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ing brethren who do our Charities good service , and if they encourage us at times lo speak with a certain amount of freedom , we must plead in extenuation that our object is to encourage every one to lend a helping hand in forwarding the good work . It has been pointed out elsewhere that the result of Wednesday ' s Festival is satisfactory beyond expectation . We shared in the general
misgiving that , as the Benevolent Festival had shown a very appreciable decrease from last year , the Festival of the Girls' School would be similarly less productive . But our fears have not been realised . The returns amount to £ 13 , 029 3 s ., as against £ 14 , 187 us . 6 d ., in 1 SS 5 , the number of Stewards being 274 as against 272 at the latter Festival . . But in the list for iSSs there appeared a sum of £ 10 . ^ 0 , raised by West Yorkshire to
commeniorate the services of Sir H . Edwards , Bart ., their P . P . G . M ., who , unhappily , has died since then , so that for the ordinary purposes of comparison we must deduct this £ 1050 from the 1 S 85 total , and then contrast with the balance remaining— £ 13 , 137 lis . 6 d . —the total of Wednesda } ' . The result , of course , is that the diminution is little more £ 100 , whereas for the larger number of Stewards there should have been an increase of about as
much . But this is not all we feel it our duty to point out . There can be no doubt the times are harder now than at the corresponding period of last year , and th is has enhanced the difficulties of the Stewards in making their persuasive powers tell . People cannot give so freely when trade and commerce are not over prosperous . Yet the bad times do not seem to have had so great an effect as had been anticipated . In fact , if , for the purposes of this
particular argument , we leave the Sir H . Edwards Presentation apart , there is no momentous difference between the work done by the Stewards at the two Festivals , and no difference whatever between the returns of Wednesday and those of the Festival in 1 SS 4 , when Lord Brooke , P . G . M . Essex , presided . In fine , we cannot too seriously impress upon our readers that , from an all round point of view , the celebration of the current week is a matter for general congratulation .
But there is a slig ht derangement of this feeling when we contrast the sub-divisions of the two sets of returns . Our pleasure is i ncreased when we contrast the returns from the provinces ; but this is not the case when we give our attention to
LONDON , Which , with 123 Stewards , returns only £ 5356 iSs ., as against the £ 6226 14 s . 6 d ., raised by its 130 Stewards in 1885 . Moreover , there are fewer bodies represented than there were last year , and then it was , as we pointed out at the time , considerably below an average representation . Taking one Festival with another , we are satisfied if about one third of the
lodges in the Metropolitan area send up Stewards ; on Wednesday only about one fourth did so . There was , however , a slig ht increase in the number of Unattached brethren . Again , there were , comparatively speaking , few lists exceeding £ 100 , while the hig hest was that of Bro . Kauffmann , whose list for the King ' s Cross Lodge , No . 1732 , was £ 164 17 s . This is an admirable return , and one that reflects great credit
on that worthy brother , but we confess that , in the interests of the School , we should like to have seen just two or three in excess of £ 200 , such as appeared in the Benevolent Returns of February , and at other anniversaries . Here then we have only a limited number of three figure lists , and only 82 lodges and 4 chapters represented , whereas the number of lodges averages over 100 , with a small sprinkling of chapters to
lend a helping hand . With these facts before us , we cannot be suprised at the decrease in the London aggregate . As regards individual lists , we note there are just 12 ranging from £ 100 to as hig h as Bro . Kauffmann ' s , and we give them in the order of their value , as follows , namely : in the place of honour the King ' s Cross list , Bro . Kauffmann , Steward , amounting to £ 164 17 s . Not far behind are those of the Selwyn Lodge ,
No . 1901 , and the Queen ' s Westminster , No . 2021 , Bro . Powles , as Steward for the former ^ figuring for £ 153 6 >„ and Bro . George Coop , representing the latter , for £ 150 . Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., a member of the House Committee , stands fourth in order with £ 138 10 s ., and Comp . Charles Tayler , of the Eccleston Chapter , No . 1624 , fifth , with £ 120 15 s . The remaining seven form a gioup all pretty close together , viz ., LJro . K . R .
Murchison , Friends in Council , No . 1383 , £ 108 ; Bro . Horace B , Marshall , P . G . Treasurer and Treasurer of the Institution ; Bro . T . B , Daniell , Steward for the Merchant Navy Lodge , No . 7 81 ; and Bro . Francis W . Stamp , Perfect Ashlar Lodge , No . 1178 ; each of whom returned £ 105 while Bros . Bardouleau and Hirst , who shared between them
, the representation of the Langthorne Lodge . No . 1421 , gave a like amount . Bro . T . P . Montgomery , acting for the Peckham Lodge , No . 1475 , and I 3 ro . C . Hammerton , of the House Committee , appear each with £ 100 to his credit , THE PROVINCES .
Though the aggregate of the country contributions may not perhaps be on a commensurate scale , it is some time since the Provinces have been so generally represented as they were on Wednesday . Masonry outside the . Metropolis—and , of course , omitting the lodges in foreign parts—is mapped out in 45 districts , namely , 43 Provinces , with the Isle of Man and the Channel ' lslands . Of these no less than 36 sent up Stewards , namely , 35
Provinces and the Channel Islands , which , as we have already suggested , is considerably above the average . In February last 31 were represented , being all Provinces , and the number of sub-divisions the same as now . At the Boys ' School Festival , in June last , 31 sent up Stewards : but North Wales and Salop were then one Province , whereas they are now two , so that 32 of our present Provinces had a share in the Provincial contribution
to that Festival . At the Girls' School Festival , in May , 1885 , only 27 , or , making allowance for the division of North Wales and Salop into two parts , 28 Provinces had a hand in the work . In fact , we must go back to the Boys' Festival in 18 S 3 , when 35 of the then , or 36 of the present , Provinces sent up Stewards , so that the same proportion out of the whole was represented at both these Festivals , though , as regards the sums raised at the respective celebrations , that of Wednesday is aboutt half what was given
by the Provinces for our Boys at the 18 S 3 Festival . However , if we cannot claim for the country districts that they have achieved so brilliant a result , it is a distinct advantage lo find the contributions distributed over a wider area . We have enumerated the causes which are now operating against heavy totals , and , when these causes have been removed , we are sanguine enough to believe that the sympathy with our Institutions having been spread over a larger surface , the results will be commensuratel y more satisfactory .
Of course , it follows that , with more of the Provinces represented , there must be fewer absentees , the latter being only nine in number , namely , eight Provinces and the Isle of Man , whose five lodges are hardly expected to give a helping hand . The eig ht Provinces are Cumberland and Westmor-
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land ( 20 lodges ) , which does not seem to have done anything worth speaking of since it raised £ 1050 for the Boys' School in 188 3 , and which mi ght advantageously be awakened to something like its former state of activity ; Lincolnshire ( 22 lodges ) , which is not too proud to accept help from the Institutions for its necessitous members and their belongings ; Northants and Hunts ( 10 lodges ) , which may possibly have some contribution in view at an
early date , but which has been represented at only one out of the last nine Festivals—that of the Boys'School in 18 S 4 , when it raised £ 215 ; Notts ( 14 lodges ) , which raised nearl y £ 177 for the Benevolent in ~ February last ; Shropshire ( 10 lodges ) , which sent . a Steward to the Benevolent Festival in February last , and , we believe , is organising its strength for next year , when its Prov . G . M ., Bro . Sir Offley Wakeman , has kindl y undertaken to preside at one of our anniversary celebrations ; South Wales , Western Division
( 10 lodges ) , which took part in last year ' s Benevolent Festival and that of the Girls' School in 18 S 4 , and which , when it has shaken itself into better form under its new chief will , no doubt , acquit itself worthily ; Sussex ( 25 lodges ) , which , after its splendid work last year , under its late lamented ruler , Sir W . W . Burrell , Bart ., deserves a respite ; and Jersey ( seven lodges ) , which , however , does some very good work from time to time , its principal efforts being on behalf of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . These Provinces muster amongst them 118 lodges .
Let us now lurn our attention to the represented Provinces in their alphabetical order , the list being headed by the newly-created Province of
BEDFORDSHIRE , Which , though it has not completed the first year of its existence , has lost no time in making its presence felt at these gatherings . At the Benevolent Festival in February , its senior lodge , the Stuart , ' No . 540 , Bedford was represented with an effective list of £ 53 12 s . On Wednesday the same lodge contributed by the hands of Bro . Samuel L . Kilpin a fraction over
£ 80 , while the Chiltern Lodge , No . 1470 , Dunstable , also sent up a Steward , Bro . M . H . Dicker , whose list was £ 44 2 s ., the total , including £ 10 10 s . from Bro . S . J . Attenborough , being £ 134 13 s . This is a capital performance , and must be intensely gratifying to that worthy and respected veteran , Bro . Col . W . Stuart , who is at the head of the Prov . G . Lodge . If Bedfordshire continues as it has begun , some of the other small Provinces which have shown well on these occasions will have to look to their laurels .
BERKS AND BUCKS , Which , for the purposes of this Festival , must be taken as Berks only , seeing that none but Berks Lodges are represented , has given £ 227 15 s ., or more by nearly £ 70 than it gave to the Benevolent in February . It is , however ,
in the order of things that totals should fluctuate , when a province makes a point of being always , or nearly always , represented . This makes the amount contributed thus far in the present year £ 387 6 s . 6 d ., so that there is a fair chance of the province rivalling its performance of last year , when it apportioned close on £ 600 among our Charities .
BRISTOL Is a compact Province of 8 lodges , and generally does something useful at one of our three anniversaries , but latterly it has surpassed itself . At the Boys' Festival in June , 1885 , it raised £ 115 10 s . ; in February , Bro . Terry had the advantage of its services to the extent of £ 318 ios ., of which Bro .
Pierrepont Harris raised £ 300 5 s . from the Province generally . On Wednesday , the same Bro . Harris , as representative of the whole body , handed in £ 145 19 s ., the contributions of Bristol for the current year being thus far £ 464 Qs . There was a time when
CAMBRIDGESHIRE Was seldom represented in these Festival Returns . That time , however , appears to have gone , never to return , and the rule now is that , at the majority of our anniversary gatherings , the Province figures as a generous contributor . On Wednesday it surpassed all its previous efferts by presenting , by the hands of its worthy Steward , Bro . C . A . Vinter , £ 273 , which , seeing that it has only six lodges , is indeed a grand performance .
CHESHIRE , With its 38 lodges is ' rather below its average , the sum ol " its five Stewards ' lists being only £ 78 ios ., of which 30 guineas ( £ 3 1 ios . ) represents the contribution of Lodge No . 428 , per Bro . the Rev . C . W . Spencer-Stanhope , P . G . Chaplain . The Zetland Lodge , No . 237 , had three Stewards , whose contributions amounted to £ 36 15 s ., and Bro . Bradford , as Steward for No . IS 65 I made up the balance of £ 10 ios .
CORNWALL , As we have several times remarked , can boast of some half-dozen active spirits , who love to see their Province with its 29 lodges figuring regularly , if only to a small extent , in these lists . Bro . Controller Bake is one of these energetic Cornishmen , who is never so happy as when he is assisting at a Masonic anniversary . His list on Wednesday was only a modest £ 31 ios ., but in
February he handed in a toial of £ 1 . 52 7 s ., and in 1 S 84 he was a Steward at all three Festivals , while in the intermediate 1885 , the honour of Cornwall was in the hands of Bro . Charles Truscott , who upheld it to admirable purpose at the Benevolent Festival 111 February and the Girls' School Festival the May following , the amount of his list in each case being in excess of £ 200 . No one will be surprised at
DERBYSHIRE . Making only a slight show . One of its 21 lodges contributed £ 63 to the Benevolent Institution in February , and there are two others in the present list , whose returns amount together to £ 37 ios . 6 d . But its distinguished P . G . M ., Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , was Chairman at last
year ' s Boys' School Festival , and then the Province brought its resources to bear in supporting his lordship , and to right good purpose , ils sum total , in which pretty nearly all the lodges had a share , being £ 1540 . There is an old p hrase to the effect that Apollo does not always keep his bow strung , and Derbyshire , though a well-to-do Province , cannot always be paying over its hundreds of pounds sterling .
DEVONSHIRE . Had an excellent representative in the person of Bro . the Rev . T . W . Lemon , M . A ., whose name in familiar in nearly all branches of Freemasonry , and has now gained fresh laurels as a Festival Steward . His list reached the excellent figure of £ 136 19 s ., and we may take it that his success on Wednesday will encourage him to further exploits in the same field of honourable labour . DORSETSHIRE .
Looks like repeating some of the more signal successes of past years , its representatives , Bros . W . D . Dugdale and Z . Milledge , handing in a joint list of £ 142 16 s ., each of those well known brethren taking under his wing a lodge , in addition to his share of the provincial canvass . This , with the £ 180 ios . raised for the Benevolent in February , gives a present total for
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ing brethren who do our Charities good service , and if they encourage us at times lo speak with a certain amount of freedom , we must plead in extenuation that our object is to encourage every one to lend a helping hand in forwarding the good work . It has been pointed out elsewhere that the result of Wednesday ' s Festival is satisfactory beyond expectation . We shared in the general
misgiving that , as the Benevolent Festival had shown a very appreciable decrease from last year , the Festival of the Girls' School would be similarly less productive . But our fears have not been realised . The returns amount to £ 13 , 029 3 s ., as against £ 14 , 187 us . 6 d ., in 1 SS 5 , the number of Stewards being 274 as against 272 at the latter Festival . . But in the list for iSSs there appeared a sum of £ 10 . ^ 0 , raised by West Yorkshire to
commeniorate the services of Sir H . Edwards , Bart ., their P . P . G . M ., who , unhappily , has died since then , so that for the ordinary purposes of comparison we must deduct this £ 1050 from the 1 S 85 total , and then contrast with the balance remaining— £ 13 , 137 lis . 6 d . —the total of Wednesda } ' . The result , of course , is that the diminution is little more £ 100 , whereas for the larger number of Stewards there should have been an increase of about as
much . But this is not all we feel it our duty to point out . There can be no doubt the times are harder now than at the corresponding period of last year , and th is has enhanced the difficulties of the Stewards in making their persuasive powers tell . People cannot give so freely when trade and commerce are not over prosperous . Yet the bad times do not seem to have had so great an effect as had been anticipated . In fact , if , for the purposes of this
particular argument , we leave the Sir H . Edwards Presentation apart , there is no momentous difference between the work done by the Stewards at the two Festivals , and no difference whatever between the returns of Wednesday and those of the Festival in 1 SS 4 , when Lord Brooke , P . G . M . Essex , presided . In fine , we cannot too seriously impress upon our readers that , from an all round point of view , the celebration of the current week is a matter for general congratulation .
But there is a slig ht derangement of this feeling when we contrast the sub-divisions of the two sets of returns . Our pleasure is i ncreased when we contrast the returns from the provinces ; but this is not the case when we give our attention to
LONDON , Which , with 123 Stewards , returns only £ 5356 iSs ., as against the £ 6226 14 s . 6 d ., raised by its 130 Stewards in 1885 . Moreover , there are fewer bodies represented than there were last year , and then it was , as we pointed out at the time , considerably below an average representation . Taking one Festival with another , we are satisfied if about one third of the
lodges in the Metropolitan area send up Stewards ; on Wednesday only about one fourth did so . There was , however , a slig ht increase in the number of Unattached brethren . Again , there were , comparatively speaking , few lists exceeding £ 100 , while the hig hest was that of Bro . Kauffmann , whose list for the King ' s Cross Lodge , No . 1732 , was £ 164 17 s . This is an admirable return , and one that reflects great credit
on that worthy brother , but we confess that , in the interests of the School , we should like to have seen just two or three in excess of £ 200 , such as appeared in the Benevolent Returns of February , and at other anniversaries . Here then we have only a limited number of three figure lists , and only 82 lodges and 4 chapters represented , whereas the number of lodges averages over 100 , with a small sprinkling of chapters to
lend a helping hand . With these facts before us , we cannot be suprised at the decrease in the London aggregate . As regards individual lists , we note there are just 12 ranging from £ 100 to as hig h as Bro . Kauffmann ' s , and we give them in the order of their value , as follows , namely : in the place of honour the King ' s Cross list , Bro . Kauffmann , Steward , amounting to £ 164 17 s . Not far behind are those of the Selwyn Lodge ,
No . 1901 , and the Queen ' s Westminster , No . 2021 , Bro . Powles , as Steward for the former ^ figuring for £ 153 6 >„ and Bro . George Coop , representing the latter , for £ 150 . Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., a member of the House Committee , stands fourth in order with £ 138 10 s ., and Comp . Charles Tayler , of the Eccleston Chapter , No . 1624 , fifth , with £ 120 15 s . The remaining seven form a gioup all pretty close together , viz ., LJro . K . R .
Murchison , Friends in Council , No . 1383 , £ 108 ; Bro . Horace B , Marshall , P . G . Treasurer and Treasurer of the Institution ; Bro . T . B , Daniell , Steward for the Merchant Navy Lodge , No . 7 81 ; and Bro . Francis W . Stamp , Perfect Ashlar Lodge , No . 1178 ; each of whom returned £ 105 while Bros . Bardouleau and Hirst , who shared between them
, the representation of the Langthorne Lodge . No . 1421 , gave a like amount . Bro . T . P . Montgomery , acting for the Peckham Lodge , No . 1475 , and I 3 ro . C . Hammerton , of the House Committee , appear each with £ 100 to his credit , THE PROVINCES .
Though the aggregate of the country contributions may not perhaps be on a commensurate scale , it is some time since the Provinces have been so generally represented as they were on Wednesday . Masonry outside the . Metropolis—and , of course , omitting the lodges in foreign parts—is mapped out in 45 districts , namely , 43 Provinces , with the Isle of Man and the Channel ' lslands . Of these no less than 36 sent up Stewards , namely , 35
Provinces and the Channel Islands , which , as we have already suggested , is considerably above the average . In February last 31 were represented , being all Provinces , and the number of sub-divisions the same as now . At the Boys ' School Festival , in June last , 31 sent up Stewards : but North Wales and Salop were then one Province , whereas they are now two , so that 32 of our present Provinces had a share in the Provincial contribution
to that Festival . At the Girls' School Festival , in May , 1885 , only 27 , or , making allowance for the division of North Wales and Salop into two parts , 28 Provinces had a hand in the work . In fact , we must go back to the Boys' Festival in 18 S 3 , when 35 of the then , or 36 of the present , Provinces sent up Stewards , so that the same proportion out of the whole was represented at both these Festivals , though , as regards the sums raised at the respective celebrations , that of Wednesday is aboutt half what was given
by the Provinces for our Boys at the 18 S 3 Festival . However , if we cannot claim for the country districts that they have achieved so brilliant a result , it is a distinct advantage lo find the contributions distributed over a wider area . We have enumerated the causes which are now operating against heavy totals , and , when these causes have been removed , we are sanguine enough to believe that the sympathy with our Institutions having been spread over a larger surface , the results will be commensuratel y more satisfactory .
Of course , it follows that , with more of the Provinces represented , there must be fewer absentees , the latter being only nine in number , namely , eight Provinces and the Isle of Man , whose five lodges are hardly expected to give a helping hand . The eig ht Provinces are Cumberland and Westmor-
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land ( 20 lodges ) , which does not seem to have done anything worth speaking of since it raised £ 1050 for the Boys' School in 188 3 , and which mi ght advantageously be awakened to something like its former state of activity ; Lincolnshire ( 22 lodges ) , which is not too proud to accept help from the Institutions for its necessitous members and their belongings ; Northants and Hunts ( 10 lodges ) , which may possibly have some contribution in view at an
early date , but which has been represented at only one out of the last nine Festivals—that of the Boys'School in 18 S 4 , when it raised £ 215 ; Notts ( 14 lodges ) , which raised nearl y £ 177 for the Benevolent in ~ February last ; Shropshire ( 10 lodges ) , which sent . a Steward to the Benevolent Festival in February last , and , we believe , is organising its strength for next year , when its Prov . G . M ., Bro . Sir Offley Wakeman , has kindl y undertaken to preside at one of our anniversary celebrations ; South Wales , Western Division
( 10 lodges ) , which took part in last year ' s Benevolent Festival and that of the Girls' School in 18 S 4 , and which , when it has shaken itself into better form under its new chief will , no doubt , acquit itself worthily ; Sussex ( 25 lodges ) , which , after its splendid work last year , under its late lamented ruler , Sir W . W . Burrell , Bart ., deserves a respite ; and Jersey ( seven lodges ) , which , however , does some very good work from time to time , its principal efforts being on behalf of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . These Provinces muster amongst them 118 lodges .
Let us now lurn our attention to the represented Provinces in their alphabetical order , the list being headed by the newly-created Province of
BEDFORDSHIRE , Which , though it has not completed the first year of its existence , has lost no time in making its presence felt at these gatherings . At the Benevolent Festival in February , its senior lodge , the Stuart , ' No . 540 , Bedford was represented with an effective list of £ 53 12 s . On Wednesday the same lodge contributed by the hands of Bro . Samuel L . Kilpin a fraction over
£ 80 , while the Chiltern Lodge , No . 1470 , Dunstable , also sent up a Steward , Bro . M . H . Dicker , whose list was £ 44 2 s ., the total , including £ 10 10 s . from Bro . S . J . Attenborough , being £ 134 13 s . This is a capital performance , and must be intensely gratifying to that worthy and respected veteran , Bro . Col . W . Stuart , who is at the head of the Prov . G . Lodge . If Bedfordshire continues as it has begun , some of the other small Provinces which have shown well on these occasions will have to look to their laurels .
BERKS AND BUCKS , Which , for the purposes of this Festival , must be taken as Berks only , seeing that none but Berks Lodges are represented , has given £ 227 15 s ., or more by nearly £ 70 than it gave to the Benevolent in February . It is , however ,
in the order of things that totals should fluctuate , when a province makes a point of being always , or nearly always , represented . This makes the amount contributed thus far in the present year £ 387 6 s . 6 d ., so that there is a fair chance of the province rivalling its performance of last year , when it apportioned close on £ 600 among our Charities .
BRISTOL Is a compact Province of 8 lodges , and generally does something useful at one of our three anniversaries , but latterly it has surpassed itself . At the Boys' Festival in June , 1885 , it raised £ 115 10 s . ; in February , Bro . Terry had the advantage of its services to the extent of £ 318 ios ., of which Bro .
Pierrepont Harris raised £ 300 5 s . from the Province generally . On Wednesday , the same Bro . Harris , as representative of the whole body , handed in £ 145 19 s ., the contributions of Bristol for the current year being thus far £ 464 Qs . There was a time when
CAMBRIDGESHIRE Was seldom represented in these Festival Returns . That time , however , appears to have gone , never to return , and the rule now is that , at the majority of our anniversary gatherings , the Province figures as a generous contributor . On Wednesday it surpassed all its previous efferts by presenting , by the hands of its worthy Steward , Bro . C . A . Vinter , £ 273 , which , seeing that it has only six lodges , is indeed a grand performance .
CHESHIRE , With its 38 lodges is ' rather below its average , the sum ol " its five Stewards ' lists being only £ 78 ios ., of which 30 guineas ( £ 3 1 ios . ) represents the contribution of Lodge No . 428 , per Bro . the Rev . C . W . Spencer-Stanhope , P . G . Chaplain . The Zetland Lodge , No . 237 , had three Stewards , whose contributions amounted to £ 36 15 s ., and Bro . Bradford , as Steward for No . IS 65 I made up the balance of £ 10 ios .
CORNWALL , As we have several times remarked , can boast of some half-dozen active spirits , who love to see their Province with its 29 lodges figuring regularly , if only to a small extent , in these lists . Bro . Controller Bake is one of these energetic Cornishmen , who is never so happy as when he is assisting at a Masonic anniversary . His list on Wednesday was only a modest £ 31 ios ., but in
February he handed in a toial of £ 1 . 52 7 s ., and in 1 S 84 he was a Steward at all three Festivals , while in the intermediate 1885 , the honour of Cornwall was in the hands of Bro . Charles Truscott , who upheld it to admirable purpose at the Benevolent Festival 111 February and the Girls' School Festival the May following , the amount of his list in each case being in excess of £ 200 . No one will be surprised at
DERBYSHIRE . Making only a slight show . One of its 21 lodges contributed £ 63 to the Benevolent Institution in February , and there are two others in the present list , whose returns amount together to £ 37 ios . 6 d . But its distinguished P . G . M ., Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , was Chairman at last
year ' s Boys' School Festival , and then the Province brought its resources to bear in supporting his lordship , and to right good purpose , ils sum total , in which pretty nearly all the lodges had a share , being £ 1540 . There is an old p hrase to the effect that Apollo does not always keep his bow strung , and Derbyshire , though a well-to-do Province , cannot always be paying over its hundreds of pounds sterling .
DEVONSHIRE . Had an excellent representative in the person of Bro . the Rev . T . W . Lemon , M . A ., whose name in familiar in nearly all branches of Freemasonry , and has now gained fresh laurels as a Festival Steward . His list reached the excellent figure of £ 136 19 s ., and we may take it that his success on Wednesday will encourage him to further exploits in the same field of honourable labour . DORSETSHIRE .
Looks like repeating some of the more signal successes of past years , its representatives , Bros . W . D . Dugdale and Z . Milledge , handing in a joint list of £ 142 16 s ., each of those well known brethren taking under his wing a lodge , in addition to his share of the provincial canvass . This , with the £ 180 ios . raised for the Benevolent in February , gives a present total for