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DORSETSHIRE , Thirteen lodges , gave £ 96 12 s . to the Girls and £ 68 5 s . to the Boys in 1885 , while last year it showed to still greater advantage , its two Stewards , of whom Bro . W . James was one—though the chief portion of the work was done by Bro . Budden—having made up a total of £ 180 ios . for the Benevolent , while in the May following another brace of Stewards raised a joint list of £ 142 16 s . On Tuesday Bro . James sent up £ 113 3 s-
DURHAM Sent up no Steward ,- but its annual donation of £ 52 ios . very properly figures in the list of Returns . It is not perhaps a very large sum for a province which can boast of 30 lodges ; but the grant is made annually from the funds of the Prov . Grand Lodge , and each of the other Institutions has a like amount apportioned to them . As a rule , however , the contributions from this Province are on a limited scale . Last year the Benevolent
received £ 105 , the Girls' School , £ 6855 ., and the Boys ' , £ 63 ; total , £ 236 5 s . In 1885 , the Benevolent had £ 120 15 s ., and the Boys' School , £ 105 , the Girls' School being left out in the cold ; total for the year , £ 225 15 s . In 18 S 4 , the Benevo l ent received £ 121 16 s ., the Girls' , £ 120 , and the Boys ' , /" 210 , making £ 45 1 163 . We confess we shall be glad to see the Province returning to its figures for 1881 , when the total for the year was close on £ 1024 .
ESSEX , With its 25 lodges or thereabouts , its popular chief , Bro . Lord Brooke , and his able Deputy , Bro . Philbrick , G . Reg ., invariably plays its part well at these celebrations . At the Benevolent Festival in 1884 its total fell short by a few shillings only of £ 400 , the precise amount being £ 399 7 s . In the May following , when Bro . Lord Brooke occupied the chair at the Girls '
Festival , il contributed £ 1000 , and it finished the year by raising X 147 ios . 6 d . for our Boys , giving an aggregate for the three Anniversaries of £ 154 6 17 s . 6 d . In 1885 , its total ' was £ 794 14 s . 6 d . —Benevolent , £ 456 13 s . 6 d . ; Girls' School , £ 86 2 s . ; and Boys' School , £ 251 19 s . ; while last year it raised altogether £ 599 6 s ., namely , for the R . M . Benevolent Institution , £ 113 5 s . 6 d . ; for the Girls '
£ 245 14 s . ; and for the Boys' £ 238 6 s . 6 d . Thus in tbe years 1884-5-6 . Essex has contributed £ 2940 18 s ., and on Tuesday fully maintained its hig h character , its 12 Stewards making up amongst them the serviceable total of £ 500 13 s . Of the 11 brethren whose combined efforts brought about this result , 10 acted for nine lodges , and Comp . A . G . Durrant for Chapter No . 276 , the list of that veteran among Stewards , Bro . Richard Clowes , being outstanding . Bros . G . Harrison and W . Lowman divided
between them the honour of representing the Angel Lodge , No . 51 , Colchester , the premier lodge of the province , their joint list being over £ 100 , while Bro . Merritt , Priory Lodge , No . 1000 , Southend , reached £ 116 16 s . It is clearly impossible to bestow too large a measure of praise on lodges which so fully recognise and so efficisntly discharge their duty towards our Institutions . The representatives of two out of the 14 lodges of
GLOUCESTERSHIRE , namely , Bros . Baron de Ferrieres , acting for No . 246 , and the Rev . Simon I . G . Fraser , No . 592 , have between them handed in the useful , but not excessive , sum of 80 guineas ( £ 84 ) , oi which 60 guineas ( £ 63 ) conslitutes the latter ' s list . However , the record of the Province during the last three years is a splendid one , and an occasional lapse into the minor totals is
therefore to be expected . Thus in 1884 , it gave £ 597 9 s . among the three Institutions , of which £ 417 iSs . fell to the share of the Girls' School . In 1885 , when its Prov . G . M ., Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., occup ied the position so ably and satisfactorily filled by his relative on Tuesday , its total for the year was £ 1247 8 s . 6 d ., of which the Benevolent received £ 1210 13 s . 6 d ., and the Boys' School the small reminder ; while last year
the total reached £ 395 us . 6 d ., the constituent items being £ 39 18 s ., for the Benevolent , £ 222 12 s . for the Girls' School , and £ 133 is . 6 d . for the Boys . The total for the triennial period is £ 2240 9 s ., and in the face of such an amount from so limited a Province , we give the modest figure of Tuesday a hearty welcome . As regards the Chairman ' s Province of
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT , there is no question as to the brilliant success of its exertions , in spite of the shortness of the interval between Bro . Beach's acceptance of the Chairmanshi p and the day appointed for the celebration of the Anniversary . There was a goodly array of 28 Stewards , but doubtless many more would have given their services , had they known earlier that their respected chief was
going to preside on the occasion . However , Prov . G . Lodge voted 250 guineas from its funds , and Prov . G . Chapter followed suit with a grant of 5 o guineas , while Bro . Eve supplemented the latter amount with 100 guineas 'rom his own purse . Thus with a certain £ 420 to set the ball rolling , it is 'lot to be wondered at that the other brethren worked with a will , and had 'heir efforts generously backed up by the members . At all events , the
stewards' lists total up £ 1758 14 s . 6 d ., that of Bro . J . E . Le Feuvre heading the array with £ 412 13 s ., Bro . Eve following with £ 157 ios ., Bro . Capt . the Hon . A . G . Curzon-Howe ' s being next with £ 123 5 s . 6 d ., and then Bro . Major Rebbeck with £ 110 5 s . Bro . Mason , the indefatigable collector of | ne Institution , just managed to get into three figures , the amount of his hst being 105 5 swhile BroFrancis Newman figures for £ 89 5 sand
., . ., ° ro . Dr . Knott for £ 84 . There is no list outstanding , and the total is far in excess of anything done in past years by this Province , though in 1883 , when ° ro Beach acted as Chairman for the Girls' School , the sum raised ( £ 1307 ) M ' well worthy of the kudos it received at the time . In 1884 it distributed among the three Charities £ 1180 ios . 6 d . ; in 18 . 85 £ 1062 is . 6 d . ; and last
, year £ 826 15 s . 6 d ., making the aggregate for the three £ 3069 7 s . 6 d ., or lather more than £ 1000 per annum . We must congratulate Bro . Beach , . 'M ., on having so loyal a Province , and the Province on its good 0 r tune in having so excellent a chief to preside over its fortunes . As regards the number of its lodges ,
HERTFORDSHIRE s about on a level with Gloucestershire , while the resemblance between the * ° holds good in this further respect , namely , that both are regular and L era ' supporters of our Institutions . On Tuesday Herts was represented y-1 Stewards , Bro . J . E . Dawson , the D . P . G . M ., acting independently , th u ol --er I 0 as representatives of no less than 9 out of the 14 lodges and j e c"apter attached to a tenth . The sum of their lists was £ 39 6 19 s . £ year it raised ^^ lCs _ 6 d . in l 8 g 5 | ^ Qs _ . jn jg 84 470 9 s . 6 d ., making tor the three years £ 1386 15 s ., of which £ 964 os . 6 d .
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was subscribed to this Institution ; £ 228 193 . to the Girls ; and £ 193 151 . 6 d . to the Boys . Considering , indeed , how well this little Province does its duty by our Charities , we are often tempted to wonder why it is that Bro . T . F . Halsey , its P . G . Master , does not venture upon a Chairmanship at one of our anniversaries . He is a strong Mason , highly respected and influential , and we are confident would be well backed up by the Craft .
KENT may have a long purse and an excellent organisation for Charitable purposes , as it certainly has a splendid chief and a formidable array of lodges . But even these advantages , great as they are , will hardly account for the large totals which figure in its name in the Returns of successive anniversaries . In 1883 when Bro . Earl Amherst—then Viscount
Holmesdalepresided at the Boys' School Festival , its contribution was sli ghtly in excess of £ 2316 , the lesser sums raised for the Benevolent and Girls bringing the total up to over £ 2692 . In 1884 . it distributed £ 1331 133 . 6 d ., the Girls ' receiving the largest share ( £ 561 ios . 6 d . ) , and the Benevolent ihe smallest ( 271 8 s . ) . In 1884 it raised £ 1578 17 s ., the Boys' School receiving £ 7 14 17 s . 6 d . ; the Benevolent , £ 531 12 s . ; and the Girls , £ 332 7 s . 6 d . Last year the Benevolent had the advantage with £ 884 ; the Girls obtaining
£ 547 os . Od . ; and the Boys £ 294 , making the year ' s Return £ 1725 os . 6 J ., and for the three years £ 4635 ios . On Tuesday it sent up [ 7 Stewards representing 16 lodges , and their lists amounted together to £ 1227 17 s . 6 d . which is certainly a grand beginning for the Jubilee Year . It must be immensely gratilying to the Prov . G . Master to find his lodges so pertinaciously exhibiting their devotion to our Charitable duties . It is to be regretted that the Returns from
EAST LANCASHIRE are so incomplete . Of 17 brethren entered as Stewards only seven have made any returns , and to judge from the amounts placed against their respective names , only one appears to consist of more than the brother ' s personal contribution . The result is that East Lancashire , which is numerically our strongest Province , figures for no more than £ 89 5 s . Had the others sent in their lists , the Province would doubtless have made a worthier
display . Not that we often have large amounts from this quarter , except on very special occasions , as in 1 S 83 , when it gave the Boys' School £ 2100 , and in 1879 when its Prov . G . Master presided at the Festival of this Institution , and the brethren supported him to the extent of £ 3542 . Last year , for instance , it raised £ 443 , each Institution obtaining a share ; in 1885 , £ 428 ; and in 1884 , £ 1247 ; or for the triennial period , £ 2118 . However , it has a Charitable Association of its own [ which absorbs a considerable amount of its funds .
So , too , has WEST LANCASHIRE , Which , however , with 11 Stewards , figured on Tuesday for £ 39 6 8 s ., one list still being outstanding . Last year it raised £ 510 6 s ., in 1885 £ 582 15 s ., and in 1884 £ 75 1 4 s ., or for the three years , £ 1844 8 s . At the great Festival of the Boys' School in 1883 , it figured for £ 334 5 s . 6 d ., while in 1880 , it seconded the Chairman , the Earl of Lathom , its own P . G . M ., with close on £ 2665 . The Province of
LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND Had a worly representative in Bro . John Metcalfe , who compiled the handsome total of £ 250 . As there are only some 12 lodges on the roll , it is clear that Bro . Metcalfe must have done his part well . Last year the province gave £ 267 15 s ., of which , all but £ 10 ios ., was received by this Institution .
In 1885 the Girls' obtained the lion ' s share in the shape of £ 405 , the Boys ' receiving a supplementary £ 26 5 s ., while in 1884 £ 330 was contributed to the Benevolent , the Boys' School having had its turn the year previous , when the province figured for £ 405 . These are facts of which a province so limited in numbers has just reason to be proud .
What is commonly known as the metropolitan Province of MIDDLESEX , like its Kentish neighbour , is both a consistent and liberal supporter of our Institutions , but having a less formidable array of lodges , it does not shine quite so conspicuously . On Tuesday its contingent of 12 Stewards—11 of whom acted for as many lodges , while one was unattached—made up amongst them a comfortable total of £ 43 1 17 s . In 1886 , the totals
returned for the three Institutions amounted to ^ 1033 193 ., of which the Benevolent was fortunate enough to secme the larger half ; in 1885 , they reached the lower sum of £ 867 6 s ., which was fully impartially shared among the three , while in 1884 , the figure was £ 724 17 s . 6 d ., of which rather less than a moiety fell to the Girls' School ; total for the three years , £ 2626 2 s . 6 d . Excellently well done , Middlesex ! We must congratulate
NORFOLK , or , perhaps , we should say , its Social Lodge , No . 93 , Norwich , and Bro . Bridgman , who represented it on the Board of Stewards , on its extremely satisfactory list of £ 151 5 s . We are not starting a novel proposition in suggesting that Norfolk , being an agricultural Province , is , at the best of times , not strong . Moreover , in June last , Bro . Lord Suffield , P . G . M .,
occupied the chair at the Boys' School Festival at Brighton , and his lodges handsomely supported him to the tune of £ 420 , the Girls' Institution the month previous having received £ 67 4 s ., the sum of the two contributions being only a few pounds short of £ 500 . In 1885 the Girls were favoured with £ 200 , and the Boys and Benevolent had each a modest amount of
support in 1883 . If we bear in mind the severe distress which has prevailed of late years in agricultural districts , we shall recognise that Norfolk , though its Returnsare not large for a Province having some 16 lodges on iis roll , has done its part well , the comparative smallness of its resources being accountable for the comparative modesty of its donations .
NORTH WALES , with its tale of 18 lodges , entered on its career as a separate Province towards the close of 18 S 5 , and signalised the event by raising by the hands of two Stewards the sum of £ 29 lis . for this Institution in the February following . In May last it contributed per Bros . Lieut -Col . Piatt and C . K . Benson , £ 102 7 s . 6 d ., and it closed the year with £ 87 3 s . to the
Boys Festival at Biighton in June . Thus in the first year ol its existence it gave a fraction over £ 219 among our Charities . On Tuesday it sent up four Stewards—among whom were Bros . S . Pope , Q-C , G . S . D ., and Lieut .-Col . Piatt—with a total ot £ 152 is ., Comp . RTj . David ' s list for Chapter No . 606 , being at the top wilh £ 70 . This looks like work during the Jubilee Year .
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DORSETSHIRE , Thirteen lodges , gave £ 96 12 s . to the Girls and £ 68 5 s . to the Boys in 1885 , while last year it showed to still greater advantage , its two Stewards , of whom Bro . W . James was one—though the chief portion of the work was done by Bro . Budden—having made up a total of £ 180 ios . for the Benevolent , while in the May following another brace of Stewards raised a joint list of £ 142 16 s . On Tuesday Bro . James sent up £ 113 3 s-
DURHAM Sent up no Steward ,- but its annual donation of £ 52 ios . very properly figures in the list of Returns . It is not perhaps a very large sum for a province which can boast of 30 lodges ; but the grant is made annually from the funds of the Prov . Grand Lodge , and each of the other Institutions has a like amount apportioned to them . As a rule , however , the contributions from this Province are on a limited scale . Last year the Benevolent
received £ 105 , the Girls' School , £ 6855 ., and the Boys ' , £ 63 ; total , £ 236 5 s . In 1885 , the Benevolent had £ 120 15 s ., and the Boys' School , £ 105 , the Girls' School being left out in the cold ; total for the year , £ 225 15 s . In 18 S 4 , the Benevo l ent received £ 121 16 s ., the Girls' , £ 120 , and the Boys ' , /" 210 , making £ 45 1 163 . We confess we shall be glad to see the Province returning to its figures for 1881 , when the total for the year was close on £ 1024 .
ESSEX , With its 25 lodges or thereabouts , its popular chief , Bro . Lord Brooke , and his able Deputy , Bro . Philbrick , G . Reg ., invariably plays its part well at these celebrations . At the Benevolent Festival in 1884 its total fell short by a few shillings only of £ 400 , the precise amount being £ 399 7 s . In the May following , when Bro . Lord Brooke occupied the chair at the Girls '
Festival , il contributed £ 1000 , and it finished the year by raising X 147 ios . 6 d . for our Boys , giving an aggregate for the three Anniversaries of £ 154 6 17 s . 6 d . In 1885 , its total ' was £ 794 14 s . 6 d . —Benevolent , £ 456 13 s . 6 d . ; Girls' School , £ 86 2 s . ; and Boys' School , £ 251 19 s . ; while last year it raised altogether £ 599 6 s ., namely , for the R . M . Benevolent Institution , £ 113 5 s . 6 d . ; for the Girls '
£ 245 14 s . ; and for the Boys' £ 238 6 s . 6 d . Thus in tbe years 1884-5-6 . Essex has contributed £ 2940 18 s ., and on Tuesday fully maintained its hig h character , its 12 Stewards making up amongst them the serviceable total of £ 500 13 s . Of the 11 brethren whose combined efforts brought about this result , 10 acted for nine lodges , and Comp . A . G . Durrant for Chapter No . 276 , the list of that veteran among Stewards , Bro . Richard Clowes , being outstanding . Bros . G . Harrison and W . Lowman divided
between them the honour of representing the Angel Lodge , No . 51 , Colchester , the premier lodge of the province , their joint list being over £ 100 , while Bro . Merritt , Priory Lodge , No . 1000 , Southend , reached £ 116 16 s . It is clearly impossible to bestow too large a measure of praise on lodges which so fully recognise and so efficisntly discharge their duty towards our Institutions . The representatives of two out of the 14 lodges of
GLOUCESTERSHIRE , namely , Bros . Baron de Ferrieres , acting for No . 246 , and the Rev . Simon I . G . Fraser , No . 592 , have between them handed in the useful , but not excessive , sum of 80 guineas ( £ 84 ) , oi which 60 guineas ( £ 63 ) conslitutes the latter ' s list . However , the record of the Province during the last three years is a splendid one , and an occasional lapse into the minor totals is
therefore to be expected . Thus in 1884 , it gave £ 597 9 s . among the three Institutions , of which £ 417 iSs . fell to the share of the Girls' School . In 1885 , when its Prov . G . M ., Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., occup ied the position so ably and satisfactorily filled by his relative on Tuesday , its total for the year was £ 1247 8 s . 6 d ., of which the Benevolent received £ 1210 13 s . 6 d ., and the Boys' School the small reminder ; while last year
the total reached £ 395 us . 6 d ., the constituent items being £ 39 18 s ., for the Benevolent , £ 222 12 s . for the Girls' School , and £ 133 is . 6 d . for the Boys . The total for the triennial period is £ 2240 9 s ., and in the face of such an amount from so limited a Province , we give the modest figure of Tuesday a hearty welcome . As regards the Chairman ' s Province of
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT , there is no question as to the brilliant success of its exertions , in spite of the shortness of the interval between Bro . Beach's acceptance of the Chairmanshi p and the day appointed for the celebration of the Anniversary . There was a goodly array of 28 Stewards , but doubtless many more would have given their services , had they known earlier that their respected chief was
going to preside on the occasion . However , Prov . G . Lodge voted 250 guineas from its funds , and Prov . G . Chapter followed suit with a grant of 5 o guineas , while Bro . Eve supplemented the latter amount with 100 guineas 'rom his own purse . Thus with a certain £ 420 to set the ball rolling , it is 'lot to be wondered at that the other brethren worked with a will , and had 'heir efforts generously backed up by the members . At all events , the
stewards' lists total up £ 1758 14 s . 6 d ., that of Bro . J . E . Le Feuvre heading the array with £ 412 13 s ., Bro . Eve following with £ 157 ios ., Bro . Capt . the Hon . A . G . Curzon-Howe ' s being next with £ 123 5 s . 6 d ., and then Bro . Major Rebbeck with £ 110 5 s . Bro . Mason , the indefatigable collector of | ne Institution , just managed to get into three figures , the amount of his hst being 105 5 swhile BroFrancis Newman figures for £ 89 5 sand
., . ., ° ro . Dr . Knott for £ 84 . There is no list outstanding , and the total is far in excess of anything done in past years by this Province , though in 1883 , when ° ro Beach acted as Chairman for the Girls' School , the sum raised ( £ 1307 ) M ' well worthy of the kudos it received at the time . In 1884 it distributed among the three Charities £ 1180 ios . 6 d . ; in 18 . 85 £ 1062 is . 6 d . ; and last
, year £ 826 15 s . 6 d ., making the aggregate for the three £ 3069 7 s . 6 d ., or lather more than £ 1000 per annum . We must congratulate Bro . Beach , . 'M ., on having so loyal a Province , and the Province on its good 0 r tune in having so excellent a chief to preside over its fortunes . As regards the number of its lodges ,
HERTFORDSHIRE s about on a level with Gloucestershire , while the resemblance between the * ° holds good in this further respect , namely , that both are regular and L era ' supporters of our Institutions . On Tuesday Herts was represented y-1 Stewards , Bro . J . E . Dawson , the D . P . G . M ., acting independently , th u ol --er I 0 as representatives of no less than 9 out of the 14 lodges and j e c"apter attached to a tenth . The sum of their lists was £ 39 6 19 s . £ year it raised ^^ lCs _ 6 d . in l 8 g 5 | ^ Qs _ . jn jg 84 470 9 s . 6 d ., making tor the three years £ 1386 15 s ., of which £ 964 os . 6 d .
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was subscribed to this Institution ; £ 228 193 . to the Girls ; and £ 193 151 . 6 d . to the Boys . Considering , indeed , how well this little Province does its duty by our Charities , we are often tempted to wonder why it is that Bro . T . F . Halsey , its P . G . Master , does not venture upon a Chairmanship at one of our anniversaries . He is a strong Mason , highly respected and influential , and we are confident would be well backed up by the Craft .
KENT may have a long purse and an excellent organisation for Charitable purposes , as it certainly has a splendid chief and a formidable array of lodges . But even these advantages , great as they are , will hardly account for the large totals which figure in its name in the Returns of successive anniversaries . In 1883 when Bro . Earl Amherst—then Viscount
Holmesdalepresided at the Boys' School Festival , its contribution was sli ghtly in excess of £ 2316 , the lesser sums raised for the Benevolent and Girls bringing the total up to over £ 2692 . In 1884 . it distributed £ 1331 133 . 6 d ., the Girls ' receiving the largest share ( £ 561 ios . 6 d . ) , and the Benevolent ihe smallest ( 271 8 s . ) . In 1884 it raised £ 1578 17 s ., the Boys' School receiving £ 7 14 17 s . 6 d . ; the Benevolent , £ 531 12 s . ; and the Girls , £ 332 7 s . 6 d . Last year the Benevolent had the advantage with £ 884 ; the Girls obtaining
£ 547 os . Od . ; and the Boys £ 294 , making the year ' s Return £ 1725 os . 6 J ., and for the three years £ 4635 ios . On Tuesday it sent up [ 7 Stewards representing 16 lodges , and their lists amounted together to £ 1227 17 s . 6 d . which is certainly a grand beginning for the Jubilee Year . It must be immensely gratilying to the Prov . G . Master to find his lodges so pertinaciously exhibiting their devotion to our Charitable duties . It is to be regretted that the Returns from
EAST LANCASHIRE are so incomplete . Of 17 brethren entered as Stewards only seven have made any returns , and to judge from the amounts placed against their respective names , only one appears to consist of more than the brother ' s personal contribution . The result is that East Lancashire , which is numerically our strongest Province , figures for no more than £ 89 5 s . Had the others sent in their lists , the Province would doubtless have made a worthier
display . Not that we often have large amounts from this quarter , except on very special occasions , as in 1 S 83 , when it gave the Boys' School £ 2100 , and in 1879 when its Prov . G . Master presided at the Festival of this Institution , and the brethren supported him to the extent of £ 3542 . Last year , for instance , it raised £ 443 , each Institution obtaining a share ; in 1885 , £ 428 ; and in 1884 , £ 1247 ; or for the triennial period , £ 2118 . However , it has a Charitable Association of its own [ which absorbs a considerable amount of its funds .
So , too , has WEST LANCASHIRE , Which , however , with 11 Stewards , figured on Tuesday for £ 39 6 8 s ., one list still being outstanding . Last year it raised £ 510 6 s ., in 1885 £ 582 15 s ., and in 1884 £ 75 1 4 s ., or for the three years , £ 1844 8 s . At the great Festival of the Boys' School in 1883 , it figured for £ 334 5 s . 6 d ., while in 1880 , it seconded the Chairman , the Earl of Lathom , its own P . G . M ., with close on £ 2665 . The Province of
LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND Had a worly representative in Bro . John Metcalfe , who compiled the handsome total of £ 250 . As there are only some 12 lodges on the roll , it is clear that Bro . Metcalfe must have done his part well . Last year the province gave £ 267 15 s ., of which , all but £ 10 ios ., was received by this Institution .
In 1885 the Girls' obtained the lion ' s share in the shape of £ 405 , the Boys ' receiving a supplementary £ 26 5 s ., while in 1884 £ 330 was contributed to the Benevolent , the Boys' School having had its turn the year previous , when the province figured for £ 405 . These are facts of which a province so limited in numbers has just reason to be proud .
What is commonly known as the metropolitan Province of MIDDLESEX , like its Kentish neighbour , is both a consistent and liberal supporter of our Institutions , but having a less formidable array of lodges , it does not shine quite so conspicuously . On Tuesday its contingent of 12 Stewards—11 of whom acted for as many lodges , while one was unattached—made up amongst them a comfortable total of £ 43 1 17 s . In 1886 , the totals
returned for the three Institutions amounted to ^ 1033 193 ., of which the Benevolent was fortunate enough to secme the larger half ; in 1885 , they reached the lower sum of £ 867 6 s ., which was fully impartially shared among the three , while in 1884 , the figure was £ 724 17 s . 6 d ., of which rather less than a moiety fell to the Girls' School ; total for the three years , £ 2626 2 s . 6 d . Excellently well done , Middlesex ! We must congratulate
NORFOLK , or , perhaps , we should say , its Social Lodge , No . 93 , Norwich , and Bro . Bridgman , who represented it on the Board of Stewards , on its extremely satisfactory list of £ 151 5 s . We are not starting a novel proposition in suggesting that Norfolk , being an agricultural Province , is , at the best of times , not strong . Moreover , in June last , Bro . Lord Suffield , P . G . M .,
occupied the chair at the Boys' School Festival at Brighton , and his lodges handsomely supported him to the tune of £ 420 , the Girls' Institution the month previous having received £ 67 4 s ., the sum of the two contributions being only a few pounds short of £ 500 . In 1885 the Girls were favoured with £ 200 , and the Boys and Benevolent had each a modest amount of
support in 1883 . If we bear in mind the severe distress which has prevailed of late years in agricultural districts , we shall recognise that Norfolk , though its Returnsare not large for a Province having some 16 lodges on iis roll , has done its part well , the comparative smallness of its resources being accountable for the comparative modesty of its donations .
NORTH WALES , with its tale of 18 lodges , entered on its career as a separate Province towards the close of 18 S 5 , and signalised the event by raising by the hands of two Stewards the sum of £ 29 lis . for this Institution in the February following . In May last it contributed per Bros . Lieut -Col . Piatt and C . K . Benson , £ 102 7 s . 6 d ., and it closed the year with £ 87 3 s . to the
Boys Festival at Biighton in June . Thus in the first year ol its existence it gave a fraction over £ 219 among our Charities . On Tuesday it sent up four Stewards—among whom were Bros . S . Pope , Q-C , G . S . D ., and Lieut .-Col . Piatt—with a total ot £ 152 is ., Comp . RTj . David ' s list for Chapter No . 606 , being at the top wilh £ 70 . This looks like work during the Jubilee Year .