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The Provirc : of DURHAM , W th ils ro'l of 3 8 lodges is one of ihe most regular contributors and dispenses ils favouts with commendable impartiality among the three Institutions . In February , Bros . E . S . Cockell and John T . Purdy , of the Stranton Lodge , No . 1862 , West Hartlepool , returned a joint list of . £ 189 , while on Wednesday , Bro . Walter N .
Cochrane , acting as Steward for the whole Province , returned £ 288 15 s . In tgoo , the three Institutions had £ 332 7 s . distributed amongst them , and in 18 99 . , £ 157 ios ., the smallness of tbe total being explained by the effort made by Durham in behalf of its own Educational and Benevolent Funds , for w * ii-: h it ra'sed som- * : . £ 2500 at a Special Festival arranged for the purpose . In 1898 , in contributed in all
^ 643 7 s . to . the Central Charities , the Boys' School receiving as its share in respect of its Centenary £ 533 2 s . In 1896 , it distributed amongst them £ 566 ios ., while in 1 S 92 , its returns amounted to . £ 1034 5 s ., the Benevolent Jubilee being supported to the extent of , £ 720 5 s . What
ESSEX did for the Benevolent Institution in February , when its Prov . Grand Mister , the Earlof Warwick , Dep . G . M . of England , presided at its annual Festival , is so fresh in the minds of our readers that it is hardly necessary for us to say much as to the loyalty of the Province towards our Institutions . Such readiness to support a Charity was not arranged at 24 hours' notice , and the records of past years
show that Essex has always been most willing to do all in its power to promote the welfare of our Institutions . Under the auspices of its present ruler this has been specially noticeable . In 1 S 84 , the Earl of Warwick—then Lord Brookepresided at the Girls' Festival , and his Province , which wa , then only about half its present strength , subscribed , £ 1000 . At the Benevolent Jubilee in 1892 , it contributed ^ 2258 3 s . towards that Institution , and the following year , when his lordship presided at the Boys' Festival , it raised . £ 2155 6 s . At the Boys'
Centenary in 18 9 8 , it figured for £ 4122 12 s . 6 d ., while in February , when its Prov . G . Master acted as Chairman at the Old People ' s Anniversary , it compiled a total of , £ 4000 , including his lordship ' s own personal donation of 50 guineas . After such an cffiort we are agreeably surprised to find that eight of its brethren , of whom two are Unattached and the others did duty for three of its 44 lodges , raised amongst them the sum of . £ 359 7 s . We congratulate the Province on this further evidence of its goodwill .
GLOUCESTERSHIRE is a medium-sized Province with only 17 lodges on its Register , but it acquits itself at these anniversaries in a manner which cannot be too highly commended . In 1892 , when Bro . the Right Hon . Sir M . E . Hicks Beach , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master , presided as Chairman at the Boys' School Festival , it contributed to that anniversary , £ 1645 ns . out of a total for the year of . £ 1729 1 is ., while in 1898 , when the same Institution celebrated its Centenary , it figured for , £ 2723 12 s .
out of £ 2860 2 s . for the whole year . It has also given freely to the other Institutions , the latest instance being in February , when half-a-dozen Stewards from , five of its lodges together raised £ 242 16 s . On Wednesday there were eight Stewards from this Province , two of them being Unattached , while the others acted for four lodges , the amount they had the satisfaction of raising being ^ 219 gs ., the list of Bro . R . P . Sumner , Unattached , for £ 89 5 s ., being the most important item .
As Bro . the Right Hon . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master of HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OI * WIGHT , has very kindly consented to preside at the Festival of the Royal Masonic 1 nsti * tution for Boys on the 26 th prox ., it cannot in reason be expected that the Province should show to any great advantage at the Festivals of the Benevolent and
-Girls' Institutions . There can be little doubt that iths been holding itself in reserve for the great event of next month ; but , notwithstanding this , it hasUken part in the two anniversaries which have been held during the year—in that of the Benevolent Institution in February , when foirr of its 4 8 lodges subscribed ; £ gg 16 s . to the Old People , and on Wednesday , when the representatives of five lodges and two Stewards Unattached compiled a total of , £ 329 17 s . 61 ., Bro . Alex
Howell's list of £ 211 is . —in which is included £ 189 to complete his Patronagebeing the largest individual amount . Its performances in the past have been worthy of all praise . In 1 S 92 , including ^ 1345 195 . 7 d . to the Benevolent Jubilee , it raised no less than £ i 6 _ o 17 s . In 1897 the total was £ 1149 12 s . 6 J ., and in 1898 , £ 3343 13 s . 6 d ., of which . £ 3238 13 s . 63 . was subscribed towards the Boys' Centenary . I ' rom such figures as these we augur well for the result of the Boys' Anniversary next month .
There can bc no doubt that HER * ¦ ¦•oRDsiiiRKp albeit there are only 24 lodges on its roll , is a stronghold of Freemasonry , at all events , as far as our Institutions are concerned . ln 1888 it subscribed . £ 649 19 s . out of a total of . £ 795 14 s . fid . raised during the year , to the Girls' Centenary . In
1892 it contributed . £ 188 3 6 s . 6 d . to the Benevolent Jubilee out of a year ' s total of j £ 2 i * J * 5 6 s . bd ., while in 1898 it was entered for . £ 1614 5 s . 6 d . to the Bjys' Centenary , the amount raised during the year being , £ 2126 3 s . lt also took a prominent part in the Benevolent Festival of 18 93 , and that of the Boys' School in 18 99 , at both of which Ilro . C . E . Keyser , who is a distinguished Hertford , shire Mason , occupied the chair , raising . £ 1455 iSs . 6 d . for the former and
, £ 1151 4 s . 6 d . for the latter . Last year it . distributed £ 1323 IOS . among the Charities , of which , £ 566 14 s-. was raised for the Old People , . £ 329 14 s . for this Institution , and £ 427 2 s . for the Boys' School . This year it has done admirabl y , its 27 Stewards in February , of whom 17 represented 12 of its lodges and a chapter , and 10 were Unattached , compiling a total of £ 1170 91 ., while on
Wednesday 15 Stewards , of whom 13 were lodge represent nives and two Unattached , had the pleasure of returning amongst them . £ 458 , the principal list being that of Bro . C . li . Keyser , of the Watford Lodge , No . 404—who was a ! so a Berkshire Steward—for £ ' 142 16 s . The Province that next claims our attention is that of
KENT , over which Earl Amherst , the Chairman of the day , has presided for upwards of 40 ye « is . It is an influential Province as well as a strong one . It has the longest roll of lodges in the South of England , and what is more to the point , it is second to none in the support it gives to all our Institutions . Lord Amherst has shown bis goodwill towards our Charities by presiding twice for the Boys' School and
twice for the Old People , and so far as the records enable us to judge , his Province of Kent has shown itself but too reidy and willing to support his lordshi p ' s u- ' vocacy . There have also been other special Festivals , such as the two School Centenaries and the Benevolent Jubilee , in which Kent has shown to advantage , while generally it may be cited as an out-and-out support of the three Central
Institutions . It was the chief contributing Province at the Girls' Centenary in 1888 . In IP 91 , when its Prov . G . M . presided for the second time at the Lcnevolent Festival , it subscribed in round figures , £ 3484 , while the following year it gave , £ 1808 15 s . 6 d . to the Jubilee of the same Charity , out of a total of upwards of . £ 3000 . ln 1893 , it distributed . £ - ' 103 12 s . 61 ., and in 18 95 , within a ( faction of ^ 2400 . Its greatest achievement hitherto was in 1898 , when it raised
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£ SS 4 2 3 - 6 d . for the Boys' Centenary , out of a total for the year of . £ 5671 ig s while in 18 99 and last year it showed up exceedingly well , though the fi gures ' were on a smaller scale . In February , its Returns to the Benevolent Festival reached the comparatively trifling sum of . £ 94 ios ., but this is not to be wondered at seeing that it was holding itself in reserve for this occasion , and had made un its mind that Lord Amherst ' s first appearance as Chairman at a Girls' School
Festival should be a memorable event in ils annals . Hence the Perpetui ! p . sentation as a memorial of bis lordship ' s Chairmanship , for which the prescribed sum of £ 1627 ios . has already been paid over ; and hence , too , the array of § i Stewards from the Province as a whole in the person of Bro . J . S . Eastes , P . G . D Dep . P . G . Master ; from the bulk of the lodges : from some half-dozen chapters and others , who together compiled the sum of . £ 464 13 s . fid ., making together
with the sum paid as above Ior the memorial Presentation , a total of £ 627 : 3 s . 6 d ., which is the highest amount ever raised by a single Province at a single Festival . The following are the principal lists , namely : the CHAIRMAN ' personal donatfon of £ 84 , and £ 26 5 s . from the Countess Amherst , which are included in the contribution from the Province ; £ 120 from No . 20 , Chatham , per Bro . H . Whyman ; £ 100 from Bro . I . Turton , No . 61 ^ , Belvidere ; ; £ ifio from Bro . H
Syer Smith , Sydney Lodge , No . 829 ; £ 105 per Bro . Daniel T . J . Lyte , Mailing Lodge , No . 1063 ; _ £ no per Bro . H . J . Mogridge , from Acacia Lodge , No . 131 j . £ 246 15 s . per Bro . ] . W . Elvin , Graystone Lodge , No . 1915 ; £ 126 per Bro . Col ' . F . W . Frigout , West Kent Volunteer Lodga , No . 2041 ; £ 275 per Bros . F . M . Wright , W . P . Dickinson , and H . Whyman , Robins m Lodge , iS o . 2046 ; £ 154 7 s per Comp . Bergnann , from Colne Valley Chapter , No . 2147 ; and £ 125 per Bro . Chas . Sheath , from Shirley Woolmer Lodge , No . 2530 . Such a record as this
needs no laudation . Still , we heartily congratulate the Province on this great result , and Lord Amherst more especially , on this further evidence of the love and respect which are entertained for him by the lodges and brethren over whom he so worthily presides . It is not the first time , and , we are confident , will not be the last , that these feelings have been exhibited towards his lordship ; but whatever the future may have in store for us , we are satisfied that no stronger proof of the kindly relations existing between a Province and its chief can ever be forthcoming . .
LANCASHIRE ( E . D . ) is a large Province with a muster roll of 113 lodges , and there are those perhaps who may express surprise at the smallness of its representation , the number of its represented lodges being only two , and the number of its Stewards four . But it has alreidy been announced in our eclumns that on the 26 th June Lord Stanley M . P ., Prov . G . Master , will preside at a Festival which will be held in
Manchester in aid of the Systematic Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution , which is so generously maintained by the Province , and that it is proposed to set aside out of the proceeds of that Festival 1550 guineas ( £ 1627 ios . ) for the purchase of a Perpetual Presentation to the Benevolent Institution as a memorial of the late revered Bro . Col . Le Gendre , N . Starkie ,
Prov . G . M . Hence the total on Wednesday of £ 273 , of which Capt . John Barlow , Unattached , was responsible for £ 220 10 s ., but moderate totals have not always been the orderof the day with East Lancashire , which , to mention only one instance , raised over £ 6000 in the year 18 9 8 , of which £ 5772 7 s . 6 d . was subscribed to the Boys' Centenary . Almost the same remarks apply to
L \ NCAS 111 RK ( W . D . ) , which , with its 127 lodges and upwards of 8000 subscribing members , is far and away our strongest Province . Here there are four Provincial Institutions , which are generously supported and which hive a large amount of invested capital . Yet in 1891 , when the late Earl of Lathom presided as Chairman at thu
Boys' School Festival , the Province raised the then unprecedented sum of £ 6126 14 s . 6 d . In 18 94 . when his lordship ' s son , the present Earl , occupied the chair for his father at the Festival of this Institution , West Lancashire returned £ 2500 , while at thc Boys' Centenary in lSgS , it raised £ 4451 15 s . Thus the small contribution of £ 131 15 s ,, obtained by the efforts of five Stewards , of whun three were lodge representatives and two Uuittached , pisses muster .
There are 2 $ lodges in LINCOLNSHIRE , and for several years past thc Province his taken a more or less regular pirt in these anniversary gatherings . Oi Wednesday a member of the Pelham Pillar Lodge , No . 7 g 2 , Grimsby , handed in a list of £$ 1 12 s ., and as it was not among the represented Provinces at the Benevolent Festival in February , wa must
hope that it will make a show that is worthier ol its record at the Boys' School Festival next month . Last year thc Province was represented on a modest scale at the School Festivals ; but in 1899 it raised £ 399 7 s . for the Old People and £ t os . Ios . ior the Boys ' School ; anl in l 8 y 8 it was entered inthe Bays'Centenary Returns for £ 13 84 . In 18 9 6 , when the Eirl of Yarbaroug ' n , Prov . G . M ., presided at the Festival of this Institution , his lordship was loyally supported by his Province to the extent of / 150 J .
Of the 42 lodges on the roll of the Metropolitan Province of MIDDLESEX , there were as many as 12 lhat were represented , the number of brethren acting for them and for a chapter attached to one of them bjing 24 . The principal Returns were those nf Ilro . VV . Hill , Harmony Lulge , No . 1512 , fur . tii' 3 ; Hro . C . G . Hall , Dalhousie Lodge , No . fo 5 , fur £ 116 ifs . ; and 1 ' ro .
W . J . Rowbotham , Suim-s Lodge , No . 2 $ 3 b , for £ 145 . In February 12 Stewards , of whom three were Unattached and the others lodge representatives , comp iled a total ot £ 399 5 s . Od ., sc . that the Province has well maintained its prestige in Ihe opening year of the new century , and no doubt it will take an effective pail in the remaining Festival tha * . will be held next month . L . ij t year , Middlesex acquitted itsell well , notwithstanding there was n *> greater call than usual lor suppor ! , the total among the three Institutions reaching ii-l ' , 5
4 s , 6 d ., of which the lion ' s share in the shape of £ ion 165 . Od . fell tu " - ' -j Institution , ln 18 99 the total was £ 87 6 5 s ., the bulk of which was shared between the Old People and this Institution in the proportion of about three to five , but in 1898 it made a grand show , subscribing . £ 273 17 s . to the Bjnevolcn . Institution , . £ 507 13 s . 61 . to the Girls' School , and £ - ri }_ l 6 > - i 0 the yt Centenary . In 18 9 6 , when Lord George H imilton , M . P ., Prov . G . Master , tooK the chair at the Old People ' s Festival , the Province subscribed to that InstitufJ " . £ 3705 I 5 ' - 6 d . out of a tottl for the year of . £ 39 6 7 15 s . 6 J .
An Unattached Steward in the person of Bro . Lieut .-Co ' . C . R- ^ ' D , P . G . M ., did duty for the Province ol
MolWIOl'THSIIU'E and its 11 lodges , his list ol £ \ o ni > . being c / idently a personal donation . February a brother hailing Iru n one of thu lodges was entered lor , £ tu 10 * ¦ . ' that we limit look to the Bjys' School Returns next 111 mtli for tlu bull ; ° > contributions which the Province mikes a point of raising yearly for ° "
other of the Charities . I , " ist year , for instance , this Institution received £ •IP ,- » In 18 99 the Old People were supported to the e . v . ent of . £ 177 15 s ., while m 'V the sum of , £ ioSS 8 s .-- including £$ JS as a Life Presentation as a raimorii } 0 late Bro . Capt . Ho . nfray— . vai raised for the Bjys' Centeniry . It is l * "* Boys' School turn to receive th-j contribution * from this Province .
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The Provirc : of DURHAM , W th ils ro'l of 3 8 lodges is one of ihe most regular contributors and dispenses ils favouts with commendable impartiality among the three Institutions . In February , Bros . E . S . Cockell and John T . Purdy , of the Stranton Lodge , No . 1862 , West Hartlepool , returned a joint list of . £ 189 , while on Wednesday , Bro . Walter N .
Cochrane , acting as Steward for the whole Province , returned £ 288 15 s . In tgoo , the three Institutions had £ 332 7 s . distributed amongst them , and in 18 99 . , £ 157 ios ., the smallness of tbe total being explained by the effort made by Durham in behalf of its own Educational and Benevolent Funds , for w * ii-: h it ra'sed som- * : . £ 2500 at a Special Festival arranged for the purpose . In 1898 , in contributed in all
^ 643 7 s . to . the Central Charities , the Boys' School receiving as its share in respect of its Centenary £ 533 2 s . In 1896 , it distributed amongst them £ 566 ios ., while in 1 S 92 , its returns amounted to . £ 1034 5 s ., the Benevolent Jubilee being supported to the extent of , £ 720 5 s . What
ESSEX did for the Benevolent Institution in February , when its Prov . Grand Mister , the Earlof Warwick , Dep . G . M . of England , presided at its annual Festival , is so fresh in the minds of our readers that it is hardly necessary for us to say much as to the loyalty of the Province towards our Institutions . Such readiness to support a Charity was not arranged at 24 hours' notice , and the records of past years
show that Essex has always been most willing to do all in its power to promote the welfare of our Institutions . Under the auspices of its present ruler this has been specially noticeable . In 1 S 84 , the Earl of Warwick—then Lord Brookepresided at the Girls' Festival , and his Province , which wa , then only about half its present strength , subscribed , £ 1000 . At the Benevolent Jubilee in 1892 , it contributed ^ 2258 3 s . towards that Institution , and the following year , when his lordship presided at the Boys' Festival , it raised . £ 2155 6 s . At the Boys'
Centenary in 18 9 8 , it figured for £ 4122 12 s . 6 d ., while in February , when its Prov . G . Master acted as Chairman at the Old People ' s Anniversary , it compiled a total of , £ 4000 , including his lordship ' s own personal donation of 50 guineas . After such an cffiort we are agreeably surprised to find that eight of its brethren , of whom two are Unattached and the others did duty for three of its 44 lodges , raised amongst them the sum of . £ 359 7 s . We congratulate the Province on this further evidence of its goodwill .
GLOUCESTERSHIRE is a medium-sized Province with only 17 lodges on its Register , but it acquits itself at these anniversaries in a manner which cannot be too highly commended . In 1892 , when Bro . the Right Hon . Sir M . E . Hicks Beach , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master , presided as Chairman at the Boys' School Festival , it contributed to that anniversary , £ 1645 ns . out of a total for the year of . £ 1729 1 is ., while in 1898 , when the same Institution celebrated its Centenary , it figured for , £ 2723 12 s .
out of £ 2860 2 s . for the whole year . It has also given freely to the other Institutions , the latest instance being in February , when half-a-dozen Stewards from , five of its lodges together raised £ 242 16 s . On Wednesday there were eight Stewards from this Province , two of them being Unattached , while the others acted for four lodges , the amount they had the satisfaction of raising being ^ 219 gs ., the list of Bro . R . P . Sumner , Unattached , for £ 89 5 s ., being the most important item .
As Bro . the Right Hon . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master of HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OI * WIGHT , has very kindly consented to preside at the Festival of the Royal Masonic 1 nsti * tution for Boys on the 26 th prox ., it cannot in reason be expected that the Province should show to any great advantage at the Festivals of the Benevolent and
-Girls' Institutions . There can be little doubt that iths been holding itself in reserve for the great event of next month ; but , notwithstanding this , it hasUken part in the two anniversaries which have been held during the year—in that of the Benevolent Institution in February , when foirr of its 4 8 lodges subscribed ; £ gg 16 s . to the Old People , and on Wednesday , when the representatives of five lodges and two Stewards Unattached compiled a total of , £ 329 17 s . 61 ., Bro . Alex
Howell's list of £ 211 is . —in which is included £ 189 to complete his Patronagebeing the largest individual amount . Its performances in the past have been worthy of all praise . In 1 S 92 , including ^ 1345 195 . 7 d . to the Benevolent Jubilee , it raised no less than £ i 6 _ o 17 s . In 1897 the total was £ 1149 12 s . 6 J ., and in 1898 , £ 3343 13 s . 6 d ., of which . £ 3238 13 s . 63 . was subscribed towards the Boys' Centenary . I ' rom such figures as these we augur well for the result of the Boys' Anniversary next month .
There can bc no doubt that HER * ¦ ¦•oRDsiiiRKp albeit there are only 24 lodges on its roll , is a stronghold of Freemasonry , at all events , as far as our Institutions are concerned . ln 1888 it subscribed . £ 649 19 s . out of a total of . £ 795 14 s . fid . raised during the year , to the Girls' Centenary . In
1892 it contributed . £ 188 3 6 s . 6 d . to the Benevolent Jubilee out of a year ' s total of j £ 2 i * J * 5 6 s . bd ., while in 1898 it was entered for . £ 1614 5 s . 6 d . to the Bjys' Centenary , the amount raised during the year being , £ 2126 3 s . lt also took a prominent part in the Benevolent Festival of 18 93 , and that of the Boys' School in 18 99 , at both of which Ilro . C . E . Keyser , who is a distinguished Hertford , shire Mason , occupied the chair , raising . £ 1455 iSs . 6 d . for the former and
, £ 1151 4 s . 6 d . for the latter . Last year it . distributed £ 1323 IOS . among the Charities , of which , £ 566 14 s-. was raised for the Old People , . £ 329 14 s . for this Institution , and £ 427 2 s . for the Boys' School . This year it has done admirabl y , its 27 Stewards in February , of whom 17 represented 12 of its lodges and a chapter , and 10 were Unattached , compiling a total of £ 1170 91 ., while on
Wednesday 15 Stewards , of whom 13 were lodge represent nives and two Unattached , had the pleasure of returning amongst them . £ 458 , the principal list being that of Bro . C . li . Keyser , of the Watford Lodge , No . 404—who was a ! so a Berkshire Steward—for £ ' 142 16 s . The Province that next claims our attention is that of
KENT , over which Earl Amherst , the Chairman of the day , has presided for upwards of 40 ye « is . It is an influential Province as well as a strong one . It has the longest roll of lodges in the South of England , and what is more to the point , it is second to none in the support it gives to all our Institutions . Lord Amherst has shown bis goodwill towards our Charities by presiding twice for the Boys' School and
twice for the Old People , and so far as the records enable us to judge , his Province of Kent has shown itself but too reidy and willing to support his lordshi p ' s u- ' vocacy . There have also been other special Festivals , such as the two School Centenaries and the Benevolent Jubilee , in which Kent has shown to advantage , while generally it may be cited as an out-and-out support of the three Central
Institutions . It was the chief contributing Province at the Girls' Centenary in 1888 . In IP 91 , when its Prov . G . M . presided for the second time at the Lcnevolent Festival , it subscribed in round figures , £ 3484 , while the following year it gave , £ 1808 15 s . 6 d . to the Jubilee of the same Charity , out of a total of upwards of . £ 3000 . ln 1893 , it distributed . £ - ' 103 12 s . 61 ., and in 18 95 , within a ( faction of ^ 2400 . Its greatest achievement hitherto was in 1898 , when it raised
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£ SS 4 2 3 - 6 d . for the Boys' Centenary , out of a total for the year of . £ 5671 ig s while in 18 99 and last year it showed up exceedingly well , though the fi gures ' were on a smaller scale . In February , its Returns to the Benevolent Festival reached the comparatively trifling sum of . £ 94 ios ., but this is not to be wondered at seeing that it was holding itself in reserve for this occasion , and had made un its mind that Lord Amherst ' s first appearance as Chairman at a Girls' School
Festival should be a memorable event in ils annals . Hence the Perpetui ! p . sentation as a memorial of bis lordship ' s Chairmanship , for which the prescribed sum of £ 1627 ios . has already been paid over ; and hence , too , the array of § i Stewards from the Province as a whole in the person of Bro . J . S . Eastes , P . G . D Dep . P . G . Master ; from the bulk of the lodges : from some half-dozen chapters and others , who together compiled the sum of . £ 464 13 s . fid ., making together
with the sum paid as above Ior the memorial Presentation , a total of £ 627 : 3 s . 6 d ., which is the highest amount ever raised by a single Province at a single Festival . The following are the principal lists , namely : the CHAIRMAN ' personal donatfon of £ 84 , and £ 26 5 s . from the Countess Amherst , which are included in the contribution from the Province ; £ 120 from No . 20 , Chatham , per Bro . H . Whyman ; £ 100 from Bro . I . Turton , No . 61 ^ , Belvidere ; ; £ ifio from Bro . H
Syer Smith , Sydney Lodge , No . 829 ; £ 105 per Bro . Daniel T . J . Lyte , Mailing Lodge , No . 1063 ; _ £ no per Bro . H . J . Mogridge , from Acacia Lodge , No . 131 j . £ 246 15 s . per Bro . ] . W . Elvin , Graystone Lodge , No . 1915 ; £ 126 per Bro . Col ' . F . W . Frigout , West Kent Volunteer Lodga , No . 2041 ; £ 275 per Bros . F . M . Wright , W . P . Dickinson , and H . Whyman , Robins m Lodge , iS o . 2046 ; £ 154 7 s per Comp . Bergnann , from Colne Valley Chapter , No . 2147 ; and £ 125 per Bro . Chas . Sheath , from Shirley Woolmer Lodge , No . 2530 . Such a record as this
needs no laudation . Still , we heartily congratulate the Province on this great result , and Lord Amherst more especially , on this further evidence of the love and respect which are entertained for him by the lodges and brethren over whom he so worthily presides . It is not the first time , and , we are confident , will not be the last , that these feelings have been exhibited towards his lordship ; but whatever the future may have in store for us , we are satisfied that no stronger proof of the kindly relations existing between a Province and its chief can ever be forthcoming . .
LANCASHIRE ( E . D . ) is a large Province with a muster roll of 113 lodges , and there are those perhaps who may express surprise at the smallness of its representation , the number of its represented lodges being only two , and the number of its Stewards four . But it has alreidy been announced in our eclumns that on the 26 th June Lord Stanley M . P ., Prov . G . Master , will preside at a Festival which will be held in
Manchester in aid of the Systematic Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution , which is so generously maintained by the Province , and that it is proposed to set aside out of the proceeds of that Festival 1550 guineas ( £ 1627 ios . ) for the purchase of a Perpetual Presentation to the Benevolent Institution as a memorial of the late revered Bro . Col . Le Gendre , N . Starkie ,
Prov . G . M . Hence the total on Wednesday of £ 273 , of which Capt . John Barlow , Unattached , was responsible for £ 220 10 s ., but moderate totals have not always been the orderof the day with East Lancashire , which , to mention only one instance , raised over £ 6000 in the year 18 9 8 , of which £ 5772 7 s . 6 d . was subscribed to the Boys' Centenary . Almost the same remarks apply to
L \ NCAS 111 RK ( W . D . ) , which , with its 127 lodges and upwards of 8000 subscribing members , is far and away our strongest Province . Here there are four Provincial Institutions , which are generously supported and which hive a large amount of invested capital . Yet in 1891 , when the late Earl of Lathom presided as Chairman at thu
Boys' School Festival , the Province raised the then unprecedented sum of £ 6126 14 s . 6 d . In 18 94 . when his lordship ' s son , the present Earl , occupied the chair for his father at the Festival of this Institution , West Lancashire returned £ 2500 , while at thc Boys' Centenary in lSgS , it raised £ 4451 15 s . Thus the small contribution of £ 131 15 s ,, obtained by the efforts of five Stewards , of whun three were lodge representatives and two Uuittached , pisses muster .
There are 2 $ lodges in LINCOLNSHIRE , and for several years past thc Province his taken a more or less regular pirt in these anniversary gatherings . Oi Wednesday a member of the Pelham Pillar Lodge , No . 7 g 2 , Grimsby , handed in a list of £$ 1 12 s ., and as it was not among the represented Provinces at the Benevolent Festival in February , wa must
hope that it will make a show that is worthier ol its record at the Boys' School Festival next month . Last year thc Province was represented on a modest scale at the School Festivals ; but in 1899 it raised £ 399 7 s . for the Old People and £ t os . Ios . ior the Boys ' School ; anl in l 8 y 8 it was entered inthe Bays'Centenary Returns for £ 13 84 . In 18 9 6 , when the Eirl of Yarbaroug ' n , Prov . G . M ., presided at the Festival of this Institution , his lordship was loyally supported by his Province to the extent of / 150 J .
Of the 42 lodges on the roll of the Metropolitan Province of MIDDLESEX , there were as many as 12 lhat were represented , the number of brethren acting for them and for a chapter attached to one of them bjing 24 . The principal Returns were those nf Ilro . VV . Hill , Harmony Lulge , No . 1512 , fur . tii' 3 ; Hro . C . G . Hall , Dalhousie Lodge , No . fo 5 , fur £ 116 ifs . ; and 1 ' ro .
W . J . Rowbotham , Suim-s Lodge , No . 2 $ 3 b , for £ 145 . In February 12 Stewards , of whom three were Unattached and the others lodge representatives , comp iled a total ot £ 399 5 s . Od ., sc . that the Province has well maintained its prestige in Ihe opening year of the new century , and no doubt it will take an effective pail in the remaining Festival tha * . will be held next month . L . ij t year , Middlesex acquitted itsell well , notwithstanding there was n *> greater call than usual lor suppor ! , the total among the three Institutions reaching ii-l ' , 5
4 s , 6 d ., of which the lion ' s share in the shape of £ ion 165 . Od . fell tu " - ' -j Institution , ln 18 99 the total was £ 87 6 5 s ., the bulk of which was shared between the Old People and this Institution in the proportion of about three to five , but in 1898 it made a grand show , subscribing . £ 273 17 s . to the Bjnevolcn . Institution , . £ 507 13 s . 61 . to the Girls' School , and £ - ri }_ l 6 > - i 0 the yt Centenary . In 18 9 6 , when Lord George H imilton , M . P ., Prov . G . Master , tooK the chair at the Old People ' s Festival , the Province subscribed to that InstitufJ " . £ 3705 I 5 ' - 6 d . out of a tottl for the year of . £ 39 6 7 15 s . 6 J .
An Unattached Steward in the person of Bro . Lieut .-Co ' . C . R- ^ ' D , P . G . M ., did duty for the Province ol
MolWIOl'THSIIU'E and its 11 lodges , his list ol £ \ o ni > . being c / idently a personal donation . February a brother hailing Iru n one of thu lodges was entered lor , £ tu 10 * ¦ . ' that we limit look to the Bjys' School Returns next 111 mtli for tlu bull ; ° > contributions which the Province mikes a point of raising yearly for ° "
other of the Charities . I , " ist year , for instance , this Institution received £ •IP ,- » In 18 99 the Old People were supported to the e . v . ent of . £ 177 15 s ., while m 'V the sum of , £ ioSS 8 s .-- including £$ JS as a Life Presentation as a raimorii } 0 late Bro . Capt . Ho . nfray— . vai raised for the Bjys' Centeniry . It is l * "* Boys' School turn to receive th-j contribution * from this Province .