The Mark Benevolent Fund.

of those who were honouring them with their presence for the first time , he mi ght say it was divided into three parts—the educational , the benevolent , and the annuity branches . Thanks to the support and kindness they had always received , he was proud to say no approved candidate had gone away without relief . At the same time , the Mark Degree was increasing largely in numbers , and they were not at all sure the present state of affairs might

exist . They hoped it mi g ht for many a long year to come . All of them had this Charity at heart ! they all wished it success ; and while this friendly rivalry went on from year to year between successive Chairmen , it must benefit by the honest wish of these brethren each to do bette r than others . ( App lause ) . Bro . C . F . MATIER , P . G . W ., Secretary , then read the following

STEWARDS' LISTS

LADY STEWARDS . £ s . d . Mrs . Apelt „* Bevan — Miss * Bevan ... — Mrs . Uruton ,, Clowes ^

Lady Agnes Ccoper 5 5 ° „ Darell Miss Darell „ Margaret Darell „ Evelyn Darell Mrs . Dorrnan 5 5 ° „ * Hearn

—„ R . Loveland Loveland ... 550 „ C . F . Matier 5 5 ° „ Gordon Miller „ Oppert 5 5 ° Miss Oxford 5 5 ° Mrs . Sayer 220 „ Blanco White 5 5 o

GENERAL BOARD . Bro . R . L . Loveland ( see Hants and Isle of Wight ) ... „ Frank Richardson ( see Middlesex ) „ The Earl of Euston ( see Norths , Hunts , and

Beds ) ,, Viscount Dungarvan ( see Kent ) „ Lord Addington ( see Bucks ) „ Sir J . C . Dimsdale ( see London ) „ Charles Belton 5 5 ° „ A . Stewart Brown ( see Middlesex )

„ Major C . VV . Carrell ( see London ) „ Richard Clowes ( see Sussex ) „ Rowland Plumbe ( see London ) „ Richard Eve ( see Hants and Isle of Wight ) ... „ G . C . VV . Fitzwilliam ( see Norths , Hunts , and

Beds ) „ Gordon Miller ( see Kent ) „ Lieut .-Col . C . Probyn ( see Middlesex )

„ F . VVest ( see Surrey ) ... „ A . Woodiwiss ( see Derbyshire ) „ A . F . Church 7 7 °

„ T . P . Dorman ( see Norths , Hunts , and Beds ) „ G . H . Parke ( see West Yoikshire ) Lodge Grand Master's Bro . T . Fenn 5- 10 o

Old Kent Bro . James Speller 7 ,, Old Kent „ John Ramsay j ou 4 1 Bro . VV . E- Stuttaford ... G 10 o 5 „ J . U . Cleave 22 17 G 7 „ Rowland Plumbe ... 25 12 f > 144 „ Murray L . Russell ... 49 7 o 22 4 ,, H . C . Houndle ... 26 5 0 33 ' 11 Arthur J . Bailey ... 10 ID 0 355 . 1 H . Longman ... ... 17 17 11 301 „ ChailesA . Moreing ... 21 o o -iSs ,, * 'Maj . Frank Sheffield ...

—3 S 1 ; „ W . F . Roberts ) ,. ,. , 3 S 5 : ; E . A . Gibson ... \ ' 5 ' * <• 399 , 1 * Col A . B . Cook 399 » * Earl of Euston 399 ,, * Sir Lionel Darell 3 < j 9 „ E . A . Baylis 390 „ Sir R . Hanson , Bart ., M . P

399 „ F . Mead 399 „ A . Cooper 5 5 ° 399 „ C . Godson 399 „ Viscount Dungarvan 399 „ G . C . VV . Fitzwilliam 399 „ J . C . Tower 399 „ Rev . A . W . Oxford ... 5 5 0 390 „ Earl of Yaiborough ...

399 ,, Dr . A . W . Orwin 399 „ L . Mieville 399 ,, A . II . Bevan 10 to o 399 >> * Frank Richardson ... — 399 „ * Earl of Pottarlington — 400 „ Belgrave Ninnis ... 5 5 ° 4110 „ C . M . Jessop C iG C

40 G „ Sir ) . C . Dimsdale ... 15 15 oi 4 < jr , „ H . Le Rov Lewis ... 5 5 o ' 41 = ; „ Major C . W . Carrell 5 5 o 454 ,, G . H . Hopkinson ... 5 5 0 458 > , W . J . Stratton ... 12 12 0 4 60 „ W . ' II . H . Jessop ... 550 ! 439 ,, Rev . C . E . L . Wright 10 10 0 j Grand Masters Lodge of Instruction liro . lohn Smith 15 15 0

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UNATTACHED . £ s . d . Bro . Herbert J . Adams ... 31 10 10 „ Stanley J . Attenborough 5 5 ° ,, * R . Berridge — Master * A . L . Fitzroy Cook ...

—„ * Albert Craddock ... — Bro . Col . John Davis 5 5 ° „ Henry Fisher 13 13 ° „ J . H . Gardiner 10 10 o „ Sir George D . Harris ... 5 5 ° „ S . H . Heilbut 5 7 ° „ W . H . Kempster ... 5 5 ° .. P . Lawrence 26 50 j

; , . . »~ ... w .... ~ ... ... -- ^ „ H . Thomson Lyon ... 7 7 ° „ G . VV . Marsden 5 5 o „ C . F . Matier CG 3 o Master * Harold G . Miller ... — Bro . * H . K . Paxton — . „ * R . Turtle Pigott — „ E . St . Clair 5 5 °

„ Rev . Sir B . Savory , Bart . 1 1 o „ J . S . Tamburini 5 5 ° „ R . J . Voisey 10 10 0 „ W . C . Watson 3 3 0 . . D . Watson

„ Edward White „ T . Blanco White ... 5 5 o „ Maj . VV . Williams ... 5 5 o „ W . H . Kempster , jun . ... 5 5 ° THE PROVINCES .

BERKS AND OXON . Bro . J . Tomkins , D . P . G . M . 550 „ Chas . E . Keyser , J . P . 5 5 ° Province Bro . VV . Fenton 15 15 o

Lodge 55 Bro . S . G . Kirchhoffer ... 550 225 ,, G . H . Morland ... 10 10 o 235 „ W . Gait Millar ... 10 10 o BUCKS . SS . Peter and Paul Bro . Lord Addington ... 10 10 o

CHANNEL ISLANDS . Lodge 74 Bro . Elias Bree 31 10 o 4 ' 5 > , J- Balfour Cockburn , M . D 5 5 0

CHESHIRE . ,, the Hon . A . de Tatton Egerton , M . P ., P . G . M 5 5 0 Province Bro . F . King Stevenson ... 23 4 o

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND . Province Bro . the Rev . VV . Cree ... 550

DERBYSHIRE . Province Bio . A . Woodiwiss , P . G . M . 10 10 o ,, * Percy Wallis — „ T . C . Eastwood ... 550 ,, J . N . Woodiwiss ... 550 „ A . W . Slack 5 5 0 Sir John Smith 10 10

„ ... o ,, J . H . Lawson 10 io o „ Richard Pybus ... 5 5 0 Lodge 302 Bro . E . J . II . Hoskyn ... 15 13 o 353 .. J- K - Eastwood ... 15 15 o 503 „ W . II . Marsden ... 550 DEVONSHIRE . Province

Bro . John Taylor 37 16 o ,, F . 13 . Westlake ... 2 G 5 o Lodge 15 Bro . the Rev . R . Peek ... 20 o o

DORSETSHIRE . Bro . the Earl of Portarlington 5 5 ° Lodge 132 Bro . A . C . Chapin EAST ANGLIA . Lodge 112 Bro . VV . Briggs 21 o o 334 » J- Dempster 10 10 0

GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE . Province Bro . R . V . Vassar-Smith , P . G . M 5 5 0 „ Ba-on de Ferrieres ... 550 Lodge 10 Bro . W . Llewellyn Evans ... 17 17 o 439 „ Sir Lionel Darrell , Bart

439 „ James Bruton ... 550 439 j , Edwin Lea 10 10 0 43 y ,, Maj .-Gen . Vizard ... 10 10 o HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT . Bro . R . Eve , D . P . G . M . 10 10 0 „ R . Loveland Loveland 550 '

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Lodge £ s . d . 2 Bro . VV . Gillman 5 5 ° 17 „ Captain G . Hearn ... 10 10 o 17 „ E . D . Oppert 5 5 ° HERTFORDSHIRE . Bro . G . E . Lake , D . P . G . M . 550 Lodge 367 Bro . E . Apelt 5 5 o

KENT . Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , P . G . M 10 10 o „ John Dimsdale ... 10 io 0 „ F . H . Miller 550 „ C . V . Cottrell 3 3 0 „ 1 ' . Hughes - Hallett , D . P . G . M . ... 10 10 o Province Bro . Rev . A . W . N . Deacon q ? 0

Lodge 44 Bro . A . VV . Orwin , M . D . 23 2 o 294 „ Col . H . M . Gordon ... 750 322 ,, Frank VV . Williams ... 11 5 C LANCASHIRE . Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , D . P . G . M . 550 „ W . Jaffrey 5 5 0 „ A . H . leffcris ... s 5 o

Lodge 156 Bro . W . B . Akerman 15 G „ Robert Thomson ... 550 15 G „ N . Heywood G G o 156 „ F . Gtammer 5 5 o 15 G „ F . G . Berry 5 5 ° 4 G 0 „ Rev . C . C . Bluett ... 42 0 o 57 ?) •>J- H . Barrow ... > 11 11 0 LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND . Bro . the Earl of Euston , P . G . M „ J . H . Thompson ... 550 ,. Thomas Pasret ... 6 6 o

Province Bro . W . J . Freer . D . P . G . M . 10 10 o LINCOLNSHIRE . Bro . the Earl of Yarborough 5 5 0 „ Rev . E . M . Weigal ! ... 550 Lodge 3 S 7 Bro . J . H . Lee 5 5 0 MIDDLESEX . Bro . Lt .-Col . A . B . Cook , P . G . M . ... ... 709 1 0

Lodge Bro . * VV . M . Stiles ... — 3 „ Col . Wvndham Hart ... " ) 3 „ A . L . Gosling I 3 ,, Spencer W . Morris ... 3 „ F . G . May I 3 „ Maj . W . E . Williams f ° ° 3 „ Carl Ebhardt | 3 „ G . A . Codery j 3 ,, R . A . Kearsev ... J

173 „ H . Barrow 17 17 o 173 „ B . Stewart to 10 o 1 S 1 „ F . F . Bonney 17 17 o 199 „ F . Humphreys ... 10 10 o 23 G „ Alfred Tucker 2 S 4 „ Capt . C Knightley ... 550 284 ,, John Handley ... 550 2 S 4 „ Charles Handley ... 550 2 S 4 „ George Rice 5 5 o 2 S 4 ,, VV . Metcalfe 5 S ° 284 „ VV . Bradford 2 S 4 „ Maj . F . SheHiell ... 550 350 ,, A . G . Duck 20 o o JJS ,, Sir R . Hanson . Bart ., ^ 1

M . P 44 S ,, A . Stewart Brown ... 44 S ,, Frank Kichardson ... 44 S „ Lt .-Cnl . C . Probyn ... -14 8 „ J . P .. Lane 44 S „ | . M . Small I , „ 4 , 8 „ D . U . quhart j -, 6 b ° ° 44 S „ C . Grugeon 44 8 „ P . E . Singer 44 S „ A . Cluk 44 S „ C . Gxlson 44 . S „ Rev . VV . K . Finlay ... 44 S „ J . VV . S . Codding ...

Lodge L s . d . 4 S 5 Bro . H . Slyman 10 10 o 494 ,, W . A . Scurrah ... 21 o' o 504 „ J . C . Tower 2100 504 „ S . H . Hargrove ... 550 504 „ S . A . Mavrojani ... 550 LADIES .

Mrs . Beit ,, Bradford „ A . B . Cook „ Craddock ,, Grueeon .. C . Handley

„ | . Handley „ Heilbut „ Knightley „ Mieville Miss Metcalfe

Mrs . H . K . Paxton ... „ C . Probyn „ Rice ,, Stewart Brown ,, Strauss Lady Savory NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM . Bro . Sir G . Bruce 5 5 o Province

Bro . C . D . Hill Drury ... 34 13 o NORTHANTS , HUNTS , AND BEDS . Bro . the Earl of Euston ... 54 12 o „ H . Manfield 5 5 ° Province Bro . G . C . VV . Fitzwilliam 2100 Lodge 245 Bro . T . P . Dorman ... 21 o o 434 „ the Rev . V . P . Wyatt 10 10 o NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . Province Bro . W . Percy Payne ... 32 11 o SHROPSHIRE ,

Lodge 444 Bro . R . G . Venables ... 550 SOMERSETSHIRE . Lodge ug Bro . S . J . Lewis 35 o o SURREY . Lodge Bro . F . West , D . P . G . M .... 550 333 ., C . VV . Davis iS iS o 333 ,, C . W . J . Bird ... 5 5 o 407 „ A . M . Kennett ... 6 iG G 450 „ J . Leach Barrett ... G 6 o SUSSRW

Unattached Bro . R . Clowes 5 5 0 WARWICKSHIRE .

Lodge Howe Bro . Wright Wilson ... 550 174 Bro . Felix Jones 5 5 o 430 „ VV . H . Rollason ... 15 15 o WILTSHIRE . Province Bro . G . M . Wilson ... 12 12 o u ; ni ? rRQTr ; Rci-it

DeLodge Bro . A . F . Godson , M . P ., Prov . G . M . ... 550 59 ,, W . T . Page 12 u o YORKSHIRE ( N . & E . ) Bro . Maj . I . VV . Woodall 550 YORKSHIRE ( WEST ) . Bro . C . L . Mason , Prov . " ) G . M

„ Rt . Hon . L . Jackson M . P „ G . II . Parke 53 „ J . Clemen t s 53 „ J . Rowbotham 53 >•A . J . Forsdike ... J-i . ii 15 o 53 „ G . Rowbotham 137 „ T . G . Howell 137 „ A . Armitage 2 37 > , N . F . Rogerson 39 S „ John Reed Mrs . G . H . Parke QUEENSLAND , Bro . F . Courtenay Luck ...

, Those marked * are included in Lodge or Provincial list . S UMMARY OF THE P ROVINCES .

i , s . d . Berks and Oxon - 52 10 o Buckinghamshire 10 10 o Channel Islands 3 G 15 o Cheshire 2 S y o Cumberland 81 Westmoreland 550 Derbyshire 94 10 o

•Devonshire 84 o o Dorsetshire 550 East Anglia 31 10 o Gloucestershire & Hereford ... 54 12 o Hants and Isle of Wight ... 3 G 15 o Hertfordshire 10 10 o Kent SG 15 G Lancashire 91 7 o Leicester and Rutland 21 o o

£ s . d . Lincolnshire 15 15 o Middlesex 1251 13 o Northumberland and Durham 39 iS o Norths , Hunts and Beds ... 112 7 o Nottingharnshiie 32 11 o Shropshire . . .. 550

Somersetshire 35 0 o Surrey 42 10 G Sussex 5 5 ° Warwickshire 2 G 5 0 Wiltshire 12 12 o Worcestershire 17 17 0 Yorkshire N . and E .... ... 5 5 ° ,, West 141 15 o Queensland

GENKKAI . SUMMARY . 2 KSTFWARDS ( f ; ° NI ) ON •" £ > 3 ' ' 9 C 235 an-wAKus £ pK 0 VIlNCKS .. 240813 G

GRAND TOTAL ... ... £ 3100 13 0 Bro . the Hon . AI . AN DF . TATTON KGERTON proposed "The Ladies . " The ladies had taken up the support of the Charity , and had done much to make the Mark Benevolent Fund a success that year . The brethren were ahvajs glad to see the ladies among them , and every Mark Mason who was a married man would echo that . They owed a great deal in Masonry to the permission of the ladies to be absent from their hearths and homes , and on an occasion like that it was right and proper the ladies should come and assist