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Lodge „ £ s . d . Grand Stewards Bro . George Powell io lo o Old Kent ( T . I . ) Bro . J . E . Anderson 17 17 o 1 Bro . George Kenning ... 5 5 o 1 » ™ omas 9 . ol } V -ho 10 o ! „ Thomas Cubitt ... ) g „ Henry Von Joel , g „ Robert Grey 5 5 °

UNATTACHED . Bro . B . R . Bryant 12 12 o „ Jabez Church 5 5 o ' F . R . W . Hedges ... 5 5 ° „ Samuel Kelly 5 5 ° „ W . Maple 5 5 0 Frederic Graves 10 10 o C . F . Matier 15 15 o .. C . S . Lane S S o

" Col . A . VV . O . Saunders „ Dr . W . H . Kempster ... 10 10 o „ Henry Massey 3 3 o „ Geo . Lambert 5 5 ° John Ramsey 5 5 ° ,, Alfred Madell ... „ James Willing 5 5 0 ,, Lieut .-Gen . C . W . Randolph 10 10 o

„ J . T . Bnggs 5 5 0 THE PROVINCES . BERKS AND OXON . ' 27 Bro . M . H . C . Palmer ... 22 5 „ Geo . Saxby 10 15 o 235 ' » Henry Crane ... 20 o o 247 ,, H . O . Crane ... ? 6 2 % „ Capt . G . P . Airey J ' ° °

BRISTOL . The Province Bro . Pierrepont Harris ... 55 12 6 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . The Province Bro . Rev . F . W . Harnett GHESH 1 RE . Bro . Rev . C . W .

Soencer-Stanhope „ E . Friend „ Hon . A . de Tatton Egerton CORNWALL . The Province Bro . Charles Truscott CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND .

The Province Bro . Jas . Gardiner 20 o o DEVONSHIRE . Bro . H . M . Imbert-Terry ... 550 The Province Bro . Henry Stocker ... ... 50 o 0

Lodge 319 Bro . John Lane 10 10 o DORSETSHIRE . The Province Bro . Sir R . N . Howard ... 10 10 0 EAST ANGLIA .

Bro . H . P . Hay 5 5 0 The Province Bro . J . P . Lewin 21 o 0 Lodge 112 Bro . J . R . Green 30 o o 334 » E . H . Jennings ... 15 15 o 377 » Geo . Cooper 5 5 0 GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND

HEREFORDSHIRE . The Province Bro . Baron de Ferrieres ... 10 10 0 Lodge 10 Bro . Geo . Norman 5 5 0 2 ' 8 „ John Naysmith ... 550

218 „ Edwin Lea 10 10 o 340 „ W . C . Heane 5 5 0 HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT . The Province pro . R . Loveland Loveland ... 22 11 0 Lod ge

> 7 Bro . Gordon Miller ... 10 10 0 54 „ Henry Stone 15 15 0 02 „ J . R . Hooper-Rastrick I 2 5 ,, Chas . Waters ... 10 10 o 320 „ Rev . J . N . Palmer ... 10 10 0 349 „ Col . A . G .

Yeatman-Biggs S 8 0 _ ISLE OF MAN . waft Lodge 323 Bro . G . C . Heron

HERTFORDSHIRE . ° r ° . John E . Dawson 220 the Province ofo . Felix S . Knyvett 10 10 0 Lod ge

24 t Bro . C . E . Keyser 15-15 o 354 „ F . T . Bennett ... 10 10 o 354 „ A . R . Carter 5 5 o 3 ° „ J . R . Cocks 600 3 D 7 „ Jas . Terry 5 5 o

R „ KENT . g o . Rt . Hon . Earl Amherst ... 10 10 o " o . Horatio Ward 11 11 o S ° - Jas . Smith Eastes ... 10 10 o LQ ° - F - Hughes-Hallett ... 550 22 fi " ^ £ e Page 12 12 o 2 ° ' > E . Palmer 24 o o „ >> 5 M Rev . T . Robinson ... 21 o 0

94 „ Albert Escott ... 10 10 o 322 " ? ' " Cummings ... 660 3 Qo " ' Harper ... 3 12 o » R . J . Emmerson ... 15 15 o Bro A u LANCASHIRE . Cw 1 fefferies s s ° ^ Prov ] ncI ° mpSOn 5 5 ° ° ' J . E . Lees „ . . „ 15 15 0

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Lodge £ s . d . ( Bro . G . Galloway 13 2 6 < -., ,, \ „ E . G . Harwood 550 St . John ' s j » w _ Forrest ... 5 s o ( . „ John Kenyon 15 15 0 Lebanon , Bro . R . Young ... 31 I 0 °

32 Bro . William Jaffery ... 10 10 o 34 „ I . M . Sinclair 146 „ Capt . C . H . Garnett ... 20 o o 156 „ J . W . Edwards ... 10 10 0 156 „ —Wilson 5 5 0

LEICESTERSHIRENORTHAMPTON-, SHIRE , DERBYSHIRE , AND RUTLANDSHIRE . Bro . A . Woodiwiss 5 5 ° Bro . Geo . Fletcher 5 5 0 Bro . Percy Wallis 5 5 ° The Province

Bro . W . J . Freer ... ' ... 2100 Lodge 302 Bro . H , C . Okeover ... 31 12 6 353 „ G . M . Bond 5 15 6

LINCOLNSHIRE . The Province Bro . Jack Sutcliffe Lodge 117 Bro . H . E . Cousans ... 1010 0

MIDDLESEX AND SURREY . The Province Bro . L . G . G . Robbins ... 29 18 6 Lodge 3 Bro . G . H . Wilkinson , jun . 24 3 0

5 „ E . M . Lott ) 7 „ P . A . Scratchley ... 19 19 o 10 4 „ M . Mildred 10 10 0 114 „ J . Cates Collier ... 13 13 o 114 „ J . K . R . Cama ... 26 5 0

144 „ Philip Saillard 22 1 0 181 „ W . Fisher 14 14 0 223 „ H . J . Lardner 5 5 ° 22 4 „ Ralph Clutton ... 10 10 0 234 „ S . P . Catterson ... 13 13 0 239 „ S . B . Wilson 13 3 0 251 „ F . R . Hales 11 11 o

284 „ J . D . Birkin 5 5 ° 315 „ J . Larkin 315 „ J . H . Lane 12 o 0 331 ,, W . Woodward ... 34 13 o 350 „ George Graveley ... 5 5 0 355 „ W . A . Scurrah ... 880 361 „ Rt . Hon . Earl Euston 61 8 6 385 „ Harry Tipper 10 10 0

NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM . The Province Bro . John Strachan 54 o o Lodge 250 Bro . R . A . Luck 10 10 o

NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIREThe Province Bro . J . W . Woodall \„ , „ Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett J " ° ° Lodge York Bro . Rev . W . Valentine 770

t NORTH WALES . The Province Bro . Sir Love Jones-Parry , Bt . 550 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . The Province Bro . E . C . Patchitt 5 5 o „ Rev . F . Vernon Bussell ...

SOMERSET . The Province Bro . R . B . Cater 16 16 o Lodge 177 Bro . Rev . J . A . Lloyd ... 15 15 0

STAFFORDSHIRE . The Province Bro . Rev . W . Randall , D . D .... 220 Lodge 318 Bro . A . F . Warrillow

SUSSEX . Bro . C . W . Hudson 5 5 o The Province Bro . H . W . G . Abell ... ... 13 15 0 Lodge 75 Bro . Joseph Belcher ... 30 0 0

WARWICKSHIRE . Bro . The Most Hon . The Marquess of Hertford . _ ... 2 C 5 o „ J . Collingwood Onions ... 550 „ G . R . Arter 10 10 0 „ Edward Mallard

„ Henry Fisher 10 10 0 The Province Bro . T . II . Smith 31 10 o Lodge Howe Bro . Chas Fendelow ... 550 115 Bro . W . Hillman 5 5 0 174 „ G . W . Hardy ... 5 5 ° „ F . H . McCalmont ... 26 5 o

WEST YORKSHIRE . The Province Bro . C . L . Mason 5 5 0 Lodge Old York Bro . A . F . FitzPatric 53 Bro . F . Cleeves 16 10 6 5 S „ H . S . Holdsworth .,, 550 in „ George Hill ... ...

WORCESTERSHIRE . The Province Bro . A . F . Godson , M . P . ... 550 Lodge 59 Bro . W . B . Williamson ... 11 11 0 ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS . Lodge 2 Bro . C . F . Matier ( see Unattached ) . 14 » Horatio Ward ( sec Kent ) .

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ALLIED MASONIC DEGREES . Grand Council £ s . d . Bro . Charles Belton 850 Matier ( T . I . ) Bro . W . j . Cun-Hffe 5 5 0 Lodge 16 Bro . Augustus Harris

SUMMARY OF T £ s . a . Berks and Oxon ... ... 55 15 6 Bristol ... ... ... 55 12 6 Buckinghamshire ... Cheshire ...

Cornwall ... Cumberland and Westmorland 20 o o Devonshire ... ... 65 15 o Dorsetshire ... ... 10 10 o East Anglia ... ... 77 5 0 Gloucestershire & Herefordshire 36 15 o

Hampshire & the Isle ot Wight 78 4 o Isle of Man Hertfordshire ... ... 55 7 o Kent ... ... ... 131 1 o Lancashire ... ... 143 7 o Leicestershire , Derbyshire , & c . 74 3 o

SCOTLAND . Lodge £ s . d . 2 Bro . C . H . McKay 5 5 o Bro . Col . Patrick Stirling ... 10 10 o IRELANDLodge Bro . J . H . Goddard 220

• PROVINCES . £ s- d . Lincolnshire ... ... 10 10 0 Middlesex & Surrey ... 373 5 o Northumberland & Durham ... 64 10 o North and East Yorkshire ... 18 13 o

North Wales ... ... 550 Nottinghamshire ... ... 5 5 ° Somersetshire 32 11 o Staffordshire ... ... 220 Sussex ... ... ... 4 S o o Warwickshire ... ... 136 10 o

West Yorkshire ... ... 27 o 6 Worcestershire ... ... 16 16 o Royal & Select Masters Allied Masonic Degrees ... 13 10 o Scotland ... ... ... 15 15 o Ireland ... ... ... 220

LONDON— 35 STEWARDS ... ... ... £ 243 2 o PROVINCES—128 STEWARDS ... ... ... 1575 10 o GRAND TOTAL ... ... ... £ 1818 12 0 Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE said he felt highly honoured by being asked to propose tlie next toast , which was that of the health ot those brethren who deserved exceedingly well of this assembly . He was about

to ask the ladies and brethren present to drink the health of those energetic Masons who had served on the Board of Stewards that day , and who had so excellently and energetically contributed to the success of the evening . Bro . Matier had looked somewhat downhearted about his list not being so large that nig ht as it was last year . But when they considered the circumstances , he thought the Board of Stewards were to be congratulated

exceedingly upon the success which they had achieved . They had had a somewhat uphill game to play , and he thought they had played it most successfully . They had brought up a very handsome amount to this excellent Charity , and they who were accumstomed to the working of these things knew what an immense amount of labour was involved in getting up these amounts for the various Masonic Charities ; they knew the hours of 'the night a Steward had to devote to the completion of such excellent

work , and he , therefore , thought they should be acting very improperly that nig ht if they parted without recognising the merits of these meritorious brethren in getting this exceedingly large sum , and coming before the Festival with such a list in their hands . He would couple with the toast the name of a well-known and highly esteemed brother , Charles Driver , the President of the Board of Stewards , who , with great energy and ability , had devoted himself to the work , who had performed very hard work , and should have his name associated with the toast .

Bro . CHARLES DRIVER , in reply , said every one was impressed that nig ht with the kind feeling which had prompted all the speeches . The Stewards had been this year not so fortunate as they were last year with the lists they brought up ; but it was not for want of hard work on their part . They all admitted that circumstances over which they had no control had given to one great Charity this year large success , and probably that

strongly affected not only this meeting , but other meetings of a kindred nature ; but when they knew hpw the Stewards were assisted by other Stewards—Bros . Williams , Very , and Church , all members of the General Board—and other distinguished past Mark Masters , it was not at all to be wondered at that they had this year a success , and he considered a very great success indeed—that they had this year , under all the disadvantages

he had mentioned , succeeded in getting the second largest amount collected in any one year . The work the Stewards had done had been a work of p leasure , and was one they had all interested themselves in , and they mig ht be depended on on all future occasions for doing the utmost in their power to advance the interests of the Mark Benevolent Fund . He trusted

that next year when they would start on equal ground with the other Chairties , they would show a larger amount . than they had shown this year . He thanked the brethren most heartily for the compliment paid the Stewards . He hoped they felt those brethren had done the best they possibly could do for the Fund , and they intended to do so as long as they were M . M . M . ' s .

Lord SALTOUN said he was very much taken aback at being asked to propose the next toast , but nevertheless he felt it was a very great honour conferred on him , which they would all confess when he told them that the toast was that of " The Ladies , " who had so kindly graced the meeting ( cheers ) , and who , he was perfectly certain , when after this they knew what the Charity was with which they were at that moment connected , would on future occasions use their utmost endeavours to forward its interests , and

do all in their power to make next year and following years the subscriptions even larger than they were that night . It was very difficult to speak for the ladies , but speaking for themselves ( the Masons ) , he was perfectly certain that the ladies attending a meeting of this sort added to its pleasure , to its beauty , and to its success . ( Cheers . ) He hoped the ladies would accept a humble apology from himself for not being a more capable ex « ponents of their value . Bro . RANDALL responded .

The Marquis of HERTI'ORD proposed "The Visitors . " Masons were always hospitable . and therefore liked to see visitors at their gatherings . He hoped the visitors thatni g ht would go away impressed with the merits of the Mark Benevolent Fund , and would do what they could to help it in the future . Sir LIONEL DAYRELL replied . In uttering words of thanks , which came from his heart , he felt he was expressing the feelings of the rest of ths guests . They thanked the brethren most heartily for having invited them

to be present at their festive board , and for their excellent entertainment , and they congratulated their hosts on the munificent sum collected . The visitors would go away thoroughl y impressed with what they had seen and heard , and he would further say that the pleasure that had been afforded them would not be the p leasure only of that night , for they would carry away with them most p leasant recollections , recollections that would be stored in the future in their memories . ( Applause . )

The company then adjourned to the drawing-room , where a concert—in which Miss Freeman , daughter of our well-known Bro . Freeman , P . G . Sec . Sussex , made her first appearance before a London audience—was kept up for some time , after which they separated .