Anniversary Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

should say anything about his own public career . As to his Masonic career , he felt that on this occasion the less said about it the better , for whatever be might have tried to do in a public capacity , he had been a very neglectful Freemason . He had the satisfaction of knowing that the cause of Masonry in the

Province of Derbyshire had not in any degree suffered during his tenure of office , owing to the loyal and cordial assistance of his Dep . Prov . G . M ., who had discharged his duties a great deal more efficiently than he ( the Chairman ) would be able to do . The oreat . personal popularity enjoyed by his Dep . Prov . G . M .,

Bro . Okeover , accounted for the satisfactory result that had been announced from that province . He begged to thank his brethren from that province whom he saw in such large numbers before him , for the manner in which they had come forward to support their Prov . Grand Master on the occasion of his taking

the office he had the honour to hold . Enough had been said on personal questions and the climax of their enthusiasm had been reached when the subscriptions were announced . He , therefore ,

did not think he should be justified in saying more , but would take that opportunity of proposing the next toast , that of " The Other Masonic Charities , " to which Bro . F . R . W . HEDGES , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . I , for Girls , responded .

The remaining toasts were " The Stewards , " responded to by Bro . Major C . VV . CARRELL , and "The Ladies , " coupled with the name of Bro . Hugh E . Diamond . Bro . R . J . Morley , J . D . 258 9 , acted as Toastmaster .

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ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNS .

At the Girls' School Festival , on the 13 th ult ., Bro . McLeod , in returning thanks for the toast of "The Other Masonic Charities , " remarked that the Boys ' School authorities would thankfully receive any crumbs that might be left after the very successful anniversaries which had been held in aid of the Benevolent

and Girls' Institutions . It will be seen from the lists which appear in another column , that these " crumbs , " which had been gathered in by a Board of Stewards comprising 512 ladies and brethren , take the very substantial form of , 618 , 777 ios ., and we may be sure as to their having been very heartily welcomed by all the friends and supporters of our junior School . As regards

LONDON and the share it had in the work of collection it will be noted that it furnished 192 Stewards , who amongst them compiled the very fine total of ^ 8931 ios ., the principal list being that of Bro . G . C . Blanchard , of the Star Lodge of Instruction , No . 1275 , who returned £ 250 . However , Bro . Sydney H . Meyers , representing the Albion Lodge , No . 9 , ran him very close with , £ 241 ios .,- while Bro .

F . Arnold , Piccadilly Lodge , No . 2550 , was an excellent third , with ^ 200 us . Bro . A . H . Marks , of the City of Westminster Lodge , handed in a list of £ 194 5 s ., and Bro , John J . Pittman , of La Tolerance Lodge , No . 538 , one of ^ 189 The representative of the Telegraph Cable Lodge , Nc . 2470 , had the pleasure of compiling ; £ i 68 , and Bro . A . H . Bevan , Friends-in-Council Lodge , No . 1383 , . £ 128 2 s . A group of three-figure lists follow close

at the heels of the latter , comprising those of Bro . P . Saillard , of Lodge La France , No . 2060 , for £ 122 is . ; Bro . J . E . Smith , of the Abbey Lodge , No . 2030 , for . £ 120 12 s . ; and Bro . Carl F . Bennewitz , of the Royal Kensington Lodge , No . 1627 , for ; £ i 20 4 s . 6 d . ; Bro . R . P . Angel , representing the Manchester and Unity Lodges , Nos . 179 and 18 3 respectively , Bro . J . Dorton , Capper Lodge , No . 1076 , Mrs . W . S . Penley , acting for the Asaph Lodge , No .

1319 , and Bro . Walter L . Tyler , of the Lewisham Lodge , No . 2479 , l'e ^ f ° r next place with £ 115 ios . ; while Bro . Dr . W . J . Hunter , of the Crusaders Lodge , No . 1677 , was close up with £ 111 6 s . Bro . J . Irvine , hailing from the St . Pancras , No . 2271 , had the satisfaction of handing in a list of . £ 109 4 s ., being very closel y followed by Bros . W . Lawrence and C . Vandyk , ' who acted on behalf of the Derby Allcroft , No . 2168 , and the Barnato Lodge , No . 2265 , respectively ,

and returned , each of them , a list of . £ 108 3 s . Three Stewards , namely , Bro . H . Pickett , Sir Hugh Myddelton Lodge , No . 1602 , Bro . J . Passmore Edwards , of the Cornish Lodge , No . 2369 , and Master W . S . Penley were each responsible for lists of £ 105 ; and Bro . C . R . Allen , All Saints' Lodge , No . 716 , brought up the rear with . £ 100 10 s . The following , though falling short of . £ 100 , are well worthy of being mentioned , namely , Bro . J . H . Whadcoat , Royal

Athelstan Lodge , No . 19 , who figures lor £ 86 2 s . ; Bro . W . G . Langlands , Constitutional Lodge . No . 55 , £ 89 5 s . ; Bro . W . C . Parsons , St . James ' s Union Lodge , No . 180 , £ 2 g 5 s . ; Bro . G . Layton , Lodge No . 181 , . £ 72 19 s . 6 d . ; Bro . T . W . Fisher , Lion and Lamb Lodge , No . 192 , £ 85 us . 6 d . ; Bro . J . H . Roberts , Lodge No . 700 , £ 73 ios . ; Bro . W . M . Roberis , Lodge No . 733 , £ y $ ; Bro . H . J . I nomas , Prince Frederick William Lodge , No . 753 , . £ 71 18 s . 6 d . ; Bro . M . Woolf , William Preston Lodge , No . 766 , for ^ 73 ios . ; Bro . G . W . Danson , St . John ' s Lodge , No . 1306 , ^ 74 us . ; Bro . G . J . Allen , Sphinx Lodge , No . 1329 , , £ 91 7 s . ;

Nro . J . H . Cureton , Sterndale Bennett Lodge , No . 2182 , ^ 89 5 s . ; Bro . George Gwinn , West Ham Abbey Lodge , No , 2291 , ^ 83 14 s . ; Bro . W . Chappie , Viator Lodge , No . 2308 , £ 70 5 s . ; the Lombardian Lodge , No . 2348 , , £ 70 ; « ro . E . Jessurun , Columbia Lodge , No . 2397 , £ 77 4 s . ; Bro . O . E . Riche , Wood grange Lodge , No . 2409 , £ 79 16 s .: Bro . , J . J . . Lamigeon , Clissold Lodge , ' ) ° - 2 S 5 i . £ 72 9 s . ; Bro . E . Stratton Gerrish , Crouch End Lodge , No . 2580 , ~ 5 is . ; and Bro . the Earl of Onslow , of the newly-consecrated County Council Lodge , No . 2603 , for ^ 85 ios .

There were 32 of THE PROVINCES ^ presented by 320 Stewards , and the total of the Donations and Subscriptions . ? e y ra ' . amounted to . £ 9 846 . Last year , 42 Provinces took part in ¦ , e . stlva '> tne number of Stewards being 367 , and the amount they obtained , "eluding the cost of a Perpetual Presentation ( Kent ) ; £ i 2 ( 5 o , and a Life Presentation ( Warwickshire ) . £ 525 , . £ 13 , 558 16 s . d . In both years the Returns from 0 rei ?

out ^ n Stations are included . Thus , while there were onl y four absentees ne ri * ' r * ^ rovinces ' l 8 95 . tnere were 14 that were unrepresented on Wedfor ' . ese comprised BEUIORDSIUKE ( seven lodges ) , which , however , figured and ° M tain Sma " SUms at the Benevolent and Girls' School Festivals in February for tfcij P ectivel y . amounting together to . £ 42 , while in 1895 it raised ^ 43 is . it di t K neV ° lent and ^ for this institution , or together ^ 148 is . In 1894 , a s " > buted , what for so small a Province was the considerable sum of . £ 23 8 9 s . Scholvi i three Charities . and in i 8 93 £ 3 > 7 S- 6 d ., the Benevolent and Girls ' has j / , beln £ credited with ^ 152 5 s . between them in 18 92 . BRISTOL ( nine lodges ) Old P " i ° Paft '" of thisyear ' s Festivals , but in 18 95 it gave £ IO ios . to the £ ople , and ^ 107 8 s . to this School ; the year previous it raised , £ 441 for the

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Girls' School and £ 16 16 s . for this Institution . In 1 S 93 it was an absentee from all three meetings , but in 1 S 92 and 1 S 91 it did good service to this School by raising contributions which for the two years amounted to £ 911 . CUJIIIEKLANII AND WESTMORLAND ( . 21 lodges ) contributed , per Bro . W . F . Lamonby , . £ 102 iSs . to the Old People in February , 1 S 95 ; . £ 178 10 s ., per Bro . T . A . Arjrles , to the Girls' School in May , 1 S 94 , and . £ 6 3 8 s . to the Boys' School , in 1 S 93 ; in 1892 , with Bro . McKay , then D . P . G . M ., as its sole representative , it returned . £ 420 to

the Benevolent Jubilee . DORSETSHIRE ( 14 lodges ) , raised chiefly by the efforts of Bro . Major Watts , ; £ 6 o ios . for the Old People in February , and , £ 12 12 s . for the Girls' Festival in May ; ^ 351 IS . for the same two Institutions in 1 S 95 ; ^ 192 ios . for the same in 1 S 94 ; . £ 233 for the two Schools in 1 S 93 ; and . £ 521 6 s . for the Benevolent Jubilee in 1 S 92 . HEREFORDSHIRE ( fivo lodges ) occupies its usual place , and with the same success as in past years . LINCOLNSHIRE ( 24 lodges ) is justified in being an absentee by reason of its splendid service in

support of the Earl of Yarborough , its Prov . G . M ., in behalf of the Girls' School last month , when it raised . £ 1500 for that Institution ; while MONMOUTHSHIRE ( 11 lodges ) did its work for the year in February , when it contributed . £ 246 3 s . to the Benevolent Institution . In 18 95 , it returned ^ 148 us . 6 d . to this Institution ; . £ 297 us . 6 d . to the Girls'School in 1 S 94 ; ^ 272 Ss . 6 d . to the Old People in 18 93 ; and in 1 S 92 ^ 21 to the Benevolent Jubilee , and ^ 316 iSs . to the Boys ' School . NORFOLK—which , since the consecration of the Baring Lodge at Cromer

early in the present year has had iS lodges on its roll—raised . £ 35 14 s . for the Old People in February , and . £ 10 3 for the Girls' School last month ; while in 1 S 95 it gave , per Bro . H . J . Sparkes , £ 205 5 s . to the Girls' School ; in 1 S 94 £ 134 13 s . to the Boys'School ; in 1893 ^ 78 15 s . to the Girls'School ; and in 1 S 92 . £ 426 5 s . to the Benevolent Jubilee . NORTHUMDERLAXD ( 2 S lodges ) took no part in the Benevolent Festival , but last month two brethren hailing from one of its 28 lodges were entered for £ 52 ios . In iSgs , it subscribed ,

by the hands of Bro . Richard Holmes , P . G . D ., D . P . U . M ., £ . 2315 5 s , to the Girls' School and ; £ iS 6 iSs . to the Boys' School , or together , £ 2502 3 s In 1894 , 1893 , and 1892 , its figures were on a small scale , the Boys ' School receiving , £ 80 17 s ., in the first of those years , and the Benevolent Institution , £ 94 ios . and , £ 105 respectively in the last two ; but in 18 91 , this Institution was benefited to the extent of . £ 136448 ., of which . £ 1050 was paid for a Perpetual Presentation . SOUTH WALES ( East Division ) , which musters 21 lodges ,

raised . £ 285 , per Bro . George Clarry , for the Benevolent Institution ; in 1895 £ 300 for the Girls' School , and in 1 S 94 £ 350 for this Institution . In 18 93 the Girls' Institution received ^ 325 ios ., while in 1892 ; £ iSo was subscribed to the Benevolent Jubilee , and ^ 321 15 s . 6 d . to " Our Boys . " SOUTH WALES ( WEST DIVISION ) , with 10 lodges , contributed per Bro . J . Llewllyn Thomas , . £ 210 to the Girls' School last month ; ^ 239 19 s . 6 d ., by the same brother , to the Boys ' School in 1895 ; . £ 154 12 s . to the Old People in 1894 ; ^ 177 19 s . to " Our Girls "

in 1893 ; and ; £ I 6 I is . 6 d . to " Our Boys" in 1 S 92 . WILTSHIRE ( II lodges ) was unrepresented at the Benevolent Institution in February , but gave . £ 210 to the Girls' School last month . In 18 95 it supported this Institution to the extent of ^ 279 6 s ., while in 18 94 the Benevolent received . £ 175 14 s . 6 d ., and this Institution ; £ i 26 4 s . In 18 93 the Girls School obtained ^ 185 17 s ., and the Boys'School ; £ ii 0 5 s ., and in 1892 there was subscribed no less than £ 483 14 s . to the Benevolent Jubilee . For the Province of J ERSEY ( seven lodges ) a sum of . £ 10 ios . was

entered in the Girls School Returns last month , and an equal sum appeared in those of the Boys' School last year , while in 1 S 93 this Institution received ^ 263 ; and in 1892 the Benevolent Institution £ 6 3 at its Jubilee celebration . The ISLE or MAN ( nine lodges ) raised £ 26 5 s . for " Our Boys " and £ 27 6 s . for " Our Girls " in 1 895 , and was also represented at one or more of the anniversaries during the three preceding years . These 14 Provinces contain 195 lodges , which must be omitted from the reckoning in estimating the Returns included in the Provincial section of the Board of Stewards .

Of the 33 represented Provinces the first in alphabetical order is thit of BERKSHIRE , which , though it has but 15 lodges on its roll has , as usual , been doing exceedingly well . It was formed into a separate Province in 1 S 91 , when it raised , £ 385 is . for the three Charities . In 1 S 92 , its total reached , £ 954 1 is . 6 d ., the sum of , £ 661 9 s . 6 d . being raised for the Benevolent Jubilee . In 1 893 its total fell to £ 724 7 s ., and the year following , still lower , to £$ 83 13 s . 6 d . In 18 95 , however ,

, there was a bound upwards to ^ 939 6 s . 4 d ., the Old People receiving . £ 450 17 s ., the Girls' School ^ 131 ios ., and the Boys' School . £ 359 19 s . 4 d . In February , five of its lodges together contributed ^ 343 to the Benevolent Festival , the principal list being that of Bro . C . E . Keyser , who , in his capacity of Steward for Lodge , No . 574 , and irrespective of his lists for Hertfordshire and elsewhere , raised

, £ 147 for this Province . Last month six lodges and a chapter attached to one of them returned £ 230 13 s ., while on Wednesday , as many as 10 of its lodges figured in the Returns , the lists raised by their 10 representatives and two brethren Unattached being ^ 415 us ., the principal item being Bro . Boulting ' s list of . £ 63 for St . John ' s Lodge , No . 795 , Maidenhead . This gives a total lor 1896 of ^ 9 8 9 4 s ., which is , as we have suggested , a very excellent one for such a Province .

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE , which has 18 lodges was conjoined with Berkshire in the days preceding 1891 , but it is now a Province on its own account and works in honourable rivalry with its old associate . It madean excellent start in 1891 under Lord Carrington , raising ^ 511 is . in the course of that year , while in 1892 its total ro ^ e to ^ 705 15 s . In 1893 there was a reaction , and the Returns for the three Festivals only reached £ 479 16 s . ; in 1894 , including £ s 2 Q 15 s . subscribed to this Institution , they

reached . £ 590 . In 1895 the total was . £ 43 8 14 s . 6 d ., of which . £ 52 ios . was raised for the Old People , , £ 210 for the Girls' School , and . £ 176 4 s . 6 J . for this Institution , while as regard the present year , . £ 61 17 s . 6 d . was subscribed to the Benevolent Institution in February ; j £ iS 6 us , to the Girls' School last month ; and , £ 173 15 s . 6 d . on Wednesday , the last-named sum being the result of the efforts of seven brethren and a lady , of whom five did duty as the Representatives of five lodges , and the other two brethren and Mrs . Stephens were Unattached .

There are but six lodges in CAMBRIDGESHIRE , yet the Province does good service to our Charities , seldom a year now passing but one or more of its lodges or leading brethren is to be found among the contributors . This year it has taken part in all three Festivals , raising . £ 101 15 s . for the Benevolent Institution in February ; ^ 47 Ss . for the Girls' School in May ;

and ^ £ 94 ios . on Wednesday , the list of Bro . the Rev . H . S . Cronin , W . M . of the Isaac Newton University Lodge , No . 859 , amounting to j £ 68 5 s . ; while Bro . O . Papworth figures for . £ 26 5 s . In 1895 , only the Schools wen : supported , the Girl ' s' Institution obtaining , £ 131 5 s ., and this Institution . £ 3 6 15 s . ; in 18 94 and 1 S 93 , the sums of . £ 239 , and , £ 290 17 s . respectively were distributed amongst the three , and in 1892 , £ 326 Ss . was raised for the Benevolent Jubilee .

It would be unreasonable to expect that CHESHIRE , after its splendid work of last year , when its Prov . G . M ., Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton , was Chairman at the Boys' Festival , and his Province , out of its loyalty to its ' chiet and its love for the School , raised , £ 2000 for this Institution , should be in a position to do very much this year . True it has 4 8 lodges on its roll , but , at the same time , it has two Charities of its own , and these naturally dem . iiid its first care . Yet it has been entered in the Returns at all three Anniversaries for