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more than the others . This has lasted ; I don't know whether you are aware of it , that it has actually existed SS years . It is a monument ladies and brethren , to the wisdom and goodness oi our predecessors , and I feel assured that we shall never allow such an ancient

institution to want funds for its support when its comes to applying for money . It is an ungrateful task , perhaps , but I have no shame in it , because I feel it is a worthy object for your subscriptions . You have evinced it in the past , and I am sure you will now come forward . And before I sit down I must express the regret we all feel that it is unfortunate for this

gathering to take place now on account of the dissolution of Parliament that has just taken place , and has deprived us of so many who would have been glad to have come here , though I must say there are many kind faces here that I know . However , ladies and brethren , it has given me extreme pleasure to see this noble hall so well attended to-night ; an extremely pretty sight it is . I cannot but say , and I say it with truth , that 1 never presided at a more

graceful assemblage . I will not trouble you—as , perhaps , if the ladies had not been present here I should have troubled you—with statistics , but those you will hear later on from the indefatigable Secretary of the Institution . I merely now propose to you ' * Prosperity to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . " I ask you to drink it wilh three times three . Bro . Plucknett , P . G . D ., would reply .

Bro . PLUCKNETT said his lordshi p had been pleased to associate his name with this last toast , and he begged to return thanks for the kind way in which the company had drunk prosperity and welfare to their noble Institution . He believed that the Institution was doing really good work . It was pursuing its onward career successfully . His duly as Treasurer was to thank them for coming to Brighton that evenine to suonort the Institution .

and to say that the funds which they subscribed were economically expended , having regard to the efficiency , and comfort , and happiness of the boys . The Prince of Wales had recently referred to the extension in the number of lodges from the time when he was appointed Grand Master . There were now some 500 lodges more than were in existence twelve years ago . That was a significant fact , indicating a large addition to the Craft , and also to

the expansion of the Institution . Bro . Plucknett concluded b y thanking them on behalf of the Institution for coming there and supporting it . Bro . BINCKES said that the announcement which he had to make was somewhat disappointing , but that was usually the case , their Festival coming as it did after the Festivals of the other Institutions . He said on Saturday that the present political crisis might toa great extent interfere not only with the

personal attendance at this Festival , but also with the result of the Stewards ' exertions on behalf of the Society . They were not , however , altogether without reason for thankfulness as " to the results that had been achieved , but which _ were _ not quite equal to the anticipations of some of their more sanguine friends . There were 120 London Stewards , and 16 9 Provincial Stewards , as follows : —

LONDON . Lodge £ s . d . 1 Bro . Louis Chas . Lumley 10 10 o 2 „ E . J . V . Husey ... 42 o o 3 „ Charles Challen ... 40 19 o

4 „ Baron H . de Stern ... 15 15 o 5 „ A . Finlay 56 15 o G „ J . R . F . Claridge ... 31 10 o 8 „ John Pullman ... 11 11 o 11 „ E . G . Coleman ... 26 15 6 12 „ O . F . Peall 50 o o 14 „ Gordon Smith

19 „ W . M . Bywater ... 37 16 o 21 „ R . Hovenden ... 28 7 o 23 „ J . A . Blackman 26 „ D . Breay Ledsam ... 27 6 o 28 ,, J . Boulton 40 o o 2 9 „ John W . Green ... 21 o o 33 „ R . C . Rapier 23 iS o 46 „ Edward J . Humphrey 52 10 o

55 „ u . m . 11 . snow ... 73 10 o 58 „ F . Wm . Smith ... 90 6 o 60 ,, Ettab Rogers ... 52 10 o 79 „ C . Kedgley 105 o o 91 „ Sydney Claris ... 38 17 o 96 „ J . Gordon Langton ... 46 4 o 99 „ C . E . Wilson ... 78 10 o 101 „ Edward I . Altman ...

108 „ W . H . Smith ... 23 2 o 141 „ C . VV . Frommholz ... 65 o o 142 „ H . A . W . Reeves ... 17 17 o 145 „ W . F . Masters ... 84 o o 157 » Walter Snodin . ... 21 o o . * -, ,, f Charles Meierhoff " > *? „ 1 Carl T . Fleck J 20 ° ° 183 „ E . Ernest Harding ... 35 14 o

188 „ Lewis Lazarus ... 40 o o 192 „ Wm . Medwin ... 107 o o 193 „ S . Smither 53 9 6 197 „ A . Millington Naylor 25 2 o 198 „ Col . J . G . North ... 20 5 „ C . F . Hogard ... 10 9 4 0 22 7 „ Alfred Jas . Thomas 23 2 o 2 35 ,, Win . E . Harrison ... 550

259 > , John Scott 31 10 o 435 ,, VV . H . Hooper ... 27 16 6 534 „ J- G . Tongue ... 15 15 o 569 „ John Pash 112 7 o 6 57 „ T , H . Gardiner 715 „ F . E . Upfield Green 20 9 6 822 „ E . C . P . Scott ... 31 10 o 861 „ Frederick Hallows ... 5 8 16 o 957 „ Wm . T . Woodruff ... 115 o o

975 „ James Garnar ... 73 10 o 1150 „ T . H . Gardiner ... 1158 „ W . Holloway ... 50 13 o 1196 „ Benjamin Simpkins 38 17 o 1216 ,, Capt . N . Bridges ... 52 10 o 1383 „ Moliere Tabuteau ... go 4 o ' 425 i , James Stephens ... 36 15 o

' 47 ' „ W . Shurmur ... 107 2 o ' 475 „ W . G . Sayer ... S 7 , « 49 ' ,, G . S . Waterlow ... s { , 0 15 ° l " H ? ° 8 e Awards ... G-t o o ' 59 » Walter C . Claridge

' 599 » « . J . Woodman ... 38 17 0 1604 „ Frederick J . Wray ... 165 18 o 1612 ,, Samuel Dyer ... 35 o o 1 G 15 .. S . T . Fisher ... 28 7 o 1622 „ Fred . Hilton 52 10 o J 623 „ H . J . Lardner ... 53 n 0

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Lodge £ s . d . 16 57 Bro . E . Y . Jolliffe ... 10 G 1 o 1 G 71 ,, C . VV . Meiter ... 105 o o 1677 ,, Robt . D . Cummings 52 10 o 16 S 1 „ Asher Barfield ... 61 18 6

1704 ,, W . D . Milner ... 40 19 o ' 707 „ A . Money 64 1 o 1719 „ James Randall ... 66 13 6 1728 „ Richard Kimpton ... 54 12 o ¦ 76 7 >• J . VV . Barker ... 31 10 o ' 7 ^ 9 > , 1 " . B . Linscott ... 6 9 6 o 181 S ,, Louis Hirsch ... 70 16 o

1962 „ W . C . Claridge ... 163 16 o > 9 6 i » V . T . Murche ... 57 15 o 19 SO „ H . M . Williams ... 26 5 o 2012 ,, George Gardner ... 240 9 0 2020 „ Alderman J . Staples 210 S „ C . VV . Eves 15 15 o 2127 „ A . M . Broadley ... 157 10 o 212 S ,, J . L . Cooke 15 15 o

LODGE OF INSTRUCTION . 1732 Bro . B . Kauffman ... 31 to o ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS . 12 Bro . W . B . Kidder ... 21 o o 95 „ Samuel Brooks ... 34 13 o 174 „ James Knight ... 13 15 o 1604 „ Frederick J . Wray

( see Lodge ) 1900 „ G . P . Festa COMMITTEE DINNER CLUB . Bro . H . T . Miller 107 o o UNATTACHED . Bro . Robert Berridge „ F . Binckes 10 10 o

„ Edgar Bowyer „ Thomas Bruce 26 5 o „ H . V . Clements 26 5 o „ J . VV . T . Chapman ... 26 15 6 „ George Cooper 5 5 0 „ Henry Cox 59 17 o „ R . T . Fennell „ VV . Gomm

„ George Graveley 15 15 o „ William Herbage ... 26 5 o „ John P , Houghton ... 10 10 0 „ William Lake „ H . B . Marshall 10 10 o „ J . Lawrence Mather ... 63 o o „ Dr . Geo . Mickley ... 10 10 o ,, James Moon 10 10 o „ William Morley 10 10 o

„ Henry F . Nash 10 10 o „ F . J . Vander Pant ... 10 10 o ,, Co ) . James Peters ... 10 10 o „ M . J . Rowley 5 5 ° „ Chas . Sanders , M . D . ... „ Aldn . Joseph Savory lames Stevens 22 1 o ~~~ — — ¦ w

„ , , ,... w . . . ..... . . ... . . . ,, David Stroud 10 10 o „ J . LewisThomas ,, Abner Torkington „ John Weston ,, Alfred Williams 10 10 o

„ it . U . Woodward 10 10 o PROVINCES . BERKS AND BUCKS . Lodge 414 Bro . Samuel Wheeler , jun . 55 13 o 59 ' > , John Lawson .,. 47 5 o

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' BERKS AND BUCKS—Continued . Lodge _ £ s . d . 795 Bro . William Fenton ... 10 10 o 945 „ Maurice Wheeler ... 59 17 0 1 S 99 „ S . G . Kirchhoffer ... 2 ( 1 *; o

BRISTOL . 103 Bro . William Purnell ... 26 5 0 CAMBRIDGESHIRE .

SS Bro . Andrew H . Moyes ... 131 5 o CHESHIRE . 537 Bro . Geo . H . Brown ... 10 10 0 941 „ W . Wildgoose ... 36 15 o CORNWALL .

Bro . Charles Truscott ... 250 0 o CUMBERLAND & WESTMORELAND . Province Bro . G . J . McKay ... 425 9 o 129 „ J . H . Hogg 74 11 o DERBYSHIRE . !

353 Bro . John Cooper Webb ... 48 6 o I S 02 „ Edwin Belfield ... 27 18 6 j DURHAM . Bro . C . D . H . Drury ... 6 3 o o ESbEX .

160 Bro . Henry Harper ... 15 14 6 650 „ Richard Clowes ... 75 12 o „„ , * ,- „( Geo . Henry Finch ... 63 o o 20 ° 5 " I Henry T . Sibley ... 200 G „ A . J . Dudgeon ... 14 14 o 20 G 3 „ W . J . Nunn 63 o o 2077 „ James Salmon

GLOUCESTERSHIRE . Lodge . 900 Bro . William Powell ... 30 14 o 100 5 „ Arthur S . Lemon ... 43 11 6 1067 „ W . Crawshay Heane 58 16 o

HANTS AND ISLE OF WIGHT . ^•^ j Bro . Richard Glasspool 42 o o Lodge 1401 }'' Geor fi e J- Tilling ... 131 5 o 175 » Ernest Groves ... 73 10 o

309 „ Edgar Goble ... 53 o 6 342 „ Wm . Gunnell ... 42 o o 1776 „ Wm . Miles 155 o o HERTS . 403 Bro . Lieut . Rchd . B . Croft

' 3 7 „ Edward West ... 75 1 G „ A . H . Debenham ... 19 8 6 KENT . 558 Bro . Spurgen 31 10 o ' 209 „ J . O . Eve ... 115 10 o Province 100 o 0

LANCASHIRE ( EAST DIVISION ) . 221 Bto . Charles Crompton ... 2100 317 „ J . Garside 10 10 o 100 9 „ Ceorge Everatt ... 2 G 5 o 1721 \ " " G * Harw ° ' - { . „ Nathaniel Nicholson 11 10 o

f „ George Board „ S . E . Levi ' 7 89 * 1 » George Rideal ... 52 10 o „ Effraim Nahum (_„ Alfred de Bolton „ Rob Williamson ... 10 10 0 LANCASHIRE ( WEST DIVISION ) .

Bro . Reginald Young ... 10 10 o " ' 55 > , E- Pierpoirtt 10 10 o 13 S 4 „ W . J . Thomson ... 10 10 o ' 73 <* i . J- Slyman LEICESTER AND RUTLAND . 1560 Bro . Thomas Macaulay ... 257 5 o LINCOLNSHIRE .

792 Bro . James Duke ... 10 10 o 792 „ MIDDLESEX . 778 Bro . E . W . Stanton ... 94 10 o 86 "C .. W . lnhnsnn . <> rt m n

1310 „ John Etherington ... 15 15 o 1526 ,, John Alfred Wilson ' 597 » VV . Cock 32 11 o 2024 „ J . Sadler Wood ... 60 o o 2048 „ Philip Cheek ... 2650 210 5 , > D- P- Cama ... 15 15 o

MONMOUTHSHIRE . 1429 Bro . Samuel Davies ... 31 10 o . NORFOLK . Lord Suffield ( CHAIRMAN ) " 213 Bro . George Baxier f „ George Wm . Girling f 420 o 0 Barnard ... J

NORTH WALES . 133 G Bro . Benson , C . K . ... 32 n o 1849 11 Lieut .-Colonel VV . K . Sackville-VVest ... 54 12 o

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . 1434 Bro . Bernhard Franz Stiebel ... ... 102 2 o OXFORDSHIRE .

340 Bro . Frederick W . Ansell 35 14 o 357 .. F- P- Bulley ... 27 10 o 478 „ VV . Kinch 22 2 o 599 „ Mark Nathan ... 19 S 6 ' 5 ' 5 „ Joseph Richardson ... 10 10 o ' 703 »> H . C . Habgood ... 10 JO 0

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! SOMERSETSHIRE . 44 < 5 Bro . Lieut .-Col . A . Thrale Perkins ... 161 5 o „ VV . J . Nosworthy ... 141 15 o

SOUTH WALES ( EAST DIVISION ) . 651 Bro . T . Lawrence Lewis 105 o o SOUTH WALES ( WEST DIVISION . ) Bro . Samuel Read ... 210 o o

STAFFORDSHIRE . Province 120 15 o 624 Bro . Percy Evershed ... 26 5 o ¦ 792 „ F . J . Turley „ Matthias Barker 7 „ , _ „ „ J . R . Lee ... > 2 ' ° ° ciTi .-rrrir v aurruLh

. 122 4 Bro . T . B . Ardley ... 100 o o „ W . J . Nunn ... 21 o o SURREY . Bro . G . Joseph Dunkley 12 12 o 410 ,, C . Greenwood , jun . 26 o o 163 S „ George Moorman ... 17 17 o 1 S 72 „ W . H . Dunning Pearse 10 10 o 2 ogfi „ Hugh Marcus Hobbs 257 5 o

SUSSEX . 215 Bro . John Belcher ... 10 10 o mo „ Chas . H . Haine ... 31 10 o 11 4 1 ,, L . B . Henderson ... 36 4 o 1303 „ Major VV . VV . Turner 21 o o 1636 „ W . R . Wood , jun .... 220 o o 1726 „ Wm . H . Causton ... 37 16 o ' 947 •» John Savers 6 3 o o WARWICKSHIRE .

Bro . John Slater ... - , „ Felix Jones ... „ James Moffat „ David Archer „ John Rawlins „ Charles Lee ... „ Wm . Henry Wood „ Geo . Edwin Mewis „ W . H . Johnson . 74 „ C . Joseph Collins < * 2 ; u ° ° ,, Thos . Surman

„ Josiah Collins , ' , Joseph Gothard „ Hugh S . Thomas „ George Shread „ Joshua Perkins „ Joshua Howell ,, I " . James Graham 5 6 7 >> J " - Boddington 587 „ Joseph VV . Martin ... 26 5 o WILTSHIRE .

355 Bro . J . Campbell Mac-7 , 1295 lean ... J '•" WORCESTERSHIRE . Bro . A . F . Godson . D . P G . M . „ J . VV . Consterdine-Chadwick

252 „ Edward J . Chambers 52 ro 0 YORKSHIRE ( NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS ) . IOIO Bro . Col . R . G . Smith ... 41 14 6 YORKSHIRE ( WEST ) .

139 Bro . ] no . H . Burrows ... ~ 139 „ Simeon Hayes ' 39 » Geo . Wm . Hawksley 208 „ James France 208 „ T . Bateman Fox ... 2 S 9 „ Alfd . Williamson ... 29 6 „ Joseph Mellowes ... 296 „ Robert Schott

29 6 „ Joseph Hardy 29 6 „ Harold Thomas 380 „ SidneyThomasSteele 408 „ Edwin Lee ... 45 S „ H . Trevor Gardiner 45 S „ H . Wilson 495 „ Lieut .-Col . Albany Hawke

Charlesworth 521 „ Ernest A . Beaumont 521 „ John Wm . Turner ... 600 „ Charles Crabtree ... 910 ,, Robert Fisher 974 „ Wm . Chas . Lupton > l 6 o 19 0

974 „ I . R . Oddy ... 974 „ H . A . Foster ... 1019 „ Jno . Wordsworth ... 1019 „ Herbert J . E . Green 101 9 ,, Wm . H . Milnes 1211 „ George F . Crowe ...

1211 „ Joseph Stanheld 1239 „ Maurice J . Dodworth 1239 „ J . Grayson Lowood ... 1 3 „ Thomas Crossley ... 1 3 „ J . Bourne Hargreaves 1 3 „ James Stables 1 3 11 „ C . E . Richardson ... 1 3 „ A . F . Mi Gill nn Waller S . Rlarkhurn

• 5 ' 3 >• Thos . W . Embleton 2069 „ Rev . T . CartwrightSmyth 2069 „ Robt . Abbott 2069 ,, Benj . Sykes Bailey ... 20 C 9 „ Walter Storey

200 9 „ m ... j GUERNSEY . 243 Bro . J . H . Parsons ... no 5 o MARK DEGREE .

333 Bro . G . Norrington ... 6 3 o 0 FOREIGN STATIONS . 349 Bro . Lieut .-Col . George Haldane 52 o o OS 4 „ Rev . A . H . Hildesley