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as the present alterations are completed this number will be increased to over 200 . The liberal education provided in this school could not but brighten and increase the future prospects of the inmates . They thereby hold the key in their own hands vvhich will open the

door to any employment , and tend to produce in them habits of industry , and the practice of every social , moral , and religious duty conducive , not merely to their temporal welfare , but to their eternal happiness in the Grand Lodge above . To our hands then is entrusted the noble and sacred

charge ofthe maintenance and future welfare of our Girls' School . The brethren will not , I feel sure , be slow in coming forward on this occasion with liberal hands in support of this charity . This institution is deservedly popular amongst you . I desire that it should prosper on

the basis upon which it was originally established . I , for my part , knowing generally tho thriving condition of the Craft , and its increasing numbers , as also their advance in social position , in industry , and in wealth—think that the annual lists should

shew a greater number of contributors from the general ranks of the Craft instead of from a few of its prominent members . Though this school is 88 years old , yet I trust its usefulness is only in its infancy , and that it will be extended beyond its present capabilities and may eventually

be able to receive every candidate that may be presented at the biennial elections . It depends upon your voluntary exertions whether all the applicants shall be successful candidates or not . It requires no unusual effort , no great pecuniary sacrifices . The numerous advantages which this

charity confers upon our orphan girls should give it a strong claim upon your sympathies . Its future success depends upon your response to this appeal , and I confidently hope for the honour of the Craft , and for the sake of the orphan girls that the announcement you will

enable the Secretary , Bro . Little , to make to-night will be more generous and complete than has been recorded at any other previous anniversary festival . He ( the chairman ) had been much pleased with a visit he paid to the Girls' School on Monday last . He had the honour on that

occasion , in company with Lady Edwards , to present the prizes to those pupils who had gained them up to last Christmas . It was the first time he had ever visited the Institution , and he found there everything satisfactory and complete . As regarded all the arrangements for the

comfort and welfare of the pupils there could be no doubt whatever that the advantages to be derived from such an institution were unparalleled . They were taught the construction of English grammar and English literature ; and the last examination proved how

many had attained to excellence in various languages , music , drawing and needlework . He was astonished at the pronounciation of these young girls in French and German : so much so that he enquired of the head governess , Miss Davis , on the spot whether they haa dwelt for

any time on the continent . When he found that they had not he was the more astonished . Their musical performances were marvellous . There were thirty hands on tho pianofortes at one time ; they had no leader ; and he would defy the mostaccomplished musician todetectany

fault . Lady Edwards . concurredwithhim in saying that it was marvellous . The calisthenic exercises also surprised him ; and their precision could not be objected to by the most accomplished military men . In support of this statement he would refer to Col . Burdett . Above all

there was a gentleness of manner in the whole behaviour of the pupils that was the greatest treat of all . He would advise every brother to go to the school and spend a day there . There was no place in England he would sooner go to for a day ' s enjoyment . He most heartily

commended thc institution to the support of the brethren , and in proposing " Success to the Institution" he would call on Bro . S . L . Tomkins , to reply . ( Cheers . ) When the toast had been received ,

Bro . S . L . Tomkins said it was with mingled feelings of regret and pleasure that he respondee 1 ; of regret because the Grand Treasurer , who was the Treasurer of the institution was unable to bft present : and of pleasure that he should be called

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upon to answer for him . He was proud to be associated with this noble institution , which all Masons thought was the greatest honour to the Craft . It had been most successful , and most favoured . All Masons would allow that they had the greatest affection for this institution from

the natural feeling that they had to help the help less and assist the fatherless . There the Girls' School commended itself to the sympathy and affection of the brethren in a way that the other institutions did not . In his own person be had seen how successful this institution had

been in its management , and also what great affection the inmates had for the matron and those who were set over them . He thought the school was a model for all similar institutions , and that many , many other institutions , where

the money was wasted , and where the children were not properly looked after and brought up mi ght , well take a lesson from the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . He hoped that the efforts of the brethren would be even more successful

and powerful than they had ever been before . Bro . Thomas W . White , as Bro . Little , the Secretary , was suffering from ill health , then announced the following subscriptions : — £ s . d . Grand Stewards' Lodge , Bros . Edwin March 50 9 o 2 W . Hope , M . D 4 s 13 6

4 A . C . Veley 16 16 o 5 John Hampton Hale ... ... ... 50 8 o 7 R . C . Mansfield 17 6 6 8 W . H . Price Cooke 13 13 o io D . H . Pearson ... ... ... ... 80 15 o 11 Henry Potter ... ... ... ... 50 o o 12 Alfred II . Lilley ... ... ... ... 07 11 o

12 ( "Chapter ) Joseph Clever ... ... 54 12 o 12 ( Chapter ) D . Nicols 27 6 o 18 Herbert J . Muggins 39 18 o 19 E . B . Grabham .. ... ... ... 70 7 o 21 Griffiths Smith Si 18 o 22 T . Fairvveather ... ... ... ... 40 7 o 23 E . C . Mather 15 15 o

28 J . G . Shearman ... ... ... 42 o o 29 J . E . Middleton 14 14 o 33 W . Clouston 43 1 o 34 John Butler 45 3 o 46 Alfred Richards ... 66 3 o 49 W . Bailey 3 6 15 o 49 John S . Mercer ... ... ... ... 86 2 o

5 , i G . M j-P- Snow ... ... ... ... 175 o o 58 Thos . Ke-ynolds , jun . ... ... ... 64 I o Co Capt . J . Wordsworth ... ... ... 10 10 o 73 Wm . Klingenstein ... ... ... 38 17 o 79 Richard Boncey ... ... ... ... 21 o o 91 Watson Surr ... ... ... ... 39 iS o 92 Josiah Hotile ... ... ... ... 23 2 o 99 Wm . Leask ... ... ... ... 73 10 o

134 II . G . A . Milford 16 5 6 140 Chas . Jardine ... ... ... ... 70 7 o 143 J . II . Matthews 68 15 6 1 C 2 N . J . Fenner ... ... ... ... 30 9 o 16 5 W . G . Lemon ( not closed ) ... ... 5 6 12 o 172 S . Hockley 48 16 6 174 John Appleby 89 14 o 176 ( Chapter ) J . B . Sorrell and W . S .

Wyman 54 19 o i 79 Z . D . Berry 18 18 o 180 W . C . Parsons ... ... ... ... 10 10 o 181 Henry D . Wood ... ... ... ... 31 10 o 201 ; Charles f >" . Hogard 36 15 o , 206 Samuel Gamman ... ... ... 57 15 o 227 A J . Thomas ... ... ... ... 30 o o

228 Robert Griggs 70 7 o 235 E . II . Hewett ... ... ... ... 50 o o 238 Edwin Simpson Baikie ... 40 19 6 256 R . R . Davis 39 7 6 259 Herbert A . Rigg 39 7 o 435 Wm . C . Phillips 25 4 o 511 A . Barfield ... ... ... ... 42 o o

534 Wm . G . Moore 24 3 o 538 James Kench 63 o o 554 John J . Berry 100 16 o 6 57 John Jnhnasson ... ... ... ... 254 2 o 733 Robert Helsdon , 12 G o o 742 Wm . W . Baxter ... ... ... 25 14 6 749 J- Painter 35 7 o

820 Wm . H . Myers 73 10 o 822 H . Northcott 32 o 6 862 Thomas Kingston 29 8 o 902 R . N . Field ... ... ... ... 47 5 o 905 Alexander Peebles ... .,. ... 12 12 o 1056 ( Chapter ) Charles Atkins 63 15 6 1118 George B . Brodie ... ... ... 26 15 o

1150 T . G . Bullen 69 6 o 1155 Il . nry Moore ... ... ... ... 79 16 o 1178 George F . Grace ... ... ... ... 45 3 o 1216 George Watcrall ... ... ... 51 9 o i-57 John C . Cox ... ... ... ... 31 10 o 1260 J . H . Southwood ... ... ... 87 3 o 1261 Walter Emden ... ... 21 10 6

1288 Robt . V . Davies 26 5 o 1305 H . G . Ashwell 26 5 o 1329 J . H . Vockins 10 10 o 1348 A . J . Ireton ... ... ... ... 100 o o ' . W W . Hilton 61 19 o 1366 Charles G . Hill 26 5 o 1383 Col . Alex , W . Adair ,,. 100 o o

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£ s . d . 1420 Joseph W . Hiscox 74 11 o 1421 C . W . Ashdown 32 n o 1446 Chas . F . Poupard 64 1 o 148 9 T . Hastings Miller 31 10 o

1537 R . G . Glutton 102 7 6 1538 Alfred Tisley 18 18 o 1539 Mark S . Larlham ... ... ... 115 to o 1540 Henry Faija ... ... ... .. 33 12 o 1558 Walter Mitchell 14 1 6 1563 B . H . Swallow 65 o o

BERKS AND BUCKS . 1501 John Palmer 141 15 o CHESHIRE . 425 Horatio Lloyd ... ... ... ... 26 5 o Capt . H . A . Bennett 10 10 o 287 John Hanson 10 10 o 537 Wm . S . Sutton 10 10 o W . Marwood 15 15 o

DEVONSHIRE . 16 4 W . II . Haycock 5 15 6 HANTS AND ISI . E OF WIGHT . 319 T . J . D . Rawlins 21 o o KENT .

829 W . Hamilton 29 8 o 1206 II . J . Emmerson ... ... ... ... 10 10 o 1208 II . M . Baker 2 O 5 o 146 4 J . A . Farnfield 44 2 o 1531 Geo . J . Guest 24 17 6

EAST LANCASHIRE . 221 Egerton C . Gilbert ... 660 221 J . W . Greenhal gh 5 5 ° WEST LANCASHIRE . 1086 J . C . Sims 6 11 o LINCOLNSHIRE .

1294 John Sutcliffe , Jack Sutcliffe R . J . Boyall ( Province ) 1232 Rev . D . Ace , D . D 792 Jas . Robinson , Wm . Marshall 838 Jas . Fergusson 1294 Joseph Chapman F . Long ...

Total £ 543 14 ° MIDDLESEX . R . Wentworth Little 171 10 O 1460 Rev . P . H . E . Brette 97 13 o 1326 W . Prattent 1293 ( Chapter ) T . Massa 31 10 o 1194 ( Chapter ) C . Horsley 26 5 o

778 Major Harding 13 13 o 1194 Robert A . Steel 36 15 o 1237 Chas . S . Browne 70 7 o 1238 Alfred G . Weeks 3 6 3 o 1293 David W . Pearse 73 10 o 1309 C . G . Rushworth 11 11 e

1423 John Faulkner 21 10 6 1567 John Mason ... ... ... ... 42 o o 1579 Edward Letchworth ... 164 6 •SO ? . !• M . Lcvick 10 10 o T . J . Sabine 52 10 es

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . 1434 John Hack 42 o o N . WALES AND SHROPSHIRE . 1124 E . Wood ... ... ... ... ... 11 11 o OXFORDSHIRE . 478 R . H . C . Smith 357 Rev . R . W . Pope and Fentham Hodges 50 o o

SOMERSETSHIRE . 1199 C . L . F . Edwards 31 10 o SOUTH WALES ( East Division ) J . B . Phillips ( Province ) 115 10 o STAFFOHDSHIIIE . 546 J . Webberley 115 10 o SUFFOLK . 1124 Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . C , ... ... 26 5 o

SURIIEV . 1046 J . L . Lorimer 10 10 o 452 H . J . Strong ... ... 10 10 o WARWICKSHIRE . 938 Thomas Howkins 262 10 o WILTSHIRE . Henry C . Tombs ( Province ) ... ... 115 12 o WEST YORKSHIRE .

Sir Henry Edwards , Bart ., Chairman ... 52 10 o Prov . G . Lodge , Bro . H . Smith 105 o o Bentley Shaw , P . G . D . ... ... ... 10 10 o T . W . Tew , J . P ., D . P . G . M J . Batley Henry Day , J . P .... Thomas Hill

Rev . E . B . Chalmcr W . II . B . Tomlinson Henry Smith ... ... T . Collinson J . Wordsworth Rev . E . Sewell 139 J . A . A . Andrews

139 Charles Dixon , jun 139 Dr . F . Griffiths 139 Wm . Jervis 139 J . C . Shaw 154 J . C . Caelman ... 275 G . F . C . Hoerle 275 J . Lowerthal

275 Wright Mellor 275 Thos . Ruddock 290 Wm . Harrop 296 John Ridal 302 Hanson Farrar ... 304 Robert Craig ... ... 337 John Hirst , jun .... ... ... 837 Charles Pegler