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fewis while of the rest 13 were grouped together as the House Committee , and 188 hailed from 147 lodges , nine chapters , two lodges of instruction , one Mark lodge and the General Committee Dinner Club . The number of lists ranging from V ' upwards was 2 9 > " "" "l comprised the following;—A veteran , in the son f ] 3 r 0 . Sir John B . Monckton , P . G . W ., who , in the course of his long and distinguished Masonic career , has played many parts , and played them all well , and who on Wednesday , as a member of the House Committee and representative

of the Fellowship Lodge , No . 2535 , and the Regent's Park Lodge , No . 2202 , had the satisfaction of compiling a list of ^ 420 , and was followed , but longo intcrvallo , bv Bro . Samuel John Frigout , W . M . of the Tredegar Lodge , No . 1625 , who is entered for ^ 200 , Bro . J . R . Pakeman , with the assistance of eight brethren , being next with . £ 186 5 s ., Bro . H . J . Drane , of the Old Boys' Lodge , No . 2500 , with the help of four others , being close up with ; £ i 8 o , and Bro . A . C . Spaull , of the House Committee , at Bro . Drane's heels with ^ 178 ios . Bro . F . C .

Thompson , S . W . of the Telegraph Cable Lodge , No . 2470 , returns . £ 175 , and is followed by Bro . E . Roehrich , W . M . of L'Entente Cordiale Lodge , No . 279 6 , who has marked his appointment as an officer of Grand Lodge by raising for this Institution the sum of ; £ lfio 13 s . Bro . Robert W . Carter , S . W . Tyssen-Amherst Lodge , No . 2242 , has to his credit a list ot . £ 158 os . 6 d ., and Bro . David Hills , representing the General Committee Dinner Club , £ 153 6 s . Bros . George F . Brooking . W . M . Wanderers Lodge , No . 1604 , and H . J . Thomas , W . M . Maida

Vale Lodge , No . 2743 , tie for next place , each having succeeded in raising ^ 150 , while Bro . C . J . R . Tijou , P . A . G . P ., who represented the Coborn Lodge , No . 1804 , and the recently-consecrated Aldersbrook Lodge , No . 28 *^ 1 , returned two lists amounting together to . £ 147 15 s . 6 d . Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., of the House Committee , is entered for . £ 136 ios ., and Bro . F . L . Bevan , of the Friends - in - Council Lodge , No . 1383 , / 111 ISs ., in which is included ; £ io 5 to complete his Patronship . Bro .

W . Vincent Jull , I . P . M . Past and Present Lodge , No . 2665 , raised . £ 132 16 s . 6 d . ; Bro . Jeffrey Stewart , W . M . Woodgrange Lodge , No . 2409 , with the help of three others , ^ 125 ; Bros . E . A . Smith , Verity Lodge , No . 2739 , and A . Walter Ramsey , Deputy Master London Irish Rifles Lodge , No . 2312 , each ^ 122 17 s . ; and Bro . Lewis Beale , W . M . Kensington Lodge , No . 1767 , and J . North , W . M . Earl's Court Lodge , No . 2765 , each . £ 120 . Bro . Charles Norrington , P . M ., Sec . Beadon Lodge , No . 619 , is returned with , £ 117 is . 6 d . to his credit ; and Bro . A . Collins , W . M . London Rifle Brigade Lodge , No . 1902 , with the help of four Stewards , with £ 116

to his credit . Bros . Robert Grey , P . G . W ., ofthe House Committee , and William M . May , W . M . Southwark Lodge , are bracketed together as returning each £ 115 ios ., and Bro . G . H . Bartleman , W . M . Kilburn Lodge , has raised ; £ no . There is a Return of ; £ io 8 13 s . 6 d . from Bro . E . F . Debenham , who represented the Old King's Arms Lodge , No . 28 , one of . £ 107 5 s . 6 d . from Bro . James Johnstone and two others , of the Richmond Lodge , No . 2032 ; while Comp . James G . Vigo , M . E . Z . Mizpah Chapter , No . 1671 , figures for ^ 105 , and Bro . J . A . Tharp , W . M . Beacontree Lodge , No . 1228 , with the help of three other Stewards , for £ 10 3 8 s . 6 d .

Among other lists which seem worthy of mention are those of Bro . Charles Himmerton , P . G . S . B ., of the House Committee for £ 85 ; Bro . John F . Roberts of Lodge and Chapter , No . 63 , and Lodges , Nos . 2650 and 26 93 , for £ 86 2 s . Bro . H . Hudson , Faith Lodge , No . 141 , for £ 8 g 5 s . ; Bro . John R . Reep , Joh n Hervey Lodge , No . 1260 , for £ 88 ; and Bro . F . W . Levy , Golden Rule Lodge , No . 1261 , for £ 76 13 s . ; Bros . T . W . Bastin , of the Hyde Park Lodge , No . 1425 , and Fred . G . Joy , of the Great City Lodge , No . 1426 , for £ 72 14 s . and £ 84

respectively ; Bro . F . Norton Garrard , St . Peter Westminster Lodge , No . 1537 , for £ 89 5 s . ; Bro . Alfred George , Royal Savoy Lodge , No . 1744 , for £ 74 ns . ; Bro . Harry Godwin , Southgate Lodge , No . 1950 , for £ go Ss . 6 d . ; Bro . Thos . Kobinson , Bishopsgate Lodge , No . 2396 , for £ 76 ; Bro . Geo . May , Fulham Lodge , No . 2512 , for ^ 70 7 s . ; Bro . the Rev . F . J . Greenwood , of the Hugh Owen Lodge , No . 2593 , for £ Sg 5 s . ; and Bro . James Speller Unattached , for i' 85 is . It should be noted that the amount raised by the members of the House Committee was £ 1103 ios . Passing on to

THE PROVINCES , we note with satisfaction that 35 out of the 46 on the roll were represented by 410 Stewards , and that the efforts made by those ladies and brethren resulted in the compilation of £ 16 , 252 19 s . gd . Last year as many as 3 S Provinces took part in the Festival , and the 433 Stewards representing them and a few Foreign Stations returned a total amounting to £ 12 , 57 8 18 s ., so that those who had part in Wednesday ' s proceedings have good cause for congratulating themselves on the work they accomplished .

We have said that 35 out of the 46 Provinces were represented on this occasion , the 11 that were unrepresented being as follow : BEDFORDSHIRE ( seven lodges ) , which figured in the Boys' School Festival of last year for £ 52 ios ., and at the Benevolent Festival in February for £ 40 19 s . ; BRISTOL ( nine lodges ) , which by the medium of Bro . F . S . Bolt as its sole representative which raised £ 73 2 7 s . for the Old People last February ; CHESHIRE ( 55 lodges ) , which was entered for £ 68 5 s . in the Boys' School Festival Returns last year , and for

£ 21 in those of the Benevolent Institution in February ; CU . MDEKI . AMD & WESTMORLAND ( 23 lodges ) , which figured for the modest sum of £ 15 15 s . in the recent Benevolent Returns , and at the Boys' School Festival for £ 18 7 2 s . 6 d ., and that of " Our Girls" for £ 10 las . in 1900 , while at the Boys' Festivals in 1897 and 1898 respectively it raised £ i 25 o for the former in support of the Chairmanship of its Prov . G . Master , Lord H . Cavendish-Bentinck , M . P ., and £ 222 is . for the latter year . HERKFORDSHIRK ( five lodges ) , with the exception of contributing

£ 15 15 s . to the Boys' Festival in 1900 , has been an absentee from all the Festivals since the Boys' Centenary in 1898 , for which it raised £ 330 15 s . ; LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND ( 14 lodges ) raised £ 429 19 s . 6 d . for the Old People in 1899 , and * 362 5 s . for this Institution in 1900 , so that this year it is entered forthe Boys ' School Festival next month , and we understand its representative is working hard jo secure a sum that shall be worthy of the Province ; SOMERSETSHIRE ( 26 lodges ) raised £ 262 12 s . 6 d . for the Benevolent Institution in February , but

otherwise has done but little since 1899 , when Viscount Dungarvan , Prov . G . ¦ Master , presided at the Girls' School , and was supported the lodges and brethren under his charge to the extent of £ 2191 17 s ., while in 18 98 it raised Cl 187 19 s . th th u B ° yS' Centenar y- SOUTH WALES ( E . D . ) , with its roll of 23 lodges , had three heavy years in succession , namely , in 1897 , when it subscribed £ 1050 to the festival of this Institution , at which its P . G . M ., Lord Llangattock , was Chairman ; in 18 98 , when it gave £ 6 o _ 6 s . 6 d . to the Bovs' Crntenarv : and in

' 099 , when Lord Llangattock was Chairman for the Old People , ¦ wa his Province contributed £ 631 . The far smaller Province of SOUTH WALES ( W . D . ) , with only 10 lodges on its roll , raised £ 161 7 s . for the Boys ' ¦ v-entenary in 18 9 8 ; £ 141 iis . for the Old People in 1899 ; and £ 75 12 s . for this nstitution in 1900 , while the principal contributions from WILTSHIRE ( 12 lodges ) unng the past three years have been £ 194 5 s . lo the Old People in 1900 , with a v Ppleme . ntajy £ 29 7 * - in February last : £ 288 to this Institution in lHon ; and

ISLK M y ? ' - entenar y in ' » 9 * , supplemented with £ 71 to " Our Girls . " The alwa ° 1 N * - nine lod 2 es ) contributes lrom time to time , and the subscriptions are ^ ways welcome , but it is too remote from the centre of Alasonry to b .- looked for io-t Ie £ " u comributor - The number of lodges contained in these 11 Provinces is imL- thus had n 0 P 'n the work done for "Our Girls" at this "icetinp ' , fhe first in order of the represented Provinces is that of

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BERKSHIRE , which during its whole career as a separate Province hjis proved itself a most generous and , at the same time , a consistent supporter of all three Charities . Even in 1891 , when it had had barely time to realise its position , it distributed no less than £ 385 ios . among the three , while the following year its total reached ¦ £ 945 lis . 6 d ., of which £ 660 os . 6 d . was subscribed to the Benevolent Jubilee .

In 1895 and 1896 it raised respectively £ 935 6 s . 6 d . and £ 1019 19 s . 6 d ., while in 1 S 98—the year of the Boys' Centenary—its aggregate amounted to no less than £ 1697 Ss ., of which £ 143 6 17 s . was in respect of the favoured Institution . Notwithstanding this famous total , it subscribed in all £ 1226 8 s . gd . in 1899 , and about two-thirds of that amount last year . In February four of its 17 lodges ,

with two brethren and a Lewis Unattached , together returned £ 323 6 s ., the principal item being Bro . C . E . Keyser's ^ 105 , while on Wednesday eight Stewards , representing seven lodges , compiled a sum of . £ 320 5 s ., Bro . C . E . Keyser , as Steward for the Aldermaston Lodge , No . 2760 , of which he was the principal founder and first W . M ., being entered for £ 73 ios ., in addition to what he returned as the representative of one of the Hertfordshire lodges .

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE , like its neighbour and associate of former days , has also acquitted itself mos satisfactorily as a separate Province . In 18 91 , when Lord Carrington was installed P . G . M ., and took the chair at the Festival of this Institution , it raised during the year as much as ^ 511 rs ., of which £ 300 was subscribed to this School . But its successful years were 18 9 8 , when it raised ^ 1143 iSs . 6 d . for the Boys ' Centenary out of a total during the year of ^ 1323 gs . 6 d ., and 1900 , when

Lord Addington , the present P . G . M ., presided at the Old People ' s Festival , and the Province backed up his lordship with £ 1495 ios ., a further contribution of . £ 111 6 s . to "Our Boys" placing the year ' s Return at . £ 1606 19 s . In February half-a-dozen Stewards from four of its 22 lodges compiled a total of ; £ i 22 7 s . 6 d ., and on Wednesday the Province followed this up by subscribing ^ 375 3 s ., the number of Stewards from six lodges and a chapter and five Unattached being 17 , and the principal lists those of Bro . W . Yeo , Carrington Lodge , No . 2421 , for £ 105 , and Bro . F . S . Priest , W . M . of the Bowen Lodge , No . 2816 , for £ 101 17 s .

CAMBRIDGESHIRE is a small Province , with only seven lodges on its roll , but its tale of contributions is a highly creditable one . It only occasionally finds itself in the absentee list , and , as a rule , may be looked upon as a contributor of £ 300 and upwards to the three Institutions . In February three of its lodges were included in the Benevolent Returns , and the lists of two of the Stewards amounted to iii 02 19 s . 6 d ., the list of the third being placed in London to the credit of a chapter , for which he also

acted as Steward . On Wednesday two of the same brethren representing two of the lodges were again elected , and their lists amounted together to , £ 31 ios . Last year the total distributed among the three Charities was ^ 284 15 s ., and in 18 99 , £ 222 12 s . ; but in 1898 it stood at ^ 759 13 s . 6 d ., of which £ 707 3 s . fid . was raised for the Boys' Centenary . In 1897 the Returns reached ^ 323 10 s . 3 d ., and in 1896 £ 364 55 ., so that the average for the five preceding years is a good one , and , so far as we have gone , we may fairly hope that it will be maintained during the present year .

There are 31 lodges 111 CORNWALL , and though , as regards the number of its Stewards , it rarely makes a formidable show , its contributions are often on a creditable scale . Thus in February last it showed up well . There were only two Stewards , of whom Bro . G . M ; Melford , ior the Province , returned . £ 396 18 s ., and Bro . Sholto A . Hare , acting for Lodge No . 1954 , £ 37 5 s . 6 d ., making the total from the Province £ 434 3 s . fid . On

Wednesday there were also two Stewards—Bro . Richard Faull , for the Province and Lodge No . 510 , and Bro . Sholto H . Hare , Unattached—the sum they together raised being , £ 131 5 s ., for ^ 115 ios . of which Bro . Faull accounted . Last year the figure was . £ 378 , of which all but £ 21 was subscribed to the Boys ' School ; while in 18 99 it reached , £ 516 6 s ., of which the Boys'School received . £ 47 5 -i and 'he rest was pretty evenly divided between this Institution and the Old People . In 18 9 8 the total was , £ 924 5 s ., of which . £ 854 193 . was raised for the Boys' Centenary .

There can be no doubt that

DERBYSHIRE has a very fine record in respect of the contributions it makes to our Charities . In 1 S 92 it subecribed in all ^ 1738 14 s ., of which ^ 1362 was in support of the Benevolent Jubilee ; in 1894 , , £ 1025 8 s . 6 d . ; in i 8 g 6 , when its Prov . Grand Master—the Duke of Devonshire—presided as Chairman at the Boys' Festival , its donations reached £ * i 642 2 s . ; while in 1898 they amounted to no less than to

£ 2784 ios . 6 d ., of which ^ 2410 2 s . was subscribed the Boys ' Centenary , . £ 335 to this Institution , and the small remainder to the Old People . In 18 99 it confined its attention to the Schools , the total raised in their behalf being £ 650 12 s ., of which , £ 39 g 8 s . was subscribed to this Institution ; while last year the Schools again secured the chief share of its support , receiving betweenj them , £ 540 is ., while only ^ , 10 ios . was raised for the Benevolent Institution . In February the

same Charity was only favoured with a similar amount ; but on Wednesday the Province made a brave show , Bro . Joseph A . Arnold doing duty for the whole body , while 10 out of the 27 lodges and a Rose Croix chapter were represented , the number of Stewards , including Bro . Joseph H . Lawson , Unattached , being 20 . The total they had the pleasure of compiling amounted to . £ 764 6 s . 6 d ., the most important items being £ 75 from Bro . A . Thompson , Lodge of Repose , No . 802 , Derby , and £ 64 5 s . from Bro . H . Ofiler , Hartington Lodge , No . 1085 .

DEVONSHIRE now has 60 lodges on its roll , and as it has increased in numerical strength , so also has its support of our Central Institutions become more pronounced notwithstanding that it has an Educational and Annuity Funds of its own to provide for . In February , it raised . £ 779 2 s . for the Benevolent Institution , and of this handsome amount , £ 746 11 s . was placed on the list of Bro . John Stocker , Prov . G . Sec , as the representative of the whole Province , while the rest was handed in by

one of the two lodge Stewards , the number of brethren who gave their services being six . On Wednesday , Bro . J . R . Wilson did duty for the Province as a whole and three of its lodgas , while Bro . F . B . Westlake was Unattached , the total raised being . £ 31 ios . Last year the Old People secured . £ 246 15 s . out of £ 519 15 s ., the rest being equally divided between the Schools . In i 8 gg , the Returns aggregated only , £ 274 11 s ., but this is not to be wondered , after the Province subscribed £ 18 75 2 s . iod . to the Boys' Centenary in 1898 , out of a total for the year of £ i » 6 i AS . iod .

DORSVTSHIRE has two Stewards , one representing one of its 15 lodges , and the other being Unattached , the sum of their lists being , £ 52 ios . . In February , Bro . J . H . Whadcoat , acting independently , figured in the Benevolent Returns for £ 105 . Last year the Province subscribed in all . £ 26 3 I- ; - ! . 6 J ., of which , £ 148

16 s . 6 d ., per Bro . Whadcoat , was raised for the Old People , and ^ , 82 tg-s . for this Institution , while in 18 99 , the total was somewhat higher , and reached , £ 337 is ., the bulk of which was pretty evenly apportioned between the Benevolent and Girls' Institutions . In iHg , the Returns amounted to , £ 2127 ios . 6 d ., and of this £ 2054 os . 6 d . was subscnued for ihe Boys' Centenary .