Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

R . W . Bro . Viscount Holmesdale , so numerously supported by brethren generally , especially by members of the Province over which his Lorlship so efficiently presides . The Festival of this Institution , to be held in Juno 1881 , will be under the presidency of an illustrious Prince whoso talents and ability are universally recognised , nnd whose services to the Order of which

ho is an ornament have been many and valuable—His Royal Highness the Dnke of Albany , K . G ., R . W . Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire . I trust that each Steward of the Anniversary Festival just celebrated will feel it his duty to persuade a Brother to succeed him as representative on tho forthcoming occasion . FREDERICK BINCK . ES P . G . S . Hon . Sec . Board of Stewards , Y .-Patron , Secretary .

Analysis Of The Subscription Lists For The Boys' School.

ANALYSIS OF THE SUBSCRIPTION LISTS FOR THE BOYS' SCHOOL .

BEFORE commencing onr regular analysis of the Stewards' lists of the recent Festival , we have the pleasure of recording that the total subscribed now exceeds twenty-threo thousand pounds , a result , as we have already remarked , far in excess of anything ever before accomplished by any Charitable Institution , and one which will

long retain the first place on the roll of Charity Festival ex periences . After having perused our article of last week , oui readers will , in a measure , havo anticipated our analysis ,

from the fact thafc we then gave a summary of the donations from each of the Provinces , but as that summary was of tho briefest description , we feel sure tho usual review we have been accustomed to D-ive of the work done

in each of the sections will not be uninteresting . The Provinces , as we have already recorded , contributed considerably more than two-thirds of the amount subscribed , the totals , based on the figures given in our last issue , being as follow : —Provincial , £ 15 , 947 18 s Od ; London

and Unattached , £ 7 , 040 5 s 6 d ; or , together , £ 22 , 988 3 s 63 . London was represented by 121 Stewards attached to Lodges and Chapters , and by a member of the Committee Dinner Club , while the lists of 21 other Stewards , recorded as unattached , are also taken into consideration in tho total

given above , so that the actual number of Stewards engaged in tho collection of the amount ( £ 7 , 040 5 s 6 cl ) was 143 , which shows an average of about £ 49 4 s 8 d fco each . Bro . T . J . Robertson , of the St . Martins-Ie-Grand Lodge , No . 1538 , and Brother J . L . Mather , the

representative of the Dinner Club , each bring up lists , of £ 200 . The St . Martins-le-Grand Lodge , was represented in May last , at the Girls' School Festival , when Bro . T . Barlow ' s list was £ 25 18 s Od , so that £ 225 ISs 6 d has been contributed by this Lodge to the Charities this year ,

a magnificent total for a yonng Lodge . The Boys' Committee Dinner Club contribution is , of conrso , ono peculiar to this Institution , so that it stands alone as the grant

from this source for the year , but if the list could bo analysed , we feel sure it would be found to be composed of amounts given by men who have helped , in some way or other , fo swell the totals of the two Festivals which have

preceded the one now under notice , but as it is only possible for us to deal with figures as we have them , we must ^ record the total contributions of the Club to the Charities during the present year as £ 200 , a splendid snm

even without additions from the two other Festivals . The Royal Naval Lodge , No . 59 , sends up £ 151 4 s at the hands of Bro . II . W . Hornann , —a very good amount , ancl one which stands out well as to the total of the LocWs

donations for the year . The Evening Star Lodge , No . 1719 , represented by Bro . Ferrand Davie--, follows with a total of £ 150 3 s , ancl this after sending up £ 144 18 s in May last for the Girls' School . We trust the " Evening Star " will always shine in our Charities as lustrously as

it has done this year . The Kennington Lodge , No . 1381 , appears now for the firsfc time in this year ' s lists , its appearance being such ns to call forth the warmest praise . Its Steward , Bro . W . P . Webb , brings up a list of £ 143 17 P , a record which is known , by those who have

tried if , to be very hard to beat . Bro . Webb is followed by Bro . Patrick McCarthy , of the Capper Lodge , No . 1076 , whose list , amounting to £ 126 , adds additional credit to ( ho already well-known Capper reputation . Bro . F . Foxlev ,

of ( he Phoenix Lodge , No . 173 , brings up £ 122 17 s , and then comes the Friends in Council Lodge , No . 1383 , with contributions to the amount of £ 120 15 s , forwarded per the Hon . Col . W . Le Poer Trench . This last-

Analysis Of The Subscription Lists For The Boys' School.

named Lodge has been represented at each of the two preceding Festivals this year—in February last by Gen . Studholme Brownrigg , C . B ., whose list for the Old People amounted to £ 99 14 s , and in May last by M . P . F . Caul field , who collected £ 149 2 s for tho Girls . The

total of the three Stewardships is therefore £ 369 lis , an amount exceeded by only one Lodgo dnring the current year , and one which few others are in a position to hope to excel . We trust the Friends in Council may always so well deserve the name of " Friend . " Bro . Henry

H . Wells , of the Mizpah Lodge , has a list of £ 116 lis , while Bvo . Henry Warden , of the same Lodge , also stands as Steward , and is responsible for £ 10 10 s , thus making a total of £ 118 Is , contributed to the Boys' School from No 1671 . The Perseverance , No . 1743 , at the hands of

Bro . Louis A . Leins , forwards donations to the amount of £ 115 5 s , and is followed by Bro . C F . Matier , on the roll of Unattached , who on this occasion figures for £ 115 10 s . Next in order comes a total of £ 112 U 0 s , collected by Bro . G . P . Festa as representative of the

Montague Guest Lodge , No . 1900 . We have had the pleasure of referring on moro than one occasion of late to the splendid lists of Bro . Festa ; this is the third time he * has acted as Steward this year , and this is the fourth Stewardship in connection with tho Montague Guest Lodge during

the same period . In February last Bros . Festa aud W . H . Gardener represented ifc on behalf of the Benevolent Institution , and their lists , amounting to £ 156 9 s and £ 42 respectively , added £ 198 9 s towards this year ' s total for the Old People . In May Bro . Festa took up £ 147 for

the Girls , and now he finishes up the year with £ 112 10 s for tho Boys , making a total from Montague Guest Lodge during the year of £ 457 19 s , and this sum , bo it remembered , comes from a Lodge so young as to be registered No . 1900 on the books of the Grand Lodge of England .

Snch a result goes far to warrant the applications which are continually being made for new Lodges . The Fitzroy again supports Bro . S . J . Stohwasser in a most laudable manner . His Stewardship for the Boys has resulted in an addition of £ 111 6 s to the coffers of that

Institution , ancl this within a few weeks of the Girls ' Festival , when Bro . W . 0 . Williams's list from this Lodge totalled up to £ 15 15 s . The Prosperity Lodge , No . 65 , did well in February last for the Benevolent , the total of its Steward ' s list then being £ 125 , and this is creditably

followed up on the present occasion , when Bro . George Schadler represents the Lodge , and succeeds in bringing in £ 110 , giving the grand total of £ 235 from the Prosperity Lodge during 1883 . The Royal Commemoration , No . 1585 , is next , with £ 108 3 s , per Bro . F . H . Smith . There

are three lists of 100 guineas each , viz ., that of Bro . George Kenning , of the Aldersgate Lodge , No . 1657 , that of Bro . H . B . Marshall , of the Brixton Lodge , No . 1949 , and that of Bro . A . Torkingfcon , who is one of those on the list of "Unattached . " As regards the former—the

Aldersgate—great praise is due . It was represented m May , the amount of its Steward ' s list being g iven as £ 105 for ' the Girls , thus making a total of 200 guineas during 1833 . Bro . Horace B . Marshall appears as a Steward in the two previous lists of this year , and in ' each the amount

of his contribution was £ 105 . Bro . Torkington is another whose namo is well known in connection with the Institutions , his present list of £ 105 being a worthy follower of those which have preceded it , £ 10 10 s in May last for the Girls bein

from another "Unattached" Steward is next in rotation . The total does honour to Brother Thomas Cull ( to whom it is accredited ) , and proves that he has not yet lost the love for the Charities which , in years gone by , earned for him a reputation of which any brother

might be proud . A list , only ten shillings less than that of Bro . Cull , is brought up by Bro . John Hnghes , from the City of London , No . 90 l , and places that Lodge in the foremost rank of Charity supporters during the present year , a position which we hope ifc will bo the desire of the

members to retain . Two lists of £ 100 each close the three-figure totals of the London Lodges . These amounts are contributed by Bro . S . H . Goldschmidt , of the

Crichton Lodge , No . 1641 , and Bro . Edgar Bowyer , of the Clerkenwell Lodge , No . 1964 . The latter Lodge was represented at the Benevolent Festival , and a total of £ 250 3 s now stands to the credit of its members as

contributed during 1883 , while Bro . Edgar Bowyer ( its present Steward ) took np £ 94 in May for the Girls , among the Unattached . T , Hastings Miller was the brother who