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DEVONSHIRE . £ s . d . The Province—Bro . the Hon . Sir Stafford II . Northcote ... 7 8 17 C

EAST ANGLIA . The Province—Lodge 112 Bro . E . Armitage 31 10 o 145 „ A . H . Bowles ... 15 ' 5 ° 334 „ C . F . Matier 42 o o 413 „ R . Clowes ( see Sussex )

GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE . The Province— £ s . d . Bro . the Baron de Ferrieres 5 5 ° Lodge 10 Bro . R . V . Vassar-Smith 5 5 °

HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT . Bro . Richard Eve 10 10 o „ Arthur Savill ... 5 5 ° „ Henry Stone ... 15 o o Lodge

2 Bro . Alexander Howell ... 5 5 ° 2 „ Capt . A . H . Markham 10 10 o 2 „ Gordon Miller ... 5 5 0 62 ,, Alexander Howell ( see above )

HERTFORDSHIRE ? The Province—Bro . F . S . Knyvett ... 5 5 ° Lodge 354 Bro . A . R . Carter ( see

General Board ) ... 354 „ MajorCliffordProbyn 5 5 ° 367 „ Geo . Mickley , M . B . 5 5 ° 367 „ James Terry ... 10 10 0

JERSEY . Bro . Col . E . C . Malet de Carteret 21 o o

KENT . Bro . Rev . Hay man Cummings 31 10 0 Lodge 129 Bro . Rev . E . C . d'Anquier lG lG o 2 55 ) j Silas Wagon ... 10 10 o 294 „ E . M . Primrose

294 „ Robert Main ... 550 294 „ A . Escott 5 5 o 309 „ A . H . Bateman ... 5 5 0 322 „ Walter Tomlinson ... 5 5 0 37 S „ Jas . S . Eastes ... 26 5 o 390 „ Thomas D . Denne ... 390 „ R . J . Emmerson ... 11 o o

LANCASHIRE . The Province—Bro . A . H . Jefferis ... 26 5 o Lodge St . John's Bro . John Kenyon 10 10 o St . John ' s „ W . H . Brown 550 Lebanon „ R . W . Bourne 550 Lebanon „ Reginald Young 52 10 o Lebanon „ W . I .

Thompson ... 5 5 ° 34 Bro . Samuel Kell y ... 16 o o 143 „ Rev . T . B . Spencer 10 10 0 14 G ,, Capt . C . H . Garnett 10 10 o 15 S „ W . Johnson 27 o 0 393 » J - De Bels Adam 2 G 5 o LEICESTERSHIRE , NORTHANTS , DERBYSHIRE , AND RUTLAND . The

Province—Bro . J . H . Thompson ... 550 Lodge 245 Bro . H . Manfield 42 o o 245 „ The Hon . A . W . Trollope 5 5 0 302 „ A . Woodiwiss , J . P . 52 10 o 302 ,, G . Fletcher 5 5 0 353 „ Percy Wallis ... 5 5 o

LINCOLNSHIRE . 117 Bro . H . E . Cousans ... G G o 18 S „ J . Duke ... > iSS „ W . Goodwin ) ° ° 3 S 7 „ T . Staniforth ... 10 10 0 3 S 7 „ Rev . E . M . Weigall 10 10 o

MIDDLESEX AND SURREY . Bro . C . Hammerton ... 45 2 G The Province—Bro . Rev . Joseph Cater .., Lodge 3 Bro . A . W . Hillier ... 550 5 R . Greening ... 7 ....

„ 5 „ E . M . Lott , Mus . Dr . j lj ] J u 7 „ W . E . Stewart ... 22 1 o 13 ,, Dr . F . Lawrancc ... 21 o o

SUMMARY OF T £ s . d . Berks and Oxon 77 7 o Cornwall 5 5 0 Cumberland and Westmorland 21 00 Devonshire 7 S 17 G East Anglia Sy 5 o Gloucestershire and

Herefordshire 10 to o Hampshire and Isle of Wight 51 15 o Hertfordshire 26 5 0 Jersey 21 o o Kent 117 1 o Lancashire 195 5 o Leicestershire , & c n ? 10 o

LONDON—5 G STEWARDS ... PROVINCES , & c—123 STEWAK GRAND TOTAL

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Lodge £ s . d . 104 Bro . Alfred F . Church ... 1010 o 11 4 „ Charles Belton ... 15 15 ° 144 „ P . Saillard 57 ' 5 ° 1 S 1 „ W . Bailey 10 10 o 19 S „ H . M . Hobbs ... 21 o o

211 „ J . N . Frye 10 10 o 234 „ Edwin Storr 15 15 o 235 „ N . Prower ( abroad ) 230 ,, G . Emblin 12 12 o

251 „ H . Goodwin 15 4 o 251 „ S . J . Attenborough 10 10 o 251 „ T . Blanco White ... 10 10 o 2 S 4 „ Capt . C . J . Knightley 5 5 ° 331 „ Henry Faija 40 o o 331 „ Dr . W . H . Kempster 5 5 0

331 „ W . H . Kempster , M . B . 5 5 ° 350 „ Laurence Steele ... 19 19 o 350 „ George Graveley ... 5 5 °

355 „ George Rice 5 5 ° 357 » W . Clowes 10 10 0 357 „ George Gardner ... 5 5 ° 3 G 1 „ L . G . G . Robbins ... ? K 361 „ Major E . Ball ... } lb 399 „ The Earl of Euston ( see G . Master's Lodge ) ... 399 „ Viscount Dungarvan ( see Gen . Board )

399 . „ Sir R . Hanson , Bart . 10 10 o 399 „ Maj .-Gen . E . C . Sim 5 5 ° 309 „ E . A . Baylis 26 5 o TOO „ F . Mead 10 10 o

399 „ Sir Lionel E . Darell , Bart 5 5 ° 399 „ Lieut .-Col . A . B . Cook ( see Gen . Board ) 399 „ Alfred Cooper ... 5 5 ° 400 „ Belgrave Ninnis ~ ) g g 400 „ W . Kiallmark )

MONMOUTHSHIRE . The Province—Bro . Samuel Davies ... 42 o o

NORTHUMBERLAND cS : DURHAM . The Province—Bro . C . S . Lane 52 10 o Lodge 250 Bro . C . D . Hill Drury , M . D . ... ... 5 5 o

SOUTH WALES . The Province—Bro . J . Munday 42 0 o Lodge 25 G Bro . T . E . Remfry ... 10 10 o

SUSSEX . The Province—Bro . C . J . Smith 1010 o Lodge 75 Bro . H . W . Abell ... 10 10 o 409 „ Richard Clowes ... 28 7 o

WARWICKSHIRE . The Province—Bro . H . Fisher 15 15 0

WEST YORKSHIRE . The Province—¦ Bro . C . L . Mason , P . G . M . 550 Lodge 52 Bro . F . Cleeves ... " 1 53 „ Walter C . Fox > 27 10 0 53 » John Shaw ... ) 5 8 „ H . S . Holdsworth ... 5 5 0 5 S ,, Richard Hodgson ... 5 5 o 39 S „ H . T . Bellerby ... 10 10 o

WILTSHIRE . 17 8 Bro . Frederick Hancock ... 22 1 o WORCESTERSHIRE . Bro . A . F . Godson , M . P ., P . G . M 550 The Province—Bro . W . B . Williamson ... 5 5 o

ORDER OF THE . SECRET MONITOR . Grand Council—Bro . Frank Richardson ( see Gen . Bd . ) ROSE CROIX . Chapter—97 Bro . G . Gregory 10 10 u

FOREIGN STATIONS . SCOTLAND . BIU . G . Dalrymple Duncan ... 5 5 ° Q UEENSLAND . „ Joon Fenwick 5 5 ° BENGAL . ,, W . Franks

NORTH AFRICA . „ Capt . Williams-Freeman G 2 u IE PROVINCES . £ s . d . Lincolnshire 43 -i o Middlesex and Surrey 593 3 G

Monmouthshire 42 o o Northumberland and Durham 57 15 o South Wales 52 10 o Sussex 3 S 17 o Warwickshire 15 15 o West Yorkshire 53 15 G

Wiltshire 22 1 o Worcestershire 10 10 o Order of the Secret Monitor ... Rose Croix 10 10 o Foreign Stations 17 17 0 £ (> o < j 4 C > S ... £ 1744 lG 6 £ 2354 1 o

The Earl of EUSTON next proposed " The Board of Stewards . " Bro . Col . A . BOTT COOK responded , and stated that the whole of the expense

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of the Festival was paid out of the Stewards' fees , so that no expense fell on the Fund . Bro . Viscount DUNGARVAN replied to the toast of "The Ladies , " and Bro . Professor VIVIAN LEWIS for " The Visitors . " The proceedings , which had been most thoroughly successful , were then brought to a close .

ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNS . The later successes of the Mark Benevolent Fund Festivals were well maintained on Wednesday , when , under the able presidency of Bro . the Earl of Euston , Dep . G . M . M . and Past President of the General Board , a Board of 179 Stewards had the satisfaction of compiling a total of donations and subscriptions amounting to £ 2354 is . This is the largest Board of Stewards in connection with this

Festival , the hig hest number previously recorded having been in 1888 , when the Chairman of the day , Bro . the Marquis of Hertford , was supported by 163 brethren , the aggregate of whose lists was ^ 1818 . On this occasion , however , the amount obtained was about £ 100 in excess of the hig hest previous return of ^ 2260 in 1887 .

The most noteworthy feature in connection with this particular fete is undoubtedly the introduction of a somewhat numerous body of Lady Stewards . Occasionally at Masonic gatherings of this character there have been scattered here and there in the list two or three , or it may be , even some half-dozen ladies , who have kindly acted in this important capacity , but this is certainly the first time we have known them act in such force and as a separate detachment . The

Marchioness of Hertford , wife of the Pro G . M ., headed the list , which mustered to the number of 19 in all , and included the Viscountess Valentia , wife of the Prov . G . M . of Berks and Oxon ; the Ladies Eleanor Harbord and Agnes Cooper , Lady and Miss Darell , Mrs . and Miss Berridge , Mrs . and Miss Kelly , Mrs . C . F . Matier , and Mrs . A . B . Cook , the sum of their contributions being , £ 82 Ss . In more than one instance , however , we are given to understand that the contributions will be found recorded in other lists .

The General Board , headed by Bros , the Ear ! of Euston , Past President , and Lieut .-Col . A . B . Cook , President , F . Richardson , Vice-President , Viscount Dungarvan , and other members , to the number of 15 , formed a second separate detachment , the result of their efforts appearing in a sum of . £ 11 7 12 s ., as compared with £ w 5 10 s . from a Board of n members last year . But in this case , also , we are referred in several instances to other Returns , either in the London or Provincial sections of the Returns .

Of the lodges in London , 11 were represented by 13 brethren , who compiled amongst them . £ 334 13 s . 6 d . The Earl of Euston , Grand Masters Lodge , obtained . £ 146 5 s . ; Bro . Richard Glasspool , acting for the Eclectic Lodge , No . 410 , returning ^ 35 14 s . ; Bro . H . H . Shirley , St . Mark ' s , No . 1 , £ 30 9 s . ; and Bro . H . Von Joel , of the Thistle , No . 8 , £ 24 13 s . 6 d . ; and Bro . P . de Lande Long , No . 3 6 3 , . £ 27 5 s . The Unattached brethren , to the number of 12 , returned among them ^ 74 lis . Thus , taking the Lady Stewards , the General

Board , the representatives of London lodges , and the Unattached Stewards together , we may set down the London section of the Board as numbering 56 , and the total of the sums contributed or raised by them—except in the cases where we are told they figure in the Provincial Returns—as amounting to , £ 609 4 s . 6 d . Last year , London , with 37 out of a Board of 159 Stewards , were successful in raising a total of £ 491 19 s . Turning to

I HE PROVINCES , we find that , including representatives from sundry foreign stations , & c , the number of Stewards , irrespective of those who figure both in this and the London sections of the Board , was 121 , and that the total they returned was ^ 1744 14 s . 6 d . Last year there were 122 Provincial Stewards , and the sum of their Returns was £ 1594 19 s . 6 d . Ten brethren did duty for

BERKS AND OXON , the Province itself being represented by the Prov . Grand Master ( Viscount Valentia ) , the Past Prov . Grand Master ( the Earl of Jersey ) , and Bro . John Tomkins , the other seven being representatives of four lodges . The total contributed or raised by these reached ^ 77 7 s ., the principal items being £ 22 us ., the amount of the joint list of Bros . Captain G . P . Airey , W . H . Seary , and Edward Home , acting for the Alfred Lodge , No . 247 , and . £ 17 per Bro . C . H , Tench from the Leopold Lodge , No . 235 , Reading .

The three Provinces next in order had each of them a single representative , Bro . N . J , West , of the Cornubian , No . 87 , doing duty for CORNWALL , and contributing £ 5 5 s ., Bro . the Rev . James Anderson , of the Fletcher Lodge , No . 213 , for CUMBERLAND and WESTMORLAND , and handing in ^ 21 ; while DEVONSHIRE was represented by its newly-appointed Prov . Grand Master , Bro . the Hon . Sir Stafford Northcote , whose list amounted to £ 56 16 s . 6 d . EAST ANGLIA sent up

four Stewards , Bro . C . F . Matier , for the York Lodge , No . 334 , Cambridge , being one of them . The total reached , £ 89 5 s ., of which Bro . Matier raised . £ 42 , Bro . E . Armitage , W . M . of the Isaac Newton , No . 112 , Cambridge , ^ 31 10 s ., and Bro . A . H . Bowles , Constantine Lodge , No . 145 , Colchester , . £ 15 15 s . GLOUCESTERSHIRE and HEREFORDSHIRE had two Stewards , Bro . Baron de Ferrieres , Prov . Grand Master , and Bro . Vassar-Smith for the Cheltenham and Keystone , No . 10 , the total for the Province being £ 10 10 s .

HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT had six Stewards , Bro . Alexander Howell doing duty for Lodges Nos . 2 and 62 . The Returns amounted to £ 51 15 s ., and included , £ 21 from the Phoenix Lodge , No . 2 , Portsmouth , and . £ 15 from Bro . H . Stone . HERTFORDSHIRE sent five Stewardsof whom Bro . F . Sumner Knyvett , Prov . Grand Secretary , did duty

, for the Province generally ; while Bros . A . R . Carter and Major Probyn represented the Rose and Lily , No . 354 , and Bros . George Mickley and James Terry the Gladsmuir , No . 3 67 . The total amounted to £ 26 5 s ., of which Bro . Terry raised £ 10 10 s . J ERSEY was represented by Bro . Colonel de Carteret , whose list amounted to - £ 21 ,

KENT had seven of its 18 lodges represented by ten brethren , while Bro . the Rev . Hayman Cummings , D . P . G . M ., acted independently , the list he handed in amounting to £ 31 10 s . The lodge representatives increased this by ^ 85 lis . to ^ 11 7 is ., the principal item being £ 26 5 s . from Bro . | . S . Eastes . Last year the eig ht Stewards from this Province raised ; £ n 5 8 s . The large and influential Province of

LANCASHIRE acquitted itself most satisfactorily . There were in all 11 Stewards , of whom one represented the Province and the remaining 10 seven out of its 30 lodges . Bro . Reginald Young , one of three Stewards for the Lebanon ( Time Immemorial ) Lodge , handed in a list of , £ 52 10 s ., the Returns from the other two Stewards raising the total from this lodsje to £ 6 % Bro . W . Johnson , Rose and Thistle Lodge , No .

158 , Wigan , raised ^ , " 27 , Bro . A . H . Jefferis , the Provincial representative , £ 26 5 s ., and Bro . J . de Bels Adam , of the Liverpool Lodge , No . 393 , obtained £ 26 5 s . ; Bro . Samuel Kelly , St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 34 , Manchester , ^ 16 , and the St . John ' s ( Time Immemorial ) Lodge , Bolton , £ 15 : 5 s ., per Bro . John Kenyon and another . The total from the whole Province was £ 195 5 s ., as compared with , £ 356 10 s . by 15 Stewards in 1889 .