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and in February , when it compiled £ 1978 for the Jubilee of the Old People by the medium of So and odd brethren representing 2 S of its lodges . Yet on Wednesday Lord Egerton of Tatton , with the representatives of three lodges and a brother Unattached raised among them £ 105 12 s . As we shall hear of Cheshire next month , when the Boys' School celebrates its Anniversary , there is a dead certainty that the result of the year ' s labours in behalf of our Charities will be for all time a prominent feather in the cap of our Cheshire brethren .
DERKVSIIIRE , too , has been doing gloriously for some time past . It was unrepresented at the Benevolent Festival in 1891 , but is raised £ 136 103 . for the Girls' School , the princi pal list being that of Bro . J . M . McLeod , the Secretary of the Boys' School , who was responsible for £ 105 of the total . In June its 26 Stewards raised / S 43 17 s . In February the number of its Stewards was 50 , more or lessand the
, total of their lists £ " 1220 16 s ., this being the nearest approach to its great achievement in 1885 , when its Provincial Grand Master , then Marquis of Hartington , presided as Chairman at the Boys' Festival , and the Province returned . £ 1546 17 s . On Wednesday the total obtained by the half-dozen Stewards was . £ 131 5 s ., there being four representatives from Lodge 353 , one from Chapter 681 , and one brother Unattached .
DEVONSHIRE ( 52 lodges ) had three of them represented , Bro . John Taylor doing duty for Lodges J 28 and 1402 and handing in a list of ; £ io 10 s ., while Bro . Hubert V . Duncombe compiled one of £ 30 as Steward for Lodge i 486 . In February the Province raised ^ £ 713 Ss . 6 d . for the Benevolent Institution , the number of Stewards being eight , and the most noteworthy lists those of Bros . Dr . Lemon
and J . Sampson for . £ 266 3 s . 6 d . and . £ 100 respectively . At the Boys' Festival in June , 1891 , three brethren acting for four lodges returned . £ 408 2 s ., the list of Bro . A . J . Truscott , of No . 1254 , being for ^ 253 15 s ., and that of Bro . John Taylor , of No . 1402 , who was also a Steward in February as well as on Wednesday , for £ 105 . In February , 1891 , it raised ^ 63 for the Old People , and in 1 SS 8 when Bro . Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., P . G . M ., was Chairman of the Boys' Festival it compiled . £ 840 . A single brother Unattached did duty for the 13 lodges in
DORSETSHIRE and his list amounted to ; £ io 10 s . But in February when the Province generally , and six of its lodges particularly sent up Stewards the Returns reached the large figure of £ 467 5 s ., the principal items being the lists of Bros . Z . Milledge and C . J . Freeman , the Provincial representatives , of whom the former
compiled . £ 183 15 s . and the latter £ 63 . In June , 18 91 , the total for the Boys' School was ^ 248 17 s ., of which Bro . S . R . Baskett , for the Province , raised £ 105 , and Bro . Z . Milledge , for Lodge No . 170 , the same amount . The Old 1 ' eople received no support last year , but this Institution was benefited to the extent of £ 63 , which Bro . C . J . Freeman had the satisfaction of raising . In 1891 the Province of
DURHAM which can now boast of 35 lodges on its roll , contributed per Bro . C . D . Hill Drury . £ 168 to the Benevolent Institution ; ^ 193 4 s ., per Bros . W . Barnard and I ' , de Lande Long , to the Girls' School ; and ^ 127 10 s ., per Bro . J . Vickers , to the Boys' School , the total for the year being £ " 488 14 s . In February Bro . VV . C .
Barron bore the heat and burden of the day in upholding the prestige of his Province , his list amounting to . £ 610 , while three other Stewards , including Bro . and Mrs . C . S . Lane , raised the total to ^ 652 10 s . On Wednesday , Bro . C . H . Sharp , for the Province and Lodge No . 1650 , raised . £ 105 , thus increasing the total for the year so far to £ 757 10 s . Considering how large was the contribution from
ESSEX to the Jubilee Festival of the Benevolent Institution , it must be very satisfactory to find there are three out of its lodges which have come forward to support this Institution , and that the claims of the Boys' School will not be lost sight of next month . The three lodges which sent Stewards on Wednesday were the Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 276 , Chelmsford ; the Bagshaw , No . 1457 Loughton ; and
, the Lennox Browne , No . 2318 , Buckhurst Hill ; the sum of the four lists being £ 193 4 s . Last year the Province raised . £ 244 13 s . 6 d . for the Old People , l > 37 us . for the Girls' School , and . £ 1265 15 s , 6 d . for the Boys' School , making a total of , £ 1648 . In February the amount obtained by the 43 Stewards was . £ - ' 296 12 s ., of which the William Shurmur Lodge , No . 2374 , raised £ 756 . As for
GLOUCESTERSHIRE , with its contingent of 15 lodges , we should not have been surprised if it had elected for once in the way to figure among the absentees . Its Prov . G . M . has kindly undertaken to preside at the Boys' School Festival , and the Province , therefore , is very naturally reserving itself for that event . However , Bro . Vassar-Smith and the representatives of two lodges raised . £ 31 10 s . at the Benevolent Jubilee , while on Wednesday the same brother and another raised £ 21 . The character of
HAMI-SHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT as a supporter of our Charities is well established .- It has had many a field day , the «} j > t and most noteworthy being in 1887 , when its Prov . Grand Master presided as Chairman at the Festival of the Benevolent Institution and the Province supported him to the extent of . £ 17 85 gs . 6 d . Subsequently its contributions to the Central Charities declined considerably , because it set itself the task of establishing an L'iiicational Institute of its own , and this it succeeded in doing very ifftctively , _ ^ .. .. j . „ . ....- .. u ,... u . wN , i , Us . u ,,, «\/ IJJJ £ iwy iot . i , iitLiv , Last
year , however , it raised ^ , ' 6 95 1 is . 6 d ., each of the three Institutions receiving "iwards of £ 200 . In February its contribution to the Old People was more than double last year's total , amounting to . £ 1375 9 s ., the number of brethren who Hoisted in raising this sum being 29 , while the most lormidable list was that of "' o . Le Feuvre , the worthy Deputy P . G . M ., who represented the Province and raised . £ 28 3 10 s . On Wednesday last two ol its 47 lodges sent tip Stewards and | - 'ir _ lists amounted to only £ 64 8 s . 6 d . But after such a performance as that m February last , even a large Province like this stands in need of rest .
HERTI ' ORDSIIIRE ( 2 i lod ges ) did a greatthing in February , when its Prov . G . M . and 27 other Stewards ¦» ied the very large sum of . £ 1872 16 s . 6 d . for the Old People ' s Jubilee , the Fmcipal contribution being that of Bro . C . 12 . Keyser , representing the Bushey Hall I ge , No . 2323 , for ^ 628 19 s . On Wednesday the Gresham and Bushey Hall -wigcs , with Bro . Keyser Unattachedand a ladSteward iled whatunder
, y , comp , tt a clr ( ; Umstances , is the excellent total ol . £ 139 13 s . Last year Hertfordshire dis-Sci , 48 u ' 9 s- 6 d -i of which the ° ' People received £ 363 2 s . ; the Girls ' Prov' ^ i 94 2 S' ' and the B ° y s' Sch ° . £ 2 S 4 14 s . 6 d . For a moderate-sized Unce Herts must be assigned a first place among the more regular and liberal "porters of our Institutions . aeven out of the 57 lodges in
KENT Ste ^ ,. ^ prese . nted in Wednesday ' s list , the number of brethren who acted as h 0 w , ' . "eing lo , and the sum of their contributions . £ 329 13 s , In 18 91 , hVe fV tput forth its strengtn t 0 £ purpose , the total sum it raised for the very " bamies he '" S £ 4 ° ' $ Os . Ot this the Old 1 'eople obtained decidedly and C hairm ° i : ' y the lio " ' s sllare of £ 3433 > 4 s- od - in support of Lord Amherst ' s School * 1 , p \ the remainder bcing P ^ tty nearly equally divided between the two " >¦ In February last the Old People again fared excellently well , the total
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of the 38 Stewards lists reaching ^ 1645 10 s ., the sum contributed at these four Festivals amounting to the formidable figure of . £ 5663 16 s . Here again a rest would have been readily excused , but our Kentish brethren are earnest in their work , and the Schools are not lost sight of , even when the Benevolent celebrates a jubilee .
LANCASHIRE ( LAST DIVISION ) , which , like its western neighbour , musters upwards of a century of lodges , had three of them represented on Wednesday , the amount raised by five out of the seven Stewards being ^ 6 3 , there being still two other lists to come . Last year it raised . £ 126 for the Old People , £ 18 3 8 s . 6 d . for this Institution , and J £ Q 6 S 12 s .
for the Boys' School , the brethren who acted as Stewards for the last-named Charity being 51 in number . In February , 54 brethren did duty as Stewards , the contingent being headed by the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , with a list of . £ 336 , the total from all sources being ^ 2714 10 s . As for
LANCASHIRE ( WEST DIVISION ) , it is scarcely necessary to do more than point out that last year it subscribed in all the enormous sum of £ 6341 19 s . 4 d ., of which no less than ^ 6126 14 s . 4 d . was in support of Lord Lathom's Chairmanship at the Boys' School . Yet in February last the Province was again to the fore with 33 Stewards and a total of subscriptions
amounting to ± 1139 4 s . 6 d ., while on Wednesday there were 17 Stewards , representing 12 lodges and a chapter , and one brother Unattached , the amount they raised amongst them being ^ 363 16 s . 6 d . The Province is also , we believe , entered for the Boys' Festival next month , so that our West Lancashire friends will have every reason to be proud of their more recent achievements . We must likewise congratulate the Province of
MIDDLESEX on the effective assistance it rendered on Wednesday . Only live of its 40 lodges and one chapter were represented , and there was one brother acting Unattached , but they contrived to raise amongst them a total of . £ 249 2 s ., of which Bro . A . Stewart Brown , of the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 70 S , Hampton Court , is entered for ^ ' 105 . In 18 SS the Province raised ; £ lSl 6 5 s ., of which two-thirds was in support of the Girls'School Centenary ; in 1 SS 9 it returned between ^ 593 and
£ 594 ; and in 18 90 . £ 1337 15 s . 6 d ., of which ; £ iooo was raised for this Institution in support . of Bro . Sir Francis Burdett ' s Chairmanship . Last year the total was ^ 540 2 s ., of which the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution received ^ 215 us . ; the Girls' School , £ 56 14 s . ; and the Boys'School , £ 277 17 s . ; and in February , at the recent Jubilee Festival of the Benevolent Institution the aggregate compiled by 34 brethren was ^ 1401 us . 6 d . One of the 18 lodges in
NORTH WALES was represented on Wednesday for a modest amount , and Bro . C . K . Benson did duty as Unattached Steward , the two lists amounting together to £ 36 15 s . In February the sum raised was . £ 222 14 s ., the number of Stewards , of whom Bro . Benson was one , being seven . Last year the Boys'School was supported to the extent of . £ 184 16 s ., the other two Institutions receiving £ 6 3 between them . But the great achievement of this Province belongs to the year 18 S 8 , when it subscribed no less than , £ 6 75 for the Girls' Centenary . One of the 12 lodges in
NoKTHANTS AND Hl'NTS was represented on Wednesday , while the Earl of Euston , P . G . M ., and a . brother Unattached also figured in the list , the three returning , £ 23 2 s . In February the sum compiled by the representatives of the Province was . £ 255 8 s ., the brethren who acted as Stewards being eight , and Bro . Carman's list of . £ 10 5 the most important . Last year the total raised was ^ 267 5 s ., of which the Boys ' School had the good fortune to secure £ 214 15 s . As we have again and again pointed out in these analytical articles ,
OXFORDSHIRE , with its roll of 12 lodges , is an invariable attendant at our Anniversary Celebrations . It maintains , too , a fair average of subscriptions , and on special occasions its totals are higher than in reason could be expected from a Province of such moderate strength . As a matter of course , it did admirably at the recent Jubilee Festival , the number of its Stewards being 13 , and the aggregate of their lists a fraction over , £ 380 . On Wednesday , live lodges were entered in the Returns for a total of
£ 99 2 s . 6 d . Last year it subscribed in all X 414 2 s ., the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution receiving . £ 69 12 s ., the Girls' School ^ 98 is ., and the Boys ' School , by the hands of 10 brethren , . £ 246 9 s . In 1890 the Returns reached / " 3 S 5 6 s . 6 d . ; in 1 S 89 , , £ 276 ; and in 1 S 8 S , the year of the Girls' Centenary , £ 6 $ 6 9 s . 6 d ., of which the favoured Institution had the good fortune to obtain £ 568 12 s . There is no doubt
SllKOl'SllllUi has prospered under the rule of Bro . Sir Offley VVakeman , if its ability to furnish forth a succession of generous gifts to our Institutions is any criterion of pros , perity . In 1887 , when its chief signalised his appointment to office by accepting the Chairmanship at the Girls' Festival , Shropshire made a brave show , with subscriptions amounting to , £ 1022 17 s . The following year it supported the same Institution at its Centenary to a lesser extent , but generously , with £ 770 15 s ;
while in 1 S 91 it distributed £ 455 9 s . 6 d . among the three Charities , of which the Boys' School obtained . £ 212 12 s . 6 d ., or not far short of one half . In February last it compiled a total of , £ 446 , 53 . for the Old People , the number ol brethren who acted as Stewards being 12 . On Wednesday its Deputy Provincial Grand Master and three other brethren returned together £ 105 , of which , £ 73 10 s . stands to the credit of Bro . VV . H . Spaull . Passing on our way to
SOMERSETSHIRE , which has 26 lodges , we find that though it raised £ 635 10 s . a few months' since for the Benevolent Jubilee , Bro . S . Sellick , as Steward for the Province and the St . Kew Lodge , No . 1222 , Weston-super-Mare , was able to raise , £ 160 , while the Prov . Grand Master—Viscount Dungarvan—and two other Stewards increased the total to £ " 19 6 15 s . In 1891 , the Boys' School was benefited to the
extent of . £ 483 9 s ., while the Girls School received £ 186 7 s . Gd ., and the Old People , £ 92 i 2 s In 1890 , the Boys' School and Benevolent Institution received between them , £ 54 8 iSs ., the former obtaining about two-thirds and the latter onethird , while in 188 S , the Girls' School at its Centenary was supported to the extent of . £ 94 6 is ., of which , £ ! 58 3 is . was raised by the late Bro . Stothert , one of the Grand Standard Bearers of the year .
STAI-EORIOSHIKE is unfortunately circumstanced just now , having lost its respected Prov . G . M ., Bro . Col . Gough , early in the present year . Much , therefore , cannot be expected from a body whose organisation is incomplete . Vet a brace of Unattached Stewards did duty in its behalf on Wednesday , and between them returned £ 84 . Of course , this is a small sum for a Province which musters nearly 30 lodges , but
no one doubts the goodwill of Staffordshire towards our Charities , which , indeed has been exhibited times innumerable during the last 16 years , and was seen to very good purpose in February , when it raised , £ 366 5 s . for the Benevolent Institution , and that only a few weeks after the death of its popular chief . Last year it greatly distinguished itself by contributing . £ 152 5 s . to the Old People , , £ 157 10 s . to the Girls' School , and . £ 452 os . 6 d . to the Boys ' School , while in 1890 it distributed i , 599 amongst them .
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and in February , when it compiled £ 1978 for the Jubilee of the Old People by the medium of So and odd brethren representing 2 S of its lodges . Yet on Wednesday Lord Egerton of Tatton , with the representatives of three lodges and a brother Unattached raised among them £ 105 12 s . As we shall hear of Cheshire next month , when the Boys' School celebrates its Anniversary , there is a dead certainty that the result of the year ' s labours in behalf of our Charities will be for all time a prominent feather in the cap of our Cheshire brethren .
DERKVSIIIRE , too , has been doing gloriously for some time past . It was unrepresented at the Benevolent Festival in 1891 , but is raised £ 136 103 . for the Girls' School , the princi pal list being that of Bro . J . M . McLeod , the Secretary of the Boys' School , who was responsible for £ 105 of the total . In June its 26 Stewards raised / S 43 17 s . In February the number of its Stewards was 50 , more or lessand the
, total of their lists £ " 1220 16 s ., this being the nearest approach to its great achievement in 1885 , when its Provincial Grand Master , then Marquis of Hartington , presided as Chairman at the Boys' Festival , and the Province returned . £ 1546 17 s . On Wednesday the total obtained by the half-dozen Stewards was . £ 131 5 s ., there being four representatives from Lodge 353 , one from Chapter 681 , and one brother Unattached .
DEVONSHIRE ( 52 lodges ) had three of them represented , Bro . John Taylor doing duty for Lodges J 28 and 1402 and handing in a list of ; £ io 10 s ., while Bro . Hubert V . Duncombe compiled one of £ 30 as Steward for Lodge i 486 . In February the Province raised ^ £ 713 Ss . 6 d . for the Benevolent Institution , the number of Stewards being eight , and the most noteworthy lists those of Bros . Dr . Lemon
and J . Sampson for . £ 266 3 s . 6 d . and . £ 100 respectively . At the Boys' Festival in June , 1891 , three brethren acting for four lodges returned . £ 408 2 s ., the list of Bro . A . J . Truscott , of No . 1254 , being for ^ 253 15 s ., and that of Bro . John Taylor , of No . 1402 , who was also a Steward in February as well as on Wednesday , for £ 105 . In February , 1891 , it raised ^ 63 for the Old People , and in 1 SS 8 when Bro . Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., P . G . M ., was Chairman of the Boys' Festival it compiled . £ 840 . A single brother Unattached did duty for the 13 lodges in
DORSETSHIRE and his list amounted to ; £ io 10 s . But in February when the Province generally , and six of its lodges particularly sent up Stewards the Returns reached the large figure of £ 467 5 s ., the principal items being the lists of Bros . Z . Milledge and C . J . Freeman , the Provincial representatives , of whom the former
compiled . £ 183 15 s . and the latter £ 63 . In June , 18 91 , the total for the Boys' School was ^ 248 17 s ., of which Bro . S . R . Baskett , for the Province , raised £ 105 , and Bro . Z . Milledge , for Lodge No . 170 , the same amount . The Old 1 ' eople received no support last year , but this Institution was benefited to the extent of £ 63 , which Bro . C . J . Freeman had the satisfaction of raising . In 1891 the Province of
DURHAM which can now boast of 35 lodges on its roll , contributed per Bro . C . D . Hill Drury . £ 168 to the Benevolent Institution ; ^ 193 4 s ., per Bros . W . Barnard and I ' , de Lande Long , to the Girls' School ; and ^ 127 10 s ., per Bro . J . Vickers , to the Boys' School , the total for the year being £ " 488 14 s . In February Bro . VV . C .
Barron bore the heat and burden of the day in upholding the prestige of his Province , his list amounting to . £ 610 , while three other Stewards , including Bro . and Mrs . C . S . Lane , raised the total to ^ 652 10 s . On Wednesday , Bro . C . H . Sharp , for the Province and Lodge No . 1650 , raised . £ 105 , thus increasing the total for the year so far to £ 757 10 s . Considering how large was the contribution from
ESSEX to the Jubilee Festival of the Benevolent Institution , it must be very satisfactory to find there are three out of its lodges which have come forward to support this Institution , and that the claims of the Boys' School will not be lost sight of next month . The three lodges which sent Stewards on Wednesday were the Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 276 , Chelmsford ; the Bagshaw , No . 1457 Loughton ; and
, the Lennox Browne , No . 2318 , Buckhurst Hill ; the sum of the four lists being £ 193 4 s . Last year the Province raised . £ 244 13 s . 6 d . for the Old People , l > 37 us . for the Girls' School , and . £ 1265 15 s , 6 d . for the Boys' School , making a total of , £ 1648 . In February the amount obtained by the 43 Stewards was . £ - ' 296 12 s ., of which the William Shurmur Lodge , No . 2374 , raised £ 756 . As for
GLOUCESTERSHIRE , with its contingent of 15 lodges , we should not have been surprised if it had elected for once in the way to figure among the absentees . Its Prov . G . M . has kindly undertaken to preside at the Boys' School Festival , and the Province , therefore , is very naturally reserving itself for that event . However , Bro . Vassar-Smith and the representatives of two lodges raised . £ 31 10 s . at the Benevolent Jubilee , while on Wednesday the same brother and another raised £ 21 . The character of
HAMI-SHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT as a supporter of our Charities is well established .- It has had many a field day , the «} j > t and most noteworthy being in 1887 , when its Prov . Grand Master presided as Chairman at the Festival of the Benevolent Institution and the Province supported him to the extent of . £ 17 85 gs . 6 d . Subsequently its contributions to the Central Charities declined considerably , because it set itself the task of establishing an L'iiicational Institute of its own , and this it succeeded in doing very ifftctively , _ ^ .. .. j . „ . ....- .. u ,... u . wN , i , Us . u ,,, «\/ IJJJ £ iwy iot . i , iitLiv , Last
year , however , it raised ^ , ' 6 95 1 is . 6 d ., each of the three Institutions receiving "iwards of £ 200 . In February its contribution to the Old People was more than double last year's total , amounting to . £ 1375 9 s ., the number of brethren who Hoisted in raising this sum being 29 , while the most lormidable list was that of "' o . Le Feuvre , the worthy Deputy P . G . M ., who represented the Province and raised . £ 28 3 10 s . On Wednesday last two ol its 47 lodges sent tip Stewards and | - 'ir _ lists amounted to only £ 64 8 s . 6 d . But after such a performance as that m February last , even a large Province like this stands in need of rest .
HERTI ' ORDSIIIRE ( 2 i lod ges ) did a greatthing in February , when its Prov . G . M . and 27 other Stewards ¦» ied the very large sum of . £ 1872 16 s . 6 d . for the Old People ' s Jubilee , the Fmcipal contribution being that of Bro . C . 12 . Keyser , representing the Bushey Hall I ge , No . 2323 , for ^ 628 19 s . On Wednesday the Gresham and Bushey Hall -wigcs , with Bro . Keyser Unattachedand a ladSteward iled whatunder
, y , comp , tt a clr ( ; Umstances , is the excellent total ol . £ 139 13 s . Last year Hertfordshire dis-Sci , 48 u ' 9 s- 6 d -i of which the ° ' People received £ 363 2 s . ; the Girls ' Prov' ^ i 94 2 S' ' and the B ° y s' Sch ° . £ 2 S 4 14 s . 6 d . For a moderate-sized Unce Herts must be assigned a first place among the more regular and liberal "porters of our Institutions . aeven out of the 57 lodges in
KENT Ste ^ ,. ^ prese . nted in Wednesday ' s list , the number of brethren who acted as h 0 w , ' . "eing lo , and the sum of their contributions . £ 329 13 s , In 18 91 , hVe fV tput forth its strengtn t 0 £ purpose , the total sum it raised for the very " bamies he '" S £ 4 ° ' $ Os . Ot this the Old 1 'eople obtained decidedly and C hairm ° i : ' y the lio " ' s sllare of £ 3433 > 4 s- od - in support of Lord Amherst ' s School * 1 , p \ the remainder bcing P ^ tty nearly equally divided between the two " >¦ In February last the Old People again fared excellently well , the total
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of the 38 Stewards lists reaching ^ 1645 10 s ., the sum contributed at these four Festivals amounting to the formidable figure of . £ 5663 16 s . Here again a rest would have been readily excused , but our Kentish brethren are earnest in their work , and the Schools are not lost sight of , even when the Benevolent celebrates a jubilee .
LANCASHIRE ( LAST DIVISION ) , which , like its western neighbour , musters upwards of a century of lodges , had three of them represented on Wednesday , the amount raised by five out of the seven Stewards being ^ 6 3 , there being still two other lists to come . Last year it raised . £ 126 for the Old People , £ 18 3 8 s . 6 d . for this Institution , and J £ Q 6 S 12 s .
for the Boys' School , the brethren who acted as Stewards for the last-named Charity being 51 in number . In February , 54 brethren did duty as Stewards , the contingent being headed by the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , with a list of . £ 336 , the total from all sources being ^ 2714 10 s . As for
LANCASHIRE ( WEST DIVISION ) , it is scarcely necessary to do more than point out that last year it subscribed in all the enormous sum of £ 6341 19 s . 4 d ., of which no less than ^ 6126 14 s . 4 d . was in support of Lord Lathom's Chairmanship at the Boys' School . Yet in February last the Province was again to the fore with 33 Stewards and a total of subscriptions
amounting to ± 1139 4 s . 6 d ., while on Wednesday there were 17 Stewards , representing 12 lodges and a chapter , and one brother Unattached , the amount they raised amongst them being ^ 363 16 s . 6 d . The Province is also , we believe , entered for the Boys' Festival next month , so that our West Lancashire friends will have every reason to be proud of their more recent achievements . We must likewise congratulate the Province of
MIDDLESEX on the effective assistance it rendered on Wednesday . Only live of its 40 lodges and one chapter were represented , and there was one brother acting Unattached , but they contrived to raise amongst them a total of . £ 249 2 s ., of which Bro . A . Stewart Brown , of the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 70 S , Hampton Court , is entered for ^ ' 105 . In 18 SS the Province raised ; £ lSl 6 5 s ., of which two-thirds was in support of the Girls'School Centenary ; in 1 SS 9 it returned between ^ 593 and
£ 594 ; and in 18 90 . £ 1337 15 s . 6 d ., of which ; £ iooo was raised for this Institution in support . of Bro . Sir Francis Burdett ' s Chairmanship . Last year the total was ^ 540 2 s ., of which the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution received ^ 215 us . ; the Girls' School , £ 56 14 s . ; and the Boys'School , £ 277 17 s . ; and in February , at the recent Jubilee Festival of the Benevolent Institution the aggregate compiled by 34 brethren was ^ 1401 us . 6 d . One of the 18 lodges in
NORTH WALES was represented on Wednesday for a modest amount , and Bro . C . K . Benson did duty as Unattached Steward , the two lists amounting together to £ 36 15 s . In February the sum raised was . £ 222 14 s ., the number of Stewards , of whom Bro . Benson was one , being seven . Last year the Boys'School was supported to the extent of . £ 184 16 s ., the other two Institutions receiving £ 6 3 between them . But the great achievement of this Province belongs to the year 18 S 8 , when it subscribed no less than , £ 6 75 for the Girls' Centenary . One of the 12 lodges in
NoKTHANTS AND Hl'NTS was represented on Wednesday , while the Earl of Euston , P . G . M ., and a . brother Unattached also figured in the list , the three returning , £ 23 2 s . In February the sum compiled by the representatives of the Province was . £ 255 8 s ., the brethren who acted as Stewards being eight , and Bro . Carman's list of . £ 10 5 the most important . Last year the total raised was ^ 267 5 s ., of which the Boys ' School had the good fortune to secure £ 214 15 s . As we have again and again pointed out in these analytical articles ,
OXFORDSHIRE , with its roll of 12 lodges , is an invariable attendant at our Anniversary Celebrations . It maintains , too , a fair average of subscriptions , and on special occasions its totals are higher than in reason could be expected from a Province of such moderate strength . As a matter of course , it did admirably at the recent Jubilee Festival , the number of its Stewards being 13 , and the aggregate of their lists a fraction over , £ 380 . On Wednesday , live lodges were entered in the Returns for a total of
£ 99 2 s . 6 d . Last year it subscribed in all X 414 2 s ., the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution receiving . £ 69 12 s ., the Girls' School ^ 98 is ., and the Boys ' School , by the hands of 10 brethren , . £ 246 9 s . In 1890 the Returns reached / " 3 S 5 6 s . 6 d . ; in 1 S 89 , , £ 276 ; and in 1 S 8 S , the year of the Girls' Centenary , £ 6 $ 6 9 s . 6 d ., of which the favoured Institution had the good fortune to obtain £ 568 12 s . There is no doubt
SllKOl'SllllUi has prospered under the rule of Bro . Sir Offley VVakeman , if its ability to furnish forth a succession of generous gifts to our Institutions is any criterion of pros , perity . In 1887 , when its chief signalised his appointment to office by accepting the Chairmanship at the Girls' Festival , Shropshire made a brave show , with subscriptions amounting to , £ 1022 17 s . The following year it supported the same Institution at its Centenary to a lesser extent , but generously , with £ 770 15 s ;
while in 1 S 91 it distributed £ 455 9 s . 6 d . among the three Charities , of which the Boys' School obtained . £ 212 12 s . 6 d ., or not far short of one half . In February last it compiled a total of , £ 446 , 53 . for the Old People , the number ol brethren who acted as Stewards being 12 . On Wednesday its Deputy Provincial Grand Master and three other brethren returned together £ 105 , of which , £ 73 10 s . stands to the credit of Bro . VV . H . Spaull . Passing on our way to
SOMERSETSHIRE , which has 26 lodges , we find that though it raised £ 635 10 s . a few months' since for the Benevolent Jubilee , Bro . S . Sellick , as Steward for the Province and the St . Kew Lodge , No . 1222 , Weston-super-Mare , was able to raise , £ 160 , while the Prov . Grand Master—Viscount Dungarvan—and two other Stewards increased the total to £ " 19 6 15 s . In 1891 , the Boys' School was benefited to the
extent of . £ 483 9 s ., while the Girls School received £ 186 7 s . Gd ., and the Old People , £ 92 i 2 s In 1890 , the Boys' School and Benevolent Institution received between them , £ 54 8 iSs ., the former obtaining about two-thirds and the latter onethird , while in 188 S , the Girls' School at its Centenary was supported to the extent of . £ 94 6 is ., of which , £ ! 58 3 is . was raised by the late Bro . Stothert , one of the Grand Standard Bearers of the year .
STAI-EORIOSHIKE is unfortunately circumstanced just now , having lost its respected Prov . G . M ., Bro . Col . Gough , early in the present year . Much , therefore , cannot be expected from a body whose organisation is incomplete . Vet a brace of Unattached Stewards did duty in its behalf on Wednesday , and between them returned £ 84 . Of course , this is a small sum for a Province which musters nearly 30 lodges , but
no one doubts the goodwill of Staffordshire towards our Charities , which , indeed has been exhibited times innumerable during the last 16 years , and was seen to very good purpose in February , when it raised , £ 366 5 s . for the Benevolent Institution , and that only a few weeks after the death of its popular chief . Last year it greatly distinguished itself by contributing . £ 152 5 s . to the Old People , , £ 157 10 s . to the Girls' School , and . £ 452 os . 6 d . to the Boys ' School , while in 1890 it distributed i , 599 amongst them .