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( IO lodges ) has entered an appearance at one of the Festivals held in each of the years 1883 , 1884 . 1885 . and 1886 ; but has had no part in those held during the present year ; while WARWICKSHIRE ( 31 lodges ) has been content with the moderate total of £ 212 and a fraction for the Benevolent and Girls' Festivals cf 1 S 87 , its contributions at the other Festivals in previous years having likewise been on a somewhat similar scale . As regards J ERSEY
( seven lod-a-e * - ) and CHANNEL ISLANDS ( five lodges ) , they render help , and to good purpose , from time to time ; and the ISLE OF MAN ( six lodges ) is too remote from our seat of government , and has too recent an organisation as a Province , to be expected to contribute . Here , then , vve have no less than 15 Provinces and the Channel Islands , mustering amongst them 278 lodges , vvhich have had no part whatever in this particular celebration ;
while Lincolnshire , so far as vve are aware , and South Wales ( West ) , have done nothing in this Jubilee year , though , in the case of the former , absence appears to be the rule , not the exception , while to the credit of the latter it is the exception , not the rule . Cheshire , too , owing , it may be , to its unsettled state between a P . G . M ., who has resigned , and a P . G . M ., who has only just been installed , has done far less than usual , while we are
certainly justified in expecting better things from the great Midland Province of Warwickshire , which seems to need a constant supply of its native " Athol" treatment , as applied by Bro . James Moffat , in order to keep it in form . We can call to mind what it has done , and can form an opinion as to what it can do ; and having regard to the enormous
development of our Institutions during the Grand Mastership of the Prince of "Wales , and their increased requirements in the way of money , we are satisfied that this influential Province might vvith advantage take a more active part in our Festival celebrations . Possibly , if this were more clearly and emphatically laid before its chief representative men , it vvould appear more frequently and to better purpose .
But the increase in the number of unrepresented Provinces is not the only difficulty which Bro . Binckes has had to contend with this year . Those which are represented have sent a less numerous contingent of Stewards than usual . Thus , at the Benevolent Festival in February there were 201 Provincial representatives in a Board of Stewards 379 strong ; in May , the figures were 156 Provincials out of 277 , while at last year's Boys' Festival
it vvas 165 Provincials out of 290 . On Tuesday London and the Provinces were level in this respect , each having 145 Stewards . However , vve must not forget to take into account that this is the third and last Festival of the year , that almost everywhere demands are being made upon the brethren in their non-Masonic character for contributions to all imaginable kinds of Institutions , and that the purses
of Freemasons are no more inexhaustible than those of other people . Nor must we overlook another important fact , namely , that in the years almost immediately preceding the beginning of the Prince of Wales ' s Grand Mastership , the sum of £ 5 800 nearly , which has this year been raised by the efforts of only the Provincial section of the Board of Stewards , would have been looked upon as a splendid result . However , let us proceed to a consideration of the returns , Province by Province .
BEDFORDSHIRE . Only a few days before the Festival a member of the Chiltern Lodge , No . 1470 , Dunstable—Bro . F . J . Coleman—came fonvard and tendered his services as Steward , the result being a list of . £ 36 15 s . Thus the Province , vvhich did excellently well last year , has figured at three out of the
six Festivals which have been held since its constitution , and as it musters only five lodges and , of course , has had to bear the expenses attendant on its organisation , vve must congratulate the Province generally , and Bro . Coleman on the present occasion , for their services . The Province of
BERKS AND BUCKS , with its 21 lodges , as usual , shows to advantage . Five Stewards represented as many lodges , and of these four compiled a total of ^ 171 12 s . 6 d ., the other list beingstill unaccounted for . In February , it raised £ 218 6 s . 6 d ., and last month £ 381 6 s . 6 d ., so that the total subscribed in 18 S 7 amounts to £ 771 5 s . 6 d ., vvhich is upwards of £ 220 more than the average of the years 1884 , 1885 , and 1886 . This is eminently gratifying , and entitles the Province to the warm thanks of the authorities of the different Institutions .
It is difficult to speak in terms of too great praise of the work which has been done by CAMBRIDGESHIRE , with its small array of 6 lodges , during the past few years , and were vve asked to name a Province which has entirely translated itself from a condition of almost complete apathy into one of the most persistent and
generous activity , we should not hesitate about giving this Province as an example . Last year it distributed £ 547 5 s . among the three Institutions , the Girls ' School obtaining as nearly as possible one half , £ 273—the Boys' School £ 131 Ss ., and the Benevolent £ 143 . In February last , Bro . Moyes , D . P . G . M ., raised £ 200 forthe Benevolent , and in May Bro . Geldard , representing the Province , and Lodge No . 859 , followed suit vvith a second £ 200 .
On 1 uesday , Bro . Sharman , of the Lodge of the Three Grand Princi ples , No . 441 , Cambridge , handed in a list of £ 137 ns ., raising the total for the current year to £ 537 ns . Thus Cambridgeshire has contributed £ 1084 16 s . in the last two years , and with its lists of £ 106 lis . 6 d . for the Girls' in 1885 , and £ 174 6 s . for the Boys' in 1884 , no less than £ 1367 13 s . 6 d . during the 4 years 1884-5-6-7 .
The honour of CORNWALL and its thirty lodges could hot have been entrusted to better hands than those of Bro . Gilbert B . Pearce , who has acted during the current year as sole Steward at all three Festivals . Bro . Pearce began by raising £ 368 lis . for th . e Old People in February . In May he obtained £ 141 15 s . for the Girls' School , and he completed the trio on Wednesday with a list of £ 194 5 s . for this Institution . These three sums amount to £ 704 ns ., lendid
and constitute a sp piece of work , of vvhich Bro . Pearce himself may justly be proud , while the Province must be deeply giateful to him for having so successfully asserted its reputation for a generous sympathy vvith our central Charitable Institutions . With such Returns as these we may absolve ourselves from the task of carrying our investigations further , though there is no doubt such further inquiries would show some equally excellent work achieved by such worthy Cornish Masons as Bros . Controller Bake , C . Truscott , and others .
DERBYSHIRE , which has 21 lodges , and oftener than not sends up a contingent of Stewards ready and willing to do yeoman service , had four representatives on Tuesday , two of them acting on behalf of the Tyrian and Arboretum Lodges , Nos . 253 and 731 respectively , and the other two—Bros . Percy Wallis and G . Fletcher—being unattached . The total amassed by the four
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vvas £ 159 ios . 6 d ., of vvhich Bro . A . Woodiwiss—whose names are familiar enough in connection with this class of Masonic labour—heading the array with a total of £ 101 15 s . 6 d . In May , four Stewards , of whom Bros . Percy Wallis and G . Fletcher , also unattached , were two , raised amongst them £ 78 15 s . ; and in February , at the Benevolent Festival , a band of ei ght Stewards , including Bros . Woodiwiss , G . Fletcher , and P . Wallis , made up a
total of £ 387 14 s . 1 hus Derbyshire during the current year has raised ^ 626 os . 6 d . Last year the efforts of the Province were on a limited scale ; but in 1885 it raised for the Boys' School , at whose Festival its Provincial Grand Master , Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , presided , the large sum of £ 1546 17 s . The Province of
DURHAM , vvith its 32 lodges , is by no means a conspicuous wor ker for our Charities ; but there is one point in its favour which cinnot be insisted upon too often namely , that it contributes annually out of its Provincial Grand Lodge funds £ 52 ios . to each of our three Charities . This item does not appear invariably in the Return , but it does so mostly , and in the majority of cases vvith a useful supplement , as , for instance , on Tuesday , when Bro . William Logan
compiled a list of £ 101 17 s . In May , it contributed 70 guineas ( £ 73 ios . ) to the Girls' School , and in February £ 52 ios . to the Benevolent Institution , making a total for the year of - £ 227 17 s , But we are persuaded the Province is capable of better things than this . When vve find comparativel y small Provinces giving so regularly and generously , vve natually ask ourselves why a strong Province like Durham does not accomplish more . We look upon
ESSEX , with 25 lodges , as one of the chief mainstays of our Institutions . Seven of its lodges sent up Stewards on Tuesday , who amongst them made up a total of £ 139 17 s ., vvhich , following on £ 222 7 s . raised in May for the Girls' School , and £ 500 13 s . for the Old People in February , raises the total for the year to £ 862 4 s ., vvhich is , undoubtedly , a splendid contribution . In 1884 , it contributed in all £ 1546 17 s . 6 d ., of which the Girls' School ,
for whom Bro . Lord Brooke , Provincial Grand Master , acted as Festival Chairman , absorbed £ 1000 . In 1885 , it raised £ 794 14 s . 6 d ., and in 1886 £ 599 6 s ., making a grand total for the three years ol £ 2940 185 . Thus the tull amount forthe quadrennial period 1884- 7 is £ 3803 2 s ., giving an average per annum of close on £ 951 . Bro . Lord Brooke and his worthy Deputy , Bro . Philbrick , G . Reg ., must be very proud of their Province and its doings , and with excellent good reason . The Western Province of
GLOUCESTERSHIRE , though it has only 14 lodges , is a staunch and impartial upholder of our Charities . Like Essex , it is presided over by an able and pooular Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks Beach , Bart ., M . P ., and the influence of his example is noticeable in whatever it does , whether for local or general objects . This year it has distributed only £ 221 ns . a * nong the
Institutions , the Benevolent and Boys' School receiving , one . £ 84 , and the other £ 85 , and the Girls' School £ 53 ns . This increases the total from £ 2240 gs . for the years 1884-5-6 to £ 2463 for the four years 18 S 4-5-6-7 , the principal achievement during the period being at the Girls' School Festival in 18 S 5 , when , to emphasise the presidency of Sir M . E . Hicks Beach , Bart ., M . P ., it mustered in strong force , and raised the handsome total of £ 1210 13 s . 6 d . Naturally there must be some good men in the
Gloucestershire ranks , such as Bros . Brook-Smith , D . P . G . M ., Baron de F * errieres , and others , or vve should not have the Province standing so high in the general estimation as it does now under its present accomplished chief . Possibly the current year might have been more productive had Sir Michael's ministerial occupations and his enforced absence , through illhealth , not prevented him from taking his usual active part in the county and the Crait ,
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT , vvith 44 lodges , has been presided over since 186 9 by Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., a cousin of the Gloucestershire Prov . G . Master , and during the 18 years of his presidency has been uninterruptedly prosperous . On Tuesday only two o * its lodges sent up Stewards , the Panmure , No . 723 , Aldershot , and the Portsmouth Temperance , No . 206 S , and between them
they compiled the modest total of £ 21 , with one list still to come . In May when three of its lodges were represented by two Stewards , of whom Bro . G . F . Bevis of No . 206 S . was one , the total was £ 76 ios . But these small amounts are not to be wondered at if we call to mind that in February , when Bro . Beach occupied the chair at the Benevolent Festival , its total , obtained by the efforts of 29 Stewards , vvas £ 1785 95 . 6 d . The sum of these three
amounts is within easy distance of £ 2000 , which vvould be a gratifying result even for a larger Province . During the years 1884-5-6 it distributed £ 3069 7 s . 6 d . among the three Charities , giving an average per year of £ 1023 2 s . 6 d . By the results of the current year this average is considerably improved . The more limited Province of
HERTFORDSHIRE , with 15 lodges , began so well in February , when , by the hands of 11 Stewards , it raised £ 59 6 195 . for the Benevolent Institution , and followed this performance up so smartly in May , when vvith 4 Stewards , representing as many lodges , it compiled £ 176 17 s . 6 d , that we are not surprised that onc Steward , representing Lodge and Chapter No . 404 , vvith a list of £ 32 lis ,,
should represent the sum total of the efforts on Tuesday . A small Province cannot be always raising large amounts , yet Hertfordshire has compiled £ 606 7 s . during 1887 , and if vvsadd this to £ 1386 15 s ., its total for the three years 1884-5-6 , we have as the result of 4 years' work £ 1993 2 s . contributed by a little Province like this . The example of Herttordshire might be followed with advantage by some other Provinces vve read about at
times . As regards KENT , vvhich musters 54 lodges , the sum of its returns is much more in keeping with our experience of its contributions than it was at the Girls' School Festival last month , when it figured for only £ 184 4 s . 6 d . On the other
hand , it is hardly matter tor surprise that it has not approached its total or February , when the Old Folks were enriched to the tune of upwards of £ 1229 . However , the country of cherries and hops has contributed a total of £ 477 4 s . 6 d ., made up of the lists of 7 Stewards , representing as many lodges , and in the case of one of them the chapter attached to it as well .
Last year its aggregate for the three Charities vvas £ 1725 and a fraction ; in 1 S 85 it raised £ 1589 ios ., of which this Institution received £ 725 ios . 6 d . ; in 1884 it figured for £ 1331 13 s . 6 d . in all , the Girls' School benefiting the most with £ 561 ios . 6 d . In 1883 it * -, total was £ 2692 , of
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( IO lodges ) has entered an appearance at one of the Festivals held in each of the years 1883 , 1884 . 1885 . and 1886 ; but has had no part in those held during the present year ; while WARWICKSHIRE ( 31 lodges ) has been content with the moderate total of £ 212 and a fraction for the Benevolent and Girls' Festivals cf 1 S 87 , its contributions at the other Festivals in previous years having likewise been on a somewhat similar scale . As regards J ERSEY
( seven lod-a-e * - ) and CHANNEL ISLANDS ( five lodges ) , they render help , and to good purpose , from time to time ; and the ISLE OF MAN ( six lodges ) is too remote from our seat of government , and has too recent an organisation as a Province , to be expected to contribute . Here , then , vve have no less than 15 Provinces and the Channel Islands , mustering amongst them 278 lodges , vvhich have had no part whatever in this particular celebration ;
while Lincolnshire , so far as vve are aware , and South Wales ( West ) , have done nothing in this Jubilee year , though , in the case of the former , absence appears to be the rule , not the exception , while to the credit of the latter it is the exception , not the rule . Cheshire , too , owing , it may be , to its unsettled state between a P . G . M ., who has resigned , and a P . G . M ., who has only just been installed , has done far less than usual , while we are
certainly justified in expecting better things from the great Midland Province of Warwickshire , which seems to need a constant supply of its native " Athol" treatment , as applied by Bro . James Moffat , in order to keep it in form . We can call to mind what it has done , and can form an opinion as to what it can do ; and having regard to the enormous
development of our Institutions during the Grand Mastership of the Prince of "Wales , and their increased requirements in the way of money , we are satisfied that this influential Province might vvith advantage take a more active part in our Festival celebrations . Possibly , if this were more clearly and emphatically laid before its chief representative men , it vvould appear more frequently and to better purpose .
But the increase in the number of unrepresented Provinces is not the only difficulty which Bro . Binckes has had to contend with this year . Those which are represented have sent a less numerous contingent of Stewards than usual . Thus , at the Benevolent Festival in February there were 201 Provincial representatives in a Board of Stewards 379 strong ; in May , the figures were 156 Provincials out of 277 , while at last year's Boys' Festival
it vvas 165 Provincials out of 290 . On Tuesday London and the Provinces were level in this respect , each having 145 Stewards . However , vve must not forget to take into account that this is the third and last Festival of the year , that almost everywhere demands are being made upon the brethren in their non-Masonic character for contributions to all imaginable kinds of Institutions , and that the purses
of Freemasons are no more inexhaustible than those of other people . Nor must we overlook another important fact , namely , that in the years almost immediately preceding the beginning of the Prince of Wales ' s Grand Mastership , the sum of £ 5 800 nearly , which has this year been raised by the efforts of only the Provincial section of the Board of Stewards , would have been looked upon as a splendid result . However , let us proceed to a consideration of the returns , Province by Province .
BEDFORDSHIRE . Only a few days before the Festival a member of the Chiltern Lodge , No . 1470 , Dunstable—Bro . F . J . Coleman—came fonvard and tendered his services as Steward , the result being a list of . £ 36 15 s . Thus the Province , vvhich did excellently well last year , has figured at three out of the
six Festivals which have been held since its constitution , and as it musters only five lodges and , of course , has had to bear the expenses attendant on its organisation , vve must congratulate the Province generally , and Bro . Coleman on the present occasion , for their services . The Province of
BERKS AND BUCKS , with its 21 lodges , as usual , shows to advantage . Five Stewards represented as many lodges , and of these four compiled a total of ^ 171 12 s . 6 d ., the other list beingstill unaccounted for . In February , it raised £ 218 6 s . 6 d ., and last month £ 381 6 s . 6 d ., so that the total subscribed in 18 S 7 amounts to £ 771 5 s . 6 d ., vvhich is upwards of £ 220 more than the average of the years 1884 , 1885 , and 1886 . This is eminently gratifying , and entitles the Province to the warm thanks of the authorities of the different Institutions .
It is difficult to speak in terms of too great praise of the work which has been done by CAMBRIDGESHIRE , with its small array of 6 lodges , during the past few years , and were vve asked to name a Province which has entirely translated itself from a condition of almost complete apathy into one of the most persistent and
generous activity , we should not hesitate about giving this Province as an example . Last year it distributed £ 547 5 s . among the three Institutions , the Girls ' School obtaining as nearly as possible one half , £ 273—the Boys' School £ 131 Ss ., and the Benevolent £ 143 . In February last , Bro . Moyes , D . P . G . M ., raised £ 200 forthe Benevolent , and in May Bro . Geldard , representing the Province , and Lodge No . 859 , followed suit vvith a second £ 200 .
On 1 uesday , Bro . Sharman , of the Lodge of the Three Grand Princi ples , No . 441 , Cambridge , handed in a list of £ 137 ns ., raising the total for the current year to £ 537 ns . Thus Cambridgeshire has contributed £ 1084 16 s . in the last two years , and with its lists of £ 106 lis . 6 d . for the Girls' in 1885 , and £ 174 6 s . for the Boys' in 1884 , no less than £ 1367 13 s . 6 d . during the 4 years 1884-5-6-7 .
The honour of CORNWALL and its thirty lodges could hot have been entrusted to better hands than those of Bro . Gilbert B . Pearce , who has acted during the current year as sole Steward at all three Festivals . Bro . Pearce began by raising £ 368 lis . for th . e Old People in February . In May he obtained £ 141 15 s . for the Girls' School , and he completed the trio on Wednesday with a list of £ 194 5 s . for this Institution . These three sums amount to £ 704 ns ., lendid
and constitute a sp piece of work , of vvhich Bro . Pearce himself may justly be proud , while the Province must be deeply giateful to him for having so successfully asserted its reputation for a generous sympathy vvith our central Charitable Institutions . With such Returns as these we may absolve ourselves from the task of carrying our investigations further , though there is no doubt such further inquiries would show some equally excellent work achieved by such worthy Cornish Masons as Bros . Controller Bake , C . Truscott , and others .
DERBYSHIRE , which has 21 lodges , and oftener than not sends up a contingent of Stewards ready and willing to do yeoman service , had four representatives on Tuesday , two of them acting on behalf of the Tyrian and Arboretum Lodges , Nos . 253 and 731 respectively , and the other two—Bros . Percy Wallis and G . Fletcher—being unattached . The total amassed by the four
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vvas £ 159 ios . 6 d ., of vvhich Bro . A . Woodiwiss—whose names are familiar enough in connection with this class of Masonic labour—heading the array with a total of £ 101 15 s . 6 d . In May , four Stewards , of whom Bros . Percy Wallis and G . Fletcher , also unattached , were two , raised amongst them £ 78 15 s . ; and in February , at the Benevolent Festival , a band of ei ght Stewards , including Bros . Woodiwiss , G . Fletcher , and P . Wallis , made up a
total of £ 387 14 s . 1 hus Derbyshire during the current year has raised ^ 626 os . 6 d . Last year the efforts of the Province were on a limited scale ; but in 1885 it raised for the Boys' School , at whose Festival its Provincial Grand Master , Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , presided , the large sum of £ 1546 17 s . The Province of
DURHAM , vvith its 32 lodges , is by no means a conspicuous wor ker for our Charities ; but there is one point in its favour which cinnot be insisted upon too often namely , that it contributes annually out of its Provincial Grand Lodge funds £ 52 ios . to each of our three Charities . This item does not appear invariably in the Return , but it does so mostly , and in the majority of cases vvith a useful supplement , as , for instance , on Tuesday , when Bro . William Logan
compiled a list of £ 101 17 s . In May , it contributed 70 guineas ( £ 73 ios . ) to the Girls' School , and in February £ 52 ios . to the Benevolent Institution , making a total for the year of - £ 227 17 s , But we are persuaded the Province is capable of better things than this . When vve find comparativel y small Provinces giving so regularly and generously , vve natually ask ourselves why a strong Province like Durham does not accomplish more . We look upon
ESSEX , with 25 lodges , as one of the chief mainstays of our Institutions . Seven of its lodges sent up Stewards on Tuesday , who amongst them made up a total of £ 139 17 s ., vvhich , following on £ 222 7 s . raised in May for the Girls' School , and £ 500 13 s . for the Old People in February , raises the total for the year to £ 862 4 s ., vvhich is , undoubtedly , a splendid contribution . In 1884 , it contributed in all £ 1546 17 s . 6 d ., of which the Girls' School ,
for whom Bro . Lord Brooke , Provincial Grand Master , acted as Festival Chairman , absorbed £ 1000 . In 1885 , it raised £ 794 14 s . 6 d ., and in 1886 £ 599 6 s ., making a grand total for the three years ol £ 2940 185 . Thus the tull amount forthe quadrennial period 1884- 7 is £ 3803 2 s ., giving an average per annum of close on £ 951 . Bro . Lord Brooke and his worthy Deputy , Bro . Philbrick , G . Reg ., must be very proud of their Province and its doings , and with excellent good reason . The Western Province of
GLOUCESTERSHIRE , though it has only 14 lodges , is a staunch and impartial upholder of our Charities . Like Essex , it is presided over by an able and pooular Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks Beach , Bart ., M . P ., and the influence of his example is noticeable in whatever it does , whether for local or general objects . This year it has distributed only £ 221 ns . a * nong the
Institutions , the Benevolent and Boys' School receiving , one . £ 84 , and the other £ 85 , and the Girls' School £ 53 ns . This increases the total from £ 2240 gs . for the years 1884-5-6 to £ 2463 for the four years 18 S 4-5-6-7 , the principal achievement during the period being at the Girls' School Festival in 18 S 5 , when , to emphasise the presidency of Sir M . E . Hicks Beach , Bart ., M . P ., it mustered in strong force , and raised the handsome total of £ 1210 13 s . 6 d . Naturally there must be some good men in the
Gloucestershire ranks , such as Bros . Brook-Smith , D . P . G . M ., Baron de F * errieres , and others , or vve should not have the Province standing so high in the general estimation as it does now under its present accomplished chief . Possibly the current year might have been more productive had Sir Michael's ministerial occupations and his enforced absence , through illhealth , not prevented him from taking his usual active part in the county and the Crait ,
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT , vvith 44 lodges , has been presided over since 186 9 by Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., a cousin of the Gloucestershire Prov . G . Master , and during the 18 years of his presidency has been uninterruptedly prosperous . On Tuesday only two o * its lodges sent up Stewards , the Panmure , No . 723 , Aldershot , and the Portsmouth Temperance , No . 206 S , and between them
they compiled the modest total of £ 21 , with one list still to come . In May when three of its lodges were represented by two Stewards , of whom Bro . G . F . Bevis of No . 206 S . was one , the total was £ 76 ios . But these small amounts are not to be wondered at if we call to mind that in February , when Bro . Beach occupied the chair at the Benevolent Festival , its total , obtained by the efforts of 29 Stewards , vvas £ 1785 95 . 6 d . The sum of these three
amounts is within easy distance of £ 2000 , which vvould be a gratifying result even for a larger Province . During the years 1884-5-6 it distributed £ 3069 7 s . 6 d . among the three Charities , giving an average per year of £ 1023 2 s . 6 d . By the results of the current year this average is considerably improved . The more limited Province of
HERTFORDSHIRE , with 15 lodges , began so well in February , when , by the hands of 11 Stewards , it raised £ 59 6 195 . for the Benevolent Institution , and followed this performance up so smartly in May , when vvith 4 Stewards , representing as many lodges , it compiled £ 176 17 s . 6 d , that we are not surprised that onc Steward , representing Lodge and Chapter No . 404 , vvith a list of £ 32 lis ,,
should represent the sum total of the efforts on Tuesday . A small Province cannot be always raising large amounts , yet Hertfordshire has compiled £ 606 7 s . during 1887 , and if vvsadd this to £ 1386 15 s ., its total for the three years 1884-5-6 , we have as the result of 4 years' work £ 1993 2 s . contributed by a little Province like this . The example of Herttordshire might be followed with advantage by some other Provinces vve read about at
times . As regards KENT , vvhich musters 54 lodges , the sum of its returns is much more in keeping with our experience of its contributions than it was at the Girls' School Festival last month , when it figured for only £ 184 4 s . 6 d . On the other
hand , it is hardly matter tor surprise that it has not approached its total or February , when the Old Folks were enriched to the tune of upwards of £ 1229 . However , the country of cherries and hops has contributed a total of £ 477 4 s . 6 d ., made up of the lists of 7 Stewards , representing as many lodges , and in the case of one of them the chapter attached to it as well .
Last year its aggregate for the three Charities vvas £ 1725 and a fraction ; in 1 S 85 it raised £ 1589 ios ., of which this Institution received £ 725 ios . 6 d . ; in 1884 it figured for £ 1331 13 s . 6 d . in all , the Girls' School benefiting the most with £ 561 ios . 6 d . In 1883 it * -, total was £ 2692 , of