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SUFFOLK ( 22 lodges ) has been doing bravely during ; the last few years . In the year of the Queen's juSilee , it paid away in subscriptions and donations £ 794 16 s ., of which the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution secured £ 418 19 s ., the Girls' School £ 219 9 s ., and the Boys' School ^ £ 156 8 s . In 18 SS when the Institution for Girls ' celebrated its Centenary , that Charity was favoured to the extent of £ 517 12 s ., while the amounts paid the other School and the Benevolent raised the total for the year to . £ 1195 12 s . In 1889 , when Lord Henniker was Chairman at the Girls '

Festival , the year ' s subscriptions reached ; £ i 04 S 173 . 6 d , of which £ 571 13 s . 6 d . was raised in support of his lordship's Chairmanship , while in 1890 and 1 S 91 its contributions were £ 6 ig 13 s . 6 d . and ^ 675 2 s . 6 d . respectively . In February at the Benevolent Jubilee its total was ; £ u 6 i 15 s ., the Stewards , among whom were Lord Henniker , P . G . M ., and the Rev . C . J . Martyn , D . P . G . M , being 27 in number . On Wednesday , Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , was the only representative of the Province and his list amounted to ^ 42 . Bro . Col . Money , since his installation as Prov . Grand Master of

SURREY , has set his Province an excellent example , though the Province had undergone a long course of training in the field of Charitable duty under his worthy predecessor , the late Bro . General Brownrigg . In February he headed in person the contingent of 37 Stewards , which did such important service to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution at its Jubilee Festival by raising £ 2124 8 s . 6 d . On

Wednesday , though the contingent was much smaller , Bro . Col . Money again placed himself at its head , he and the representatives of five out of the 35 lodges in the county together compiling £ 219 , of which the chief ' s own list amounted to £ 84 . Last year it raised £ 614 7 s . ; in 1890 , £ 647 6 s . ; in 1 SS 9 . £ 49 6 4 s . ; in 1888 , ^ 1298 14 s ., of which ; £ ii 47 18 s . was in respect of the Girls''Centenary ; in 1887 , ^ 797 13 s . 6 d . ; and in 1886 , ^ 1829 , of which £ 1346 was raised in support of the late Bro . General Brownrigg ' s Chairmanship at the Girls' Festival .

As for SUSSEX , the manner in which it fulfilled its part as " Chairman ' s Province " is beyond all praise . True its contributions on Wednesday fell short of what it raised in 1885 , when the late Bro . Sir W . W . Burrell , Bart ., M . P ., presided at the Festival of this Institution , and its total reached . £ 1850 . But in June , 1891 , when the Boys ' School Festival was held at Brighton , Sussex was represented by 30 Stewards , and

their lists amounted to ^ 73 1 17 s . 6 d ., while in February , having arranged to take a leading part in the Benevolent Jubilee before it was known that its illustrious chief would preside at this Festival , the sum raised by its 31 Stewards reached , £ 1215 3 s . Here , then , was close on . £ 2000 of its spare moneys gone , a portion of which would no doubt have been reserved for the requirements of Wednesday , and in order to demonstrate the loyalty of the brethren towards their Prov . G . M . However , the Province , with its 27 lodges , was by no means disconcerted , and if a

repetition of the 1885 achievement was not possible under the circumstances , it merits our warmest congratulations for the effective support it gave to his Royal Hig hness . The band of Stewards , headed by Bro . the Right Hon . Sir W . T . Marriott , Q . C ., M . P ., D . P . G . M ., was 24 strong ; 26 of its lodges were directly represented , and the remaining one made a contribution from its funds ; the total raised , including H . R . H . the Chairman's personal donation of £ 26 5 s ., being ^ 1038 7 s . The principal items were ^ 63 by Bro . Sir W . T . Marriott , who

was Steward for the Earl of Sussex Lodge , No . 2201 , Brighton ; ^ 83 ios . 6 d . from Bro . W . H . Barrett , representing the Union Lodge , No . 38 , Chichester ; £$ 2 10 s . from Bro . Alfred King , Royal Clarence Lodge , No . 271 , Brighton ; £ 50 from the veteran Bro . Joseph Farncombe , South Saxon Lodge , No . 311 , Lewes ; £ 63 from Bro . V . P . Freeman , Prov . G . Sec , Royal Brunswick Lodge , No . 732 ,

Brighton ; ^ 63 from Bro . A . J . Howard , Tyrian Lodge , No . 1 no , Eastbourne ; ; £ l 5 15 s . from Bro . Richard Clowes , Hova Ecclesia , No . 1466 , together with £ 52 10 s . in respect of the Earl of Sussex Lodge , No . 2201 ; and £ 89 5 s . from Bro . A . J . Carpenter , of the Burrell Lodge , No . 1829 , Brighton . For what it has done on this occasion , we consider that Sussex merits the hearty thanks of all well-wishers of our senior Charity .

WARWICKSHIRE ( 31 lodges ) has shown great activity for some years past . At the Girls' Centenary in 18 S 8 its Prov . G . Master , Bro . Lord Leigh , was Hon . Treasurer of the Board of Stewards and the Province raised £ 140 , 0 6 s . 6 d . In iSSpand 1890 , the work was on a more modest scale , but last year its contributions reached ^ 425 15 s ., out of which the Boys' School was fortunate enough to secure . £ 326 . In February last

it raised £ 2018 for the Benevolent Festival , its previous highest contribution having been in 1876 , when Lord Leigh was Chairman at the Boys' School Festival and the Stewards , to the number of 80 and upwards , raised £ 2000 . On Wednesday five lodges were represented , the number of Stewards , including three Unattached , being nine , and the aggregate of their lists , £ 150 14 s . One of the 11 lodges in

WILTSHIRE was represented , its contribution being £ 10 10 s ., but this is not to be wondered at , seeing that in February it contributed £ 483 14 s . to the Benevolent Institution , the number of brethren who acted as Stewards being 11 , and the principal list that of Bro . Harry Bevir , Prov . G . Sec , who represented the Province generally

and compiled the handsome total of £ 191 us . In June , 1891 , the funds of the Boys' School were enriched to the extent of £ 357 Ss . fid ., the Province being represented by Bro . H . C . Tombs , whose list was £ 224 19 s . 6 d ., and his daughter , while two lodges sent up separate Stewards . Three of the 13 lodges in

WORCESTERSHIRE were directly represented on Wednesday , and Bro . VV . B . Williamson was Unattached , their lists amounting in all to £ 144 17 s . In February the total raised for the Old People was £ 243 12 s ., the number of Stewards being seven , and the number of lodges represented fire . In June , 1891 , four lodges were represented

by as many Stewards , whose lists totalled up . £ 162 us ., while in February and May previous the Returns were . £ 203 15 s . 6 d . anil . £ 41 19 s . 6 d . respectively , the whole amount raised during the year being £ 408 6 s . In 188 9 it was £ 3 ( 05 16 s ., and in i 833 £ 84 8 3 s ., of which this Institution at its Centenary received . £ 605 18 s .

One brother-John Wilkinson—representing the Denison Lodge , No . 1248 , Scarborough , did duty for the 31 lodges in the Province of

YORKSHIRE ( NORTH AND EAST ) , his list amounting to £ 21 , but the sum raised at the Benevolent Festival in February was £ 6 tj 6 9 s ., the joint list of Bros , the Hon . W . T . Ordc-Powlett , D . P . G . M ., and W . H . Cowper , amounting to . £ 468 4 s . In Jeine of last year it contributed , £ 18 9 to the Boys' School , and in the preceding February . £ 274 4 s . to the Old People . In 1888 the year ' s total was . £ 832 , and out of this . £ 763 was raised for the Girls' Centenary . As regards

YORKSHIRE ( WEST ) . there is little to be said . All the world knows how strenuousl y it supports all our Institutions , the most recent instances of its generosity being in February , when , with a band of 150 Stewards , it raised £ 3 SSS for the Old People , the price paid for the " Tew Perpetual Presentation " to the Male Fund being included in this sum . Last year , too , after contributing £ 400 to the Old People , and ^ ' 315 to the Institution for Girls , it raised by the medium of 85 Stewards £ 1685 lis . for the

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Boys' School . In 1 S 8 S it figured for ^ 2700 Girls Centenary , and in the year of the Queen ' s Jubilee , besides contributing £ 1700 at the Festivals of the three Institutions , it raised ^ 2100 to purchase two Perpetual Presentations to the Widows' Fund of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . On Wednesday , what for it was the small contingent of 12 Stewards handed in a total of , £ 250 . It is greatly to the credit of

THE ISLE OV- MAN that it should have been represented at our last three Charity Festivals . In June 1891 , it raised , per Bro . T . H . Nesbitt , D . P . G . M ., £ 100 10 s . for the Boys' School ! and in February the same brother as Provincial representative compiled a list of ^ 52 10 s . for the Old People . On Wednesday the Province , which now has ei ght lodges on its roll , was represented by Bro . P . A . Killey , Comp . Chullender doing duty as Steward for Chapter 1004 . Their lists amounted to £ 46 2 s .

CONCLUDING REMARKS . We have now completed our Analysis , and it only remains for us to repeat what we have said already , that considering the enormous sum raised for the Benevolent Jubilee a few months since , and the exceptional call made upon the Craft in June of last year , we consider the Festival of Wednesday has been , if not as productive as we should have liked to see it , at all events as productive as in reason could have been expected .

Distribution Of Prizes At The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Connaught on Monday distributed the prizes to the successful pupils of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . The Duke of Connaught , K . G ., P . G . M ., P . G . W ., Prov . Grand Master for Sussex and District Grand Master of Bombay , the Chairman of this year ' s Festival ; Colonel Egerton , and a company of some 600 or 700 Stewards and ladies attended .

Amongst the brethren present were Bros , the Earl of Euston , Sir John B . Monckton , Frank Richardson , Charles Hammerton , J . H . Matthews , E . Monteuuis , \ V . M . Bywater , A . C . Spaull , H . A . Hunt , Ralph Clutton , J . H . Gardiner , Edward Terry , W . Roebuck , James Moon , Robert Grey , Edward Letchworth , C . E . Keyser , D . P . Catna , E . M . Money , Col . Peters , Henry Smith , D . Prov . G . M . West Yorkshire ; Dr . Lennox Browne , J . M . McLeod ( Sec . R . M . I , for Boys ) , F . R . \ V . Hedges ( Sec . of the Institution ) , and others .

On arriving at the building , the Duchess of Connaught , with Sir John B . Monckton ( Chairman of the House Committee ) , and the Duke of Connaught with Lady Monckton , together with Colonel Egerton , proceeded to the Alexandra Hall , the whole of the company , both in the body of the hall and in the galleries , rising to receive them . The programme of the day immediately commenced , all the children singing " Now thank we all our God . " This was succeeded by an excellent programme of music . Her Royal Highness then delivered the prizes as follows :

PRESENTED BY THE INSTITUTION . Gold Medal for Proficiency ( with £ 5 by the late Bro . William Winn)—Bertha Dean . Silver Medal for Good Conduct ( with £ 5 by the late Bro . William Winn)—Bessie Locke . Cambridge Local Examinations ( 15 entered , 13 passed ) . Senior Examination . Class III . Honours . — -Lucy Smith . Satisfied Examiners . —Amy Cutbush and EttieChapman . Junior Examination . Class I . Honours . —Bertha Dean . Class III . Honours . —Bessie Locke and Ethel Gillett . Satisfied Examiners . —Mary Nicholson , Evelyn Conti ,

Jessie Beilby , Nellie Grammer , Edith lanner , Irene Gooch , and Mab : l Wood . College of Preceptors' Examination ( 38 entered , 36 passed ) . Prize Winners . — Florence Baxfield , Nellie Cooper , Hester Burt , and Helena Tims . General Proficiency in Lower Classes . —3 rd , Ethel Sanders ; 4 th , Grace Glenny ; 5 th , Olga Tettenborn ; 6 th , May Douthwaite . Needlework . —Dora Gibson , May Fulford , Kate Adams , and Fanny Campbell . Order and Attention ( as proved by conduct marks throughout the year ) . —Laura Johnson and Elsie James .

PRESENTED 11 V FRIENDS OE THE INSTITUTION . Religious Knowledge ( as distinguished at Cambridge Examination ) ( Bro . Robert Grey)—Bertha Dean , Bessie Locke , Ethel Gillett , Mary Nicholson , Evelyn Conti , Jessie Beilby , and Nellie Grammer . Arithmetic and Mathematics ( Bro . Thomas Fenn)—Bertha Dean and Ethel Gillett .

Music—First Prizes ( liro . J . H . Matthews)—Bertha Dean—Theory ( as distinguished at Cambridge Examination ); Mary Nicholson—Pianoforte ; Lucy Smith—Singing . Second Prizes ( ' Wentworth Little Memorial)—Edith Proudfoot , Hester Burt , and Winifred Turner . Third Prizes ( Bro . and Mrs . Louis Hirsch)—Elsie Mackey and Nellie Cooper . French ( Bro . Eugene Monteuuis)—Bessie Locke .

Drawing ( "John Boyd" Memorial)—Grace Barnard , Elsie Matthews , and Edith Coxwell . Elocution ( Mrs . Sykes-Bailey)—Jessie Beilby and Anita Thorne . Shorthand ( Lady Alonckton)—Kate Sharland and Maggie Addenbrooke . The Best Prefect ( Bro . Ralph Clutton)—Mary Nicholson . Good Conduct—First Prize ( The Supreme Council , 33 ) —Lilian Stead . Second Prizes ( Bro . Frank Richardson)—Mary Woodman and Lily Jensen .

Cookery—First Prizes ( Bro . D . P . Cama)—Lilian Stead , Mary Woodman , and Flora Burkill . Second Prize ( Bro . John Faulkner)—Gertrude Wardroper . Usefulness in Domestic Duties ( "Yates" Memorial , St . James ' s Lodge , No . S 42 . ILily Jensen . Calisthenics and Deportment ( Bro . Col . James Peters)—Winifred Brooking , and Edith Betts .

Swimming ( Miss Godson)—Leila Whitaker , Lilian Stead , and Grace Glenny . Amiability ( Selected by her Schoolfellows ) ( Bro . John Faulkner)—Jane Edmunds . J UNIOR SCHOOL . General Proficiency ( Bro . Frank Richardson)—Florence Gauntlett . Arithmetic ( " Henry Levander" Memorial)—Emily Martin . Their Royal Highnesses having another engagement , had to leave a / Id the first part of the entertainment , but before doing so , Bro . Sir ]" MONCKTON announced the fact , and said that the Duke of Connamrlil would

say a few words to the pupils before leaving . The Duke of CONNAIGIIT thereupon rose and said : My dear yoimfi ladies , in the name of the Duchess , I desire to express the very gix '; lt pleasure it has given her to come here to-day to present you with your prizes . I do not think anybody could have listened to what we have already heard without feeling the greatest pleasure and satisfaction . You yoiwfc ladies have acquitted yourselves in a most admirable manner , both in sinj , '' ing , in music , and in elocution , and I must say you do good credit to >' " instructors . ( A pplause . ) I hope you will profit by your instruction . ^ ° " have been well taughtandjuding from the iven for the diKciy " \ iii t Iiii "" leji ii v

, , g prizes g IU .. O u ,-. en uiii ^ iii , . una , ^^ jl ( 'H w e . iiu 101 i ^ . e . T yiveie . »» - .... . . subjects , nothing that can be done to dcvelopc and improve both the mi '" and the loody is forgotten in this School . The large attendance here to-u . 'O Lcotli of my brother Masons and ladies shows the great interest that wc •' take in the Koyal Masonic Institution for Girls . ( Cheers . ) It is < ' an sure , an Institution that we all support most cordially , and one we arc ¦' anxious should flourish in the manner I am certain it is doing at the P ? \ 0 moment . ( Hear , hear . ) It is a great advantage for you young la , , , j get such a good and practical education as you have in this School , "