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"Our Boys , " making in all £ 1160 ios . ; while in the previous year it contributed £ 415 16 s . to the Old People and Boys' School , of which all but £ 36 15 s . fell to the share ot the former Charity . In 1898 it subscribed £ 1136 2 s . to the Boys ' Centenary , out of a total for tne year of £ 1231 13 s . The Province of

YORKSHIRE ( N . AND E . RIDINGS ) was represented as a whole by Bro . W . H . Cowper , P . G . Std . Br ., whose list reached £ 67 3 s ., and in addition there were six other Stewards acting for three of the 34 lodges and a chapter , and one brother Unattached , the total being £ 177 Ss ., the principal item being the joint list for £ 73 ios . of Bros . F . W . Laughton and G . Potter-Kirby , of the York Lodge , No . 236 , and the Zetland Chapter attached to it . Last year the Province was content with a moderate subscription of

es 3 us . to the Girls' School , and in 1809 gave £ 137 9 s . to this Institution , and £ 66 3 s . to " Our Girls . " In 1898 , it contributed £ 56 3 13 s . to the Boys' Centenary and £ 7 8 15 s . to the Old People ; in 1 S 92 £ 707 9 s . to the Benevolent Jubilee out of £ 733 4 - ! an < * 'n 1888 , £ 7 62 15 s . to the Girls' Centenary out of £ 832 is . Its record year , however , appears to have been 1 S 96 , when it raised in ajl £ 1022 ios ., of which £ 900 fell to the share of this Institution , while last year it had a Festival in behalf of its Educational Fund , which produced over £ 1054 . There are now S 2 lodges in

YORKSHIRE ( W . RIDING ) , of these 14 were represented by a body of 25 Stewards , whose lists amounted to £ 700 . Last year , the Province subscribed £ 1800 to this Institution , together with £ 575 to the Girls' School and £ 500 to the Boys' School , the year ' s total being thus £ 2875 . In 1899 , it reached only £ 1413 los »? but in 1898 it stood at £ 7956 3 s ., of which £ 6136 3 s . 6 d . was subscribed towards the Boys' Centenary . There is no need to go further in our researches in order to demonstrate the largeness of the yearly totals from this Province . There onlv remains the small Province of

GUERNSEY AND ALDERNEY , which is entered for £ 84 , received by the medium of the Prov . G . Secretary and Bro . Thomas Pengelley , of the Mariners Lodge , No . 168 , Guernsey . Last year it apportioned £ 52 10 s . between the Schools . In 18 99 , it gave £ 27 to the Boys' School , and in 189 s , distributed £ 240 gs . among the three , the Boys ' School at its Centenary receiving the lion ' s share in the shape of £ 151 4 s .

Only one FOREIGN STATION is included in Wednesday ' s Returns , a Steward from Manica Lodge , No . 2678 , Rhodesia , having a modest list of £ 8 14 s . to his credit . Doubtless , Bro . Terry would have welcomed any number of additional Stewards from foreign parts .

CONCLUDING REMARKS . We need hardly say that the task of analysing such Returns as these have given us great pleasure , and we trust our endeavours to avoid offending the sensibilities of Provinces , lodges , and brethren have been not wholly unsuccessful .

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Coborn Lodge , No . 1804 . INSTALLATION OF BRO . J . BUTCHER . On Thursday , the 14 th ult ., the installation meeting was held by dispensation at the Holborn Restaurant . The lodge having been opened , the Auditors read their report , and the same being satisfactory , was entered on the minutes . Mr . H . Turner having been initiated , the ceremony of installation was then proceeded with , and was admirably performed by Bro . C . M . Holland , P . M ., who placed the W . M . elect , Bro . J . Butcher ,

into the chair of K . S . The investiture of officers was as follows : Bros , the Rev . J . H . Etchel , M . A ., I . P . M . and Chap , j J . P . West , S . W . ; F . A . Slater , J . W . j C . J . R . Tijou , P . M ., P . A . G . P . Eng ., Treas . ; J . Sulley , P . M ., Sec . ; A . Smith , S . D . ; W . Boggis , J . D . ; A . Meyer , l . G . ; R . R . Green , P . M ., D . C . ; J . Ellerton , P . M ., Org . ; G . A . Goodridge , J . Godfrey , and A . B . Brine , Stewards ; and G . Harrison , Tyler .

The W . M ., with appropriate remarks , presented , on behalf of the lodge , a beautiful Past Master's jewel , also collar and jewel , to the I . P . M ., Bro . Rev . J . H . Etchel , who suitably responded . No further business offering , the lodge was closed . Among the many visitors were Bros . A . T . Dale , P . G . S . B . Essex ; J . Vanderpump , iSojj G . T . Knipple , 65 ; John de Casseres , 1349 ; O . E . Rich , 2409 ; F . Thornton , 1805 ; Cleaver . 1584 : H . Meyer , 2540 ; \ . Young , 1 S 05 ; and others .

Burgoyne Lodge , No . 902 . The ordinary February meeting of this lodge was held on Monday , the 25 th ult ., at Anderton ' s Hotel . Bro . George Joseph Brown , W . M ., presided , and there were also present : Bros . J . J . Fifield , l . P . M . ; F . Richmond , S . W . ; J . T . Oscroft , J . W . ; George Gabb , P . M ., Treas . ; S . J . Byng , P . M ., Sec ; Henry Haycraft , i > . D . ; R . H . Marchbank , J . D . j J . M . Stanley , LG . j John Beddoes , P . M . ; S . ivasnieignivi i cutcner ivi li

, r .. ; ^ nanes , r .. ; . w . mnnger , 1 . u . uracunell , t ' . iu . ; R . Clark , R . S . Brearley , E . J . Morton , W . White , Henry Labe , J . H . E . Fifield , J , Burge , William Adams , W . Byartt , Charles Dickeson , Ed . Steins , J . F . F . Chiverall . A . T . Frost , W . Bennett , G . F . Ore , A . Robins , John Dickeson , Mark Bryant , J . H . Lewis , J . Booker , H . A . Dupre , Charles Horton , F . Butcher , and T . Tolhurst . The visitors were : Bros . H . Massey , P . M . C 19 and 192 S ; Arthur W . Briggs , L . S . Saunt , 2319 ; A . Woods , and E . Harris .

A heavy paper of business was before the brethren , but the whole of it was most efficientl y performed b y the W . M . and his officers . Bros . W . P . White and Benge were raised to the Third Degree , Bros . W . Byartt and James George Messer were passed to the Second Degree , and Messrs . William Harry Wilkins and Richard Tonking were initiated . On the motion of Bto . Rashleigh , P . M ., seconded by Bro . J . J . Wfield , I . P . M ., 10 guineas were voted to the list of the W . M . as Steward for the Boys ' school ; and on the motion of Bro . Rashleigh , for Bro . Morris , seconded by Bro . H . E .

Fifield , Asst . D . of C , a similar sum was voted to the list of Bro . C . Butcher , P . M ., as steward for the Benevolent Institution . This work kept the brethren employed for three hours , although not a moment was wasted . " Hearty good wishes" preceded the closing of the lodge , and the brethren adjourned to banquet . The speeches which followed were of the briefest limit . Bro . G . J . Brown , W . M ., in proposing "The Kingand the Craft , " said it was the « rst time this toast had been proposed in the Burgoyne Lodge . It was no use to dwell

'"' 'her on the melancholy event which was the cause of it , and he would go on to say mat the King was looked upon in this country and other countries as one of the best ij i - ^ ever had ' He no Ped and trusted before the year was out the country would be in a most nourishing condition , and that we should feel we had been repaid for 1 . . S . had suffered . The King had been the best of Masons during the 27 years of his

Grand Mastership , and had done his duty well . . ° -J-J . Fifield , l . P . M ., proposed "The W . M ., " who had turned out a trump card . 1 hat evening he had performed the Three Degrees and had done them well . He only hoped that he would still have the Three Degrees to do for the remainder of his term . The brethren knew how many years he had been with them , and they had found in him a good friend .

Bro . G . J . Brown , VV . M ., in reply , said he should do his best for the Burgoyne J-ougeandhe hoped everything would \ ro on in the future as well as it had gone on in th P ? " ** '" ought all the members were delighted with the initiates . From what th 1 seen ° * them they might judge that they were two good brethren . One of 'hem he had known from his ( the Initiate ' s ) childhood , and lie was very pleased indeed

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to have been in the chair to initiate him . Nothing could give him greater pleasure as his ( Bro . Wilkins' ) father introduced him ( the W . M . ) into Masonry . Bro . Tonking was a stranger to him , but he was pleased to say that he was now a brother . All Burgoyne brethren , appreciated initiates because they filled up the places of those who fell out . He hoped the impression made on the initiates that night would induce them go to lodges of instruction and learn to do the work and become good officers . They would see a little more there than they had seen that evening . The Charity box which was handed to the W . M . at this point produced £ 1 is .

Bros . Wilkins and Tonking having replied , the toast of "The Visitors" was proposed and responded to . The toast of " The Treasurer and the Secretary " was acknowledged by Bros . Gabb , P . M ., and S . J . Byng , P . M . " The Past Masters and Officers " was replied to by Bros . Rashleigh , Pillinger , the S . W ., the J . W ., and Bro . CrackneU . Bro . J . Fifield replied to the toast of "The l . P . M ., " which the W . M . apologised for having omitted from its usual place . The Tyler ' s toast closed the proceedings of a very happy and enjoyable evening .

Gladsmuir Lodge , No . 1385 . This lodge held its second meeting of the vear at the Red Lion Hotel , Barnet , on Friday , the 22 nd ult . Bro . John Billson , W . M ., presided , and was supported by Bros . Robert Cranston , P . M ., as S . W . ; H . F . P . Inglis , J . W . ; H . J . Grimwade , I . P . M . ; Rev . Emlyn Jones , Chap . ; R . Fisher Young , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., Treas . ; Charles Gray , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B ., Sec . ; J . Marchand , P . M . 1572 , S . D . ; C . A . Cooke , J . D . ; W . Lewis , P . M ., P . P . A . G . D . C , D . C ; Engleheart , I . G . ; Dr . Haskins , P . P . G . Org .,

Org . ; C . B . R . Koch , C . Terry , and Ambrose Jones , Stwds .: Martin , P . M ., Tyler ; G . Blizard Abbott , P . M ., P . P . G . D . ; F . C . Collingwood , P . M ., P . P . G . Std . Br . ; F . G . Mason , P . M ., P . P . G . W . ; J . M . Rainsford , P . M ., Prov . A . G . D . C . ; C . P . W . Wheeler , G . Murch , F . Bygrane , R . V . Hart , Marchand , C . Smith , and others . The visitors included Bros . F . Sumner Knyvett , P . G . D . Eng ., D . P . G . M . ; Rev . Dr . O . C . Cockrem , P . M . 404 , Prov . G . Sec ; the Rev . Gardiner , Chap . 2509 ; Dr . Currie , Hill , P . M . ; Davison , P . M . ; and others .

The lodge having been opened and the minutes of the January lodge read and confirmed , and two sums of three guineas each having been voted from the funds of the lodge to the Barnet Cottage Hospital and the Herts Convalescent Home , Bro . C . Smith was raised to the Sublime Degree of a M . M ., the ceremony being performed by the VV . M . in a manner which elicited words of high approval from Bro . Knyvett , the

Dep . G . M . of the province . A circular letter addressed to the lodges in Hertfordshire directing that hymns were not to be sung in lodge—no exception , however , being taken to their being sung before or after—was read and ordered to be entered on the minutes . Lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to the installation banquet , which , in consequence of the lamented death of her Majesty the Queen , had been postponed from the installation meeting in January . *"

After grace had been sung , due honour was paid to the toast of "The King and the Craft , " and a verse of the National Anthem was given with much enthusiasm . With the toast of "The Pro G . Master , the Dep . G . Master , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " was associated the name of Bro . F . Sumner Knyvett , Past G . Deacon , who briefly , but gracefully , replied .

In proposing "The Health ot the Prov . G . Master , R . W . Bro . the Right Hon . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., " the W . M . expressed the pleasure with which the Gladsmuir Lodge , in common with all the other lodges in the province , had received the news of the honour done him ( the Prov . G . M . ) by her late Majesty in appointing him a member of the Privy Council .

Bros . Knyvett , D . P . G . M ., and the Rev . Dr . O . C Cockrem , Prov . G . Sec , were called upon to respond for the Prov . . G . Officers , Present and Past , and both spokj in terms of satisfaction with the manner in which the duties of the lodge had been carried out , while the latter referred to the exceedingly smart way in which the lodge officers , and particularly the J . W . ( Bro . Inglis ) and the S . D . ( Bro . I . Marchand ) hid fulfilled their respective parts in the ceremony of raising Bro . Smith . The Pro * . G . Secretary

further ' expressed the hope that the Gladsmuir R . A . Chapter , at the installation meeting of which he had been present the previous week in his official capacity of Prov . Grand Scribe E ., would receive a greater measure of support from the members . He pointed out that the H . R . A , was an integral part of " pure Antient Masonry " as declared in Article 1 of the Book of Constitutions , and that a Mason must be held not to have com pleted his course of Masonic . education until he had been exalted to that Supreme Degree .

The Deputy Prov . Grand Master , in propasinithe toast of "The W . M ., " conplimented the presiding olThef on the manner in which he had dons his work , and trusted that he might have a happy and successful year ; and the W . M ., who on rising was most cordially received , having expressed his thanks briefly , but in hearty ani appropriate terms , gave the toast of " The Visitors , " for whom Bros . Hill , P . M ., Davidson , P . M ., and another made suitable reply .

Bros . R . Fisher Young and G . Blizard Abbott responded for "The Past Misters , " and Bro . Abbott for " The Masonic Charities , " and " The Officers of the Lodge " having been honoured , the Tyler ' s toast conclude ! the proceedings . In the course of the evening several good songs were admirably sung , notably "The young Royalist , " by Bro . G . Murch ; " The Deathless Army , " by Bro . H . J . Grimwade ;

" Ihe Man that laid the Carpet , " by Bro . VV . Lewis ; and " The Gauntlet , " by Bro , C . P . W . Wheeler . Bro . Dr . Curcie evoked much laughter by his quaint Scottish stories , and Bro . Abbott many groans by an atrocious pun ne perpretrated in one of his speeches , while want of time alone prevented Bro . Young , " the Father of the Lodge , " from delighting the brethren with one of his charming ditties .

The menu was well chosen , but spoiled by the indifference of the service , the waiters being few in number and slow of movement .

Herschel Lodge , No . 1894 . PRESENTATION TO BRO . R . H . BARRETT . This well-known lodge in South Bucks met at their lodge room at Slough , on Tuesday , the lyth ult ., at which there was a large attendance , tne occasion bung the presentation to their late Secretary , Bro . R . H . Barrett . Tne lodge wis opened in due form , the W . M . called the brethren to be upstanding , and in a very able speech alluded to the lamented death of her . late Majesty Queen Victoriaand to offer tneir

, fraternal wishes that his Mijesty King Edward VII . may be long spared to reign over us , and to express their thankfulness thithis Most Gracious Mijesty ni-J been pleased to accept the Protectorship of our noble Order , and wnich wis ordered tj be entered in the mmutes . Bro . R . H . Barrett was then called to receive tro . 11 ttij hisds ot tne W . M ., Bro . George E . Harris , a very handsome jewel and a large silver afternjoi tei tn / , which had been subscribed for by the brethren in recognition of nis very valunlj services as Secretary for 16 years , to which he mid ; a very sjitrye rj . il / , nl CUKJJ ,

the brethren for the very handsome testimonial . Tne jev ; l , ns Slid , woj . lI iUiys a ; a reminder of the many happy hours he spent in the co . npiay of his Drotaren of thi Herschel Lodge , and the tea tray would be handed dawn in nis family as an hjirloo . n . After some routine business , Bro . R . II . Barrett rose tor the purpose of nrni , i { cnir , a vote of condolence be pissed to lira . Arthur Turner , the very aole D . of C ., in th : great loss he and his'family had suffered in the loss of their mother , wlio , he uinal ; l tne brethren , was the widow of one of tne founders of the lodge ; the sun j was ordered to be recorded in the minutes .

Lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to the ante-room for suopjr , to which ample justice was done . The only toasts were "H . M . the King and the Craft , " "Tne VV . M ., " by ths I . P . M ., Bro . VV . D . Shuard , who in a few well-cnasen words on ^ ratuUtei tile VV . M . for having made such admirable arrangements for the iniu ^ ural supper in ths lod ^ a rooms ( which had hitherto been held at tne Royal Hotel ) , wnica was received withgreit enthusiasm from the brethren .

The W . M ., in reply , thanked the brethren for tho very kind word ; which hid fallen from the I . P . M ., and the brethren forthe very hearty minner in which tajy received them , and said he had no doubt if they would only rally rojvd him tir . ta : ;* was no reason why the continuance of the present arrangements siojld no : oo a poriect success , and he was delighted to find that nis efforts nal mst with the approoi : io . i of the brethren .

"The Visitors" was proposed by Bro . Barrett in his well-known happy an ! humorous manner , which was replied to by Bros . Liyto . i , P . M ., an I Ernes : Parso is . The Tyler ' s toast was next given , and the brethren dispersed , bu : noi until the / had again expressed their hearty congratulations on the grand success of the evsaiazi