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Degree in the Isaac Newton University Mark Lodge , No . 112 , Cambridge , and had served the office of Senior G . Warden . The resolutions were proposed and seconded b y Bros , the Earl of Euston , D . G . M ., acting G . M ., and T . F . Halsey , M . P ., Prov . G . Master of Hertfordshire , respectively , and , it is needless to say , they were adopted unanimously . One other great loss has likewise been sustained by Mark Masonry through
the death of Bro . Sir Francis Burdett , P . G . M . of Middlesex and Surrey , who had held its office continuously since December , 1870 , and to whom , in recognition of the very great services he had rendered to the Province during the long period of 21 years , an illuminated address enclosed in a silver-gilt casket , was presented by the members of its lodges at an especial meeting , held at the Criterion , on the 19 th February . On the death of
this distinguished brother , the M . W . G . M . resolved on dividing his Province , and while certain of its lodges were to be contained in the London district , the remainder were formed into two Provinces , those in Middlesex being constituted as the Province of Middlesex and those in Surrey as the Province of Surrey . To preside over the former of these as P . G . M . there was appointed Bro . Col . A . B . Cook , President of the General Board , while Bro .
Col . Money , who was already at the head of Craft and Arch Masonry in Surrey , was selected to be Provincial Grand Mark Master of the latter . These two brethren were accordingly installed in office by Bro . the Earl of Euston ; Bro . Cook on the 24 th September , when a new Mark lodge , with Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton as first W . M ., and bearing the style and title of the Hampton Court Lodge , No . 448 , was added to the roll of Middlesex ,
and Bro . Col . Money on the 29 th October , when the event was signalised , as in the case of Middlesex , by the consecration of the Crystal Palace Lodge , No . 450 , with Bro . J . Barnett as first W . M . Two other new Provincial Grand Mark Masters have likewise been installed by the Deputy Grand Mark Master of England , namely , Bro . the Earl of Radnor , to preside over the Province of Wiltshire , and Bro . the Earl of Yarborough , as Provincial
Grand Mark Master of Lincolnshire , in succession to Bro . Jack Sutcliffe , who had held the post since 18 S 3 , and to whom , as a token of the high appreciation in which his services were held , a testimonial , consisting , in part , of an illuminated address on vellum , accompanied by a silver salver bearing a suitable inscription , and partly , of a Jack Sutcliffe Benevolent Fund for the benefit of poor Mark brethren in
Lincolnshire , was presented . One or two other occurrences of a special character must be mentioned , namely , the appointment of Bro . R . Loveland Loveland to be President of the General Board in succession to Bro . Col . Cook , and that of Bro . Frank Richardson to be the representative of the Mark Grand Lodge of New South Wales at our Mark Grand Lodge . But the great event of the year in Mark Masonry is the Festival held in
July on behalf of its Benevolent Fund . In this instance the Festival was held on the 20 th July , under the auspices of Bro . Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W ., and the Board of 130 Stewards had the satisfaction of raising a total of £ 1636 10 s . 6 d ., a total which was less by over £ 200 than that raised in 1891 , and less by more than . £ 700 than that of the preceding year . Nevertheless , we hold that the subscription was a large
one , considering that the Jubilee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution had absorbed so vast a measure of support in the preceding February . So far , therefore , from regarding the diminution we have mentioned with alarm , we consider that , in the circumstances , the efforts of Bro . Sir R . Hanson and his Board of Stewards were a success , and we are not without
hope that next year , when there will be no such special pressure in connection with the great Craft Charities , a reaction in favour of this Mark Fund will set in , and the capital of so deserving a Charity increased to a greater extent than it has been in 1 S 92 . It is of very material benefit to poor Mark Masons , their widows , and orphan children , and as such it merits a liberal support from the members of that Degree .
CHIVALRIC AND HIGH GRADIS MASONRY . We next give our attention to the proceedings of the various bodies which are grouped together under this head . Undoubtedly the most prominent amongst them , and that which exhibits the greatest amount of vitality is , as we have remarked in former Summaries , the body known as the Ancient and Accepted Rite . This is able to boast an admirable organisation , while
its capital , according to the audited statement of accounts dated the 12 th July , falls not very far short of £ 20 , 000 . Four new Rose Croix chapters were added to the roll during 1892 , namely , the Mount Olivet , No . 120 , Pcrak , with Bro . F . H . Gottlieb as M . W . S . ; the Belgrave , No . 121 , with Bro . Lennox Browne as M . W . S . ; the Bermuda Chapter , No . 123 ; and the Noel Money , No . 122 , which was consecrated at Croydon by Bro . Col .
Noel Money on the 25 th July , with Bro . Frederick West as M . W . S . In April the Supreme Council visited Edinburgh , where they were most hospitably received by the sister Supreme Council of Scotland . On the 13 th July Bro . E . Letchworth had the 33 of the Rite conferred upon him by the Earl of Lathom , S . G . Commander . It is also necessary to record the changes which have taken place in the constitution of the Supreme Council consequent upon the death of Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , who has been succeeded in his office of Grand Chancellor by the Earl of Limerick , while
the post of Grand Prior , vacated by his lordship , is now occupiedby Bro . the Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg . In the Order of the Temple there has been perhaps more than the usual activity . Several Provincial Priories have met , while the annual meeting of the National Great Priory , which took p lace at Mark Masons' Hall on Friday , the 13 th May , was presided over by the liarl of Lathom , Great Prior , and was more numerously
attended than we have known it for some years . The report of the Great Prior ' s Council referred to the loss sustained by the death of the Great Sub-Prior , Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , and recommended that a grant of £ 50 should be made to the " Shadwell Clerke Trust , " the recommendation being subsequently adopted with unanimity by the sir knights present . It was also announced that a warrant had been granted for the constitution of the
Amphibious Preceplory at Hcckmondwikc in the Western Division of Yorkshire ; that the Plains of Mamrc Prcceptory at Haworth had been revived , and that a centenary warrant had been granted to the Plains of Rama Preccptory , Keighley . The Earl of Euston was subsequentl y installed in office as Great Sub-Prior . The vacancies caused by the deaths of Col . Clerke , as Prov . Prior of Sus ex , and Lieut .-Col . G . Haldane , as Prov . Prior of Kent and Surrey , have been filled by the appointment of Lieut .-
Gen . Randolp h to succeed the former , and Col . Noel Money to succeed the latter , and Col . Money had the honour of being installed by the Great Prior , at the .-11111113 ! Prov . Priory held at Canterbury on the 15 th June . At the half-yearly meeting on the 9 th current , it was announced that Sir Knight W . Tinkler , after a prolonged service of many years , had retired from the post of Vice-Chancellor , and in consideration of what he had done for the Order a pension of ; £ i ° o a year was unanimously voted to him , the vacancy
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thus caused being filled by the appointment of Major-General | . Grassland Hay , C . B . As for the Order of Rome and Red Cross of Constantine , we cannot say that its position is stronger than it was in 1891 . Its organisation looks well enough on paper , and from the names that figure m the list of its chief dignitaries it would appear to be a sufficientl y thriving body . It has also quite an array of conclaves under its jurisdiction , but the
evidences of its activity are few and far between . The annual n / iectino- of the Grand Imperial Conclave of the Order was held on the 17 th March , when Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., was re-elected Grand Sovereign , but on the death of that distinguished sir knight , it became neccssary ' to chose a successor , and at a special meeting on the 8 th July , the Earl of Euston was unanimously elected and installed as M . I . G . Sovereign , his lordshi ' s post
p of Viceroy being filled by the Baron de Ferriercs . It is also worth recording that on the 17 th June Sir Knight the Rev . Hayman Cummings was installed Intendant-General of Division for Kent by Sir Knight C . F . Matier , Grand Recorder . Nothing of moment has appeared in connection with the organisations known as the Royal and Select Masters and the Allied Masonic Degrees , while in respect of the Royal Order of Scotland , the Earl
of Euston-was installed Prov . Grand Master for London and the Metropolitan Counties by the Earl of Haddington , Deputy G . Master , on the 22 nd June . In Bro . Dr . W . Wynn Westcott the Rosicrucians have found an able successor to Bro . Dr . Woodman as their Supreme Magus , while as regards the Order of the Secret Monitor it held hi gh Festival on the 22 nd June , but in other respects its proceedings have been uneventful .
OUR INSTITUTIONS . If the tone of our remarks concerning the principal and minor Masonic organisations has been less joyous , by reason of the calamity which befel the Craft in January , than we might otherwise have permitted ourselves to adopt , there is nothing to prevent us giving a full rein to the rejoicing we have such excellent grounds for indulging in with regard to the Charitable
Institutions which are maintained by the Society . In their case , at all events , the course of events has run smoothly , and though the support accorded them has been very unequally distributed , owing to the marvellous good fortune which has accompanied the youngest of our three Charities , it cannot be said that the actual requirements of the other two have been overlooked or neglected . The Jubilee Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent
Institution , to which the whole body of English Masons had been looking forward so eagerly , was celebrated on the 24 th February . Great preparations had been made for this auspicious event . In the year previous the consent of Grand Lodge had been obtained to a suspension of the fixed Regulations , which define the privileges that may be granted to donors and subscribers andthc brethren who give theirservices as Festival Stewards , and in lieu thereof
was substituted a series of provisions for securing exceptional advantages to all who contributed either by their services or of their means towards ensuring the success of this important event . The temporary change had the desired effect , and in the end the Committee of Management and the Secretary of the Institution who , by their elforts , were enabled to bring together a Board of . Stewards numbering 152 S brethren , had the supreme
gratification of learning that the total of receipts reached the astounding sum of £ 69 , 000 is . 7 d . But it was not till long after the Festival itself had been held that these final particulars were ascertained , and it is necessary we should say something of the event itself , which took place , as already mentioned , on Wednesday , the 24 th February . The Theatre Royal , Covent Garden , was the scene of the gathering , while , as his Royal
Highness the M . W . Grand Master and President , had found himself compelled by the multiplicity of his engagements to decline the invitation of the Committee to preside , the chair was taken b y Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Dep . G . Master , and Provincial G . Master of Cornwall . Onl y Stewards and ladies were admitted to the banquet—about 1200 of the former being present in the body of the theatre , while the ladies , to the
number of about 400 , dined in the crush room and the boxes , which , by permission of Bro . Sir Augustus Harris , the lessee , had been specially re-arranged for their accommodation . The sum announced was £ 59 , 593 15 s ., but , as stated already , the ultimate total was , £ 69 , 000 is . 7 c ! ., or , in round figures , some £ 17 , 500 in excess of what had been obtained at the Centenary Festival of the Girls' School in 1 S 88 , the number of Stewards being 1528 ,
as against 1475 on the latter occasion . Towards this splendid result London , with 597 Stewards , contributed £ 31 , 64 s 14 s . 6 d ., and the Provinces , with 931 Stewards , £ 37 , 351 7 s . id ., Cheshire ( 75 Stewards ) returning £ i < jS 8 ios . ; Derbyshire ( 47 Stewards ) , £ 1302 16 s . ; Essex ( 44 Stewards ) , £ 2318 2 s . 6 d . ; Hants and the Isle of Wight ( 27 Stewards ) , £ 1345 19 s . 7 d . ; Hertfordshire ( 26 Stewards ) , £ 1883 6 s . Od . ; Kent ( 38 Stwds . ) , £ iS () S 1 is . 6 d . ;
Lancashire , East Div . ( 6 7 Stewards ) , . £ 266 7 5 s . ; Lancashire , West Div . ( 37 Stewards ) , £ 1197 8 s . 6 d . ; Middlesex ( 34 Stewards ) , . 61315 ( ) s . ; Suffolk ( 27 Stewards ) , , £ 1291 14 s . ; Surrey ( 36 Stewards ) , £ ' 2148 os . Od . ; Sussex ( 29 Stewards ) , £ 1155 6 s . ; Warwickshire ( 86 Stewards ) , £ 2186 ; and West Yorkshire ( 160 Stewards ) , . £ 3555 , including the price of the Tew Perpetual Presentation to the Male Fund ; while the Chairman ' s Province of Cornwall
( 10 Stewards ) , raised £ 776 15 s . The immediate result so far as the Institution was concerned was that 10 men and 10 widows were added to the establishments , raising the number of annuitants provided for to 1 ( jo men and 240 women ; while £ 50 , 000 was invested in India 3 per cent . Stock , so that the fixed income of the Charity has been augmented by £ 1500 , while the permanent outlay has been enlarged by £ 720 . It is almost
needless to say that all who had a hand in bringing- about this success received the cordial thanks of the Committee , the Chairman—the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe—and the Secretary—Bro . James Terry—receiving theirs in the form of a beautifully-illuminated ¦ addrc '/ s on vellum , handsomely bound in album form . The other principal events relating to this Charity include the Annual General Meeting , which was held on the 20 th May ,
when 3 6 men were elected from an approved list of 67 candidates , and 28 widows from one of 70 candidates . It is also worth y of mention that Bro . II . J . Strong , M . D ., Asst . G . D . of C , who retired after 28 years' service from the office of Honorary Surgeon to the Asylum at Croydon , and is now Honorary Consulting Physician , has been succeeded b y Bro . Dr . Waite , and on completing his former association with the Institution , Bro . Strong was presented with an illuminated address on vellum in recognition of his services .
The customary winter and . summer entertainments were given to the inmates at Croydon , and the customary Stewards' visit was paid to the Asylum , while Bro . James E . Terry was made an Honorary Vice-President with all the rights and privileges appertaining thereto , in token of his services in investing the £ 50 , 000 in India Slock free of all charge . It may be added that the usual grant of £ 70 for coals for the Old People at Croydon was voted by Grand Lodge , and that on the 30 th June the temporary law conferring special privileges
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Freemasonry In 1892.
Degree in the Isaac Newton University Mark Lodge , No . 112 , Cambridge , and had served the office of Senior G . Warden . The resolutions were proposed and seconded b y Bros , the Earl of Euston , D . G . M ., acting G . M ., and T . F . Halsey , M . P ., Prov . G . Master of Hertfordshire , respectively , and , it is needless to say , they were adopted unanimously . One other great loss has likewise been sustained by Mark Masonry through
the death of Bro . Sir Francis Burdett , P . G . M . of Middlesex and Surrey , who had held its office continuously since December , 1870 , and to whom , in recognition of the very great services he had rendered to the Province during the long period of 21 years , an illuminated address enclosed in a silver-gilt casket , was presented by the members of its lodges at an especial meeting , held at the Criterion , on the 19 th February . On the death of
this distinguished brother , the M . W . G . M . resolved on dividing his Province , and while certain of its lodges were to be contained in the London district , the remainder were formed into two Provinces , those in Middlesex being constituted as the Province of Middlesex and those in Surrey as the Province of Surrey . To preside over the former of these as P . G . M . there was appointed Bro . Col . A . B . Cook , President of the General Board , while Bro .
Col . Money , who was already at the head of Craft and Arch Masonry in Surrey , was selected to be Provincial Grand Mark Master of the latter . These two brethren were accordingly installed in office by Bro . the Earl of Euston ; Bro . Cook on the 24 th September , when a new Mark lodge , with Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton as first W . M ., and bearing the style and title of the Hampton Court Lodge , No . 448 , was added to the roll of Middlesex ,
and Bro . Col . Money on the 29 th October , when the event was signalised , as in the case of Middlesex , by the consecration of the Crystal Palace Lodge , No . 450 , with Bro . J . Barnett as first W . M . Two other new Provincial Grand Mark Masters have likewise been installed by the Deputy Grand Mark Master of England , namely , Bro . the Earl of Radnor , to preside over the Province of Wiltshire , and Bro . the Earl of Yarborough , as Provincial
Grand Mark Master of Lincolnshire , in succession to Bro . Jack Sutcliffe , who had held the post since 18 S 3 , and to whom , as a token of the high appreciation in which his services were held , a testimonial , consisting , in part , of an illuminated address on vellum , accompanied by a silver salver bearing a suitable inscription , and partly , of a Jack Sutcliffe Benevolent Fund for the benefit of poor Mark brethren in
Lincolnshire , was presented . One or two other occurrences of a special character must be mentioned , namely , the appointment of Bro . R . Loveland Loveland to be President of the General Board in succession to Bro . Col . Cook , and that of Bro . Frank Richardson to be the representative of the Mark Grand Lodge of New South Wales at our Mark Grand Lodge . But the great event of the year in Mark Masonry is the Festival held in
July on behalf of its Benevolent Fund . In this instance the Festival was held on the 20 th July , under the auspices of Bro . Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W ., and the Board of 130 Stewards had the satisfaction of raising a total of £ 1636 10 s . 6 d ., a total which was less by over £ 200 than that raised in 1891 , and less by more than . £ 700 than that of the preceding year . Nevertheless , we hold that the subscription was a large
one , considering that the Jubilee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution had absorbed so vast a measure of support in the preceding February . So far , therefore , from regarding the diminution we have mentioned with alarm , we consider that , in the circumstances , the efforts of Bro . Sir R . Hanson and his Board of Stewards were a success , and we are not without
hope that next year , when there will be no such special pressure in connection with the great Craft Charities , a reaction in favour of this Mark Fund will set in , and the capital of so deserving a Charity increased to a greater extent than it has been in 1 S 92 . It is of very material benefit to poor Mark Masons , their widows , and orphan children , and as such it merits a liberal support from the members of that Degree .
CHIVALRIC AND HIGH GRADIS MASONRY . We next give our attention to the proceedings of the various bodies which are grouped together under this head . Undoubtedly the most prominent amongst them , and that which exhibits the greatest amount of vitality is , as we have remarked in former Summaries , the body known as the Ancient and Accepted Rite . This is able to boast an admirable organisation , while
its capital , according to the audited statement of accounts dated the 12 th July , falls not very far short of £ 20 , 000 . Four new Rose Croix chapters were added to the roll during 1892 , namely , the Mount Olivet , No . 120 , Pcrak , with Bro . F . H . Gottlieb as M . W . S . ; the Belgrave , No . 121 , with Bro . Lennox Browne as M . W . S . ; the Bermuda Chapter , No . 123 ; and the Noel Money , No . 122 , which was consecrated at Croydon by Bro . Col .
Noel Money on the 25 th July , with Bro . Frederick West as M . W . S . In April the Supreme Council visited Edinburgh , where they were most hospitably received by the sister Supreme Council of Scotland . On the 13 th July Bro . E . Letchworth had the 33 of the Rite conferred upon him by the Earl of Lathom , S . G . Commander . It is also necessary to record the changes which have taken place in the constitution of the Supreme Council consequent upon the death of Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , who has been succeeded in his office of Grand Chancellor by the Earl of Limerick , while
the post of Grand Prior , vacated by his lordship , is now occupiedby Bro . the Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg . In the Order of the Temple there has been perhaps more than the usual activity . Several Provincial Priories have met , while the annual meeting of the National Great Priory , which took p lace at Mark Masons' Hall on Friday , the 13 th May , was presided over by the liarl of Lathom , Great Prior , and was more numerously
attended than we have known it for some years . The report of the Great Prior ' s Council referred to the loss sustained by the death of the Great Sub-Prior , Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , and recommended that a grant of £ 50 should be made to the " Shadwell Clerke Trust , " the recommendation being subsequently adopted with unanimity by the sir knights present . It was also announced that a warrant had been granted for the constitution of the
Amphibious Preceplory at Hcckmondwikc in the Western Division of Yorkshire ; that the Plains of Mamrc Prcceptory at Haworth had been revived , and that a centenary warrant had been granted to the Plains of Rama Preccptory , Keighley . The Earl of Euston was subsequentl y installed in office as Great Sub-Prior . The vacancies caused by the deaths of Col . Clerke , as Prov . Prior of Sus ex , and Lieut .-Col . G . Haldane , as Prov . Prior of Kent and Surrey , have been filled by the appointment of Lieut .-
Gen . Randolp h to succeed the former , and Col . Noel Money to succeed the latter , and Col . Money had the honour of being installed by the Great Prior , at the .-11111113 ! Prov . Priory held at Canterbury on the 15 th June . At the half-yearly meeting on the 9 th current , it was announced that Sir Knight W . Tinkler , after a prolonged service of many years , had retired from the post of Vice-Chancellor , and in consideration of what he had done for the Order a pension of ; £ i ° o a year was unanimously voted to him , the vacancy
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thus caused being filled by the appointment of Major-General | . Grassland Hay , C . B . As for the Order of Rome and Red Cross of Constantine , we cannot say that its position is stronger than it was in 1891 . Its organisation looks well enough on paper , and from the names that figure m the list of its chief dignitaries it would appear to be a sufficientl y thriving body . It has also quite an array of conclaves under its jurisdiction , but the
evidences of its activity are few and far between . The annual n / iectino- of the Grand Imperial Conclave of the Order was held on the 17 th March , when Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., was re-elected Grand Sovereign , but on the death of that distinguished sir knight , it became neccssary ' to chose a successor , and at a special meeting on the 8 th July , the Earl of Euston was unanimously elected and installed as M . I . G . Sovereign , his lordshi ' s post
p of Viceroy being filled by the Baron de Ferriercs . It is also worth recording that on the 17 th June Sir Knight the Rev . Hayman Cummings was installed Intendant-General of Division for Kent by Sir Knight C . F . Matier , Grand Recorder . Nothing of moment has appeared in connection with the organisations known as the Royal and Select Masters and the Allied Masonic Degrees , while in respect of the Royal Order of Scotland , the Earl
of Euston-was installed Prov . Grand Master for London and the Metropolitan Counties by the Earl of Haddington , Deputy G . Master , on the 22 nd June . In Bro . Dr . W . Wynn Westcott the Rosicrucians have found an able successor to Bro . Dr . Woodman as their Supreme Magus , while as regards the Order of the Secret Monitor it held hi gh Festival on the 22 nd June , but in other respects its proceedings have been uneventful .
OUR INSTITUTIONS . If the tone of our remarks concerning the principal and minor Masonic organisations has been less joyous , by reason of the calamity which befel the Craft in January , than we might otherwise have permitted ourselves to adopt , there is nothing to prevent us giving a full rein to the rejoicing we have such excellent grounds for indulging in with regard to the Charitable
Institutions which are maintained by the Society . In their case , at all events , the course of events has run smoothly , and though the support accorded them has been very unequally distributed , owing to the marvellous good fortune which has accompanied the youngest of our three Charities , it cannot be said that the actual requirements of the other two have been overlooked or neglected . The Jubilee Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent
Institution , to which the whole body of English Masons had been looking forward so eagerly , was celebrated on the 24 th February . Great preparations had been made for this auspicious event . In the year previous the consent of Grand Lodge had been obtained to a suspension of the fixed Regulations , which define the privileges that may be granted to donors and subscribers andthc brethren who give theirservices as Festival Stewards , and in lieu thereof
was substituted a series of provisions for securing exceptional advantages to all who contributed either by their services or of their means towards ensuring the success of this important event . The temporary change had the desired effect , and in the end the Committee of Management and the Secretary of the Institution who , by their elforts , were enabled to bring together a Board of . Stewards numbering 152 S brethren , had the supreme
gratification of learning that the total of receipts reached the astounding sum of £ 69 , 000 is . 7 d . But it was not till long after the Festival itself had been held that these final particulars were ascertained , and it is necessary we should say something of the event itself , which took place , as already mentioned , on Wednesday , the 24 th February . The Theatre Royal , Covent Garden , was the scene of the gathering , while , as his Royal
Highness the M . W . Grand Master and President , had found himself compelled by the multiplicity of his engagements to decline the invitation of the Committee to preside , the chair was taken b y Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Dep . G . Master , and Provincial G . Master of Cornwall . Onl y Stewards and ladies were admitted to the banquet—about 1200 of the former being present in the body of the theatre , while the ladies , to the
number of about 400 , dined in the crush room and the boxes , which , by permission of Bro . Sir Augustus Harris , the lessee , had been specially re-arranged for their accommodation . The sum announced was £ 59 , 593 15 s ., but , as stated already , the ultimate total was , £ 69 , 000 is . 7 c ! ., or , in round figures , some £ 17 , 500 in excess of what had been obtained at the Centenary Festival of the Girls' School in 1 S 88 , the number of Stewards being 1528 ,
as against 1475 on the latter occasion . Towards this splendid result London , with 597 Stewards , contributed £ 31 , 64 s 14 s . 6 d ., and the Provinces , with 931 Stewards , £ 37 , 351 7 s . id ., Cheshire ( 75 Stewards ) returning £ i < jS 8 ios . ; Derbyshire ( 47 Stewards ) , £ 1302 16 s . ; Essex ( 44 Stewards ) , £ 2318 2 s . 6 d . ; Hants and the Isle of Wight ( 27 Stewards ) , £ 1345 19 s . 7 d . ; Hertfordshire ( 26 Stewards ) , £ 1883 6 s . Od . ; Kent ( 38 Stwds . ) , £ iS () S 1 is . 6 d . ;
Lancashire , East Div . ( 6 7 Stewards ) , . £ 266 7 5 s . ; Lancashire , West Div . ( 37 Stewards ) , £ 1197 8 s . 6 d . ; Middlesex ( 34 Stewards ) , . 61315 ( ) s . ; Suffolk ( 27 Stewards ) , , £ 1291 14 s . ; Surrey ( 36 Stewards ) , £ ' 2148 os . Od . ; Sussex ( 29 Stewards ) , £ 1155 6 s . ; Warwickshire ( 86 Stewards ) , £ 2186 ; and West Yorkshire ( 160 Stewards ) , . £ 3555 , including the price of the Tew Perpetual Presentation to the Male Fund ; while the Chairman ' s Province of Cornwall
( 10 Stewards ) , raised £ 776 15 s . The immediate result so far as the Institution was concerned was that 10 men and 10 widows were added to the establishments , raising the number of annuitants provided for to 1 ( jo men and 240 women ; while £ 50 , 000 was invested in India 3 per cent . Stock , so that the fixed income of the Charity has been augmented by £ 1500 , while the permanent outlay has been enlarged by £ 720 . It is almost
needless to say that all who had a hand in bringing- about this success received the cordial thanks of the Committee , the Chairman—the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe—and the Secretary—Bro . James Terry—receiving theirs in the form of a beautifully-illuminated ¦ addrc '/ s on vellum , handsomely bound in album form . The other principal events relating to this Charity include the Annual General Meeting , which was held on the 20 th May ,
when 3 6 men were elected from an approved list of 67 candidates , and 28 widows from one of 70 candidates . It is also worth y of mention that Bro . II . J . Strong , M . D ., Asst . G . D . of C , who retired after 28 years' service from the office of Honorary Surgeon to the Asylum at Croydon , and is now Honorary Consulting Physician , has been succeeded b y Bro . Dr . Waite , and on completing his former association with the Institution , Bro . Strong was presented with an illuminated address on vellum in recognition of his services .
The customary winter and . summer entertainments were given to the inmates at Croydon , and the customary Stewards' visit was paid to the Asylum , while Bro . James E . Terry was made an Honorary Vice-President with all the rights and privileges appertaining thereto , in token of his services in investing the £ 50 , 000 in India Slock free of all charge . It may be added that the usual grant of £ 70 for coals for the Old People at Croydon was voted by Grand Lodge , and that on the 30 th June the temporary law conferring special privileges