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i £ g 6 , the sum it raised in February for the Old People being £ 31 ios ., while last month it gave , £ 195 6 s . to the Girls ' School . On Wednesday the Representative of the Cholmondeley Lodge , N--. 1908 . Frodsham , handed in a list of £ 21 , thereby augmenting the total for the year to £ 247 16 s . Its greatest achievements previous to 18 95 belong to the years 1892 and i 8 gt , in the former of which it contributed £ 1988 to the Benevolent Institution , and in the latter , £ 1050 to the Boys' School . In the interval between 1892 and 18 95 , it established a Benevolent Institution of its own , the sum it raised in its behalf as capital b-j ' mg in excess of £ 3000 .
Bro . E . D . Anderton , Prov . G . Secretary of CORNWALL , upon whom his Royal Highness , the M . W . G . Master was pleased to confer the collar of J . G . D . of England at the recent Grand Festival , appears to have considered this a favourable opportunity for showing his appreciation of that honour by taking upon himself the duties and responsibilities of Steward for this Institution , the result being a list of Donations and Subscriptior . s amounting ^ to £ 90 6 s ., the total Return , iruluding the list of an Unattached Steward , being £ 100 16 s .
Last month it was among the absentee Provinces , but in Frebruary Bro . James A . Bell , as representative for the lodges in Cornwall generally , compiled a total of . £ 204 15 s ., the year's amount reaching £ 305 lis . In 1 S 95 the sum of £ 789 18 s . was subscribed , of which . £ 750 was in respect of Lord Mount Edgcumbe ' s chairmanship at the Girls' School Festival , and the small remainder in support of this Institution . In 1 S 94 the Schools were benefited to the extent of £ 241 ios ., while in 1893 this Institution received £ 225 15 s . In 1892 , when its Prov . G . M . occupied the chair at the Benevolent Jubilee , the sum raised for that Charity was £ 776 15 s .
We now come to the " Chairman ' s Province " of DERBYSHIRE , which , if it has not done all that many sanguine people may have expected from it , has , beyond question , acquitted itself most creditably . The D . P . G . M ., Bro . Haughton C . Okeover , J . P ., P . G . W ., represented the Province , while each of the 26 lodges sent up a Steward , the Buxton , No . 1688 , Buxton , having two , the Chantrey Lodge , No . 2355 , Dore , four , and each of the remaining 24 lodges one .
The Okeover Royal Arch Chapter , No . 1324 , and the St . Mary Rose Croix Chapter , No . 63 , also had one Steward each , and , in addition , there were 22 brethren and a lady Unattached , the total number hailing from the Province being 56 . The amount raised by the combined efforts of these Stewards , including £ 52 ios ., the personal donation of the CHAIRMAN , was £ 1620 os . 6 d ., the principals' lists being those of Bro . S . Tinkler , Arboretum Lodge , No . 731 , Derby , for £ 108 3 s ., and Bro . W . H . Salter , representing Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 353 Winshill ,
, for £ 105 . It will thus be seen that Derbyshire has , as we anticipated it would , well maintained the reputation it has acquired by a long series of generous contributions to our Institutions . Last year , the amount it distributed among them was £ 550 6 s ., of which the Benevolent obtained £ 297 5 s . ; the Girls' School , £ 68 Ss . ; and the Boys' School , £ 184 16 s . In 18 94 , the Girls' School had £ 47 5 s . and the Boys' School £ 600 ios . 6 d ., the year ' s total being £ 647 15 s . 6 d . In 1893 , however , the amount was £ 1025 8 s . 6 d . ; in 1892 , £ 1718 14 s ., of which
£ 1362 was in respect of the Benevolent Jubilee ; and in 1891 , £ 980 7 s ., this Institution being fortunate enough to secure the lion ' s share of the totals in 18 93 and 1891 . In 1885 , when the Prov . G . M ., then Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., occupied the chair at the Boys' School Festival , the year ' s contributions reached £ 1546 17 s ., the whole of which fell to the lot of the favoured Charity . The aggregate of the contributions during the last six years is £ 6566 us . 6 d ., which gives an average
of . £ 1094 8 s . 7 d . per annum . We tender our sincere congratulations to his Grace the Chairman on the loyal response which his advocacy of the Boys' School claims to support has evoked from his own Province ; the Province of Derbyshire itself on the loyalty it has shown to its chief , and the generous contributions it has made to all our Charities ; and the Boys' Institution , which has once again been assisted to such excellent purpose by the " Chairman ' s Province . "
This is the second time the Province of DEVONSHIRE , which has in all 52 lodges , has figured at a Festival during the present year , but in neither instance has the Return been on a scale commensurate with the occasion . Last month , Bro . F . W . Westlake , as Steward for the whole Province , handed in a list of . £ 73 10 s ., while on Wednesday , Bro . E . H . Shorto , doing duty for the Province generally and St . John the Baptist Lodge , No . 39 , in particular ,
compiled a total of , £ 75 , the two Returns together amounting to . £ 148 10 s , During the years 18 95 , 1894 , and 1893 , the figures were on a similarly moderate scale , re-whine only £ 226 16 s . in 1895 , £ 135 12 s ., in 18 94 , and £ 181 2 s . in 1893 ; but in 1892 , the total was £ 923 8 s . 6 d ., of which £ 807 18 s . 6 d . was raised in behalf of the Benevolent Jubilee . May we once again suggest that though Devonshire has an Annuity and an Educational Fund of its own , the Returns we have
quoted are a long way from being such as so strong and influential a Province should compile ? We have no doubt our Devonian brethren are as kindly disposed towards the Central Institutions as those in other parts of the country ; what apparently is needed is that a few prominent members should take the matter up and offer their services as Stewards , and we think this good example would be quickly followed . At all events , it appears to us that the experiment is worth trying .
DURHAM , with its roll of 36 lodges , had an able representative in Bro . Jesse Lilley , who , as Steward for the Province as a whole and the Harbour of Refuge Lodge , No . 7 64 , West Hartlepool , handed in a list of , £ 200 . In February , £ 156 10 s ., subsequently increased to £ 218 , was raised for the Old People , and last month , £ 200 for the Girls' School , so that the aggregate for the year is , £ 618 , as compared
with £ 512 8 s . in 1895 ; £ 509 2 s . in 18 94 ; and £ 338 2 s . in 18 93 . In 1892 , the total reached £ 1034 5 s ., the Benevolent at its Jubilee being enriched with £ 720 Ss ., while the Girls' Schjol received £ 105 and this Institution , £ 209 . These are creditable figures , especially when we bear in mind that the Province has its own Educational Fund , for which during the present year it has laised £ 400 , and in addition it has supported the Boys' School Scholarship Fund with donations amounting to £ 63 , the total distributed in 18 9 6 being not far short of £ 1100 .
The Province of ESSEX has been doing exceedingly well this year . It has 38 lodges on the roll , and it began operations in February by subscribing £ 296 13 s . 6 d . to the Old People , the number of Stewards who took part in raising it being nine , of whom seven acted for six of the lodges and one for a chapter , while the other was Unattached . Last month the sum raised for the Girls' Schopl had a narrow eicape of reaching four figures , there being JO lodges and a chapter represented by 10 brethren ,
whose lists amounted to £ 963 19 s ., Bro . J . E . Johnson , of the Brooke Lodge , No . 2005 , Chingford , taking the lead with a compilation of . £ 300 ; Bro . James Speller , for the Shurmur Lodge and Chapter , No . 2374 , raising . £ 262 105 . ; and Bro . Percy E . Beard , of Trinity Lodge , No . 1734 , Rayleigh , £ \ 16 1 is . On Wednesday , only three lodges were represi-nted , but there were six brethren and two ladies as Unattached Stewards , the total compiled by the II representatives being £ 183 15 s . This places the year ' s aggregate at . £ 1444 7 s . 6 d ., which compares very favourably with the total of , £ 1272 io- \ distributed amonK the
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three Institutions in 1895 , and that of , £ 1123 raised the previous year . In 18 93 , when the Prov . G . Master , then Lord Brooke , presided at the Festival of this School , the year yielded £ 2258 3 s . 6 d , of which £ 2155 6 s . was in support of his lordship's chairmanship , while in 1892 , when the Benevolent Institution celebrated its Jubilee , the year's total was £ 2608 Ss ., of which £ 2318 is . 6 d . was in respect of the said Jubilee . In 1891 the total was £ 1648 , including £ 1265 15 s . 6 d . subscribed to this School . Thus the amount raised by this Province during the years 1891-96 , both inclusive , is £ 10 , 354 7 - 6 d ., which gives the splendid average —for a Province with less than 40 lodges—of £ 1725 14 s . 7 d . per annum .
Three of the 16 lodges in GLOUCESTERSHIRE were represented by as many Stewards and these with Bro . Vassar-Smith , P . G . D ., Dep . P . G . M ., compiled a total of £ 131 Ss . Add this to the £ 197 8 s . raised by six Stewards in February for the Old People and £ 169 is . obtained by the same number of brethren last month for the Girls' School , and we have a
sum total for the whole year amounting to £ 497 ' 4 - ' ° 9 S there was distributed among the three Charities £ 59 8 19 s ., of which £ 44 1 is . was in respect of the Benevolent Institution ; £ 229 19 s . for the Girls' School , and £ 324 9 s . for the Boys' School . In 1 S 94 the amount was £ 428 6 s . 6 d ., and in 1893 £ 304 18 s . 6 d ., but in 1892 , when Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., presided at the Festival in behalf of this Institution , the total was £ 1729 1 is ., of which £ 1645 : Is - was raised to support his chairmanship .
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT with its array of 48 lodges makes a capital show in the Returns at this Festival . In February only five Stewards , representing each of them a lodge , compiled a total of £ 193 19 s . 6 d . for the Old People , while last month six brethren , acting for seven lodges raised amongst them £ 221 7 s . ; but on Wednesday there were 16 lodges , represented by as many brethren and Bro . Le Feuvre , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M ., who is Vice-Chairman of the Board of Management , who acted independentl y .
and these amongst them put together the substantial total of £ 685 13 s ., raising the aggregate for the year to £ 1100 19 s . 6 d . The most important lists were those of Bro . Vye , Hengist Lodge , No . 195 , Bournemouth , for £ 80 17 s ., and Bro . Hinxman , Lodge of ( Economy , No . 76 , Winchester , for £ 78 15 s . Last year the figure stood at £ 846 8 s . 6 d ., the Royal Masonic ( Benevolent Institution receiving £ 142 Ss . 6 d . ; the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls £ 18 7 15 s . ;
and this Institution £ 516 8 s . In 1894 the total stood at £ 951 9 s . 6 d ., of which the Girls' School obtained about one-half , while in 1893 the amount raised for the three Institutions was only £ 680 4 s . In 1892 , including £ 1345 19 s . 7 d . in respect of the Benevolent Jubilee , the product of the year ' s labours was £ 1650 17 s . Doubtless these figures would have been still higher , but for the generous support which is very properly extended towards the Provincial Educational Institution that was founded a few years since .
As regards the Province of HERTFORDSHIRE , which can now boast of an array of 22 lodges , its conduct towards our Institutions is worthy of the highest praise . Year after year it goes on raising considerable sums , and though the Old People receive most of its support , owing to Bro , Terry having been an officer of the Province for close on 30 years , the claims on the two Schools are not by any means lost sight of . In February , a contingent of 13 Stewards raised £ 744 8 s . 6 d ., the principal list being that of Bro . C . E ,
Keyser , who , as Steward for the Hertford Lodge and Chapter , No . 403 , raised £ 206 16 s . In May , the efforts of eight brethren acting for as many lodges resulted in the compilation of £ 271 16 s ., the most important list being again that of Bro . Keyser , who returned a sum of £ 115 ios ., as the representative of No . 403 . On Wednesday , eight lodges figured in the Returns , Bro . Keyser , for No . 403 , being entered for £ 115 ios ., and Bro . R . W . Nicole , I . P . M . of the Kingswood Lodge , No . 2278 , Broxboume , for £ 101 6 s . 6 d . The other lists , with that of Bro . H . F . P . Inglis , Unattached , raised the total to £ 469 7 s ., giving an aggregate for
the whole year of £ 1485 lis . 6 d . In 1895 , £ 1120 9 s . 6 d . was raised , of which the Old People obtained £ 452 3 s . 6 d ., and the Girls ; School £ 334 18 s . 6 d ., and the Boys' School £ 333 7 s . 6 d . In 1894 , the total was £ 958 6 s . 4 d . ; in 18 93 , when Bro . Keyser presided at the Benevolent Festival , £ 2106 14 s ., of which the Old People received £ 1444 3 s . 6 d . ; and in 1892 , £ 2135 6 s . 6 d ., of which £ 1883 6 s . 6 d . was in respect of the Benevolent Jubilee . Such imposing figures as these , amounting as they do to £ 7706 7 s . lod . for the five years , would be an honor to a far stronger Province .
It is a matter beyond question that the contributions raised by the Pro vince of
KENT are this year considerably below the annual average . In stating this we have no idea of raising any objection . We record the fact , being content to add that as it has given so largely in previous years , the comparative smillness of this year ' s total is no more than we must expect from ' time to time . In February , six Stewards , of whom four were lodge representatives , one a chapter representative , and the other Unattached , together returned £ 164 6 s ., and in May five lodge Stewards ,
with two ladies Unattached , together handed in £ 200 Ss . On Wednesday , however , eight lodges , with seven Unattached Stewards , were entered in the Returns , and the sum of their lists reached £ 423 13 s . 6 d . This places the total for the year at £ 793 2 s . 6 d ., ' which for a Province that can boast of having 62 lodges on the roll is undoubtedly a small amount . But , as we have slid , Kent in the past has done some splendid work . Last year it raised £ 239095 . 6 d ., of which the Benevolent Institution received £ 253 us . 6 d ., the Girls' School £ 240 9 * -, and this Institution £ 1896 9 s ., including £ 1260 , the price paid for the Perpetual
Presentation purchased as a memorial of the great services rendered to the Province by Bro . J . S . Eastes , P . G . D ,, D . P . G . M . In 1894 , the subscriptions amounted to £ 1225 ios . 6 d . ; in 18 93 10 £ 2103 12 s . 6 d . ; in 1892 to £ 3063 13 s . 6 d . ; and in 1891 when the Prov . G . M . acted as Chairman at the Benevolent Festival , to £ 4018 8 s . These figures bear out what we have said as to the largeness of the contributions which this Province makes year by year , and , though they exhibit also the fact that the present year has been comparatively unproductive , there is no need for further explanation .
Last year the Province of LANCASHIRE ( EASTERN DIVISION ) resolved on making a supreme effort to strengthen the resources of its Educational and Benevolent Institution , and on the day the Festival of this Institution was celebrated at Brighton , under the presidency of Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton , P . G . M . of Cheshire , our East Lancashire brethren , under the auspices of their respected chief , Bro . Col Le Gendre N . Starkie , put their shoulders to the wheel and subscribed the handsome total of £ 4000 and upwards in aid of their own local Charity . to
Of course , this had the effect ot reducing the average of their contributions what , for a Province with in lodges on its roll , was the small amount of £ 265 \ 13 S ' However , during the present year , the latter have been substantially benefited , the total raised in February by Bros . J . T . Newbold and C . D . Cheetham , as Stewards for the Province , and the Representatives of three lodges , being £ 3 69 j Last month the Prov . G . Master , representing the Province , compiled a list 0 £ 225 15 s ., and this was augmented by the sums raised by eight brethren hailing from five lodges , and amounting to £ 126 , making the total for this Charity £ 35 15 s . On Wednesday , Bros . J . T . Newbold and S . F . Butcher acted as Prov .
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i £ g 6 , the sum it raised in February for the Old People being £ 31 ios ., while last month it gave , £ 195 6 s . to the Girls ' School . On Wednesday the Representative of the Cholmondeley Lodge , N--. 1908 . Frodsham , handed in a list of £ 21 , thereby augmenting the total for the year to £ 247 16 s . Its greatest achievements previous to 18 95 belong to the years 1892 and i 8 gt , in the former of which it contributed £ 1988 to the Benevolent Institution , and in the latter , £ 1050 to the Boys' School . In the interval between 1892 and 18 95 , it established a Benevolent Institution of its own , the sum it raised in its behalf as capital b-j ' mg in excess of £ 3000 .
Bro . E . D . Anderton , Prov . G . Secretary of CORNWALL , upon whom his Royal Highness , the M . W . G . Master was pleased to confer the collar of J . G . D . of England at the recent Grand Festival , appears to have considered this a favourable opportunity for showing his appreciation of that honour by taking upon himself the duties and responsibilities of Steward for this Institution , the result being a list of Donations and Subscriptior . s amounting ^ to £ 90 6 s ., the total Return , iruluding the list of an Unattached Steward , being £ 100 16 s .
Last month it was among the absentee Provinces , but in Frebruary Bro . James A . Bell , as representative for the lodges in Cornwall generally , compiled a total of . £ 204 15 s ., the year's amount reaching £ 305 lis . In 1 S 95 the sum of £ 789 18 s . was subscribed , of which . £ 750 was in respect of Lord Mount Edgcumbe ' s chairmanship at the Girls' School Festival , and the small remainder in support of this Institution . In 1 S 94 the Schools were benefited to the extent of £ 241 ios ., while in 1893 this Institution received £ 225 15 s . In 1892 , when its Prov . G . M . occupied the chair at the Benevolent Jubilee , the sum raised for that Charity was £ 776 15 s .
We now come to the " Chairman ' s Province " of DERBYSHIRE , which , if it has not done all that many sanguine people may have expected from it , has , beyond question , acquitted itself most creditably . The D . P . G . M ., Bro . Haughton C . Okeover , J . P ., P . G . W ., represented the Province , while each of the 26 lodges sent up a Steward , the Buxton , No . 1688 , Buxton , having two , the Chantrey Lodge , No . 2355 , Dore , four , and each of the remaining 24 lodges one .
The Okeover Royal Arch Chapter , No . 1324 , and the St . Mary Rose Croix Chapter , No . 63 , also had one Steward each , and , in addition , there were 22 brethren and a lady Unattached , the total number hailing from the Province being 56 . The amount raised by the combined efforts of these Stewards , including £ 52 ios ., the personal donation of the CHAIRMAN , was £ 1620 os . 6 d ., the principals' lists being those of Bro . S . Tinkler , Arboretum Lodge , No . 731 , Derby , for £ 108 3 s ., and Bro . W . H . Salter , representing Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 353 Winshill ,
, for £ 105 . It will thus be seen that Derbyshire has , as we anticipated it would , well maintained the reputation it has acquired by a long series of generous contributions to our Institutions . Last year , the amount it distributed among them was £ 550 6 s ., of which the Benevolent obtained £ 297 5 s . ; the Girls' School , £ 68 Ss . ; and the Boys' School , £ 184 16 s . In 18 94 , the Girls' School had £ 47 5 s . and the Boys' School £ 600 ios . 6 d ., the year ' s total being £ 647 15 s . 6 d . In 1893 , however , the amount was £ 1025 8 s . 6 d . ; in 1892 , £ 1718 14 s ., of which
£ 1362 was in respect of the Benevolent Jubilee ; and in 1891 , £ 980 7 s ., this Institution being fortunate enough to secure the lion ' s share of the totals in 18 93 and 1891 . In 1885 , when the Prov . G . M ., then Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., occupied the chair at the Boys' School Festival , the year ' s contributions reached £ 1546 17 s ., the whole of which fell to the lot of the favoured Charity . The aggregate of the contributions during the last six years is £ 6566 us . 6 d ., which gives an average
of . £ 1094 8 s . 7 d . per annum . We tender our sincere congratulations to his Grace the Chairman on the loyal response which his advocacy of the Boys' School claims to support has evoked from his own Province ; the Province of Derbyshire itself on the loyalty it has shown to its chief , and the generous contributions it has made to all our Charities ; and the Boys' Institution , which has once again been assisted to such excellent purpose by the " Chairman ' s Province . "
This is the second time the Province of DEVONSHIRE , which has in all 52 lodges , has figured at a Festival during the present year , but in neither instance has the Return been on a scale commensurate with the occasion . Last month , Bro . F . W . Westlake , as Steward for the whole Province , handed in a list of . £ 73 10 s ., while on Wednesday , Bro . E . H . Shorto , doing duty for the Province generally and St . John the Baptist Lodge , No . 39 , in particular ,
compiled a total of , £ 75 , the two Returns together amounting to . £ 148 10 s , During the years 18 95 , 1894 , and 1893 , the figures were on a similarly moderate scale , re-whine only £ 226 16 s . in 1895 , £ 135 12 s ., in 18 94 , and £ 181 2 s . in 1893 ; but in 1892 , the total was £ 923 8 s . 6 d ., of which £ 807 18 s . 6 d . was raised in behalf of the Benevolent Jubilee . May we once again suggest that though Devonshire has an Annuity and an Educational Fund of its own , the Returns we have
quoted are a long way from being such as so strong and influential a Province should compile ? We have no doubt our Devonian brethren are as kindly disposed towards the Central Institutions as those in other parts of the country ; what apparently is needed is that a few prominent members should take the matter up and offer their services as Stewards , and we think this good example would be quickly followed . At all events , it appears to us that the experiment is worth trying .
DURHAM , with its roll of 36 lodges , had an able representative in Bro . Jesse Lilley , who , as Steward for the Province as a whole and the Harbour of Refuge Lodge , No . 7 64 , West Hartlepool , handed in a list of , £ 200 . In February , £ 156 10 s ., subsequently increased to £ 218 , was raised for the Old People , and last month , £ 200 for the Girls' School , so that the aggregate for the year is , £ 618 , as compared
with £ 512 8 s . in 1895 ; £ 509 2 s . in 18 94 ; and £ 338 2 s . in 18 93 . In 1892 , the total reached £ 1034 5 s ., the Benevolent at its Jubilee being enriched with £ 720 Ss ., while the Girls' Schjol received £ 105 and this Institution , £ 209 . These are creditable figures , especially when we bear in mind that the Province has its own Educational Fund , for which during the present year it has laised £ 400 , and in addition it has supported the Boys' School Scholarship Fund with donations amounting to £ 63 , the total distributed in 18 9 6 being not far short of £ 1100 .
The Province of ESSEX has been doing exceedingly well this year . It has 38 lodges on the roll , and it began operations in February by subscribing £ 296 13 s . 6 d . to the Old People , the number of Stewards who took part in raising it being nine , of whom seven acted for six of the lodges and one for a chapter , while the other was Unattached . Last month the sum raised for the Girls' Schopl had a narrow eicape of reaching four figures , there being JO lodges and a chapter represented by 10 brethren ,
whose lists amounted to £ 963 19 s ., Bro . J . E . Johnson , of the Brooke Lodge , No . 2005 , Chingford , taking the lead with a compilation of . £ 300 ; Bro . James Speller , for the Shurmur Lodge and Chapter , No . 2374 , raising . £ 262 105 . ; and Bro . Percy E . Beard , of Trinity Lodge , No . 1734 , Rayleigh , £ \ 16 1 is . On Wednesday , only three lodges were represi-nted , but there were six brethren and two ladies as Unattached Stewards , the total compiled by the II representatives being £ 183 15 s . This places the year ' s aggregate at . £ 1444 7 s . 6 d ., which compares very favourably with the total of , £ 1272 io- \ distributed amonK the
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three Institutions in 1895 , and that of , £ 1123 raised the previous year . In 18 93 , when the Prov . G . Master , then Lord Brooke , presided at the Festival of this School , the year yielded £ 2258 3 s . 6 d , of which £ 2155 6 s . was in support of his lordship's chairmanship , while in 1892 , when the Benevolent Institution celebrated its Jubilee , the year's total was £ 2608 Ss ., of which £ 2318 is . 6 d . was in respect of the said Jubilee . In 1891 the total was £ 1648 , including £ 1265 15 s . 6 d . subscribed to this School . Thus the amount raised by this Province during the years 1891-96 , both inclusive , is £ 10 , 354 7 - 6 d ., which gives the splendid average —for a Province with less than 40 lodges—of £ 1725 14 s . 7 d . per annum .
Three of the 16 lodges in GLOUCESTERSHIRE were represented by as many Stewards and these with Bro . Vassar-Smith , P . G . D ., Dep . P . G . M ., compiled a total of £ 131 Ss . Add this to the £ 197 8 s . raised by six Stewards in February for the Old People and £ 169 is . obtained by the same number of brethren last month for the Girls' School , and we have a
sum total for the whole year amounting to £ 497 ' 4 - ' ° 9 S there was distributed among the three Charities £ 59 8 19 s ., of which £ 44 1 is . was in respect of the Benevolent Institution ; £ 229 19 s . for the Girls' School , and £ 324 9 s . for the Boys' School . In 1 S 94 the amount was £ 428 6 s . 6 d ., and in 1893 £ 304 18 s . 6 d ., but in 1892 , when Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., presided at the Festival in behalf of this Institution , the total was £ 1729 1 is ., of which £ 1645 : Is - was raised to support his chairmanship .
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT with its array of 48 lodges makes a capital show in the Returns at this Festival . In February only five Stewards , representing each of them a lodge , compiled a total of £ 193 19 s . 6 d . for the Old People , while last month six brethren , acting for seven lodges raised amongst them £ 221 7 s . ; but on Wednesday there were 16 lodges , represented by as many brethren and Bro . Le Feuvre , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M ., who is Vice-Chairman of the Board of Management , who acted independentl y .
and these amongst them put together the substantial total of £ 685 13 s ., raising the aggregate for the year to £ 1100 19 s . 6 d . The most important lists were those of Bro . Vye , Hengist Lodge , No . 195 , Bournemouth , for £ 80 17 s ., and Bro . Hinxman , Lodge of ( Economy , No . 76 , Winchester , for £ 78 15 s . Last year the figure stood at £ 846 8 s . 6 d ., the Royal Masonic ( Benevolent Institution receiving £ 142 Ss . 6 d . ; the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls £ 18 7 15 s . ;
and this Institution £ 516 8 s . In 1894 the total stood at £ 951 9 s . 6 d ., of which the Girls' School obtained about one-half , while in 1893 the amount raised for the three Institutions was only £ 680 4 s . In 1892 , including £ 1345 19 s . 7 d . in respect of the Benevolent Jubilee , the product of the year ' s labours was £ 1650 17 s . Doubtless these figures would have been still higher , but for the generous support which is very properly extended towards the Provincial Educational Institution that was founded a few years since .
As regards the Province of HERTFORDSHIRE , which can now boast of an array of 22 lodges , its conduct towards our Institutions is worthy of the highest praise . Year after year it goes on raising considerable sums , and though the Old People receive most of its support , owing to Bro , Terry having been an officer of the Province for close on 30 years , the claims on the two Schools are not by any means lost sight of . In February , a contingent of 13 Stewards raised £ 744 8 s . 6 d ., the principal list being that of Bro . C . E ,
Keyser , who , as Steward for the Hertford Lodge and Chapter , No . 403 , raised £ 206 16 s . In May , the efforts of eight brethren acting for as many lodges resulted in the compilation of £ 271 16 s ., the most important list being again that of Bro . Keyser , who returned a sum of £ 115 ios ., as the representative of No . 403 . On Wednesday , eight lodges figured in the Returns , Bro . Keyser , for No . 403 , being entered for £ 115 ios ., and Bro . R . W . Nicole , I . P . M . of the Kingswood Lodge , No . 2278 , Broxboume , for £ 101 6 s . 6 d . The other lists , with that of Bro . H . F . P . Inglis , Unattached , raised the total to £ 469 7 s ., giving an aggregate for
the whole year of £ 1485 lis . 6 d . In 1895 , £ 1120 9 s . 6 d . was raised , of which the Old People obtained £ 452 3 s . 6 d ., and the Girls ; School £ 334 18 s . 6 d ., and the Boys' School £ 333 7 s . 6 d . In 1894 , the total was £ 958 6 s . 4 d . ; in 18 93 , when Bro . Keyser presided at the Benevolent Festival , £ 2106 14 s ., of which the Old People received £ 1444 3 s . 6 d . ; and in 1892 , £ 2135 6 s . 6 d ., of which £ 1883 6 s . 6 d . was in respect of the Benevolent Jubilee . Such imposing figures as these , amounting as they do to £ 7706 7 s . lod . for the five years , would be an honor to a far stronger Province .
It is a matter beyond question that the contributions raised by the Pro vince of
KENT are this year considerably below the annual average . In stating this we have no idea of raising any objection . We record the fact , being content to add that as it has given so largely in previous years , the comparative smillness of this year ' s total is no more than we must expect from ' time to time . In February , six Stewards , of whom four were lodge representatives , one a chapter representative , and the other Unattached , together returned £ 164 6 s ., and in May five lodge Stewards ,
with two ladies Unattached , together handed in £ 200 Ss . On Wednesday , however , eight lodges , with seven Unattached Stewards , were entered in the Returns , and the sum of their lists reached £ 423 13 s . 6 d . This places the total for the year at £ 793 2 s . 6 d ., ' which for a Province that can boast of having 62 lodges on the roll is undoubtedly a small amount . But , as we have slid , Kent in the past has done some splendid work . Last year it raised £ 239095 . 6 d ., of which the Benevolent Institution received £ 253 us . 6 d ., the Girls' School £ 240 9 * -, and this Institution £ 1896 9 s ., including £ 1260 , the price paid for the Perpetual
Presentation purchased as a memorial of the great services rendered to the Province by Bro . J . S . Eastes , P . G . D ,, D . P . G . M . In 1894 , the subscriptions amounted to £ 1225 ios . 6 d . ; in 18 93 10 £ 2103 12 s . 6 d . ; in 1892 to £ 3063 13 s . 6 d . ; and in 1891 when the Prov . G . M . acted as Chairman at the Benevolent Festival , to £ 4018 8 s . These figures bear out what we have said as to the largeness of the contributions which this Province makes year by year , and , though they exhibit also the fact that the present year has been comparatively unproductive , there is no need for further explanation .
Last year the Province of LANCASHIRE ( EASTERN DIVISION ) resolved on making a supreme effort to strengthen the resources of its Educational and Benevolent Institution , and on the day the Festival of this Institution was celebrated at Brighton , under the presidency of Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton , P . G . M . of Cheshire , our East Lancashire brethren , under the auspices of their respected chief , Bro . Col Le Gendre N . Starkie , put their shoulders to the wheel and subscribed the handsome total of £ 4000 and upwards in aid of their own local Charity . to
Of course , this had the effect ot reducing the average of their contributions what , for a Province with in lodges on its roll , was the small amount of £ 265 \ 13 S ' However , during the present year , the latter have been substantially benefited , the total raised in February by Bros . J . T . Newbold and C . D . Cheetham , as Stewards for the Province , and the Representatives of three lodges , being £ 3 69 j Last month the Prov . G . Master , representing the Province , compiled a list 0 £ 225 15 s ., and this was augmented by the sums raised by eight brethren hailing from five lodges , and amounting to £ 126 , making the total for this Charity £ 35 15 s . On Wednesday , Bros . J . T . Newbold and S . F . Butcher acted as Prov .