Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

KENT . The Province ' ... 94 10 o 199 Bro . Rev . V . S . Vickers ... 63 o o 199 „ EdwardLukey ... 220 10 o 558 „ William Francis ... 31 10 o I 2 73 ,, Herbert Black ... 31 10 o 1414 „ Rev . T . S . Curteis ... 5 5 o 143 ' G „ Henry Waite ... 42 o o

EAST LANCASHIRE . 44 Bro . Alfred B . Bennett ... 42 o o 62 „ Edmund Ashworth ... 73 10 o 146 „ J . Fawcett Skelton ... 10 10 o 221 „ J . Martin Rutter ... 10 10 o 2 77 „ )• E- Tweedale -3 ' 7 ,, ' W . J . Cunliffe ... 10 to . 0

3 ' 7 » J- W . Edwards ... 10 10 o 317 „ j . Wilson ... _ ... 10 10 o r 7 3 ,, Matthew Fielding ... 10 ro . o 17 * 33 „ E . G . Harwood ... 10 10 0 ' 7 3 ,, Thomas B . Tong ... 10 10 o ' 7 3 „ John Barrett ... ro 10 b 1798 „ Rosenthal Morris ... 10 10 o 1798 „ G . Board ... .. _ 31 10 o

WEST LANCASHIRE . SG Bro . Reginald Young ... 10 10 o 73 ° - „ . ?¦ Malcolm Kerr ... 10 10 0 730 „ Thomas Forrester ... - IO-IO o 730 ,, James Lawrence .. ' . 27 6 o S 23 „ Wm .-Brassey ... JO 10 o 101 3 „ Wm . Longbottom ... 21 o o 1182 ... Robert Martin ... 10 10 o

121 3 „ W . BowdOn ... 10 10 o 13 S 4 ,, \ V . J . Thomson ... 10 10 . 0 J 505 „ Robert Foote ¦ ... 10 . 10 o SOS „ Peter-Thomas ... 26 5 o 1505 „ Smith , H . H . ... 26 5 o

LINCOLNSHIRE . . 792 Bro . R , J . Tozer ... 52 10 0 MIDDLESEX . ' . 1237 Bro . A .-G . Fidler * ... So 11 0 132 G „ C . W . Baker . ... 10 10 o 1503 ,, T . R . Richnell ' ... 1 5 15 0 Chapter . . 1549 Comp . T . J . Maidwell ... 50 o 0

MONMOUTHSHIRE . Bro . Capt . S . G . . Homfray .. 307 13 o NORTHAMPTON AND HUNTS . 1 . 7 G 4 } Bro-H . J . Atkins ... 215-5 o . NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . 47 Bro . J . Toplis 141 15 o , J / A Bro . Isaac Davis ... 21 o o 1 794 ) . . . 1909 Bro . Julius Marx ... ... GS IS 6

. OXFORDSHIRE . 340 Bro . H-. G . VV . Drinkwater 24 3 6 357 "„ Rev . F . H . Penny " > 357 ,, Kev . H . A . Pickard J 43 t 0 ° 1036 „ Arthur Johnson ... 10 10 o ' 036 „ Joseph Keade ... 10 10 o 1703 „ S . C Wakefield ... 16 G G . 1 S 95 „ A . Brakspear ... 36 15 o SOMERSETSHIRE .

S 14 Bro . J . Budge , jun . ... G 4 1 o STAFFORDSHIRE . 4 S 2 Bro . F . Derry ... ... 77 0 6 624 „ W . H . Bailey ... 141 15 o G i 7 ,, Richard Tooth . ,., 94 6 o SUFFOLK . 114 Bro . G . H . Grimwood ... 90 o o 100 S „ George John Paine ... 67 4 o

SURREY . The Province . ,.. ; 10 10 o 777 Bro . Charles Belton ( see ¦ London , No . 165 ) . 1046 „ G . Fi Roumieu ... 21 o 0

Lodge . - £ s . d . 1149 Bro . Fredk . Flood ... ... 36 15 o 1395 JJ T . C . Eager 25 4 o 163 S „ William Lane ... 47 11 o 1714 „ Henry Hacker ... 21 00 1 S 92 „ James Wm . Baldwin 63 o o 1981 „ W . P . Catterson ... 27 6 -o

SUSSEX . 1636 } Br 0 r W < H - Gibson » . 157 10 o WARWICKSHIRE . ' 5 6 7 Bro . Boddington ... ... 36 15 o 2 S 4 „ John Wm . Mafgetts 36 15 o

WILTSHIRE . G 32 Bro . W . H . Long ... " ) ' 632 „ Charles Gauntlett . V

WORCESTERSHIRE . Bro . A ..-F . Godson " ) „ George Taylor •) 377 » . !• W : Chadwick 1- 201 17 o 529 „ W . B . Williamson 564 „ F . J . Bland ... ' J

NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE . 57 Bro . Robert Hodgson ... 75 o o WEST YORKSHIRE .-Bro . Lieut .-Colonel Sir-. Henry Edwards „ Thos . 'Wm . Tew Gi CTRhodes '

.. . . 39 » J ? ° - Hen . Burrows 139 „ Simeon Hayes ¦ 39 JJ J - Spencer ¦ 39 „ Joseph Needham 139 „ Edwd . S . Tozer 139 JJ Chas . Dixon . ; .

139 > J J - Hunt ... . 139 „ Arthur Davy .., 20 S „ T . Bateman Fox 2 75 ;> T oseph Lowenthal 2 75 ,, Robt . Armitage 302 „ . Thos . Hill 302 „ Jas . B . Knight

302 „ Chas . Brumm I _ 302 ¦' " Chas . Jacob Schott f ^ . ° 44 S „ ¦ Jno . Hy . Whadcoat 1 44 S „ James Gooding Lee 44 S „ ti . S . Holdsworth Goo „ Chas . Crabtree

600 „ "Samuel Render Goo ,, James Wright 974 „ I ' rancis Willey 974 „ Herbert A . Foster 10 . 19 „ Jno . Wordsworth 1102 „ jno . Barker ...

1211 „ Jno . W . Fourness 121 4 „ Wm . Hy . Hick 1239 „ Hen . T . E . Holmes 1513 JJ Chas . F . Seward ' 5 3 JJ Edwd . John Massie ¦ . . IS' 3 JJ Thos . W . Emb'leton 1 G 45 „ Joseph Crowther - * .

• NORTH WALES AND SALOP . 755 Bro . J . R . L . Hazledirie ... 21 0 . 0 1849 „ C . K . Benson ... 21 o o 1 S 9 G ,, Rev . R . Jackson ... 143 17 o SOUTH WALES ( EAST DIVISION ) . 960 Bro . Thomas Matthews ... 200- o ¦ o

SOUTH WALES ( WEST DIVISION ) . Bro . Aaron Stone 10 to o FOREIGN STATIONS . 50 S and 1152 Bro . Joaquim P . Joaquim ... ... 16 16 o 1777 Bro . A . M . Broadley ... 1010 o ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND . Bro . J . M . P . Montagu MARK DEGREE . Bro . Frederick Binckes .... 10 10 o

Berks and Bucks ' . £ t- > 3 «<> ' 0 Cambridgeshire 174 6 o Cheshire ... .., ' 49 S 6 o iCornwall ... ' 28 7 o Derbyshire . . .. ... ... 94 10 o Devonshire ... 10 10 o Durham I 210 o 0 Essex .... 1 47 10 G

Gloucestershire ... ... ... 98 14 o Hants and Isle of Wight ... 512 1 o Hertfordshire ... ' 52 10 o Kent ' ... 49 8 15 o Lancashire ( East Division ) .- .. 241 10 o Lancashire ( Westtlivision ) ... 1 S 4 16 o

Lincolnshire ; ,,. 52 io : o Middlesex . „ ' ... ... , 56 jG o Monmouthshire ' ... ... 307 13 o . North Wales and Salop ... . 1 S 5 17 o LONDON ... PROVINCES

SUMMARY .

Northants and Hunts £ 215 5 o Nottinghamshire 231 10 6 Oxfordshire ... % ... . ... 141 14 6 Somersetshire ... * _ ... ... G 4 1 o . South Wales ( East Division ) ... 200 o o South Wales ( West Division ) 10 10 o Staffordshire ... 313 1 6 Suffolk ' 157 40

Surrey 252 G o Sussex ... " ... 157 10 o Warwickshire 73 10 o Wiltshire ... 10 10 o Worcestershire ... ... ... 201 17 o Yorkshire ( North and East Ridings ) 75 ° o Yorkshire ( West Riding ) ... 589 12 o Foreign Stations , & c 37 16 o

... ... £ 7 , 712 G G ' .:. ^ , 349 s o Total £ M , OGI II 6

The Lord MAYOR next gave "The Patrons , Vice-Patrons , Trustees , and members of Committees . " Bro . EDGAR BOWYER , P . G . Std . Br ., responded . Bro . F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , replying to the toast of " Success to the other Institutions , " said he

thanked the brethren for the very hearty response accorded to the toast . The announcement they had just listened to in connection with those at the festivals of the two other Institutions shewed the noble amount contributed by the Craft at large , which made a total of something like £ 41 , 000 to thc three Institutions for the present j'ear . .

Bro . TERRY , Secretary tp the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows ' of Freemasons , said he was . the first Secretary of the Masonic Institutions , who had thc honour of inviting the . Lord Mayor to take the chair for the Benevolent Institution in February , ' when unfortunately his lordship ' was engaged . He was proud to think that during his lordship ' s mayoralty he had been enabled as Junior Grand Warden to

have the honour of presiding over the destinies of the Boys' School , and particularly as such a large result had been attained . The brethren and ladies around the table knew full well what was the elTect of success to the three Institutions , which everybody desired to congratulate ; but he ventured to think that among the many distinguished charitable institutions over -which he ( the Lord Mayor ) had the honour to preside during his mayoralty none had been so successful as this . The hnn-htp ^ ipwel the

Lord Mayor would have the honour of acknowled ging would come to him during his mayoralty as President of one of the Masonic Institutions . Many . hopes had been expressed , and he ( Bro . Terry ) ventured to express another , that the Lord Mayor ' s career in connection with thc City of London might long be extended , as well as his Senior Grand Wardenship of Wiltshire and Junior Grand Warden of England , and he also hoped that of the many illustrious assemblies over which he had presided the Lord Mayor would think this one was riot the least .

The LORD MAYOR proposed "The Board of Stewards , " and regretted the absence through illness of the President , Sir Henry Edwards , who had just resigned the Prov . Grand Mastership of West Yorkshire . Bro . Titos ,. W . TEW , Deputy Prov . Grand Master of Yorkshire , in responding , said he thanked the Lord Mayor for his complimentary allusion to the Prov . Grand Master of the Province of West Yorkshire , / md

who had been complimented by the responsible office of being the President of the Board of Stewards on . this occasion . He regretted that Lieut .-Col . Sir Henry Edwards was unable to be present on this occasion , and he still more deplored that his medical advisers had recommended lhat the state of his health required rest for the present j but the brethren might be assured that Sir H . Edwards' sympathies were for the success and prosperity of

this Institution , and for its welfare for all time to come . The Board of Stewards had many responsible duties to perform , and if in any way they had accomplished those duties to thesatisfaction of the company in bringing theni together and providing for their comfort and

entertainment , they would be amply rewarded by any expression of satisfaction they might choose to give . It was always a pleasure to see so many ladies , supporters of this Institution , present , and he hoped that these annivcisary festivals would never lack members of grace or beauty , or he mi ght say , handsome contributions . .

Bro . 1 < RANK RICHARDSON , P . G . D ., who was most cordially received replied for "The Ladies , " and the company shortly afterwards

adjourned . At the intervals between thei toasts Madame Malhilde Zimeri , Miss Helen D'Alton , and Bro . Arthur Thompson sarig various songa under the conductorship ot Bro . Chaplin Henry , Bro . Kift presided at the pianoforte .

The favours worn on the occasion contained the arms of the City of London enamelled on an irradiated gold mount , suspended by a red rib ' bon in the case of ordinary Stewards and purple for special Stewards . Bro . George Kenning was the manufacturer .

Analysis Of The Returns.

ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNS .

We rejoice 10 say that our anticipations as to the result of the last of our great Anniversary Festivals for the current year have been in great measure fulfilled . We imagine that not even the most sanguine brother expected that Saturday last would witness a repetition 06 the great triumph of 1883 . Building Funds do not ' occur annually , and what the brethren were called upon to provide " n 1 this instance was a sum sufficient to cover thc expenses ordinarily incurred in maintaining our Boys' School in its

accustomed state of efficiency , with , it might be , a liberal surplus , of which a portion might be . reserved for unforeseen contingencies , or—more likely still —towards that increased outlay which will become necessary when the Preparatory School is on its legs , and some of the proposed additional pupils have been entered on the roll of the Institution . These demands have been amply satisfied , and the Lord Mayor , as Chairman , the Board of Stewards ,

and Bro . Binckes , as Secretary , arc to be congratulated on the event . It will also be the subject of congratulation to the whole body of English Craftsmen ' . For some time past there . has been a heavy excess of candidates over vacancies , but should it be found possible . during . th ' e current year lo accommodate any portion of the contemplated increase , the receipts due to the Festival ' of the 28 th ult . will enable this to bc done . ' There is nothing in

all this , perhaps , - to excite an unusual degree of enthusiasm ; but there is in it much to gratify our sense of duty . A certain provision had to be made , and it has been made , handsomely and without hesitation . This , in fact , represents the sum and substance of what occurred on Saturday last , under the genial auspices of the Lord Mayor . About £ 14 , 000 was wanted for the ordinary purposes of the Boys' School , and it has been found . A larger

sum would have been more acceptable , a smaller might have excited some misgivings , and inclined some brethren to doubt if the Craft , as a whole , were sufficiently alive to-the necessity of the increase which it has been determined to make . If we add to this , that it is precisely the same sense of duty to which tjie two other Masonic Institutions are indebted for the full satisfaction of their heavy necessities for the current year , we shall have said enough to show that our English Freemasonry , while it is capable of being

stirred into enthusiasm , as happened at the Boys School festival last year , in order to meet a special demand on . its generosity , is , at the same time , animated by a determination to do its duty in all circumstances , and even after the momentary fit of enthusiasm has passed away . Were we disposed to inflict a sermon on our friends , instead of the usual study in black , aud white , we should take as our text the strong sense of duty which characterises all our Masonic Anniversary proceedings , but which has been particularly noticeable in the case of thc Festivals that have been held during . the present

year . . .... All our-Festival reports have a very strong family likeness ; but it does not need more than a very cursory glance at the returns to discover that , in spite of this similarity , each , as a rule , has some special feature of its own . On one occasion , it ' is the provinces which are a long way ahead of London in the matter of contributions ; on another , it is London whose contributions make up the larger total j while ; on a third'occasion , the two are , to all in-