Stewards' Lists.

r , ' £ S - ^ Bro . Rev . C . H . Rnowlys St . John ' s ( T . I . ) John Kenyon 10 10 o ,, ,. W . H . Brown 5 5 0 Lebanon ( T . I . ) H . Spalding ... 34 „ George A . Myers

3 6 „ George H . Parke ... 550 143 » W . ^ " M- Tomlinson 10 10 o 15 6 „ W . B . Akerman ... 550 15 S „ Walter Simpson ... 15 15 o 15 8 „ * Rev . C . Bluett ... — 15 S James D . Murray ... 26 5 o

,, 313 „ Joseph Cunliffe ... 5 50 313 » Thomas W . Rice ... 550 375 „ R . F . Cavendish

393 » W . Goodacre 31 10 o 447 > i A . Harradon 5 5 0 447 > . Herbert Pretty ... 550 473 » W . Piatt 15 15 o 47 S „ A . Cross

LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND . * Bro . the Earl of Euston ... — „ J . H . Thompson Province Bro . W . J . Freer 40 o o Lodge 19 Bro . Thomas Paget ... 550 LINCOLNSHIRE . Bro . Rev . E .. M . Weigall ... 550

Lodge 427 Bro . W . Pattrick 15 15 0 MIDDLESEX . Bro . Col . A . Cook 15 15 o Province

Bro . A . Stewart Brown ... 550 Lodge 2 S 4 Bro . George Rice 5 5 o 4 S 5 „ A . McDowall 15 15 0

NORTHANTS , HUNTS , AND BEDS . Bro . the Earl of Euston ... 10 10 0 . „ T . P . Dorman ... 770 Lodge 245 Bro . H . Manfield 10 10 o 434 „ Rev . V . P . Wyatt ... 550 477 „ G . C . W . Fitzwilliam 10 10 o

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . Lodge Ne (^) tle Bro . R . G . Hanson 31 10 0 SHROPSHIRE . Loc " ge 444 Bro . W . Belton 12 12 o 444 „ Rowland G . Venables 550 444 „ * Capt . William-Freeman ( see also N . Africa ) —

SUMMARY OF £ s . d . Berks and Oxon 72 15 o Buckinghamshire 5 5 o Channel Islands 5 5 o Derbyshire 140 1 6 Devonshire 3 S 2 0 Dorsetshire 52 10 o

East Anglia _••• 25 4 o Gloucestershire & Herefordshire 10 10 o Hampshire and Isle of Wight 21 00 Hertfordshire 10 10 o Kent 125 12 o Lancashire ... 262 10 o Leicestershire and Rutland ... 45 5 o Lincolnshire 21 o o Middlesex 42 0 o

SOMERSETSHIRE . Province £ s . d . Bro . S . R . Baskett 26 5 o SURREY . Lodge

Bro . Fredk . West 5 5 ° 13 „ W . P . Fuller 10 10 o 333 „ VV . Briant 5 5 o 442 ,, Fred . Flood 17 6 G 450 „ E . Apelt 5 5 °

SUSSEX . Lodge „ Richard Clowes Province

Bro . W . Wright 6 7 15 6 WARWICKSHIRE . Lodge Bro . I . R . Arter ... ... 10 10 o

155 „ R . B . Morgan ... 10 10 o 174 „ W . G . Smith 5 5 ° 430 „ F . G . Wattis 550 WORCESTERSHIRE . 59 „ W . A . Campbell ... 2 S 7 o YORKSHIRE ( N . & E . ) . York ( T . I . ) Bro . Rev . C . G . L . Wright 17 o 6

YORKSHIRE ( WEST ) . Lodge Bro . C . L . Mason " 53 „ Ceo . Wragg 53 „ F . Cleeves 53 TRowbotham

„ . JJ ,, - - — - ¦•——— --53 11 W . Caughey Fox 53 „ J . T . Thompson 58 „ H . S . Holdsworth ... ^ 210 o 0 no „ G . H . Parke

127 „ J . H . Gration 12 7 „ C . Lingard 137 „ T . Gaukroger Howell 314 „ W . Wikely Clayton ... 39 S „ John Reed _ PUNJAB . Bro . Capt . J . H . Leslie ... ig 13 0

NORTH AFRICA . Bro . Capt . Williams-Freeman S S 6 ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . Chapter 97 Bro . H . J . Rolls 10 10 e ROYAL ARK MARINER . Lodge 400 Bro . G . Danford Thomas , M . D 11 u 0

HE PKOVINCES . I £ s . d . I Norlhants , Hunts , and Beds ... 44 2 0 1 Nottinghamshire 31 10 o Shropshire 17 17 o Somersetshire 26 5 o Surrey 43 11 G Sussex 67 15 6

Warwickshire 31 10 o Worcestershire 2 S 7 o Yorkshire , Norih and East ... 17 o 0 „ West 210 o o Punjab ... ... 19 13 0 North Africa S S o Ancient and Accepted Rite ... 10 10 o Royal Ark Mariner 11 n o

, _ . , _ . ( LONDON ... ... £ 662 10 6 , 6 9 STEWARDS I pR 0 VINCES £% 45 > o 0 GRAND TOTAL ... ... ! £ 2 ioS 9 6 Bro . the Rev . HAYMAN CUMMINGS proposed " The Ladies , " whom the Fund had a great deal 10 thank for , as there were several ladies as Stewards on the present occasion . They were all convinced of the good the Fund was doing . Viscount DUNGAUVAN responded . The company had herd what they owed to Lady Skelmersdale . When he took the chair there were 12 lad y

Stewards ; there were now nearly double that number . He hoped that next year there would be double what there were this year . Bro . Major C W . CARKELL responded to the toast of "The Stewards , " who were gratified at the amount that had been brought up . They were extremely p leased to think that in the last few days the list had grown to such good proportions as had been read by the Grand Secrttaiy . Some of the Stewards and himself did not think it would be so large ; but they had all tried to make the Festival a success . What they had done had be en

done with a great amount of pleasure , and when they next stood as Stewards he hoped the result would be as good . Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , G . Reg ., propesed " The Visitors . " If it had not been for the hospitality of Freemasonry he did not think the money given in Masonic Charity would have been so enormous . Bro . Dr . DARI . EY-HAKTLEV , P . D . G . M ., of South Africa , in thanking those present for the hearty manner in which the toast had been received , remarked that the toast of the visitors was always one with which it was a

pleasure to be associated . It typified a great principle , the universalit y of Mason ry . Without constant friendly intercourse between lodges , Masonry would be little more than a collection of tocial clubs . As it was , it might be trul y said that the stroke of the Masler ' s gavt 1 saluted the setting sun all over the world , and that visiting was the cemtnt which was binding together l he shattered stones of a grand moral temple , the foundations of which were c ° -extensive with the homes of civilised man . He could assure them that

'he heart of every Mason in South Africa throbbed with loyalty to the Mo ther Land , and that their great desire w as , so far as their limited opportunities would permit , to follow the lead of that Mother land , not only in excellency of Masonic working , but in exemplifying that great virtue of the \ h , Charity . South Africa did not appear on the Stewards' lists that '" Sht , but there was a reason for that . In the first place , they were but a 'eeble folk , and few in number . In the district which he had had the honour

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to represent , the limits of which were co-extensive with those of the Cape Colony , onl y five lodges were included , trat at Cape town , the capital , having elected to remain outside . Secondl y , the South African Mark Masons , wisely , or otherwise , preferred to give their contributions to the 'ocal Craft Charities of their respective districts . These were very excellent Charities indeed , and he thought it only right to mention that they were

managed after the very admirable model of the Mark Fund , that of making pecuniary allowances to the reci pients at their own homes or schools , thus receiving the maximum benefit with the minimum expenditure . He had personally suggested to some of his brethren , and he thought there was a possibility of the idea taking root , that the Mark and the other " Hig her , " or "Concordant" Degrees of South Africa , might make it their special work to promote more advanced education , and combine to form a fund to

assist the son- ; of Masons in completing their training at one or other of the great English universities , but whether this was done or not , he could assure them that the country which he had the honour of unworthil y representing , would continue to do its level best in the great work of Masonic Charily . B'o . the Earl of EUSTON proposed "Bro . Matier , " thanking him for all the pains and trouble he had taken on every occasion for the benefit of the

Mark Benevolent Fund , for the way in which he had managed it , and for bringing before the Board all the details of every case . Trie services Bro . Matier had rendered could not fail to add to the popularity of the Degree . Bro . C . F . MATIER , G . Sec , in reply , said that in the future , as in the past , his best services would be at the command of the Mark Degree , and especially at the command of the Mark Benevolent Fund . The Chairman

next year would be Bro . Charles Letch Mason , Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire , when , he was sure , there would be a very large list . The proceedings concluded with a charming concert , under the direction of Bro . Fred Bevan , P . G . Organist , in which Miss Florence Btt ' r . ell , Miss Ethel Bevan , Miss Maud Home , Bros . Edward Branscombe , Albert Fox , and Fred Bevan took part .

Analysis Of The Returns.

ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNS .

We are rejoiced to find that though the record established in 1 S 90 , when the present Pro Grand Piaster , Bro . the Earl of Euston , presided as Chairman , has not been broken , the total of the Donations and Subscriptions obtained on Wednesday under the auspices of Bro . Lord Skelmersdale , Past S . G . W ., when compared with that of last year , shows an upward tendency . As we pointed

out last year , we must expect on these occasions , which recur annually , fluctuations , now in a downward , now in an upward direction . As a matter of course , we are delighted beyond measure when the fluctuation is in the latter direction , but the former does not disconcert us very seriously . We know there must have been some serious cause for any large diminution in the Festival Returns , which not all the eloquence and energy of th" : Stewards were able to overcome , and we acquiesce in

the inevitable with all the greater readiness because we Know that , when the particular cause has been removed , there will be a return to the usual yearly average . However , we have , thus far , had nothing more serious to lament than one of those occasional diminutions which cannot be avoided , but which are speedily remedied . Thus in 1 S 94 there was a falling-off , as compared with 1 S 93 , when the late Bro . Col . Money presided , from , £ 2166 19 s . 66 . to . £ 18 94 . On Wednesday , there

was an increase from the £ 18 94 of Lord Yarborough ' s year to £ 2108 9 s . 6 d . the Board of Stewards having at the same time been augmented from 154 to 16 9 . We congratulate Bro . Lord Skelmersdale , the Chairman , and the Province of Lancashire , of which his father is Provincial Grand Master , and which so generously supported him ; the Board of Stewards , by whose exertions the loUl was

obtained ; the executive of the Fund , but more especially Bro . C . F . Matier , iis Secretary , on the success which has attended his labours ; and the Fund itself on having obtained so considerable an addition to its means . We trust the upward tendency to which we have had occasion to refer may be maintained for sometime to come .

As regards the Returns which we arc about to analyse , we find that the Board of Stewards numbered in all 16 9 Stewards , the total of whose lists was , as we have said , ^ 2 ioS 9 s . 66 . LONDON was represented by 65 Stewards , as compared with 55 in 18 94 , and the amount they obtained was . £ 662 19 s . 66 ., as against jOjiG 12 s . Cd . in

18 94 , the most important lists being those of Bro . George F . Jones , who represented the Henniker Lodge , No . 315 , and compiled a total ol . £ 37 ' iO-t . ; of Bro . II . J . Hitchins , Grafton Lodge , No . 415 , for . £ 30 9 s . ; of Bro Walter E . Williams , Grand Stewards' Lodge , for £ 27 6 s . ; of Bro . A . H . Bevan , Euston Lodge , No . 399 , , £ 26 5 s . ; and Bro . Major Clifford Probyn , Grafton Lodge ! No . 415 , for . 63 2 us . ; of Bro . James Stephens , St . Mark ' s LodgeNo . 1

, for £ 25 ; of Bro . A . H . Bowles , Carnarvon Lodge , No . 7 , tor , £ 23 2 s . ; and Bro . Kenri Bue , La France Lodge , No . 459 , for . £ 22 is . It sliould ~ be noted that the Euston Lodge aforesaid sent up Stewards whose lists , so far as they are included in the London total , amounted to . £ 47 5 s . ; while the lists compiled by Bros . Hitchins and Major Clifford Probyn , already noted ; . s Stewards of the Grafton Lodge , No . 415 , amounted to . £ 63 . It should be added that the London

contingent of 65 Stewards included 21 ladies , who returned . £ 79 ; the General Board , of whom the six lists included under this head , readied £ " 52 ios . ; 25 representatives from 20 lodges and one lodge of instruction , who had the satisfac tion of compiling amongst them , £ 417 19 s . Od ., and 13 brethren Unattached , who returned . £ 113 ios ., the total from London being , as we have said , , £ 662 195 . 66 . , and a very excellent total it is .

Tin ; PROVINCES , with representatives from two Foreign Stations' and of two Degrees other than the Mark , sent up 104 Stewards , the aggregate of whose lists w ; . s . £ 1445 ios . Last year the Provinces mustered 99 Stewards , and the amount raised by them was £ 1377 7 s . Cd ., so that in both respects the present Festival shows to advantage as compared with 1894 . The first in order is the Province of

BBKKS AS ' D Oxus , which had three of its lodges represented b y four Stewards , and these , with Bro . John Tomkins , Dep . P . G . M ., amassed a total of ^ 72 15 s ., the most important item being £ 3 6 15 s . sent in by Bro . C . IC . Hewett , Leopold Lodge , No . 235 . Last year there were live Stewards from this Province , the sum of whose lists was £ 46 5 s . Od . A lodge in BUCKINOIIAM . SIIIKH , represented b y Bro . the Kev . V . P . Wyatt , returned . £ 5 ss ., while the Sarnian Lod ge , No . 425 , CIIANNISL . ISLANDS , per Bro . J . Balfour Cockburn , also returned £ 5 5 s . The Province of

DKKISVSIIIKIC , which last year was one of the group of counties under the government of the late Bro . William Kelly , I ' rov . Grand Master , is now a Province b y itself under Bro . A . Woodiwiss as P . G . M ., and has signalised its entrance upon a new and separate career b y compiling the very handsome total of £ , ' 140 is . 6 d . The number of Stewards , including Bro . Woodiwiss himself , Bro . Victor C . W .