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Lodges That Helped To Establish The Boys' School.
liberal scale . Other " Ancient" lodges , in addition to those we have enumerated as included in the 1812 pamphlet , arc present lodges Fidelity , No . 3 ; Royal York of Perseverance , No . 8 ; Albion , No . o ; Enoch , No . 11 ; Kent , No . 15 ; Neptune , No . 22 ;
Robert Burns , No . 25 ; United Industrious Lodge , No . 31 , Canterbury ; the Glamorgan Lodge , No . 36 , Cardiff ; St . Mary ' s Lodge , No . 63 ; Royal Clarence Lodge , No . 68 , Bristol ; Royal Jubilee Lodge , No . 72 ; Lodge of Economy , No . 7 6 , Winchester ;
Vitruvian , No . 87 ; Loyal Cambrian Lodge , No . Ho , Merthyr Tydvil ; Middlesex Lodge , No . 143 ; Lodge of Antiquity , No . 146 , Bolton ; Harmony Lodge , No . 154 , Plymouth ; Adam ' s Lodge , No . 158 , Shcerness ; Brunswick Lodge , No . 159 ,
Devonport ; Lodge ol Icmperance , No . 16 9 ; Lodge of Amity , No . 171 ; Phoenix Lodge , No . 172 ; St . James ' s L nion Lodge , No . 180 ; Lodge of Tranquillity , No . 1 S 5 ; Joppa Lodge , No . iSS ; Oak Lodge , No . igo ; St . Paul's Lodge , No . 194 ; Albion
Lodge , No . 19 6 , Barbadoes ; Percy Lodge , No . 198 ; Jordan Lodge , No . 201 ; Lodge of Israel , No . 205 ; St . Michael ' s Lodge , No . 211 ; Lodge of Hope and Unity , No , 214 ; Lodge of Stability , No . 217 ; St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 222 ; Ionic
Lodge , No . 227 ; and United Strength Lodge , No . 228 . A very large proportion—if not all—of these will be found in the present list of Subscribers , and we trust they will remember that
the Institution , which is on « the eve of celebrating its Centenary ) was supported by their predecessors , and well deserves the honour of being supported liberally at this special Festival .
The Cambridgeshire Masonic Charity Association.
THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION .
We have received copy of the 14 th annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Masonic Charity Association for the Province of Cambridgeshire . It was laid before the Provincial Grand Lodge at its annual meeting at Newmarket , on the 18 th
November last , and a brief reference to its most important announcements will be found in the account of that gathering which appeared in this journal in our issue of the 27 th of the same month . The Report itself , which , thanks to the courtesy of
the Hon . Secretary , Bro . Major 0 . PAPWORTH , P . P . G . W ., Prov . G . Secretary , is now before us , treats very fully of the proceedings during the year ended 31 st October , 18 97 , and enables us to form an excellent idea of the services which the Association has been the means of renderinir to our Institutions since it w . is
started into existence in 18 S 3 . From that year till 18 9 6 inclusive , the Province distributed among our three central Charities the large sum of £ 4234 15 s ., while last year it gave them £ 379 - 3 ^ -i ° f which all but two amounts of £ JO ios ., the
personal donations of Bro . W . BRIGGS to the Girls' and Boys ' Institutions respectively , was raised for the Royal . Masonic Benevolent Institution , the principal list being that of Bro . CHENNELL of Lodges Nos . 88 and 2107 for . £ 275 , and that of
Bro . I . B . HOPE , W . M . No . 8 59 , for £ 72 us . 3 d ., the small balance of £ 10 ios . being a donation of Bro . BRIGGS , of the latter lodge , who served at all three Festivals as Steward Unattached . Thus the total raised by the Province to the 31 st
October last was £ 4 613 [ 6 s . 3 d ., giving an average per year of not far short of £ 330 , and as the Province has onl y six lodges on iLs roll , there are few who will not consider this a most creditable average . It must not , of course , be assumed that the whole of
this very considerable total was given to our Institutions throu » h the medium of the Association ; it is , indeed , mentioned in the Report as regards the aim raised last year , that none of the amounts contained in Bro . HOPE ' S list , of £ j 2 and upwards were so
paid , but there can be no doubt whatever that it is principally owing to this Association that Cambridgeshire , which is pretty nearly the weakest in respect of numbers among our Provinces , stands so well as a supporter of our Central Charities . Those
who have had occasion to go carefully through the Festival Returns for the last quarter of a century , must be well aware that during the 10 years prior to 1883 , the Province was represented only occasionally ; since then it has been both regular and
generous , one year concentrating all its efforts in support of a particular Institution , and in another distributing them anion" - the three . Thus , if it has not been directly the m -ans b y which all the good that Cambridgeshire has done since 188 3 has been
The Cambridgeshire Masonic Charity Association.
accomplished , it has been immediately responsible for the bulk of it , and the rest may fairly be set down to the influence of its good example . The result of this organised system of contribution is seen in the really improved voting strength of Cambridgeshire as
compared with what it was in the case of our two Schools in 18 S 2 . In that year the Province had 22 Life , and three annual votes for the Girl ' s School , and some 30 Life and four annual votes for the Boys' School . According to the report for last year , it has now 428
Girls Votes , and 518 Boys' Votes at each half-yearly election , or together , 1892 votes for the year . No doubt the same result would be seen if a similar comparison were made between last year and 1882 , in the' case of the Benevolent Institution , but as flip
names of the Governors and Subscribers are arranged alphabetically , it is possible to arrive at : he figures only by going through the whole list , a labour which we cheerfully leave to others who have ample leisure at their disposal . At all events , whatever
may have been the voting strength of the Province in 1882 when it had no Association , it now has 589 mens' votes and 577 widows' votes , or together , 1166 , giving a grand total for the three Institutions of 3058 votes .
So much for the general result . As regards the work done during the year to 31 st October , the receipts , including abalance from previous year , show a total of ^ 314 7 s ., the principal items being the contributions from Prov . G . Lodge and five out of the
six private lodges amounting to £ 9 6 12 s . ; donations from 14 members—three at 10 guineas each and the others at live guineas each— , £ 8 9 5 s . ; and subscriptions from members , , 696 12 s . The total payments amounted to £ 296 , of which
£ 275 was handed over to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and 20 guineas to the Boys' School ; the balance remaining in the Treasurer ' s hands at close of the account being £ 18 7 s . 6 c ] , As for the expenses of management , they consist of Expenses at
Elections , Printing , Postage , Stationery , & c , and amounted to £ ij 2 s . 6 d ., which were met by a contribution of 15 guineas from the Prov . G . Lodge and a half-crown subscription from a number of the members . There were small balances in the Treasurer ' s hands at the opening and closing of the account .
We congratulate the Province on the success which has attended its Charity Association , and we trust that , as the years go on , the extent of the services it has been the means of rendering to our three great Institutions will be greatly enlarged .
As we have said , the Province is a small one—nearly the smallest of those into which the country is divided—but the report we have been considering shows what can be done even by a small body of brethren , when their efforts are properly organised and ably directed .
Devon Masonic Educational Fund.
DEVON MASONIC EDUCATIONAL FUND .
The annual meeting of this Institution , of which Bro . the Hon . Sir Stafford Northcote , Bart ., C . B ., II . P ., Prov . G . M . of Devon , is President , was held on Wednesday , the 6 th inst ., under the banner of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 328 , at the Masonic Hall , Park-place , Torquay , the Committee of the Fund having accepted the invitation conveyed by Bro . Renwick , P . M . 328 , representing that lodge , to meet at Torquay instead of at Exeter and Plymouth , as has been usual .
Prior to the meeting being held , the executive officers of the Institution and the representatives of the various lodges were entertained at luncheon by Bro . F .
J . W . Crowe , W . M . 32 s , and the brethren of his lodge , and before the gathering concluded a cordial expression of thanks was tendered for their hospitality and arrangements , the compliment being gracefully acknowledged by Bro . CROWE . The clnir was occupied by one of the Vice-Patrons , Bro . F . H . Westlake , P . M . 70 , P . P . J . G . W ., and there were also present the following brethren : Bros . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . Eng . ; S . Jones , P . M . 112 , P . P . J . G . W . ; E . H . Shorto ,
P . M . 39 . P . J . G . W . j W . A . Gregory , P . M . 1254 , P . P . G . Treas . j Chas . Piper , P . M . 1753 , P . G . Stwd . ; J . Lane , P . M . 1402 , P . A . G . D . C . Eng . ; S . Jew , P . P . G . Treas . ; C . H . Cooper , P . M . 105 ; E . G . Dyke , P . P . G . Org . ; J . W . Cornish , P . M . 223 . P . P . G . T . ; W . Allsford , P . M . 202 , P . P . G . Treas . ; W . F . Hoclring , P . M . 70 , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; John F . Ellercon , P . M . 1125 , P . P . J . G . D . ; and many others .
Bro . J . R . LORD , as Hon . Treasurer of the Fund , presented his report , fro 111 which it appeared that the subscriptions and donations amounted for the pas ' year to . £ 529 8 s . 4 d ., as compared with £ 435 in 18 9 6 . The balance broug ht forward from the previous year was ^ 416 6 s . gd ., and this , with the interest—. £ 30 17 s . 4 d . —made a total for the year of , £ 97 6 12 s . 5 d . One great aid in P ' ducing such a splendid income for the past year was the grand Charity concert a Plymouth Guildhall , which realised / 134 16 s . 7 6 . ( Applause . ) Payments W
children and expenses left a balance of , £ 561 6 s . in the bank and £ 34 > . Treasurer ' s hands , and this , added to the amount of ^ 1300 on deposit and a interest in the Devon and Cornwall Bank , made the total value of the run i ' 18 95 Cs . 5 d . at the end of last year . The accounts had been duly audited , an the receipts received so far this year as compared with last year were £ 80 , butt was accounted for by the fact of there being no contest . For the year the receip to date were . £ 179 as against . £ 259 Jast year . The report was adopted ,
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Lodges That Helped To Establish The Boys' School.
liberal scale . Other " Ancient" lodges , in addition to those we have enumerated as included in the 1812 pamphlet , arc present lodges Fidelity , No . 3 ; Royal York of Perseverance , No . 8 ; Albion , No . o ; Enoch , No . 11 ; Kent , No . 15 ; Neptune , No . 22 ;
Robert Burns , No . 25 ; United Industrious Lodge , No . 31 , Canterbury ; the Glamorgan Lodge , No . 36 , Cardiff ; St . Mary ' s Lodge , No . 63 ; Royal Clarence Lodge , No . 68 , Bristol ; Royal Jubilee Lodge , No . 72 ; Lodge of Economy , No . 7 6 , Winchester ;
Vitruvian , No . 87 ; Loyal Cambrian Lodge , No . Ho , Merthyr Tydvil ; Middlesex Lodge , No . 143 ; Lodge of Antiquity , No . 146 , Bolton ; Harmony Lodge , No . 154 , Plymouth ; Adam ' s Lodge , No . 158 , Shcerness ; Brunswick Lodge , No . 159 ,
Devonport ; Lodge ol Icmperance , No . 16 9 ; Lodge of Amity , No . 171 ; Phoenix Lodge , No . 172 ; St . James ' s L nion Lodge , No . 180 ; Lodge of Tranquillity , No . 1 S 5 ; Joppa Lodge , No . iSS ; Oak Lodge , No . igo ; St . Paul's Lodge , No . 194 ; Albion
Lodge , No . 19 6 , Barbadoes ; Percy Lodge , No . 198 ; Jordan Lodge , No . 201 ; Lodge of Israel , No . 205 ; St . Michael ' s Lodge , No . 211 ; Lodge of Hope and Unity , No , 214 ; Lodge of Stability , No . 217 ; St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 222 ; Ionic
Lodge , No . 227 ; and United Strength Lodge , No . 228 . A very large proportion—if not all—of these will be found in the present list of Subscribers , and we trust they will remember that
the Institution , which is on « the eve of celebrating its Centenary ) was supported by their predecessors , and well deserves the honour of being supported liberally at this special Festival .
The Cambridgeshire Masonic Charity Association.
THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION .
We have received copy of the 14 th annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Masonic Charity Association for the Province of Cambridgeshire . It was laid before the Provincial Grand Lodge at its annual meeting at Newmarket , on the 18 th
November last , and a brief reference to its most important announcements will be found in the account of that gathering which appeared in this journal in our issue of the 27 th of the same month . The Report itself , which , thanks to the courtesy of
the Hon . Secretary , Bro . Major 0 . PAPWORTH , P . P . G . W ., Prov . G . Secretary , is now before us , treats very fully of the proceedings during the year ended 31 st October , 18 97 , and enables us to form an excellent idea of the services which the Association has been the means of renderinir to our Institutions since it w . is
started into existence in 18 S 3 . From that year till 18 9 6 inclusive , the Province distributed among our three central Charities the large sum of £ 4234 15 s ., while last year it gave them £ 379 - 3 ^ -i ° f which all but two amounts of £ JO ios ., the
personal donations of Bro . W . BRIGGS to the Girls' and Boys ' Institutions respectively , was raised for the Royal . Masonic Benevolent Institution , the principal list being that of Bro . CHENNELL of Lodges Nos . 88 and 2107 for . £ 275 , and that of
Bro . I . B . HOPE , W . M . No . 8 59 , for £ 72 us . 3 d ., the small balance of £ 10 ios . being a donation of Bro . BRIGGS , of the latter lodge , who served at all three Festivals as Steward Unattached . Thus the total raised by the Province to the 31 st
October last was £ 4 613 [ 6 s . 3 d ., giving an average per year of not far short of £ 330 , and as the Province has onl y six lodges on iLs roll , there are few who will not consider this a most creditable average . It must not , of course , be assumed that the whole of
this very considerable total was given to our Institutions throu » h the medium of the Association ; it is , indeed , mentioned in the Report as regards the aim raised last year , that none of the amounts contained in Bro . HOPE ' S list , of £ j 2 and upwards were so
paid , but there can be no doubt whatever that it is principally owing to this Association that Cambridgeshire , which is pretty nearly the weakest in respect of numbers among our Provinces , stands so well as a supporter of our Central Charities . Those
who have had occasion to go carefully through the Festival Returns for the last quarter of a century , must be well aware that during the 10 years prior to 1883 , the Province was represented only occasionally ; since then it has been both regular and
generous , one year concentrating all its efforts in support of a particular Institution , and in another distributing them anion" - the three . Thus , if it has not been directly the m -ans b y which all the good that Cambridgeshire has done since 188 3 has been
The Cambridgeshire Masonic Charity Association.
accomplished , it has been immediately responsible for the bulk of it , and the rest may fairly be set down to the influence of its good example . The result of this organised system of contribution is seen in the really improved voting strength of Cambridgeshire as
compared with what it was in the case of our two Schools in 18 S 2 . In that year the Province had 22 Life , and three annual votes for the Girl ' s School , and some 30 Life and four annual votes for the Boys' School . According to the report for last year , it has now 428
Girls Votes , and 518 Boys' Votes at each half-yearly election , or together , 1892 votes for the year . No doubt the same result would be seen if a similar comparison were made between last year and 1882 , in the' case of the Benevolent Institution , but as flip
names of the Governors and Subscribers are arranged alphabetically , it is possible to arrive at : he figures only by going through the whole list , a labour which we cheerfully leave to others who have ample leisure at their disposal . At all events , whatever
may have been the voting strength of the Province in 1882 when it had no Association , it now has 589 mens' votes and 577 widows' votes , or together , 1166 , giving a grand total for the three Institutions of 3058 votes .
So much for the general result . As regards the work done during the year to 31 st October , the receipts , including abalance from previous year , show a total of ^ 314 7 s ., the principal items being the contributions from Prov . G . Lodge and five out of the
six private lodges amounting to £ 9 6 12 s . ; donations from 14 members—three at 10 guineas each and the others at live guineas each— , £ 8 9 5 s . ; and subscriptions from members , , 696 12 s . The total payments amounted to £ 296 , of which
£ 275 was handed over to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and 20 guineas to the Boys' School ; the balance remaining in the Treasurer ' s hands at close of the account being £ 18 7 s . 6 c ] , As for the expenses of management , they consist of Expenses at
Elections , Printing , Postage , Stationery , & c , and amounted to £ ij 2 s . 6 d ., which were met by a contribution of 15 guineas from the Prov . G . Lodge and a half-crown subscription from a number of the members . There were small balances in the Treasurer ' s hands at the opening and closing of the account .
We congratulate the Province on the success which has attended its Charity Association , and we trust that , as the years go on , the extent of the services it has been the means of rendering to our three great Institutions will be greatly enlarged .
As we have said , the Province is a small one—nearly the smallest of those into which the country is divided—but the report we have been considering shows what can be done even by a small body of brethren , when their efforts are properly organised and ably directed .
Devon Masonic Educational Fund.
DEVON MASONIC EDUCATIONAL FUND .
The annual meeting of this Institution , of which Bro . the Hon . Sir Stafford Northcote , Bart ., C . B ., II . P ., Prov . G . M . of Devon , is President , was held on Wednesday , the 6 th inst ., under the banner of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 328 , at the Masonic Hall , Park-place , Torquay , the Committee of the Fund having accepted the invitation conveyed by Bro . Renwick , P . M . 328 , representing that lodge , to meet at Torquay instead of at Exeter and Plymouth , as has been usual .
Prior to the meeting being held , the executive officers of the Institution and the representatives of the various lodges were entertained at luncheon by Bro . F .
J . W . Crowe , W . M . 32 s , and the brethren of his lodge , and before the gathering concluded a cordial expression of thanks was tendered for their hospitality and arrangements , the compliment being gracefully acknowledged by Bro . CROWE . The clnir was occupied by one of the Vice-Patrons , Bro . F . H . Westlake , P . M . 70 , P . P . J . G . W ., and there were also present the following brethren : Bros . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . Eng . ; S . Jones , P . M . 112 , P . P . J . G . W . ; E . H . Shorto ,
P . M . 39 . P . J . G . W . j W . A . Gregory , P . M . 1254 , P . P . G . Treas . j Chas . Piper , P . M . 1753 , P . G . Stwd . ; J . Lane , P . M . 1402 , P . A . G . D . C . Eng . ; S . Jew , P . P . G . Treas . ; C . H . Cooper , P . M . 105 ; E . G . Dyke , P . P . G . Org . ; J . W . Cornish , P . M . 223 . P . P . G . T . ; W . Allsford , P . M . 202 , P . P . G . Treas . ; W . F . Hoclring , P . M . 70 , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; John F . Ellercon , P . M . 1125 , P . P . J . G . D . ; and many others .
Bro . J . R . LORD , as Hon . Treasurer of the Fund , presented his report , fro 111 which it appeared that the subscriptions and donations amounted for the pas ' year to . £ 529 8 s . 4 d ., as compared with £ 435 in 18 9 6 . The balance broug ht forward from the previous year was ^ 416 6 s . gd ., and this , with the interest—. £ 30 17 s . 4 d . —made a total for the year of , £ 97 6 12 s . 5 d . One great aid in P ' ducing such a splendid income for the past year was the grand Charity concert a Plymouth Guildhall , which realised / 134 16 s . 7 6 . ( Applause . ) Payments W
children and expenses left a balance of , £ 561 6 s . in the bank and £ 34 > . Treasurer ' s hands , and this , added to the amount of ^ 1300 on deposit and a interest in the Devon and Cornwall Bank , made the total value of the run i ' 18 95 Cs . 5 d . at the end of last year . The accounts had been duly audited , an the receipts received so far this year as compared with last year were £ 80 , butt was accounted for by the fact of there being no contest . For the year the receip to date were . £ 179 as against . £ 259 Jast year . The report was adopted ,