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Chapman and John Lane , is also to be commended for the £ 9 6 12 s . which those brethren compiled . This is by no means the first Steward ship which Bro . Hill Drury has served for the Province of
DURHAM , but we believe it is his most successful one , his list of £ 200 , as the representative of the Marquess of Ripon Lodge , No . 1379 , Darlington , being a most welcome contribution to the general total , while Bro . C . S . Lane ' s £ 52 ios . excellently supplements that of Bro . Drury , and raises the total for Durham to - £ 252 ios . Moreover , it raised £ 376 14 s . for the Girls at the
Centenary a few weeks ago , and ^ 122 15 s . Benevolent Festival in February , and consequently its total for the current year amounts to £ 75 1 19 s ., or in round figures £ 752 , which is undoubtedly evidence of good work even for a province of 32 lodges , and beats anything it has done since 1881 , when the late Marquis of Londonderry presided for the Boys ' School .
ESSEX is warmly to be congratulated on its effective total of £ 276 8 s . raised by five Stewards acting on behalf of four out of its 25 lodges , and the chapter attached to a fifth . Comp . F . White , for the Francis White Chapter , No . 1437 , heads the little band with a round ^ 100 , and Bro . Dixie , Steward for the Chigwell Lodge , N 0 . 457 , is next with - £ 92 8 s ., while Bro . J . F . Harrington ,
for the Priory Lodge , No . 1000 , stands third with £ 65 2 s . In February , three Stewards raised amongst them ^ 146 9 s . 6 d ., the Chigwell Lodge , No . 457 , and the Liberty of Havering Lodge , No . 1437 , to which the Francis White Chapter is attached , being the chief contributors . At the Girls ' Centenary , the total raised by the Province was £ 912 15 s ,, the Stewards ,
including the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Lord Brooke , being 24 in number , and the lodges directly represented 15 . Thus our three Institutions have received from Essex during the present year £ 1335 12 s . 6 d ., while the total for 1 S 87 was £ 873 7 s ., and for 1886 ^ 599 5 s . Such Returns as these tell their own story . Bro . Baron de Ferrieres , as an Unattached Steward , does duty for
GLOUCESTERSHIRE and its 14 lodges , his contribution being £ 2 \ . But it is not surprising that the Province , after its successful performance on the 7 th instant , when its 17 Stewards , of whom 14 did duty for 12 lodges and a chapter , raised
amongst them £ 516 15 s ., should need a little rest . Its total for the year , including £ 79 5 s . 6 d . contributed to the Benevolent Institution in February , is a fraction over . £ 617 , while in 1887 it was £ 222 lis ., and in the years 1884-5-6 , ^ 2240 9 s ., the result of the whole five years being £ 3080 , which is , beyond all question , a brilliant Return for so limited a Province .
Among the heaviest contributors to the Girls Centenary was the Province of
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT , which , with some 46 lodges raised a total of £ 1134 4 s ., the number of brethren who acted as Stewards being 33 , and the number of lodges directly represented 21 . In February , two of its lodges figured in the Returns , the sum of their contributions being £ 63 , while on Wednesday , four lodges furnished by the hands of five Stewards , ^ 142 8 s ., raising the full amount for the year to . £ 1339 12 s . In 1887 , it raised £ 1883 , of
which all but ^ 97 ios . went into the Treasuryof the Benevolent Institution , for the Festival of which Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., P . G . M ., presided as Chairman . Thus during these two years alone our Hants and Isle of Wight brethren have furnished supplies to the extent of ^ 3222 12 s ., while for the years 1884-5-6 , it distributed among our Institutions £ 3069 7 s . 6 d „ or for the quinquennial period £ 6291 19 s . 6 d . ¦ We were prepared for
J ERSEY , and its eight lodges making a goodly show , and we heartily congratulate Bro . Col . de Carteret , who has taken a great interest in this Festival and presided at the Distribution of Prizes at Wood Green on Saturday last , on his excellent Return of £ 215 5 s . In nearly all our analytical articles we
have pointed out that Jersey and the other Channel Islands are remote from head-quarters , and , like the Isle of Man , cannot be expected to figure very frequently at these important gatherings . For this reason their presence is always the more welcome , and especially when they show to such conspicuous advantage as Jersey did on Wednesday . We do not pause to consider what
KENT has done during the current year : the mere record tells the tale sufficiently . In February last seven of its eight stewards compiled among them ^ 3 62 17 s ., and on the 7 th instant it secured the premier place among the contributing provinces by raising £ 3073 is . 6 d ., the number of Stewards being 45 , though of the sum named ^ 1050 was employed in purchasing a
right of Perpetual Presentation . On Wednesday there were six Stewards , and five of them obtained £ 254 13 s . 6 d ., making the total for the year £ 3690 12 s ., or nearly twice what it raised last year , namely £ 1920 . In 1886 it contributed £ 1725 ; in 1885 over ^ 1589 ; in 1884 £ 1337 13 s . 6 d . ; and in 1883 , when the Prov . G . Master was Chairman for the Boys ' Festival , £ 2692 . As our readers know ,
THE TWO LANCASHIRES , though , numerically , they are our most important Provinces , are by no means the largest contributors to our Charitable Institutions . This , however , is accounted for by the fact that both of them have well-managed local Charitable Associations , which do an immense amount of good , and are being fostered with much zeal and liberality by the lodges and brethren . Under
these circumstances , we do not ordinarily expect a very formidable statement of Returns from either of them , but the present year is an exception . In February , in fulfilment of its promise , East Lancashire raised a large sum for the Old People , the total of its contributions being £ 2873 lis . fid . On the 7 th inst . it raised for the Girls' Centenary , £ 1340 6 s . 6 d ., and , as a matter of course , it figured on a more modest scale on Wednesday , when its eight Stewards brought into the Boys' School treasury £ 126 5 s ., the sum total for the
year being £ 4340 3 s . The smaller Province of West Lancashire , which has several local Funds , has been less conspicuous in its contributions . In February it raised for the Old People only £ 31 ios ., and on Wednesday , with nine Stewards , £ 94 ios ., but at the Centenary , when its respected Provincial Grand Master , Bro . the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M ., was Honorary President of the Board of Stewards , it contributed , by the exertions of its 83 Stewards , £ 2246 15 s . 6 d . ; the total yield for the year being £ 2372 15 s . 6 d .
Analysis Of The Returns.
LINCOLNSHIRE was represented by one of its 22 lodges , the Pelham Pillar , No . jg 2 Grimsby , which had three Stewards acting on its behalf , whose lists amounted to £ 21 . At the Albert Hail on the 7 th instant , the Returns from this Province amounted to £ 202 2 s . 6 d ., so that the sum total for We
the current year is ^ 223 2 s . 6 d . are heartily glad that Lincolnshire is again doing itself justice , and as it was announced at the recent meeting of its Prov . Grand Lodge that Bro . Cousans would act as Festival Steward
for the next Anniversary of the Old People's Institution , we shall no doub t find it continuing in the same course now that it seems to have made up its mind to be a frequent , if not a regular , contributor on these occasions . However it may fare with other Provinces , we are certain to find that of
MIDDLESEX both regularly and generously playing its part . It began the year b y raising £ 419 14 s . for the Benevolent Institution , nine of its 42 lod ges being represented by 12 Stewards . On the 7 th instant its Returns reached £ 1017 7 s . 6 d ., the brethren representing it being 45 in number , and the lodges directly represented being 26 . On Wednesday , seven lod ges and
two chapters compiled amongst them , £ , 288 17 s ., the highest Return being that of Bro . Henry B . May , Enfield Lodge , No . 1237 , whose list reached 60 guineas ( £ 63 ) , the total for the year being £ 1825 18 s . 6 d . This proves we were not far out in our reckoning when we anticipated that the year 1888
would compare favourably with the best of its predecessors , its total for 1887 having been only £ 1265 17 s ., and for 1886 £ 1034 19 s ., while the Returns in 1886 and 188 5 were still lower . We seem to have been equally successful in the case of
NORTHANTS AND HUNTS . that under its new chief , R . W . Bro . the Earl of Euston , it would redeem any shortcomings which may have been chargeable against it during the interval between the active period of the Duke of Manchester ' s Prov . Grand Mastership and the installation of his successor . It raised £ 350 for this
Institution last year on the eve of Lord Fusion ' s appointment to office . In February one of its brethren , hailing from the lodge at Towcester , gave a modest £ 10 ios . On the 7 th instant it raised £ 226 15 s . for the Girls' Centenary , and on Wednesday it followed this up with a list compiled by Bro . Vergette of the St . Peter's Lodge , No . 442 , Peterborough , of ^ 117 12 s .,
g iving a total for the year of £ 354 17 s . Thus for the two years the sum raised is ^ 704 17 s ., which , as the Province musters only 10 lodges , is decidedly good work . In February next , when the Earl of Euston has promised to preside for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , we shall have no doubt a still more satisfactory account to render . Four out of the ten lodges in
OXFORDSHIRE , had brethren representing them , Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , which did so well on the 7 th inst ., and the Bertie Lodge , No . 1515 , of the same city , being amongst them . Their lists amounted together to Fifl 12 s . 6 d ., one being still to come , and as the Bertie Lodge and the
Windrush Lodge , No . 1703 , Witney , were not represented on the 7 th inst , or at the Benevolent Festival in February , nine of the lodges in this Province have participated in the work of the current year , and the tenth figured at the Girls' Festival in 1887 . In February it raised ^ 47 5 s ., and
for the Girls' Centenary the splendid sum of ^ 549 14 s ., making the total result for 1888 . £ 637 us . 6 d ., while in the four previous years its Returns were—in 1887 , over £ 271 ; in 1886 , £ 279 ; in 1885 , £ 208 ; and in 1884 , £
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is only nominally represented , the Lodge of the Marches , No . 611 , having a Steward in the person of Bro . Rowland G . Venables , D . P . G . M ., who contributes ; £ io ios . But even this is sufficient to show that our Boys are not overlooked , nor after so handsome a contribution as ^ 604 to the Girls School on the 7 th inst ., and - £ 26 5 s . from Lodge No . 611 ( per Bro . Salwey )
in February , would it have been strange had the Province omitted to put in an appearance . However , an aggregate of ^ 640 15 s . in 1888 , following immediately upon one of £ 1022 17 s . in 1887 , when Bro . Sir O . Wakeman , Bart ., P . G . M ., presided for the Girls' School , is a grand result for a Province with only 11 lodges on its roll .
SOMERSETSHIRE does most things well . It began the year quietly with a comfortable list or £ 137 5 s . per Bro . Baskett for the Benevolent Institution . On the 7 th inst . it raised £ 945 for the Girls' School , the list of its special representative , Bro . StothertG . Std . Br . which amounted to £ 882 being the highest
, , , from an individual Steward , and on Wednesday it completed the work of the year so far as our Central Institutions are concerned , by raising by the hands of Bro . G . H . Perrett £ 210 ; giving an aggregate for 1888 of ^ 1292 5 S . j 184
the Province mustering only 25 lodges . During the four years from S to 1887 both inclusive , it raised £ 2720 17 s ., and consequently for the quiquennial period from 1884 to £ 1888 , we have an aggregate of £ 4- 3 ' ' or an average per year of upwards of ^ 802 , while the average per year from 1884 to 1887 was £ 680 . The Province , therefore , has vastly improved an already excellent position by its successes during the current year 0
grace . SOUTH WALES , WEST DIVISION has taken part in the work of all three Festivals , Bro . J . Andrew Jenkins , as the Provincial representative , returning ^ 108 ios . in February , wni Bro . Aaron Stone , as the active Steward , " handed in a list of ^ 105 on 7 th inst . On Wednesday the same worthy Bro . Stone comp iled a return 0 £ 230 15 s ., making the total for the whole of the year £ 444 5 s ., which tor
Province of only ten lodges gives the very high average 01 & 44 ° s- u ri 0 i lodge . Last year it did nothing , but the Boys'School had the beneii to its assistance to the extent of ^ 210 in 1886 , and in 1885 the Benevolent wa supported to the extent of £ 90 . In 1884 the Girls' School was the favour Institution , while the Boys' School received £ 350 in 1883 and the Bene lent a like amount the preceding year . j At the Girls' Centenary on the 7 th inst ., eight out of the nine btewar acting for the 29 lodges in
STAFFORDSHIRE , , raised together the sum of £ 349 17 s ., and on VVednesday one or ^ eight Stewards—Bro . Thaddeus Ryder—handed in a list of £ 2 ^ 2 r } ° ' - [ a \ }\ e had it not been for the lamented death of the Secretary of its ~" 0 | ent Association , it would no doubt have shown to advantage at the Benev ^ . ^ Festival in February , when it had a Steward , but sent no list . w aS know , therefore , of contributions during 1888 amounting to £ 012 7 ' •>, compared with nearly £ 700 in 1887 ; £ 577 ios . in 1886 ; ^ 695 2 s . in
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Chapman and John Lane , is also to be commended for the £ 9 6 12 s . which those brethren compiled . This is by no means the first Steward ship which Bro . Hill Drury has served for the Province of
DURHAM , but we believe it is his most successful one , his list of £ 200 , as the representative of the Marquess of Ripon Lodge , No . 1379 , Darlington , being a most welcome contribution to the general total , while Bro . C . S . Lane ' s £ 52 ios . excellently supplements that of Bro . Drury , and raises the total for Durham to - £ 252 ios . Moreover , it raised £ 376 14 s . for the Girls at the
Centenary a few weeks ago , and ^ 122 15 s . Benevolent Festival in February , and consequently its total for the current year amounts to £ 75 1 19 s ., or in round figures £ 752 , which is undoubtedly evidence of good work even for a province of 32 lodges , and beats anything it has done since 1881 , when the late Marquis of Londonderry presided for the Boys ' School .
ESSEX is warmly to be congratulated on its effective total of £ 276 8 s . raised by five Stewards acting on behalf of four out of its 25 lodges , and the chapter attached to a fifth . Comp . F . White , for the Francis White Chapter , No . 1437 , heads the little band with a round ^ 100 , and Bro . Dixie , Steward for the Chigwell Lodge , N 0 . 457 , is next with - £ 92 8 s ., while Bro . J . F . Harrington ,
for the Priory Lodge , No . 1000 , stands third with £ 65 2 s . In February , three Stewards raised amongst them ^ 146 9 s . 6 d ., the Chigwell Lodge , No . 457 , and the Liberty of Havering Lodge , No . 1437 , to which the Francis White Chapter is attached , being the chief contributors . At the Girls ' Centenary , the total raised by the Province was £ 912 15 s ,, the Stewards ,
including the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Lord Brooke , being 24 in number , and the lodges directly represented 15 . Thus our three Institutions have received from Essex during the present year £ 1335 12 s . 6 d ., while the total for 1 S 87 was £ 873 7 s ., and for 1886 ^ 599 5 s . Such Returns as these tell their own story . Bro . Baron de Ferrieres , as an Unattached Steward , does duty for
GLOUCESTERSHIRE and its 14 lodges , his contribution being £ 2 \ . But it is not surprising that the Province , after its successful performance on the 7 th instant , when its 17 Stewards , of whom 14 did duty for 12 lodges and a chapter , raised
amongst them £ 516 15 s ., should need a little rest . Its total for the year , including £ 79 5 s . 6 d . contributed to the Benevolent Institution in February , is a fraction over . £ 617 , while in 1887 it was £ 222 lis ., and in the years 1884-5-6 , ^ 2240 9 s ., the result of the whole five years being £ 3080 , which is , beyond all question , a brilliant Return for so limited a Province .
Among the heaviest contributors to the Girls Centenary was the Province of
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT , which , with some 46 lodges raised a total of £ 1134 4 s ., the number of brethren who acted as Stewards being 33 , and the number of lodges directly represented 21 . In February , two of its lodges figured in the Returns , the sum of their contributions being £ 63 , while on Wednesday , four lodges furnished by the hands of five Stewards , ^ 142 8 s ., raising the full amount for the year to . £ 1339 12 s . In 1887 , it raised £ 1883 , of
which all but ^ 97 ios . went into the Treasuryof the Benevolent Institution , for the Festival of which Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., P . G . M ., presided as Chairman . Thus during these two years alone our Hants and Isle of Wight brethren have furnished supplies to the extent of ^ 3222 12 s ., while for the years 1884-5-6 , it distributed among our Institutions £ 3069 7 s . 6 d „ or for the quinquennial period £ 6291 19 s . 6 d . ¦ We were prepared for
J ERSEY , and its eight lodges making a goodly show , and we heartily congratulate Bro . Col . de Carteret , who has taken a great interest in this Festival and presided at the Distribution of Prizes at Wood Green on Saturday last , on his excellent Return of £ 215 5 s . In nearly all our analytical articles we
have pointed out that Jersey and the other Channel Islands are remote from head-quarters , and , like the Isle of Man , cannot be expected to figure very frequently at these important gatherings . For this reason their presence is always the more welcome , and especially when they show to such conspicuous advantage as Jersey did on Wednesday . We do not pause to consider what
KENT has done during the current year : the mere record tells the tale sufficiently . In February last seven of its eight stewards compiled among them ^ 3 62 17 s ., and on the 7 th instant it secured the premier place among the contributing provinces by raising £ 3073 is . 6 d ., the number of Stewards being 45 , though of the sum named ^ 1050 was employed in purchasing a
right of Perpetual Presentation . On Wednesday there were six Stewards , and five of them obtained £ 254 13 s . 6 d ., making the total for the year £ 3690 12 s ., or nearly twice what it raised last year , namely £ 1920 . In 1886 it contributed £ 1725 ; in 1885 over ^ 1589 ; in 1884 £ 1337 13 s . 6 d . ; and in 1883 , when the Prov . G . Master was Chairman for the Boys ' Festival , £ 2692 . As our readers know ,
THE TWO LANCASHIRES , though , numerically , they are our most important Provinces , are by no means the largest contributors to our Charitable Institutions . This , however , is accounted for by the fact that both of them have well-managed local Charitable Associations , which do an immense amount of good , and are being fostered with much zeal and liberality by the lodges and brethren . Under
these circumstances , we do not ordinarily expect a very formidable statement of Returns from either of them , but the present year is an exception . In February , in fulfilment of its promise , East Lancashire raised a large sum for the Old People , the total of its contributions being £ 2873 lis . fid . On the 7 th inst . it raised for the Girls' Centenary , £ 1340 6 s . 6 d ., and , as a matter of course , it figured on a more modest scale on Wednesday , when its eight Stewards brought into the Boys' School treasury £ 126 5 s ., the sum total for the
year being £ 4340 3 s . The smaller Province of West Lancashire , which has several local Funds , has been less conspicuous in its contributions . In February it raised for the Old People only £ 31 ios ., and on Wednesday , with nine Stewards , £ 94 ios ., but at the Centenary , when its respected Provincial Grand Master , Bro . the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M ., was Honorary President of the Board of Stewards , it contributed , by the exertions of its 83 Stewards , £ 2246 15 s . 6 d . ; the total yield for the year being £ 2372 15 s . 6 d .
Analysis Of The Returns.
LINCOLNSHIRE was represented by one of its 22 lodges , the Pelham Pillar , No . jg 2 Grimsby , which had three Stewards acting on its behalf , whose lists amounted to £ 21 . At the Albert Hail on the 7 th instant , the Returns from this Province amounted to £ 202 2 s . 6 d ., so that the sum total for We
the current year is ^ 223 2 s . 6 d . are heartily glad that Lincolnshire is again doing itself justice , and as it was announced at the recent meeting of its Prov . Grand Lodge that Bro . Cousans would act as Festival Steward
for the next Anniversary of the Old People's Institution , we shall no doub t find it continuing in the same course now that it seems to have made up its mind to be a frequent , if not a regular , contributor on these occasions . However it may fare with other Provinces , we are certain to find that of
MIDDLESEX both regularly and generously playing its part . It began the year b y raising £ 419 14 s . for the Benevolent Institution , nine of its 42 lod ges being represented by 12 Stewards . On the 7 th instant its Returns reached £ 1017 7 s . 6 d ., the brethren representing it being 45 in number , and the lodges directly represented being 26 . On Wednesday , seven lod ges and
two chapters compiled amongst them , £ , 288 17 s ., the highest Return being that of Bro . Henry B . May , Enfield Lodge , No . 1237 , whose list reached 60 guineas ( £ 63 ) , the total for the year being £ 1825 18 s . 6 d . This proves we were not far out in our reckoning when we anticipated that the year 1888
would compare favourably with the best of its predecessors , its total for 1887 having been only £ 1265 17 s ., and for 1886 £ 1034 19 s ., while the Returns in 1886 and 188 5 were still lower . We seem to have been equally successful in the case of
NORTHANTS AND HUNTS . that under its new chief , R . W . Bro . the Earl of Euston , it would redeem any shortcomings which may have been chargeable against it during the interval between the active period of the Duke of Manchester ' s Prov . Grand Mastership and the installation of his successor . It raised £ 350 for this
Institution last year on the eve of Lord Fusion ' s appointment to office . In February one of its brethren , hailing from the lodge at Towcester , gave a modest £ 10 ios . On the 7 th instant it raised £ 226 15 s . for the Girls' Centenary , and on Wednesday it followed this up with a list compiled by Bro . Vergette of the St . Peter's Lodge , No . 442 , Peterborough , of ^ 117 12 s .,
g iving a total for the year of £ 354 17 s . Thus for the two years the sum raised is ^ 704 17 s ., which , as the Province musters only 10 lodges , is decidedly good work . In February next , when the Earl of Euston has promised to preside for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , we shall have no doubt a still more satisfactory account to render . Four out of the ten lodges in
OXFORDSHIRE , had brethren representing them , Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , which did so well on the 7 th inst ., and the Bertie Lodge , No . 1515 , of the same city , being amongst them . Their lists amounted together to Fifl 12 s . 6 d ., one being still to come , and as the Bertie Lodge and the
Windrush Lodge , No . 1703 , Witney , were not represented on the 7 th inst , or at the Benevolent Festival in February , nine of the lodges in this Province have participated in the work of the current year , and the tenth figured at the Girls' Festival in 1887 . In February it raised ^ 47 5 s ., and
for the Girls' Centenary the splendid sum of ^ 549 14 s ., making the total result for 1888 . £ 637 us . 6 d ., while in the four previous years its Returns were—in 1887 , over £ 271 ; in 1886 , £ 279 ; in 1885 , £ 208 ; and in 1884 , £
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is only nominally represented , the Lodge of the Marches , No . 611 , having a Steward in the person of Bro . Rowland G . Venables , D . P . G . M ., who contributes ; £ io ios . But even this is sufficient to show that our Boys are not overlooked , nor after so handsome a contribution as ^ 604 to the Girls School on the 7 th inst ., and - £ 26 5 s . from Lodge No . 611 ( per Bro . Salwey )
in February , would it have been strange had the Province omitted to put in an appearance . However , an aggregate of ^ 640 15 s . in 1888 , following immediately upon one of £ 1022 17 s . in 1887 , when Bro . Sir O . Wakeman , Bart ., P . G . M ., presided for the Girls' School , is a grand result for a Province with only 11 lodges on its roll .
SOMERSETSHIRE does most things well . It began the year quietly with a comfortable list or £ 137 5 s . per Bro . Baskett for the Benevolent Institution . On the 7 th inst . it raised £ 945 for the Girls' School , the list of its special representative , Bro . StothertG . Std . Br . which amounted to £ 882 being the highest
, , , from an individual Steward , and on Wednesday it completed the work of the year so far as our Central Institutions are concerned , by raising by the hands of Bro . G . H . Perrett £ 210 ; giving an aggregate for 1888 of ^ 1292 5 S . j 184
the Province mustering only 25 lodges . During the four years from S to 1887 both inclusive , it raised £ 2720 17 s ., and consequently for the quiquennial period from 1884 to £ 1888 , we have an aggregate of £ 4- 3 ' ' or an average per year of upwards of ^ 802 , while the average per year from 1884 to 1887 was £ 680 . The Province , therefore , has vastly improved an already excellent position by its successes during the current year 0
grace . SOUTH WALES , WEST DIVISION has taken part in the work of all three Festivals , Bro . J . Andrew Jenkins , as the Provincial representative , returning ^ 108 ios . in February , wni Bro . Aaron Stone , as the active Steward , " handed in a list of ^ 105 on 7 th inst . On Wednesday the same worthy Bro . Stone comp iled a return 0 £ 230 15 s ., making the total for the whole of the year £ 444 5 s ., which tor
Province of only ten lodges gives the very high average 01 & 44 ° s- u ri 0 i lodge . Last year it did nothing , but the Boys'School had the beneii to its assistance to the extent of ^ 210 in 1886 , and in 1885 the Benevolent wa supported to the extent of £ 90 . In 1884 the Girls' School was the favour Institution , while the Boys' School received £ 350 in 1883 and the Bene lent a like amount the preceding year . j At the Girls' Centenary on the 7 th inst ., eight out of the nine btewar acting for the 29 lodges in
STAFFORDSHIRE , , raised together the sum of £ 349 17 s ., and on VVednesday one or ^ eight Stewards—Bro . Thaddeus Ryder—handed in a list of £ 2 ^ 2 r } ° ' - [ a \ }\ e had it not been for the lamented death of the Secretary of its ~" 0 | ent Association , it would no doubt have shown to advantage at the Benev ^ . ^ Festival in February , when it had a Steward , but sent no list . w aS know , therefore , of contributions during 1888 amounting to £ 012 7 ' •>, compared with nearly £ 700 in 1887 ; £ 577 ios . in 1886 ; ^ 695 2 s . in