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Lodjre . A s . d . , 15 Bro . Major C . W . Carrell 17 17 o 431 „ Richard Clowes ( see Sussex ) 5 5 o _ j 33 „ A . G . Browning ... 21 10 6 454 > , Harold Burke ... 550

45 S ,. A . G . Boswell ... 23 2 o 459 , 1 Louis Mantell ... 15 15 o 469 » Yf- E- Chapman ... 34 2 6 476 Lady Stuart 61 1 o 4 S 7 Bro . Capt . W . C . WooIIett 47 5 o 4 S 7 „ Major Clifford Probyn 26 5 o 4 S 0 , 1 W . K . Chspman ( see

Lodge No . 4 69 ) ... — UNATTACHED . Bro . S . J . Attenbcrough 550 „ R . Berridge 5 5 o „ W . Briggs 10 10 o „ Percy Clowes ...

—„ W . H . Kempster ... 550 „ Geo . W . Marsden ... 550 „ C . F . Matier ... 47 5 o „ Viscount Molesworth 550 „ * E . St . Clair — „ James Stephens ... 550 „ T . Blanco White ... 550

PROVINCES . BERKS AND OXON . Lodge Bro . John Tomkins ... 550 27 „ C . E . Keyser , M . A ., J . P n 11 o 22 5 „ A . E . Preston 10 10 o 235 » W . Bonny 10 iS 6

CHANNEL ISLANDS . Lodge 74 Bro . C . E . M . de Carteret 26 5 o 425 J , J- Balfour Cockburn 550 Lodge CHESHIRE . 11 Bro . John Armstrong ... 10 10 o 425 „ John Morris 660

CUMBERLAND & WESTMORLAND . Lodge Bro . Lord H . C . Bentinck , Prov . G . M . ... 31 o o „ Rev . N . Cree 5 5 0

DERBYSHIRE . Lodge Bro . A . Woodiwiss , J . P . P . G . M 10 10 0 „ V . C . W . Cavendish , M . P 10 0 o „ P . Wallis s 5 o ,. J . R . Eastwood ... 550 1 . T . C . Eastwood ... ? c n

„ W . H . Marsden ... 550 „ I . N . Woodiwiss ... 550 „ W . B . Slack 10 10 o 302 „ T . E . Yeomans ... iS 4 o 353 „ John Howell 21 o o 414 „ J . Diamond 10 10 o „ Sir Thomas Roe ... 550

DEVONSHIRE . Province » Bro . John Taylor 33 7 o „ Francis B . Westlake 10 10 o Lodge DORSETSHIRE . 126 Bro . the Earl of Portarlington — 5 5 0

EAST ANGLIA . 205 Bro . H . H . Nuding ... 770 334 » John Fuller 10 10 o 342 ,, W . F . H . Flanders ... 10 10 o GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND

HERE-_ . FORDSHIRE . Province Bro . R . V . Vassar Smith , P . G . M 5 5 0 HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT .

Province Bro . Richard Eve , D » p . P . G . M . ... :.. lo l 0 0 ,, K . Loveland Loveland 15 15 o Albany &) „ No . 140 j - - A . Mursell 26 5 o

HERTFORDSHIRE . Lodge 354 Bro . A . Stewart Brown ( see , „ Middlesex ) ... _ 3 < 7 EApelt - ^ u

„ . ... ... , , n . - .. .. 770 ' rovince KENT Bro . F . Hughes Hallett ... 7 7 0 » Rev . Hayman

Cumm-Lodge mgS 14 Bro . A . W . Orwin ( see ! ? " E . C ° s o e r ! Cnip , e ) „ - o & " v J-p- ^ t ::: ;; ° ° *» " » H . kn „ ° e r Greiff "

alS ¦ ^ LANCASHIRE . ^ fe'WK-STO 5 5 So " M ° ^ rtTnomson I 3 , I 0 0 , ? . " Rev . C . Bluett i I 0 I 0 0 B rf KHIRE AND RUTLAND , tne i-. arl of tr . ne » n _

( seeNorths , Hunts , Rovince andBe < Js ) ... - Bro - W . j . Freer , D . P . , " - •¦ ... 5 5 0 ^• E . ^ S H 1 RE : s ,

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Province MIDDLESEX . £ s . d . Bro . A . Stewart Brown ... 660 Lodge 181 Bro . George Everett ... 2 , 00 44 S „ J . E . Lane 24 3 o

MONMOUTHSHIRE . Lodge 109 Bro . Frederick Phillips ... 550 NORTHUMBERLAND & DURHAM . Province Bro . Thomas Purvis ... 36 15 0

NORTHANTS , HUNTS , AND BEDS . Bro . The Earl of Euston , P . G . M I 2 I 2 o „ T . Phipps Dorman ... 10 10 o Lodge 245 Bro . H . Manfield 5 5 o 434 „ Rev . V . P . Wyatt ... 10 10 o 434 ,, John Smith 5 5 0 477 „ G . C . W . Fitzwilliam 10 10 o

NORTH WALES . Province Major G . Gordon Warren 16 16 0 SHROPSHIRE . Lodge 444 Bro . W . L . Southwell ... STAFFORDSHIRE . Province

Bro . J . F . Pepper 31 10 0 Lodge 1 S 6 Bro . W . Davis 14 14 0 SOUTH WALES . Province Bro . W . H . Williams ... 70 0 0 SOMERSETSHIRE . Province

Bro . Col . A . Thrale Perkins 32 11 0 Lodge SURREY . Bro . Frederick West ... 550 13 „ Henry S . Wellcome ... 11 11 o 333 „ C . W . J . Bird 5 5 0 333 „ Rev . W . R . Finlay ... 14 14 o 333 ,, E . A . Whitby ... 13 17 6 451 ,, W . Featherstonhaugh 330

SUSSEX . Lodge Bro . A . F . Lamette „ R . P . Clowes 166 „ G . H . Gaze 426 „ John Wood 6 16 6

WARWICKSHIRE . Lodge Bro . T . R . Arter 21 o 0 Howe ( T . L ) Bro . H . G . Collins 10 10 0 WORCESTERSHIRE . Lodge 330 Bro . Joseph S . Morris ... 35 5 6

YORKSHIRE ( N . & E . ) . Province Bro . T . B . Whytehead ... iG , 6 0 YORKSHIRE ( WEST RIDING ) . Prov . _ G . Lodge 10 10 0 Leodiensis Rose Croix Chapter 550 0 I } Bro . T . Norfolk ... 2 , o 0

14 No Steward Sufi 53 Bro . F . Cleeves ... ^ 53 Miss K . Cleeves ... 53 Bro . Walter C . Fox 53 ,, J . T . Thompson ;¦ 104 14 0 53 ,, C . Stokes 53 » T . Rowbotham 53 „ T . W . Ward ...

58 „ A . E . Dalzell ... 1 58 „ G . H . Radcliffe 58 „ Richard Hodgson 58 „ H . S . Holdsworth 58 Mrs . Holdsworth ... 58 Miss Holdsworth ... t nc n 0 58 Bro . W . J . Morris ... 58 Mrs . Morris

58 Bro . H . Beaumont ... 5 S „ T . Robertshaw 5 S „ W . Walker ... no „ G . H . Parke ... S no Mrs . Parke no Bro . Jos . Matthewman no „ W . A . Starter ... J- 119 14 o no „ — . Martin ... 1

no „ George Carbert no „ W . H . Kingswell J m „ C . L . Mason , P . G . M ) 111 Mrs . Mason ... I 100 16 o in Miss Mason ... 1

127 Bro . James Wood ... * 127 „ J . H . Gration ... 127 Mrs . Gration 127 Bro . C . Lingard ... f " 2 2 G 127 Mrs . Lingard 127 Bro . E . Billington ... J 137 ,, T . G . Howell ... 1

137 Mrs . Howell 1 137 Bro . J . Barker . D . P . G . M 137 Mrs . Backer ,., I m 10 6 137 ,, Rhodes ... I 137 Bro . Jos . Sykes ... 137 » Geo . Jackson ... J 332 „ R . Wilkinson iS 7 6 374 „ W . W . Clayton •)

374 Miss Clayton ... > 20 c 0 374 Bro . G . H . demons j 39 » John Reed 25 o o 453 ,, C . A . Phillips 500 493 ., W . E . Smithies ¦) 493 Mrs . Smithies ... I 493 Bro . A . W . Law ... j 501 „ W . Cockcroft 990

ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS . Council 3 Bro . W . Briant 24 3 0 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR . Prcceptjry C Sir Knight A . W . Orwin ... 26 5 0

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SUMMARY OF THE PROVINCES . £ s . d : £ s . d . Berks and Oxon 47 4 6 Monmouthshire 550 Channel Islands 31 10 0 Northumberland and Durham ... 36 15 o Cheshire 16 16 0 Northants , Hunts , and Beds ... 54 , 2 o Cumberland and Westmorland 36 5 0 North Wales 16 , 6 o

Derbyshire 112 4 o Shropshire Devonshire 49 2 0 Staffordshire 46 4 o Dorsetshire 5 5 0 South Wales So 2 6 EastAnglia ... 2 S 7 0 Somersetshire 32 n o Gloucestershire & Herefordshire 550 Surrey 53 15 6 Hampshireand Isleof Wight ... 52 10 o Sussex 6 16 6

Hertfordshire 770 Warwickshire 31 10 0 Kent 55 13 o Worcestershire 35 5 6 Lancashire 47 5 0 Yorkshire ( North and East ) ... iG 16 o Leicestershire and Rutland ... 550 „ ( West Riding ) ... 751 5 o Lincolnshire 5 5 0 Royal and Select Masters ... 24 3 o Middlesex 51 9 0 Knights Templar 26 5 o

, 70 STKWAROS & N ::: ::: f « % \ % GRAND TOTAL ... ... ... £ 2411 , s G Bro . J BARKER , Dep . Prov . G . M . West Yorkshire , proposed " The Ladies . " As a Mason it was with extreme pleasure he saw ladies present at the side of the brethren . It added greatly to the delight and pleasure of the brethren , and when they knew that ladies were interesting' themselves in

this glorious Charity and had done so much to aid in the grand success which the Grand Secretary had just announced , the brethren , he was sure , would drink "The Health of the Ladies" with the heartiest enthusiasm . There were 26 lady Stewards , and it was certainly a happy augury when a lady Steward had headed the list of the ladies with £ 61 . West Yorkshire ladies had done their duty . There were 14 from West Yorkshire out of a list

of 26 , and he hoped that in years to come the ladies would support the brethren in this Charity as they had done this year and in years past . Bro . Viscount DUNGARVAN , in the course of his reply for the ladies , said that unless he was assisted by the remarks of the ladies between whom he sat , he should not have ventured to address the company ; but he was bold to say that Mark Masonry could not get on without the ladies . He defied any

Mark Mason to deny it . The ladies had taken the greatest interest in that Degree , and ever since the first year the Benevolent Fund started they had graced those meetings with their presence . The amounts had steadily increased . The President of the General Board , in speaking of the educational branch , had referred to the benefit of the children having motherly care . He had had the benefit of motherly care , and it remained impressed

upon him all his life . He was pleased at the phenomenal success of this festival , and he thought they ought to be phenomenally happy . He congratulated the Chairman on that success , and on his strong support by West Yorkshire . In thanking the brethren for the toast of " The Ladies , " hs begged to say the ladies would always be pleased to come to a festival where they were so heartily received .

Bro . C . L . MASON proposed "The Board of Stewards , " and in the course of his remarks said that Lord Euston had said that if the lists of the

year when he presided were exceeded , he would take the chair again . His lordship would now have an opportunity of doing so . It was extremely gratifying that the efforts of the Stewards had been so successful . He had to thank them all , and he was glad to say that if it had not been for the efforts of the Lady Stewards , the year of his presidency would not have been so successful .

Bro . G . H . PARKE acknowledged the toast , and said it was a proud night for the Stewards as well as for the Chairman . It must also be a proud night for the ladies . He hoped the subscriptions would increase year by year . Bro . Gen . SAYER , C . B ., responded to the toast of "The Visitors , " and the brethren and ladies then adjourned to an excellent concert , in which Miss J essie Hotine , Miss Florence Venning , and Bros . J . A . Brown , Edward Dalzell , Robert Hilton , and Frederick Bevan took part .

ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNS . The hope we expressed in our analysis of the returns at last year ' s Festival , that the upward tendency then noticeable in the total amount of the Donations and Subscriptions would be continued , has been realised . In 18 93 , when the late Bro . Col . Money presided , the total was £ 2166 19 s . 6 d . In 18 94 , the chair was occupied by the Earl of Yarborough , Prov . G . M . for Lincolnshire , and the Board of 154 Stewards , which supported his lordship , raised ^ 1894 . Last year Lord

Skelmersdale , Past S . G . W ., with his fathers Province of Lancashire at his back , raised a total of £ 2108 9 s . 6 d ., the Board of Stewards being 16 9 strong . On Wednesday , under the auspices of Bro . C . Letch Mason as Chairman , supported as he was by 170 Stewards , the Returns reached the still higher figure of . £ 2411 18 s . 6 d ., or , as we note elsewhere , only between £$ 0 and ^ 60 more than in Lord Euston ' s year ( 1890 ) , when the Donations and Subscriptions amounted to £ 2354 is .

As regards LONDON , its contingent of Stewards numbered 51 , of whom 24 were representatives of 20 lodges , 11 brethren Unattached , and those among the ladies and members of the General Board , whose lists were not included elsewhere , the total they compiled being £ 630 9 s . Of this £ 36 5 * . was contributed by six ladies ; , 642 by four members of the General Board ; £ 457 14 s . by 20 of the lodge representatives—the others placing their lists in the Provincial section of the Returns

—and £ g 4 10 s . by the Unattached brethren , the most important lists being the following : That of Lady Stuart , acting as Steward for the Justicia Lodge , No . 476 , for £ 61 is . ; that of Bro . A . H . Bevan , of the Euston Lodge , No . 399 , for £ 52 10 s . ; and Bro . Capt . WooUett ' s , United Service Lodge , No . 487 , for . 647 5 s . ; while Bro . Major Clifford Probyn , of the same lodge , his £ 26 5 s , to his credit , the total of the two representatives of No . 4 S 7 being £ 73 10 s . Bro . C . F . Matier , G . Secretary , and Secretary of the Fund , who was

Unattached , handed in a list of £ 47 5 s . ; Bro . Capt . Mainwaring-Dunstan , representing the Onslow Lodge , No . 361 , £ 37 163 . j and Bro . W . £ . Chapman , who did duty for the Savage Club and Dramatic Lodges , Nos . 469 and 489 respectively , £ 34 2 S . 6 d . Bro . Boswell , Prince Frederick William Lodge , No . 458 , has ^ 23 2 s . to his credit , while Bro . Walter E . Williams , Grand Stewards' Lodge , and Bro . Co ' . John Davis , of the Ruspini Lodge , No . 362 , tied with £ 21 . Last year London , with 65 Stewards , returned £ 662 195 . 6 d ., or more by , £ 30 and upwards than was obtained on Wednesday .

Last year THE PROVINCES furnished 104 Stewards , the aggregate of wnose lists amounted to £ 1445 io > ., while on Wednesday the sum of £ 17 81 9 s . 66 . was raised by a contingent of 119 Stewards . Thus the excess on this section of the Returns considerably more than compensates us for the slight falling off in London . The Dep . Prov . G . Master , with Stewards from three out of the six lodges in