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Of the IS lodges in GLOUCESTERSHIRE , only the Zetland , No . 1005 , Gloucester , and the Royal Forest of Dean Lodc ; e , No . 1067 , Newnh ^ m-on-Si-VHrn , sent up Stewards—Bro . Russell J . Kerr , whose list amounted rp £ 52 18 s . fid . being Steward for the latter . But here again we must point out . as we have just done in the case of Essex , that no one would have been surprised had Gloucestershire elected to be altogether
unrepresented on Wednesday . In June last Bro * . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., acted as Chairman at the Boys'School , and the grand sum of - £ 1645 us . was raised by a body of 57 Stewards , who among them represented the whole of the lodges , R . A . chapters , and other Masonic bodies in the county . Add to this , that the sum of £ 63 was contributed to the Jubilee of this Institution , and we bave a total for 1892 of £ 1708 1 is . —an amount sufficiently large to have justified the non-appearance of the Province at Wednesday ' s celebration .
HEREFORDSHIRE , which , with only five lodges on its roll , is the smallest Province in the country , was represented by Bro . the Rev . E . Williams , as Steward for the Arrow Lodge , No . 2240 , Kington , and his list reached £ 22 is . Last year the same brother acted in a like capacity at the Benevolent Jubilee , but his list was small , and the Province figured to greater advantage at the Boys' School Festival in 1891 , and the
Girls' School Centenary in 1888 , the list of Bro . Sir Joseph R . Bailey , Bart ., P . G . M ., amounting on the latter occasion to £ 68 5 s . However , Herefordshire has a Charitable Association , so that the support it gives to our Institutions is very far from being confined to the ( modest sums it is entered for at occasional Anniversary Festivals . The Province which next claims our attention is that of
HERTFORDSHIRE , with which Bro . C . E . Keyser , the Chairman of the day , has been associated for about 17 years , and which , in recognition of the kindly spirit which prompted that brother to accept , almost at the last moment , the responsibility of presiding , gave him a generous measure of support , such as could only have been surpassed had its own respected chief ( Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P . ) consented to act as Chairman .
It is only reasonable to assume that had it not made such great and successful efforts last year in behalf of the Jubilee of this Institution , the total which Bro . Terry had the satisfaction of announcing on Wednesday would have been very largely exceeded . But Hertfordshire had figured at the said Jubilee for a total of £ 1883 6 s . 6 d ., every one of its 21 lodges being represented , as well as the Provincial Grand Lodge , by Bro . Halsey , and one of its R . A . chapters . In addition ,
it contributed £ 139 13 s . in May to the Girls' School , and £ 112 7 s . to the Boys ' School in June , so that the total raised during the whole year reached £ 2135 6 s . 6 d . But , notwithstanding this tremendous effort , it sent up 24 Stewards , in addition to the Chairman , the bodies represented being the Province generally by Bro . G . E . Lake , the D . P . G . M ., 16 lodges , and two chapters . The sum raised by these brethren amounted to £ 1426 19 s ., of which £ 568 16 s .
including his personal donation of 06525 , figured in the Chairman ' s list ; £ 26 ss . in that of Bro . Lake , D . P . G . M . ; £ 186 ss . in the list of Bro . James Terry , of the James Terry Lodge , No . 2372 , with £$ 8 16 s . by Bro . Metcalfe of the same lodge ; £ 65 12 s . 6 d . on that of Bro . Baxter , of the Gladsmuir Lodge , No . 1385 , Barnet ; and . £ 5 6 3 s . fid . in the list of Bro . Moreing , of the Watford
Lodge , No . 404 , of which Bro . Keyser is a Past Master . The result reflects the greatest credit on Hertfordshire , and we warmly congratulate not only the Chairman of the day , but the Prov . G . Master and the brethren of the Province generally , on the striking success of their efforts on this occasion to support one of the most distinguished of their number in the discharge of a difficult and highly responsible duty .
KENT , with its 59 lodges , is one of the Provinces on which our Institutions may rely with confidence for support at any time , be it a jubilee , a centenary , or an ordinary Festival . If its Prov . Grand Master has undertaken to preside at one of our Festivals , Kent pulls itself together and compiles a total which reflects the highest honour on its lodges and brethren . If there is a likelihood that some one or
other anniversary bids fair , from pressure of circumstances , to prove less productive than usual , Kent is to be found lending a vigorous hand in order to swell the general total . Thus in the year of the Girls' Centenary , the Province raised £ 3 ° S 9 9 - 6 d ., inclusive of £ 1050 paid for a Perpetual Presentation for that Charity . In 1891 , Bro . Earl Amherst presided at the Festival of this Institution , and the total raised by the 62 Stewards amounted to £ 3483 8 s . 6 d ., the
contributions of , £ 265 2 s . 6 d . and £ 269 9 s . to the Girls' and Boys' Schools respectively swelling the amount for the whole year to £ 4018 6 s . At the Jubilee in February , 1892 , the 38 Stewards compiled £ 1868 15 s . 6 d ., the Girls' School obtaining £ 329 13 s . in the following May , and the Boys' School £ 770 16 s . in June , the product of the year being £ 2969 6 s . 6 d . After such years as these years , we should have had no reason to be surprised if the Province had rested on its oars for a while , but this kind of thing does not appear to find favour with our Kentish
brethren , and accordingly eight brethren , of whom seven represented lodges , and one was Unattached , combined together and sent in the goodly sum of £ 418 4 s ., the principal lists being those of Bro . F . Stanley , Steward for Union Lodge , No . 127 , Margate , for £ 115 ios . ; Bro . Albert H . Pilcher , of the St . Augustine , No . 972 , Canterbury , for £ 83 9 s . 6 d . We congratulate these Stewards on the success of their efforts on hehalf of our Old People . Two out of the 105 lodges in
LANCASHIRE ( EAST DIVISION ) sent representatives to Wednesday ' s gathering , and one brother was Unattached , the total announced being , £ 42 , which is , of course , quite an
insignificant sum for so large a Province . But neither large nor small Provinces can be perpetually sending up heavy aggregates , especially when , as in the case of East Lancashire , they maintain a large Charitable institution of their own . In 1888 East Lancashire gave £ 2873 to this Institution , and £ 1350 1 . 6 s . 6 d . to the Girls '
School at its Centenary Festival . In 1891 it raised £ 126 for this Institution , £ 183 8 s . 6 d . for the Girls' School , and £ 9 68 12 s . for the Boys' School , while last year the Province , by the hands of its 67 Stewards , contributed £ 2667 5 s . to the jubilee of this Charity , together with £ 63 to the Girls' School , and £ 94 ios . to " Our Boys , " or together £ 2824 15 s . As for
LANCASHIRE ( WEST DIVISION ) , which can also boast of having 105 lodges on its roll , only 10 of them were represented , the number of brethren who did duty as Stewards being 12 , and the sum they raised amongst them £ 195 ios . Here again the result is small , but we must bear in mind that in this Division of Lancashire as many as three local Charitable institutions are maintained , while in 18 91 , when Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Provincial Grand Master , presided as Chairman at the Boys' School Anniversary ,
the Province raised the unprecedented sum of £ 6126 14 s . 4 d ., the total for the whole year being - £ 6341 19 s . 4 d . And yet in 1892 it was represented at the Jubilee of this Institution by 37 Stewards , who amongst them compiled a total of £ 1197 8 s . 6 d ., while the Girls' and Boys' Schools were supported to the extent of £ 363 16 s . fid . and £ 136 ios . respectively , the sum total for the whole year being £ 1697 14 s . 6 d ., and the aggregate of the totals in the two years , - £ 8039 13 s . iod . Of the 39 lodges in
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MIDDLESEX , there were only two which sent up Stewards—the Acacia , No . 1309 , Hampton Court , and the . Sir Charles Bright , No . 1793 , Teddington—and their lists amounted only to £ 24 15 s . 6 d . But this is not to be wondered at . Last year the Province subscribed £ 1315 9 s . 6 d . to the Benevolent Jubilee , £ 249 23 . to the Girls ' School Festival , and £ 46 4 s . to that of the Boys' Scnool , the total for the three
Institutions being £ 1010 15 s . fid . In 1891 its contributions were on a small scale , and only amounted to £ 540 2 s ., but in 1 S 9 O , when its late respected chief , Bro . Sir F . Burdett , Bart ., presided as Chairman at the Girls' School Festival , it raised £ 1000 for that Institution , its other contributions augmenting the year ' s total to £ i 137 15 s . fid . In 1888 , when the Girls' School celebrated its Centenary , the
Province raised during the year no less than £ 1816 5 s ., of which the favoured Charity obtained £ 1 107 14 s . bd . Add to this tbat at the present time the Province has no presiding officer , its late chief having been dead for many months , while his successor , Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., has not as yet been installed in office , and we have reasons enough for its modest subscription on Wednesday . Of
MONMOUTHSHIRE and its 10 lodges , we can only repeat what we have said in nearly every analysis we have written , that though , for reasons of its own , it elects to support only one Charity in the year , its support is always on a scale which deserves commendation , and is of material assistance to the Institution it favours . In 1888 this Institution had the good fortune to obtain £ 438 3 s ., a supplementary contribution of £ 94 ios . being paid over to the Girls' School on the occasion of its Centenary . In 188 9
the Boys' School received £ 300 , and in 1890 the Girls' School Returns included £ 247 from our Monmouthshire brethren . In 1 S 91 this Institution had its turn , and the subscriptions it received amounted to £ 325 is ., while last year the Boys ' School was supported to the extent of £ 316 18 s ., a further sum of £ 21 from one of the lodges finding its way into the coffers of the R . M . B . I . On Wednesday , the five lodge representatives and Bro . Watkins , Unattached , together compiled £ 272 8 s . 6 d . It was not to be expected that
NORTHANTS AND HUNTS . would take a prominent part in Wednesday ' s proceedings . In the first place , it is a small Province with only 13 lodges on its roll . In the next , though it has developed a considerable amount of activity under its present chief , Bro . the Earl of Euston , his lordship has very kindly promised his services as Chairman at the Girls' School Festival in May next , and very naturally the Province is reserving itself for tnat occasion . Indeed , we expected to find it among the absentees , but
Bro . John T . Reid took upon himself to represent the Wentworth Lodge , No . 737 , Wellingborough , as Steward , and in that capacity , handed in the small list of £ 13 13 s . Last year the Province raised £ 300 ios ., of which this Institution secured £ 255 8 s . In 1891 the total was £ 26 7 5 s ., of which £ 214 15 s . was subscribed to tne Boys' School , while in 1889 , when Bro . Lord Huston was Chairman at the Festival of this Charity , the Province , in supporting his lordship , raised upwards of £ 900 .
NORTHUMBERLAND is a stronger Province than the one we have recently dealt with , the number of its lodges being 23 , of which , however , only one was represented—the St . John's , No . 7 , Newcastle-on-Tyne—whose Steward , Bro . A . F . Ericsson , had the satisfaction of handing in the very excellent list of £ 94 10 s . But doubtless , the Return would
have been on a larger scale and from several lodges , had it not been for the large sum of £ 1364 4 s . which it paid over to the Boys' School in June last , while Bro , Pulman , Unattached , took up a sum ot £ 105 at the Jubilee ot this Charity in the preceding February . Of the 12 lodges in
OXFORDSHIRE , exactly one half were Stewards , the Apollo University , No . 357 , Oxford , having the good fortune to be represented by two members , Bro . Lord Ampthill , who is Prov . G . Master of Bedfordshire , and Bro . R . A . S . Paget , their lists amounting together to £ 66 17 s . 6 d . The total from the whole Province was £ 132 3 s . 6 d ., which is tully up to , if it does not exceed , its average . Last year it suosenbed £ 428 7 s .
to the Benevolent jubilee , £ gg 2 s . 6 d . to the Girls' School , and £ 102 5 s . to the Wood Green Institution , the total being £ 629 14 s . fid . In 1891 the boys' School was the favoured Charity , and received £ 240 9 s . out of a total for the year of £ 414 2 s ., while in 1890 the total was £ 385 6 s . fid ., in 1889 only £ 276 , and in 1888 , the year of the Girls' Centenary , £ 056 9 s . fid ., of ivnich it is matter of history that the bulk was raised for the senior charity . At the last moment
SOMERSETSHIRE , with its 26 lodges , was rescued from the absentee list by the act of its Prov . G . Master , Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , who gave his services as Steward , and subscribed £ 10 ios . to the Festival . Atthe Benevolent Festival in 1892 , the Province figured in the Returns for £ 613 ios ., wi-ile at the Boys' School festival in June , 1691 , it raised £ 483 gs . At the Girls' Centenary in 1888 , it was entered as contributing £ 946 is .
SUFFOLK is to be congratulated on its appearance in Wednesday ' s Returns . The amount , £ 64 is ., is not excessive , thougn as a list it is creditable to Bro . Joseph George , Steward tor the Stour Valley Lodge , No . 1224 , who compiled it . tiut it did great things last year , more especially wiien it has to be borne in mind that the county is an agricultural one , and that its lodges , though numbering 22 , are not
strong numerically . Thus in February , 1892 , it raised £ 1291 14 s . tor the Benevolent Jubilee , in May , £ 42 for the Girls' School , and in June , £ 115 ios . for the Boys' School , or together £ 144945 . In 1890 it raised £ 619 , 13 s . 6 d . ; in 1891 , £ 675 2 s . fid . ; while in 188 9 , when Bro . Lord Henniker , P . G . M ., presided for the Girls' School , the total of its contributions to the three Charities was £ 1048 17 s . 6 d .,
of which the Girls' obtained £ 571 13 s . 6 d ., while in 1888 , including the subscription to the Girls' Centenary of £ 517 12 s ., the total raised was £ 1195 12 s . These are years of successful work which would have justified the Province ' s non-attendance on Wednesday . Hence the greater the credit due to it for its contribution . Of tne 37 lodges in the Province of
SURREY , four took part in the proceedings of this Festival , the aggregate of their contributions being £ 131 14 s . This is a capital sum , considering that last year it raised no less than £ 2817 19 s . fid ., of which £ 2148 Os . fid . was in respect uf the
Benevolent Jubilee , £ 219 of the Girls' School , and £ 450 19 s . of the Boys' School . In 1888 it raised £ 1147 18 s . for the Gnls' Centenary , and for tne wnole year , £ 12 9 8 14 s ., while in 1866 , when the late Bro . General Brownrigg , the predecessor of bro . Col . Money , P . O . M ., acted as Chairman at the Girls' School Centenary , it compiled £ 1346 lor the Institution , and including the contributions to the Royal Masonic Benevolent institution and the Boys' Scnool , £ 1829 tor the whole
year-SUSSEX , with only 29 lodges on its roll , hatl six of them represented by Stewards , wlu ' the veteran , Bro . Richard Clowes , was Unattached . The total of the lists W ' £ 177 17 s ., which , after contributing £ 1038 7 s . to the Girls' School , in 1892- ' support of the Duke of Connaught's Chairmanship , and £ 1156 6 s . to the
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Analysis Of The Returns.
Of the IS lodges in GLOUCESTERSHIRE , only the Zetland , No . 1005 , Gloucester , and the Royal Forest of Dean Lodc ; e , No . 1067 , Newnh ^ m-on-Si-VHrn , sent up Stewards—Bro . Russell J . Kerr , whose list amounted rp £ 52 18 s . fid . being Steward for the latter . But here again we must point out . as we have just done in the case of Essex , that no one would have been surprised had Gloucestershire elected to be altogether
unrepresented on Wednesday . In June last Bro * . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., acted as Chairman at the Boys'School , and the grand sum of - £ 1645 us . was raised by a body of 57 Stewards , who among them represented the whole of the lodges , R . A . chapters , and other Masonic bodies in the county . Add to this , that the sum of £ 63 was contributed to the Jubilee of this Institution , and we bave a total for 1892 of £ 1708 1 is . —an amount sufficiently large to have justified the non-appearance of the Province at Wednesday ' s celebration .
HEREFORDSHIRE , which , with only five lodges on its roll , is the smallest Province in the country , was represented by Bro . the Rev . E . Williams , as Steward for the Arrow Lodge , No . 2240 , Kington , and his list reached £ 22 is . Last year the same brother acted in a like capacity at the Benevolent Jubilee , but his list was small , and the Province figured to greater advantage at the Boys' School Festival in 1891 , and the
Girls' School Centenary in 1888 , the list of Bro . Sir Joseph R . Bailey , Bart ., P . G . M ., amounting on the latter occasion to £ 68 5 s . However , Herefordshire has a Charitable Association , so that the support it gives to our Institutions is very far from being confined to the ( modest sums it is entered for at occasional Anniversary Festivals . The Province which next claims our attention is that of
HERTFORDSHIRE , with which Bro . C . E . Keyser , the Chairman of the day , has been associated for about 17 years , and which , in recognition of the kindly spirit which prompted that brother to accept , almost at the last moment , the responsibility of presiding , gave him a generous measure of support , such as could only have been surpassed had its own respected chief ( Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P . ) consented to act as Chairman .
It is only reasonable to assume that had it not made such great and successful efforts last year in behalf of the Jubilee of this Institution , the total which Bro . Terry had the satisfaction of announcing on Wednesday would have been very largely exceeded . But Hertfordshire had figured at the said Jubilee for a total of £ 1883 6 s . 6 d ., every one of its 21 lodges being represented , as well as the Provincial Grand Lodge , by Bro . Halsey , and one of its R . A . chapters . In addition ,
it contributed £ 139 13 s . in May to the Girls' School , and £ 112 7 s . to the Boys ' School in June , so that the total raised during the whole year reached £ 2135 6 s . 6 d . But , notwithstanding this tremendous effort , it sent up 24 Stewards , in addition to the Chairman , the bodies represented being the Province generally by Bro . G . E . Lake , the D . P . G . M ., 16 lodges , and two chapters . The sum raised by these brethren amounted to £ 1426 19 s ., of which £ 568 16 s .
including his personal donation of 06525 , figured in the Chairman ' s list ; £ 26 ss . in that of Bro . Lake , D . P . G . M . ; £ 186 ss . in the list of Bro . James Terry , of the James Terry Lodge , No . 2372 , with £$ 8 16 s . by Bro . Metcalfe of the same lodge ; £ 65 12 s . 6 d . on that of Bro . Baxter , of the Gladsmuir Lodge , No . 1385 , Barnet ; and . £ 5 6 3 s . fid . in the list of Bro . Moreing , of the Watford
Lodge , No . 404 , of which Bro . Keyser is a Past Master . The result reflects the greatest credit on Hertfordshire , and we warmly congratulate not only the Chairman of the day , but the Prov . G . Master and the brethren of the Province generally , on the striking success of their efforts on this occasion to support one of the most distinguished of their number in the discharge of a difficult and highly responsible duty .
KENT , with its 59 lodges , is one of the Provinces on which our Institutions may rely with confidence for support at any time , be it a jubilee , a centenary , or an ordinary Festival . If its Prov . Grand Master has undertaken to preside at one of our Festivals , Kent pulls itself together and compiles a total which reflects the highest honour on its lodges and brethren . If there is a likelihood that some one or
other anniversary bids fair , from pressure of circumstances , to prove less productive than usual , Kent is to be found lending a vigorous hand in order to swell the general total . Thus in the year of the Girls' Centenary , the Province raised £ 3 ° S 9 9 - 6 d ., inclusive of £ 1050 paid for a Perpetual Presentation for that Charity . In 1891 , Bro . Earl Amherst presided at the Festival of this Institution , and the total raised by the 62 Stewards amounted to £ 3483 8 s . 6 d ., the
contributions of , £ 265 2 s . 6 d . and £ 269 9 s . to the Girls' and Boys' Schools respectively swelling the amount for the whole year to £ 4018 6 s . At the Jubilee in February , 1892 , the 38 Stewards compiled £ 1868 15 s . 6 d ., the Girls' School obtaining £ 329 13 s . in the following May , and the Boys' School £ 770 16 s . in June , the product of the year being £ 2969 6 s . 6 d . After such years as these years , we should have had no reason to be surprised if the Province had rested on its oars for a while , but this kind of thing does not appear to find favour with our Kentish
brethren , and accordingly eight brethren , of whom seven represented lodges , and one was Unattached , combined together and sent in the goodly sum of £ 418 4 s ., the principal lists being those of Bro . F . Stanley , Steward for Union Lodge , No . 127 , Margate , for £ 115 ios . ; Bro . Albert H . Pilcher , of the St . Augustine , No . 972 , Canterbury , for £ 83 9 s . 6 d . We congratulate these Stewards on the success of their efforts on hehalf of our Old People . Two out of the 105 lodges in
LANCASHIRE ( EAST DIVISION ) sent representatives to Wednesday ' s gathering , and one brother was Unattached , the total announced being , £ 42 , which is , of course , quite an
insignificant sum for so large a Province . But neither large nor small Provinces can be perpetually sending up heavy aggregates , especially when , as in the case of East Lancashire , they maintain a large Charitable institution of their own . In 1888 East Lancashire gave £ 2873 to this Institution , and £ 1350 1 . 6 s . 6 d . to the Girls '
School at its Centenary Festival . In 1891 it raised £ 126 for this Institution , £ 183 8 s . 6 d . for the Girls' School , and £ 9 68 12 s . for the Boys' School , while last year the Province , by the hands of its 67 Stewards , contributed £ 2667 5 s . to the jubilee of this Charity , together with £ 63 to the Girls' School , and £ 94 ios . to " Our Boys , " or together £ 2824 15 s . As for
LANCASHIRE ( WEST DIVISION ) , which can also boast of having 105 lodges on its roll , only 10 of them were represented , the number of brethren who did duty as Stewards being 12 , and the sum they raised amongst them £ 195 ios . Here again the result is small , but we must bear in mind that in this Division of Lancashire as many as three local Charitable institutions are maintained , while in 18 91 , when Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Provincial Grand Master , presided as Chairman at the Boys' School Anniversary ,
the Province raised the unprecedented sum of £ 6126 14 s . 4 d ., the total for the whole year being - £ 6341 19 s . 4 d . And yet in 1892 it was represented at the Jubilee of this Institution by 37 Stewards , who amongst them compiled a total of £ 1197 8 s . 6 d ., while the Girls' and Boys' Schools were supported to the extent of £ 363 16 s . fid . and £ 136 ios . respectively , the sum total for the whole year being £ 1697 14 s . 6 d ., and the aggregate of the totals in the two years , - £ 8039 13 s . iod . Of the 39 lodges in
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MIDDLESEX , there were only two which sent up Stewards—the Acacia , No . 1309 , Hampton Court , and the . Sir Charles Bright , No . 1793 , Teddington—and their lists amounted only to £ 24 15 s . 6 d . But this is not to be wondered at . Last year the Province subscribed £ 1315 9 s . 6 d . to the Benevolent Jubilee , £ 249 23 . to the Girls ' School Festival , and £ 46 4 s . to that of the Boys' Scnool , the total for the three
Institutions being £ 1010 15 s . fid . In 1891 its contributions were on a small scale , and only amounted to £ 540 2 s ., but in 1 S 9 O , when its late respected chief , Bro . Sir F . Burdett , Bart ., presided as Chairman at the Girls' School Festival , it raised £ 1000 for that Institution , its other contributions augmenting the year ' s total to £ i 137 15 s . fid . In 1888 , when the Girls' School celebrated its Centenary , the
Province raised during the year no less than £ 1816 5 s ., of which the favoured Charity obtained £ 1 107 14 s . bd . Add to this tbat at the present time the Province has no presiding officer , its late chief having been dead for many months , while his successor , Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., has not as yet been installed in office , and we have reasons enough for its modest subscription on Wednesday . Of
MONMOUTHSHIRE and its 10 lodges , we can only repeat what we have said in nearly every analysis we have written , that though , for reasons of its own , it elects to support only one Charity in the year , its support is always on a scale which deserves commendation , and is of material assistance to the Institution it favours . In 1888 this Institution had the good fortune to obtain £ 438 3 s ., a supplementary contribution of £ 94 ios . being paid over to the Girls' School on the occasion of its Centenary . In 188 9
the Boys' School received £ 300 , and in 1890 the Girls' School Returns included £ 247 from our Monmouthshire brethren . In 1 S 91 this Institution had its turn , and the subscriptions it received amounted to £ 325 is ., while last year the Boys ' School was supported to the extent of £ 316 18 s ., a further sum of £ 21 from one of the lodges finding its way into the coffers of the R . M . B . I . On Wednesday , the five lodge representatives and Bro . Watkins , Unattached , together compiled £ 272 8 s . 6 d . It was not to be expected that
NORTHANTS AND HUNTS . would take a prominent part in Wednesday ' s proceedings . In the first place , it is a small Province with only 13 lodges on its roll . In the next , though it has developed a considerable amount of activity under its present chief , Bro . the Earl of Euston , his lordship has very kindly promised his services as Chairman at the Girls' School Festival in May next , and very naturally the Province is reserving itself for tnat occasion . Indeed , we expected to find it among the absentees , but
Bro . John T . Reid took upon himself to represent the Wentworth Lodge , No . 737 , Wellingborough , as Steward , and in that capacity , handed in the small list of £ 13 13 s . Last year the Province raised £ 300 ios ., of which this Institution secured £ 255 8 s . In 1891 the total was £ 26 7 5 s ., of which £ 214 15 s . was subscribed to tne Boys' School , while in 1889 , when Bro . Lord Huston was Chairman at the Festival of this Charity , the Province , in supporting his lordship , raised upwards of £ 900 .
NORTHUMBERLAND is a stronger Province than the one we have recently dealt with , the number of its lodges being 23 , of which , however , only one was represented—the St . John's , No . 7 , Newcastle-on-Tyne—whose Steward , Bro . A . F . Ericsson , had the satisfaction of handing in the very excellent list of £ 94 10 s . But doubtless , the Return would
have been on a larger scale and from several lodges , had it not been for the large sum of £ 1364 4 s . which it paid over to the Boys' School in June last , while Bro , Pulman , Unattached , took up a sum ot £ 105 at the Jubilee ot this Charity in the preceding February . Of the 12 lodges in
OXFORDSHIRE , exactly one half were Stewards , the Apollo University , No . 357 , Oxford , having the good fortune to be represented by two members , Bro . Lord Ampthill , who is Prov . G . Master of Bedfordshire , and Bro . R . A . S . Paget , their lists amounting together to £ 66 17 s . 6 d . The total from the whole Province was £ 132 3 s . 6 d ., which is tully up to , if it does not exceed , its average . Last year it suosenbed £ 428 7 s .
to the Benevolent jubilee , £ gg 2 s . 6 d . to the Girls' School , and £ 102 5 s . to the Wood Green Institution , the total being £ 629 14 s . fid . In 1891 the boys' School was the favoured Charity , and received £ 240 9 s . out of a total for the year of £ 414 2 s ., while in 1890 the total was £ 385 6 s . fid ., in 1889 only £ 276 , and in 1888 , the year of the Girls' Centenary , £ 056 9 s . fid ., of ivnich it is matter of history that the bulk was raised for the senior charity . At the last moment
SOMERSETSHIRE , with its 26 lodges , was rescued from the absentee list by the act of its Prov . G . Master , Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , who gave his services as Steward , and subscribed £ 10 ios . to the Festival . Atthe Benevolent Festival in 1892 , the Province figured in the Returns for £ 613 ios ., wi-ile at the Boys' School festival in June , 1691 , it raised £ 483 gs . At the Girls' Centenary in 1888 , it was entered as contributing £ 946 is .
SUFFOLK is to be congratulated on its appearance in Wednesday ' s Returns . The amount , £ 64 is ., is not excessive , thougn as a list it is creditable to Bro . Joseph George , Steward tor the Stour Valley Lodge , No . 1224 , who compiled it . tiut it did great things last year , more especially wiien it has to be borne in mind that the county is an agricultural one , and that its lodges , though numbering 22 , are not
strong numerically . Thus in February , 1892 , it raised £ 1291 14 s . tor the Benevolent Jubilee , in May , £ 42 for the Girls' School , and in June , £ 115 ios . for the Boys' School , or together £ 144945 . In 1890 it raised £ 619 , 13 s . 6 d . ; in 1891 , £ 675 2 s . fid . ; while in 188 9 , when Bro . Lord Henniker , P . G . M ., presided for the Girls' School , the total of its contributions to the three Charities was £ 1048 17 s . 6 d .,
of which the Girls' obtained £ 571 13 s . 6 d ., while in 1888 , including the subscription to the Girls' Centenary of £ 517 12 s ., the total raised was £ 1195 12 s . These are years of successful work which would have justified the Province ' s non-attendance on Wednesday . Hence the greater the credit due to it for its contribution . Of tne 37 lodges in the Province of
SURREY , four took part in the proceedings of this Festival , the aggregate of their contributions being £ 131 14 s . This is a capital sum , considering that last year it raised no less than £ 2817 19 s . fid ., of which £ 2148 Os . fid . was in respect uf the
Benevolent Jubilee , £ 219 of the Girls' School , and £ 450 19 s . of the Boys' School . In 1888 it raised £ 1147 18 s . for the Gnls' Centenary , and for tne wnole year , £ 12 9 8 14 s ., while in 1866 , when the late Bro . General Brownrigg , the predecessor of bro . Col . Money , P . O . M ., acted as Chairman at the Girls' School Centenary , it compiled £ 1346 lor the Institution , and including the contributions to the Royal Masonic Benevolent institution and the Boys' Scnool , £ 1829 tor the whole
year-SUSSEX , with only 29 lodges on its roll , hatl six of them represented by Stewards , wlu ' the veteran , Bro . Richard Clowes , was Unattached . The total of the lists W ' £ 177 17 s ., which , after contributing £ 1038 7 s . to the Girls' School , in 1892- ' support of the Duke of Connaught's Chairmanship , and £ 1156 6 s . to the