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Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
APPROACHING FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
Two out of the three great Masonic Charitable fetes have been held , and there only now remains the Anniversary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , which , as our readers are aware , has been arranged to take place at Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday , the 29 th prox . Bro . the Right Honourable Sir MICHAEL E . HICKS-BEACH , Bart ., M . P ., Provincial Grand
Master of Gloucestershire , will preside as Chairman , and the Board of Stewards which will support him will probably be about as numerous as that which supported the Duke of COX . V . U'GHT at the recent Festival of the Girls' School . Already there are some 250 brethren who have volunteered their services as Stewards , and as there is no longer any competition among
the Secretaries of the three Institutions to obtain brethren to act for them in this capacity , we do not anticipate there will be any great difficulty during the four or five weeks which remain in increasing ( he Board to about , 300 . I ' nforliiiiately , as regards lodge and chapter representation in London , the list of Stewards is unusually weak . We imagine from what we have heard
lli . it only between 50 and do lodges and other Masonic bodies have appointed members to represent them , while , as we have again and again pointed out in reference to these Festival celebrations , the number ordinarily ranges from 100 to 120 , about one-third of the lodges meeting within ( he Metropolitan area being reckoned , so far as our experience goes , a decidedly
wood average . On the other hand , there are some 40 Unattached Stewards from whom , as a rule , but little more is expeclcd than their own personal donations . We fear , therefore , that the London section of the Board will be weaker than \ vc have known if for some years , unless in the interval thai remains . ! few among the 300 or 320 lodges as yet
unrepresented see lit to commission some of their members to act in their behalf on this occasion . However , if London is weak , there are good grounds for believing that , numerically , the Provinces will make a fair show . The Chairman ' s Province of Gloucestershire , we know , has been reserving- itself for next month . Us Deputy Provincial Grand Master and one or two of its
members did duty as Stewards at the Benevolent Jubilee in February and at ihe Girls' Festival last week , but to judge from the lists they handed in , the amounts were confined to their personal gifts . Gloucestershire , therefore , may be expected to put forth its full strength , and remembering ' , as we do with pleasure , what it has done at the Festivals at which its Provincial Grand
Master has presided , we are not without hope that it will show to equal , if not to greater , advantage on this occasion . There are likewise other Provinces from which , to judge from the number of their representatives , goodly contributions may be expected . But , speaking generally , the dilliculty which Stewards will encounter in obtaining large lists of donations and
subscriptions for this Festival will be even greater than they arc known to have been •11 the recent Girls' School Festival ; and if the Stewards for that occasion found the usual sources of supply well nigh exhausted , it fortiori are they likel y to be confronted by the same dilliculty in respect of a Festival which lias yet to be celebrated . The , £ 111 , 000 which was raised last week will
s'ill further diminish the resources that remained available after the clean sweep made by the Stewards at the Jubilee in F ' ebruary last , and we should have no great reason to be surprised if the total on the 20 th till . was less by some £ 20011 or , £ 30110 than the total which Bro . Hedges announced on the iSth instant . But if we are not over-sanguine of the result
[ hat awaits us next month , we must avoid going to lhe other extreme and "bulging in unpleasant , lorecasls . The School maintains and educates some 2611 boys , and how well it fulfils its duties is shown by the successes achieved b y the pupils at the Cambridge Local and other public examinalions . 'j'he changes that have been made in the government of the
Insliiiili ,, h ; ive | lacj t jle t , ffect 0 f re-establishing confidence in the ability of the Evemive , mid we earnestly appeal to the brethren at large to support sren . ToiisI y the Chairmanship of Sir MICIIAKI . IIKKS-BKUII . They supplied (| , e F ' arl of LATIIOJI last year , when it was a question of restoring the Or ' 'mesof the Institution , after the troubles which had befallen it two or three
Jftiis previousl y . Let them now assist in maintaining it at its restored level " t'Hiciency , by supplying the funds required for the year ' s expenditure . iu ' Boys' Institution is still a long way behind the Girls' School and . -volent Institution in the matter of invested capital , and as a consequence ' 1 'erinancnt income is very small . We hope then that the proceeds of
| '" Qiith ' s celebration will be sufficient to enable the Incentive to cany on 10 - School without trenching upon the modest capital which has been ' iiiiiln ( ed , and thereby undoing much of the very admirable work which as nccomp iished last year .
The Recent Elections Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE RECENT ELECTIONS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
1 here was necessarily a considerable amount of excitement over the elections which were held in Freemasons' Tavern 011 Friday , the 20 th inst ., in respect of the two Funds of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . In the first place , there was issued a larger number of votes than at any previous election , and it was difficult even for brethren experienced in these
matters to hazard a reasonable conjecture as to the number of votes which would be required to secure a vacancy . In the next , there were probably many brethren who expected that in consequence of the unprecedented success of the Jubilee celebration in February an additional number of annuities on both Funds would be created in excess of those declared and
created at the February meeting of the . Committee of Management . This expectation , however , was not realised , and the numbers announced at that meeting were adhered to , the further vacancies competed for being such as had been caused by death or oilier cause in the interim . As regards the voting , if was especially heavy in fhe case of the Widows' Fund , while for the
Male Fund , though high figures prevailed down to about the 30 th or 32 nd Succcssfti ] candidate , there was ; i considerable falling off afterwards , and the remaining candidates who were elected are to be congratulated on their good fortune in securing places rafher than on the multitude of voles they polled . There is , however , one particularly gratifying result of this election ,
the number of I Insnccessful candidates remaining on the list has been very appreciably reduced . For the Male Fund there are only 31 left to make trial of their luck at future elections , while as regards the Widows' Fund ,
the number standing over is 42 instead of 50 . This reduction will have the effect of greatly improving the prospects of those who will be candidates in 1 S 93 . Turning now to the MAI . K FUND .
we note that there were 6 9 candidates , reduced by deaths to 67 , competing for 33 immediate and 3 deferred annuities , 14 . of the ( 17 being London and 53 Provincial brethren . In this case the London voters secured a great triumph , carrying no less than 11 out of their 14 candidates , while the Provincial voters won 23 places only . The latter , however , had the satisfaction
of taking the first four vacancies , the Essex candidate heading the poll with 4912 votes , while one of two Suffolk brethren stood second with 3920 ' votes , the Berkshire brother third with 3 SS 5 votes , and one of ( our from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight fourth with 3874 votes . Three London candidates followed next in order , the one placed fifth scoring jySS votes , No . ft , who
brought forward 2220 votes , increasing it to 3781 , and No . 7 , a new candidate , polling 36 S 7 votes . No . 8 hailed from Monmouthshire , and polled 3392 votes , and No . 9 from London , polling 33 GN voles , of which 9111 were brought forward from May , 1 S 91 . Another Hants and Isle of Wight brother was 10 th with 33 = 17 votes , and then came the Herts candidate , who
was , however , m the first instance from North and Fast Yorkshire , and for whom 3340 votes were polled . No . 12 , from London , brought forward 1672 votes from 1 S 91 , and increased his total to 33117 , the brother from the Western Division of South Wales being next with 3238 votes . A London candidate whose name had been on the list for four years ,
and who at Ins previous ( rials had secured 2492 , obtained 711 voles further , and was placed 14 th with a total of 3203 , while another candidate hailing likewise from London , who had 2388 votes already to his credit , increased his score to 3164 votes , and thereby secured the 13 th place . No . 16 was one of three brethren from West Lancashire . He obtained four votes in 1801 and
3140011 1 'Viday last , and his immediate successor , one of two candidates from Fast Lancashire , scored 3124 votes , of which 20 were already to his credit . No . 18 was one of two Cheshire brethren , and starting with two votes in hand , came in at the close of the poll with 31 12 votes . No . 19 , a new candidate from Fast Lancashire , was close up with 308 ft votes , and then came
another from \\ est Lancashire with 3001 votes . 'I he next in order was a Kentish brother , who polled 290 * 0 votes ; the next hailed from Oxfordshire , mid had 293 ( 1 votes ; and then there followed a second candidate from Kent , who won the 23 rd place with 290 7 votes . No 24 was the only one ot three Durham candidates who succeeded , and he obtained 28114 votes ,
of which 18 votes were the result of two previous ballots ; No . 25 , from Suffolk , scored 2799 votes ; No . 2 ft , a three-year old candidate from West Yorkshire , but with nothing in hand from his previous attempts , received 2633 votes ; and No . 27 , a new candidate from the same Province , 2398 votes . No . 28 , hailing from Norfolk , brought forward 8 I < J votes from last year , and received such further support as raised his total to 243 = ; , while the second
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Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
APPROACHING FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
Two out of the three great Masonic Charitable fetes have been held , and there only now remains the Anniversary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , which , as our readers are aware , has been arranged to take place at Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday , the 29 th prox . Bro . the Right Honourable Sir MICHAEL E . HICKS-BEACH , Bart ., M . P ., Provincial Grand
Master of Gloucestershire , will preside as Chairman , and the Board of Stewards which will support him will probably be about as numerous as that which supported the Duke of COX . V . U'GHT at the recent Festival of the Girls' School . Already there are some 250 brethren who have volunteered their services as Stewards , and as there is no longer any competition among
the Secretaries of the three Institutions to obtain brethren to act for them in this capacity , we do not anticipate there will be any great difficulty during the four or five weeks which remain in increasing ( he Board to about , 300 . I ' nforliiiiately , as regards lodge and chapter representation in London , the list of Stewards is unusually weak . We imagine from what we have heard
lli . it only between 50 and do lodges and other Masonic bodies have appointed members to represent them , while , as we have again and again pointed out in reference to these Festival celebrations , the number ordinarily ranges from 100 to 120 , about one-third of the lodges meeting within ( he Metropolitan area being reckoned , so far as our experience goes , a decidedly
wood average . On the other hand , there are some 40 Unattached Stewards from whom , as a rule , but little more is expeclcd than their own personal donations . We fear , therefore , that the London section of the Board will be weaker than \ vc have known if for some years , unless in the interval thai remains . ! few among the 300 or 320 lodges as yet
unrepresented see lit to commission some of their members to act in their behalf on this occasion . However , if London is weak , there are good grounds for believing that , numerically , the Provinces will make a fair show . The Chairman ' s Province of Gloucestershire , we know , has been reserving- itself for next month . Us Deputy Provincial Grand Master and one or two of its
members did duty as Stewards at the Benevolent Jubilee in February and at ihe Girls' Festival last week , but to judge from the lists they handed in , the amounts were confined to their personal gifts . Gloucestershire , therefore , may be expected to put forth its full strength , and remembering ' , as we do with pleasure , what it has done at the Festivals at which its Provincial Grand
Master has presided , we are not without hope that it will show to equal , if not to greater , advantage on this occasion . There are likewise other Provinces from which , to judge from the number of their representatives , goodly contributions may be expected . But , speaking generally , the dilliculty which Stewards will encounter in obtaining large lists of donations and
subscriptions for this Festival will be even greater than they arc known to have been •11 the recent Girls' School Festival ; and if the Stewards for that occasion found the usual sources of supply well nigh exhausted , it fortiori are they likel y to be confronted by the same dilliculty in respect of a Festival which lias yet to be celebrated . The , £ 111 , 000 which was raised last week will
s'ill further diminish the resources that remained available after the clean sweep made by the Stewards at the Jubilee in F ' ebruary last , and we should have no great reason to be surprised if the total on the 20 th till . was less by some £ 20011 or , £ 30110 than the total which Bro . Hedges announced on the iSth instant . But if we are not over-sanguine of the result
[ hat awaits us next month , we must avoid going to lhe other extreme and "bulging in unpleasant , lorecasls . The School maintains and educates some 2611 boys , and how well it fulfils its duties is shown by the successes achieved b y the pupils at the Cambridge Local and other public examinalions . 'j'he changes that have been made in the government of the
Insliiiili ,, h ; ive | lacj t jle t , ffect 0 f re-establishing confidence in the ability of the Evemive , mid we earnestly appeal to the brethren at large to support sren . ToiisI y the Chairmanship of Sir MICIIAKI . IIKKS-BKUII . They supplied (| , e F ' arl of LATIIOJI last year , when it was a question of restoring the Or ' 'mesof the Institution , after the troubles which had befallen it two or three
Jftiis previousl y . Let them now assist in maintaining it at its restored level " t'Hiciency , by supplying the funds required for the year ' s expenditure . iu ' Boys' Institution is still a long way behind the Girls' School and . -volent Institution in the matter of invested capital , and as a consequence ' 1 'erinancnt income is very small . We hope then that the proceeds of
| '" Qiith ' s celebration will be sufficient to enable the Incentive to cany on 10 - School without trenching upon the modest capital which has been ' iiiiiln ( ed , and thereby undoing much of the very admirable work which as nccomp iished last year .
The Recent Elections Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE RECENT ELECTIONS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
1 here was necessarily a considerable amount of excitement over the elections which were held in Freemasons' Tavern 011 Friday , the 20 th inst ., in respect of the two Funds of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . In the first place , there was issued a larger number of votes than at any previous election , and it was difficult even for brethren experienced in these
matters to hazard a reasonable conjecture as to the number of votes which would be required to secure a vacancy . In the next , there were probably many brethren who expected that in consequence of the unprecedented success of the Jubilee celebration in February an additional number of annuities on both Funds would be created in excess of those declared and
created at the February meeting of the . Committee of Management . This expectation , however , was not realised , and the numbers announced at that meeting were adhered to , the further vacancies competed for being such as had been caused by death or oilier cause in the interim . As regards the voting , if was especially heavy in fhe case of the Widows' Fund , while for the
Male Fund , though high figures prevailed down to about the 30 th or 32 nd Succcssfti ] candidate , there was ; i considerable falling off afterwards , and the remaining candidates who were elected are to be congratulated on their good fortune in securing places rafher than on the multitude of voles they polled . There is , however , one particularly gratifying result of this election ,
the number of I Insnccessful candidates remaining on the list has been very appreciably reduced . For the Male Fund there are only 31 left to make trial of their luck at future elections , while as regards the Widows' Fund ,
the number standing over is 42 instead of 50 . This reduction will have the effect of greatly improving the prospects of those who will be candidates in 1 S 93 . Turning now to the MAI . K FUND .
we note that there were 6 9 candidates , reduced by deaths to 67 , competing for 33 immediate and 3 deferred annuities , 14 . of the ( 17 being London and 53 Provincial brethren . In this case the London voters secured a great triumph , carrying no less than 11 out of their 14 candidates , while the Provincial voters won 23 places only . The latter , however , had the satisfaction
of taking the first four vacancies , the Essex candidate heading the poll with 4912 votes , while one of two Suffolk brethren stood second with 3920 ' votes , the Berkshire brother third with 3 SS 5 votes , and one of ( our from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight fourth with 3874 votes . Three London candidates followed next in order , the one placed fifth scoring jySS votes , No . ft , who
brought forward 2220 votes , increasing it to 3781 , and No . 7 , a new candidate , polling 36 S 7 votes . No . 8 hailed from Monmouthshire , and polled 3392 votes , and No . 9 from London , polling 33 GN voles , of which 9111 were brought forward from May , 1 S 91 . Another Hants and Isle of Wight brother was 10 th with 33 = 17 votes , and then came the Herts candidate , who
was , however , m the first instance from North and Fast Yorkshire , and for whom 3340 votes were polled . No . 12 , from London , brought forward 1672 votes from 1 S 91 , and increased his total to 33117 , the brother from the Western Division of South Wales being next with 3238 votes . A London candidate whose name had been on the list for four years ,
and who at Ins previous ( rials had secured 2492 , obtained 711 voles further , and was placed 14 th with a total of 3203 , while another candidate hailing likewise from London , who had 2388 votes already to his credit , increased his score to 3164 votes , and thereby secured the 13 th place . No . 16 was one of three brethren from West Lancashire . He obtained four votes in 1801 and
3140011 1 'Viday last , and his immediate successor , one of two candidates from Fast Lancashire , scored 3124 votes , of which 20 were already to his credit . No . 18 was one of two Cheshire brethren , and starting with two votes in hand , came in at the close of the poll with 31 12 votes . No . 19 , a new candidate from Fast Lancashire , was close up with 308 ft votes , and then came
another from \\ est Lancashire with 3001 votes . 'I he next in order was a Kentish brother , who polled 290 * 0 votes ; the next hailed from Oxfordshire , mid had 293 ( 1 votes ; and then there followed a second candidate from Kent , who won the 23 rd place with 290 7 votes . No 24 was the only one ot three Durham candidates who succeeded , and he obtained 28114 votes ,
of which 18 votes were the result of two previous ballots ; No . 25 , from Suffolk , scored 2799 votes ; No . 2 ft , a three-year old candidate from West Yorkshire , but with nothing in hand from his previous attempts , received 2633 votes ; and No . 27 , a new candidate from the same Province , 2398 votes . No . 28 , hailing from Norfolk , brought forward 8 I < J votes from last year , and received such further support as raised his total to 243 = ; , while the second