 6 s . In 1898 , it subscribed in all £ 924 5 s ., of which £ 854 19 s . was in respect of the Boys' Centenary , its previous highest Returns having been in 18 95 , when the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was Chairman at the Girls' Festival , and in 1892 , when his lordship presided at the Benevolent Jubilee , the amount on the former occasion being £ 750 and on the latter £ 776 15 s . There was a Steward from one of the 23 lodges in
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND , whose list amounted to £ 15 15 s ., but last year the Province figured at both the School Festivals , returning £ 10 ios . to " Our Girls" and £ 18 7 2 s . 6 d . to " Our Boys . " In 1899 , the Province was unrepresented at all three Anniversaries , but in 18 9 8 it figured in the Boys' Centenary Returns for £ 222 is ., and no doubt would have figured to still greater advantage had not its Prov . Grand Master ,
Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck , M . P ., occupied the chair at the Boys' Festival in 1897 , and in honour of that event it subscribed the handsome total of £ 1260 . It seldom happens that DERBYSHIRE with its array of 27 lodges , is so modestly represented as it was on Wednesday , when an Unattached Steward in the person of Bro . I . H . Woodiwiss made a personal donation of £ 10 ios . But we cannot always look for big figures even
from Provinces whose loyalty to our Institutions is known throughout the country . In 1892 , Derbyshire raised £ 1738 14 s ., of which £ 1362 was subscribed to the Benevolent Jubilee . In 18 9 6 , when the Duke of Devonshire , Prov . G . Master , presided at the Boys' Festival , it contributed £ 1642 3 s . to that Institution , while in 18 9 8 , its Returns totalled up £ 2784 ios . 6 d ., of which £ 2419 2 s . was raised for
the Boys'Centenary . Last year the Province gave £ 10 ios . to this Institution , £ 195 us . to the Girls' School , and £ 338 5 s . to the Boys' School , making together £ 544 6 s . We have every confidence that the Province will be well represented at the School Festivals which will be held in May and June respectively . There are now 60 lodges in the Province of
DEVONSHIRE , and it is becoming more evident every year that our Devonian brethren arc turning their increased and increasing strength to good account by giving greater support than in the past to our Central Charities . The Province has its own Educational and Annuity Funds , which are doing good service , to maintain in a state of efficiency . This , no doubt , will explain why it has not always appeared
in these Festival Returns to the best advantage . Thanks , however , to the untiring zeal and efforts of certain of its members , such as Bro . J . Stocker , Prov . G , Secretary , Bro . F . B . Westlake , and others , it is generally fairly well represented , and very particularly so on this occasion , the half-dozen Stewards who did duty on its behalf—including Bro . Stocker as the representative of the whole Province , two lodge representatives , and three brethren Unattached—having compiled a
total of £ 777 , of which £ 745 ios . was raised by Bro . Stocker . This is a notable achievement , and we trust will be followed by others still more notable . Last year £ 519 15 s . was distributed among the three great Charities , of which £ 24615 s . fell to the lot of this Institution , and the balance was equally divided ' between the two Schools . In 18 99 only £ 274 us . was subscribed , but in 1898 the total , including £ 1875 2 s . iod . to the Boys' Centenary , reached the handsome figure of £ 1961 4 s . iod .
A worthy brother in the person of Bro . ] . H . Whadcoat did duty as the representative of the 15 lodges in
DORSETSHIRE , and handed in a list of £ 105 . This is very far from being the first time IU D figmetl in tnese Returns—in his earlier days in the London Section of the Board , but for some years past under Dorsetshire in the Provincial section . Last year , as Steward for the Province in behalf of the Old Peoplehe had to his
, credit a list of £ 148 16 s . 6 d ., and the contributions of £ 82 19 s . to the Girls ' school and £ 32 os . 6 d . to the Boys' School placed the year ' s total at £ 26 3 16 s . In 18 99 , when Bro . Whadcoat assisted at all three Festivals , the total was » 33 ° 1 is . j while in 18 98 , the year of the Boys' Centenary , it stood at « 2 i 2 ^ ios , 6 d ., Bro . Whadcoat being here likewise the most prominent among
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the Dorsetshire representatives . There is no need to go further back in our statistics , though , if we did so , we should only make the picture more attractive ; -: We pass next to the Province of DURHAM : ' which now . lias 38 lodges on its roll . It invariably devotes a goodly sum * out of its Provincial funds to each of our Central Institutions , but—what is almost as
remarkable—it seldom concerns itself about having a brother to act for it as Steward . On Wednesday , however , two members of the Stranton Lodge ; No . 1862 , West Hartlepool—Bros . E . S . Cockill and John T . Purdy—compiled between them the goodly list of £ 168 . Last year it subscribed £ 332 7 s . ; ' the Benevolent and Boys' Institutions receiving each £ 105 , and the Girls' School
£ 122 7 s . In 18 99 , each Institution was voted 50 guineas , making the total £ 157 ios ., but it must not be forgotten that it had a special Festival of its own in behalf of its Educational and Hudson Benevolent Funds , which resulted in a subscription list of about £ 2500 . In 1898 also , it did well , the sum it subscribed to the Central Charities being £ 643 7 s ., of which £ 533 2 s . was raised far the the Boys' School in honour of its Centenary .
As regards the " Chairman ' s Province " of ESSEX , it has fully realised our hopes and expectations and though it has not quite reached its record total for the Boys' Centenary in 1898 , it has surpassed all its previous efforts in behalf of our Institutions . Past experience has taught us that when the Prov . Grand Master has consented to take the chair at one of these gatherings
the Province has adopted the most conclusive way of showing its loyalty by subscribing handsomely . Thus , in 1884 , when his lordship had only been in office some 18 months , and when the Province was only half its present strength and big figures were not quite so much the order of the day as they are now , it raised £ 1000 in support of his Chairmanship at the Girls' School Festival . Nine years iater , when he presided as Chairman at the Boys' School , it gave £ 2155 6 s . out
of a total for the year of £ 2258 3 s . to that Institution , notwithstanding that the year previous , it had compiled a total of £ 2608 Ss ., inclusive of the £ 2218 2 s . 6 d . to the Benevolent Jubilee . In 1898 , it raised no less than £ 4122 12 s . 6 d . for the Boys' Centenary , while even last year it figured for £ 1381 is . 6 d . at the Benevolent Festival , for £ 215 15 s . 6 d . at the Girls' Festival , and for £ 470 8 s . 6 d . for " Our Boys , " making a total for the year of £ 206 7 5 s . 6 d . With
these successes for our guide it is not surprising that we should have looked forward hopefully to such a Return as would be an honour to the Province and its respected ruler . On Wednesday , 43 out of the 44 lodges on the roll and two of the chapters were represented , in many cases by several brethren , while the number who acted on the occasion , including Bro . James Speller and nine others Unattached , was 98 , who together raised the splendid total of £ 4052 ids .,
the principal items , including £ 52 ios . from the Chairman , being in the numerical order of the lodges as follows : Bro . Egerton Green , Angel Lodge , No . 51 , ^ 150 ; Bro . A . J . H . Ward No . 650 , Harwich , £ 100 ios . 6 d . ; Bro . W . J . Johnstone , St . Mary Lodge , No . 1312 , £ 102 7 s . 6 d . ; Bros . Ambrose and three others , No . 1457 , Boughton , £ 254 is . 6 d . j Bro . T . J . Railing , Prov . G . Secretary , Rosslyn Lodge , No . 1543 , Dunmow , £ 84 ; the Brooke Lodge , No . 3005 , per Bro . F . H .
Lehmkuhl and others , £ 212 2 s ., Bro . Lehmkuhls list being for £ 170 2 s . ; Bros . Jas . Terry and G . S . Daunton , Philbrick Lodge , No . 2255 , Chmgford , together £ 225 us ., Bro . Terry ' s list amounting to £ 187 15 s . ; Bro . Walter Fortescue , Shurmur Lodge , No . 2374 , £ 206 6 s . 6 d . j Bro . Percy Griffiths , of the Thomas Railing Lodge , No , 2508 , £ 105 ; Bro . W . L . Crow and 10 others of the Albert
Lucking Lodge , No . 2717 , £ 425 5 s ., Bro . Crow ' s list alone being for £ 325 ios . ; Bros . Verlyck and Hatfield , No . 2749 , Romford , £ 116 ; and Bros , 1 . T . Dormer and 14 others , of the Charles Dickens Lodge , No . 2757 , Chigwell , £ 262 I OS , Bro . James Berry , Unattached , is entered for £ 99 15 s . This is a grand Return , and we congratulate both the Earl of Warwick and his Province on such a total .
Duty now takes us from the East to the West , where we find the repre * sentatives of four of the 17 lodges in
GLOUCESTERSHIRE , with a fifth Steward Unattached , swelling the general total by the substantial sum of £ 127 is ., of which the Unattached Bro . J . D . Sherd compiled £ 6613 s . 6 d . Last year the Province raised £ 57 15 s . for this Institution , £ 378 9 s . 6 d . for the Girls' School , and £ 115 ios ., for the Boys' School , making in all £ 551 14 s . 6 d ., while in 1899 the figure was £ 524 19 s . 6 d ., of which the Old People had the good
fortune to secure the lion ' s share in the shape of £ 331 16 s . In 1898 , which is the "record " year of the Province , the total amount reached £ 2860 2 s ., of which £ 2723 12 s . was subscribed towards the Boys' Centenary . The previous best was in 1892 , when the Province raised in all £ 1729 lis ., of which £ 1645 us . fell to the share of the Boys' School , at whose Festival Bro . Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., presided as Chairman .
Notwithstanding that Bro . the Right Hon . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . Master of HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT , has very kindly undertaken , and not for the first time , to act as Chairman at ; . the Boys' School Festival in June , four of the 48 lodges under his charge have shown their goodwill to the Old People by subscribing amongst them £ 99 16 s . Last year it gave £ 113 3 s . 6 d . to this Institution : £ 209 ios . to the Girls' School ; and
£ 34295 . to "Our Boys , " making altogether £ 665 2 s . 6 d . In 1899 ,-the total reached £ 9 8 3 19 s ., made up of £ 432 7 s . to this Institution ; £ 377 to the Girls ' School ; and £ 174 12 s . to the Boys' School ; while in 1898 the Return amounted to the splendid sum of £ 3343 ' 3 - 6 &; ° which all but £ 105 was raised for the Boys' Centenary Nor must we omit to mention that the Province has its own Educational Charity , which is liberally supported , and in consequence is able to render material help to the children of its poor and deceased members .
There are now 24 lodges in HERTFORDSHIRE , or thrice as many as when , in April , 18 74 , Bro . the Right Hon . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., was installed in office as Prov . Grand Master . And , as it has increased in strength , so has it enlarged the amount of its benefactions to our Central Charities . It has , indeed , contributed so largely and so regularly that
we consider it unnecessary to do more than cite a few examples of its work . Thus , in 1892 it gave £ 1883 6 s . 6 d . to the Benevolent Jubilee out of a total for the year of £ 2135 6 s . 6 d . In 1 893 , out of £ 2106 14 s . it raised £ 1455 18 s . 6 rl . in support of Bro . C . E . Keyser ' s Chairmanship at the Festival of this Institution . In 18 9 8 its total reached £ 2126 3 s ., of which £ 1614 5 s . 6 d . was subscribed for the Boys' Centenary ; while the following year , when Bro . Keyser presided at the
101 st Boys Festival , the total was £ 1714 15 s ., including the £ 1151 4 s . 6 d * subscribed for " Our Boys , " Last year , too , it did well , giving £ 566 14 s . to this Institution , £ 329 14 s . to the Girls ' School , and £ 427 2 s . to the Bors' School , making together £ 1323 ios . On Wednesday it was very strongly represented , the number of Stewards being 26 , of whom 16 acted in behalf of 12 of its lodges
and the chapter attached to one of them . The total , which amounted to £ tooi 8 s ., included such substantial items as £ 117 12 s . from Bro . Charles A . Reeve , Gresham Lodge , No . 869 ; £ 126 from Bro . C . E . Keyser , Nos . 404 and 1479 ; - £ 246 15 s . from Bro . Chapman , Grove Park Lodge , No . 2732 ; and £ 217 17 s . from Bro , Frank Crocker , St . Alban ' s Lodge , No . 2786 . .
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associate , when the late Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., was Prov . G . Master of " Berks and Bucks , " this Province has always shown to great advantage during the io years of its separate existence , and particularly last year , when Lord Addington presided at the Festival of this Institution , and his lodges and their members loyally supported him to the extent of £ 1495 ios ., a contribution of £ 111 6 s . to the Boys ' School augmenting the year ' s total to £ 1606 19 s . Again , in 1898 , the aggregate
of-its subscriptions , including £ 1143 18 s . 6 d . to the Boys' Centenary , reached £ 1323 9 - 6 dV ' while at the outset of its separate career , when its then Prov . G . Master , Lord Carrington , took the chair at the Girls' Festival , it raised in all £ 511 is ., of which £ 300 was subscribed in honour of his lordship's chairmanship . In 1892 , including £ 290 18 s . to the Benevolent Festival , the year ' s total stood at £ 705 15 s ., and in 1894 at £ sgo .
CAMBRIDGESHIRE , though a small Province with only four lodges on its roll , has been doing excellent work in behalf of our Charities for a number of years , and on Wednesday the representatives of three of its lodges together raised £ 102 19 s . 6 d , the principal item being the list of Bro . George Barrow , No . 2107 , for £ 81 19 s . 6 d . Last year it showed up well , being entered for £ 95 15 s . at the Benevolent Festival
and for £ 126 and £ 6 3 at the Girls' and Boys Festivals respectively . In 18 99 , its contributions amounted to no more than £ 222 12 s ., but this is not to be wondered at seeing that in 1898 it raised in all £ 759 13 s . 6 d ., of which £ 707 3 s . 6 d . was subscribed to the Boys' Centenary . In 1897 , it distributed among our Central ¦ Charities £ 323 ios . 3 d ., and , in 1896 , £ 364 5 s . Bearing in mind what we have said as to the smallness of the Province , these figures are most creditable .
CHESHIRE , " " is one of our strong Provinces , comprising now as many as 55 lodges , but it has two Charitable Institutions of its own—an Educational , which has been established for over 35 years , and a Benevolent , which was started under the auspices of Earl Egerton of Tatton , who resigned the office of Prov . G . Master last year . Hence , like other strong Provinces which are similarly placed , it occasionally
shows to less advantage than in proportion to its strength . On this occasion only two of its lodges figured in the Returns , and the sum of their lists was £ 2 t . Last year it took part in all three Festivals , giving £ 73 ios . to this Institution , £ 289 16 s . to the Girls' School , and £ 68 5 s . to the Boys' School , the year's aggregate reaching £ 431 15 s . Its highest contributions include £ 1050
to the Boys' School in 1891 , £ 1988 to the Benevolent Jubilee in 1892 , £ 2000 to the Boys' School in 1895 , when Earl Egerton was in the chair at its annual Festival ; and £ 2753 12 s . to the Boys' Centenary in 1898 . These figures tell their own tale of generous support when a particular need arises . There are now 31 lodges in the Province of
CORNWALL , which on Wednesday was represented as a whole by Bro . E . M . Milford , while Bro . Sholto H . Hare acted as Steward for the Molesworth Lodge , No . 1954 , Wadebridge . The total compiled by these two reached £ 418 8 s . 6 d ., of which all but £ 37 5 s . 6 d . was included in Bro . Melford ' s list for the Province . Last year Cornwall subscribed in all £ 37 8 , of which £ 357 was in behalf of the Boys ' School , while the Benevolent and Girls' Institutions received £ 10 ios . each . In
18 99 , the Old People were benefited to the extent of £ 238 is ., the Girls ' School with £ 231 , and the Boys' School with £ 47 5 s ., making the total for the year £ 516 6 s . In 1898 , it subscribed in all £ 924 5 s ., of which £ 854 19 s . was in respect of the Boys' Centenary , its previous highest Returns having been in 18 95 , when the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was Chairman at the Girls' Festival , and in 1892 , when his lordship presided at the Benevolent Jubilee , the amount on the former occasion being £ 750 and on the latter £ 776 15 s . There was a Steward from one of the 23 lodges in
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND , whose list amounted to £ 15 15 s ., but last year the Province figured at both the School Festivals , returning £ 10 ios . to " Our Girls" and £ 18 7 2 s . 6 d . to " Our Boys . " In 1899 , the Province was unrepresented at all three Anniversaries , but in 18 9 8 it figured in the Boys' Centenary Returns for £ 222 is ., and no doubt would have figured to still greater advantage had not its Prov . Grand Master ,
Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck , M . P ., occupied the chair at the Boys' Festival in 1897 , and in honour of that event it subscribed the handsome total of £ 1260 . It seldom happens that DERBYSHIRE with its array of 27 lodges , is so modestly represented as it was on Wednesday , when an Unattached Steward in the person of Bro . I . H . Woodiwiss made a personal donation of £ 10 ios . But we cannot always look for big figures even
from Provinces whose loyalty to our Institutions is known throughout the country . In 1892 , Derbyshire raised £ 1738 14 s ., of which £ 1362 was subscribed to the Benevolent Jubilee . In 18 9 6 , when the Duke of Devonshire , Prov . G . Master , presided at the Boys' Festival , it contributed £ 1642 3 s . to that Institution , while in 18 9 8 , its Returns totalled up £ 2784 ios . 6 d ., of which £ 2419 2 s . was raised for
the Boys'Centenary . Last year the Province gave £ 10 ios . to this Institution , £ 195 us . to the Girls' School , and £ 338 5 s . to the Boys' School , making together £ 544 6 s . We have every confidence that the Province will be well represented at the School Festivals which will be held in May and June respectively . There are now 60 lodges in the Province of
DEVONSHIRE , and it is becoming more evident every year that our Devonian brethren arc turning their increased and increasing strength to good account by giving greater support than in the past to our Central Charities . The Province has its own Educational and Annuity Funds , which are doing good service , to maintain in a state of efficiency . This , no doubt , will explain why it has not always appeared
in these Festival Returns to the best advantage . Thanks , however , to the untiring zeal and efforts of certain of its members , such as Bro . J . Stocker , Prov . G , Secretary , Bro . F . B . Westlake , and others , it is generally fairly well represented , and very particularly so on this occasion , the half-dozen Stewards who did duty on its behalf—including Bro . Stocker as the representative of the whole Province , two lodge representatives , and three brethren Unattached—having compiled a
total of £ 777 , of which £ 745 ios . was raised by Bro . Stocker . This is a notable achievement , and we trust will be followed by others still more notable . Last year £ 519 15 s . was distributed among the three great Charities , of which £ 24615 s . fell to the lot of this Institution , and the balance was equally divided ' between the two Schools . In 18 99 only £ 274 us . was subscribed , but in 1898 the total , including £ 1875 2 s . iod . to the Boys' Centenary , reached the handsome figure of £ 1961 4 s . iod .
A worthy brother in the person of Bro . ] . H . Whadcoat did duty as the representative of the 15 lodges in
DORSETSHIRE , and handed in a list of £ 105 . This is very far from being the first time IU D figmetl in tnese Returns—in his earlier days in the London Section of the Board , but for some years past under Dorsetshire in the Provincial section . Last year , as Steward for the Province in behalf of the Old Peoplehe had to his
, credit a list of £ 148 16 s . 6 d ., and the contributions of £ 82 19 s . to the Girls ' school and £ 32 os . 6 d . to the Boys' School placed the year ' s total at £ 26 3 16 s . In 18 99 , when Bro . Whadcoat assisted at all three Festivals , the total was » 33 ° 1 is . j while in 18 98 , the year of the Boys' Centenary , it stood at « 2 i 2 ^ ios , 6 d ., Bro . Whadcoat being here likewise the most prominent among
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the Dorsetshire representatives . There is no need to go further back in our statistics , though , if we did so , we should only make the picture more attractive ; -: We pass next to the Province of DURHAM : ' which now . lias 38 lodges on its roll . It invariably devotes a goodly sum * out of its Provincial funds to each of our Central Institutions , but—what is almost as
remarkable—it seldom concerns itself about having a brother to act for it as Steward . On Wednesday , however , two members of the Stranton Lodge ; No . 1862 , West Hartlepool—Bros . E . S . Cockill and John T . Purdy—compiled between them the goodly list of £ 168 . Last year it subscribed £ 332 7 s . ; ' the Benevolent and Boys' Institutions receiving each £ 105 , and the Girls' School
£ 122 7 s . In 18 99 , each Institution was voted 50 guineas , making the total £ 157 ios ., but it must not be forgotten that it had a special Festival of its own in behalf of its Educational and Hudson Benevolent Funds , which resulted in a subscription list of about £ 2500 . In 1898 also , it did well , the sum it subscribed to the Central Charities being £ 643 7 s ., of which £ 533 2 s . was raised far the the Boys' School in honour of its Centenary .
As regards the " Chairman ' s Province " of ESSEX , it has fully realised our hopes and expectations and though it has not quite reached its record total for the Boys' Centenary in 1898 , it has surpassed all its previous efforts in behalf of our Institutions . Past experience has taught us that when the Prov . Grand Master has consented to take the chair at one of these gatherings
the Province has adopted the most conclusive way of showing its loyalty by subscribing handsomely . Thus , in 1884 , when his lordship had only been in office some 18 months , and when the Province was only half its present strength and big figures were not quite so much the order of the day as they are now , it raised £ 1000 in support of his Chairmanship at the Girls' School Festival . Nine years iater , when he presided as Chairman at the Boys' School , it gave £ 2155 6 s . out
of a total for the year of £ 2258 3 s . to that Institution , notwithstanding that the year previous , it had compiled a total of £ 2608 Ss ., inclusive of the £ 2218 2 s . 6 d . to the Benevolent Jubilee . In 1898 , it raised no less than £ 4122 12 s . 6 d . for the Boys' Centenary , while even last year it figured for £ 1381 is . 6 d . at the Benevolent Festival , for £ 215 15 s . 6 d . at the Girls' Festival , and for £ 470 8 s . 6 d . for " Our Boys , " making a total for the year of £ 206 7 5 s . 6 d . With
these successes for our guide it is not surprising that we should have looked forward hopefully to such a Return as would be an honour to the Province and its respected ruler . On Wednesday , 43 out of the 44 lodges on the roll and two of the chapters were represented , in many cases by several brethren , while the number who acted on the occasion , including Bro . James Speller and nine others Unattached , was 98 , who together raised the splendid total of £ 4052 ids .,
the principal items , including £ 52 ios . from the Chairman , being in the numerical order of the lodges as follows : Bro . Egerton Green , Angel Lodge , No . 51 , ^ 150 ; Bro . A . J . H . Ward No . 650 , Harwich , £ 100 ios . 6 d . ; Bro . W . J . Johnstone , St . Mary Lodge , No . 1312 , £ 102 7 s . 6 d . ; Bros . Ambrose and three others , No . 1457 , Boughton , £ 254 is . 6 d . j Bro . T . J . Railing , Prov . G . Secretary , Rosslyn Lodge , No . 1543 , Dunmow , £ 84 ; the Brooke Lodge , No . 3005 , per Bro . F . H .
Lehmkuhl and others , £ 212 2 s ., Bro . Lehmkuhls list being for £ 170 2 s . ; Bros . Jas . Terry and G . S . Daunton , Philbrick Lodge , No . 2255 , Chmgford , together £ 225 us ., Bro . Terry ' s list amounting to £ 187 15 s . ; Bro . Walter Fortescue , Shurmur Lodge , No . 2374 , £ 206 6 s . 6 d . j Bro . Percy Griffiths , of the Thomas Railing Lodge , No , 2508 , £ 105 ; Bro . W . L . Crow and 10 others of the Albert
Lucking Lodge , No . 2717 , £ 425 5 s ., Bro . Crow ' s list alone being for £ 325 ios . ; Bros . Verlyck and Hatfield , No . 2749 , Romford , £ 116 ; and Bros , 1 . T . Dormer and 14 others , of the Charles Dickens Lodge , No . 2757 , Chigwell , £ 262 I OS , Bro . James Berry , Unattached , is entered for £ 99 15 s . This is a grand Return , and we congratulate both the Earl of Warwick and his Province on such a total .
Duty now takes us from the East to the West , where we find the repre * sentatives of four of the 17 lodges in
GLOUCESTERSHIRE , with a fifth Steward Unattached , swelling the general total by the substantial sum of £ 127 is ., of which the Unattached Bro . J . D . Sherd compiled £ 6613 s . 6 d . Last year the Province raised £ 57 15 s . for this Institution , £ 378 9 s . 6 d . for the Girls' School , and £ 115 ios ., for the Boys' School , making in all £ 551 14 s . 6 d ., while in 1899 the figure was £ 524 19 s . 6 d ., of which the Old People had the good
fortune to secure the lion ' s share in the shape of £ 331 16 s . In 1898 , which is the "record " year of the Province , the total amount reached £ 2860 2 s ., of which £ 2723 12 s . was subscribed towards the Boys' Centenary . The previous best was in 1892 , when the Province raised in all £ 1729 lis ., of which £ 1645 us . fell to the share of the Boys' School , at whose Festival Bro . Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., presided as Chairman .
Notwithstanding that Bro . the Right Hon . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . Master of HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT , has very kindly undertaken , and not for the first time , to act as Chairman at ; . the Boys' School Festival in June , four of the 48 lodges under his charge have shown their goodwill to the Old People by subscribing amongst them £ 99 16 s . Last year it gave £ 113 3 s . 6 d . to this Institution : £ 209 ios . to the Girls' School ; and
£ 34295 . to "Our Boys , " making altogether £ 665 2 s . 6 d . In 1899 ,-the total reached £ 9 8 3 19 s ., made up of £ 432 7 s . to this Institution ; £ 377 to the Girls ' School ; and £ 174 12 s . to the Boys' School ; while in 1898 the Return amounted to the splendid sum of £ 3343 ' 3 - 6 &; ° which all but £ 105 was raised for the Boys' Centenary Nor must we omit to mention that the Province has its own Educational Charity , which is liberally supported , and in consequence is able to render material help to the children of its poor and deceased members .
There are now 24 lodges in HERTFORDSHIRE , or thrice as many as when , in April , 18 74 , Bro . the Right Hon . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., was installed in office as Prov . Grand Master . And , as it has increased in strength , so has it enlarged the amount of its benefactions to our Central Charities . It has , indeed , contributed so largely and so regularly that
we consider it unnecessary to do more than cite a few examples of its work . Thus , in 1892 it gave £ 1883 6 s . 6 d . to the Benevolent Jubilee out of a total for the year of £ 2135 6 s . 6 d . In 1 893 , out of £ 2106 14 s . it raised £ 1455 18 s . 6 rl . in support of Bro . C . E . Keyser ' s Chairmanship at the Festival of this Institution . In 18 9 8 its total reached £ 2126 3 s ., of which £ 1614 5 s . 6 d . was subscribed for the Boys' Centenary ; while the following year , when Bro . Keyser presided at the
101 st Boys Festival , the total was £ 1714 15 s ., including the £ 1151 4 s . 6 d * subscribed for " Our Boys , " Last year , too , it did well , giving £ 566 14 s . to this Institution , £ 329 14 s . to the Girls ' School , and £ 427 2 s . to the Bors' School , making together £ 1323 ios . On Wednesday it was very strongly represented , the number of Stewards being 26 , of whom 16 acted in behalf of 12 of its lodges
and the chapter attached to one of them . The total , which amounted to £ tooi 8 s ., included such substantial items as £ 117 12 s . from Bro . Charles A . Reeve , Gresham Lodge , No . 869 ; £ 126 from Bro . C . E . Keyser , Nos . 404 and 1479 ; - £ 246 15 s . from Bro . Chapman , Grove Park Lodge , No . 2732 ; and £ 217 17 s . from Bro , Frank Crocker , St . Alban ' s Lodge , No . 2786 . .