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The Analysis Of The Subscription List.

THE ANALYSIS OF THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST .

WE announced last week that the result of the opening Festival of the current year would be the subject of further comment , and , as usual , we give such comment in the form of an analytical sketch of the subscriptions . We have very good reason for believing that these analyses are not without their advantage . "We

know they are closely scanned , and are occasionally the subject of sharp criticism . An oversight , a mere clerical error , the appearance of something in the way of a comparison , each and every of these is noted and made the subject of correspondence . It is , however , beginning to

be recognised that the spirit in which they aro written is one of complete impartiality . If a Province is unrepresented on one of these occasions , it is so stated . If a large Province sends up a small contribution and a small

Province a large , ifc is likewise so stated . At the same time , whilo a full modicum of praise is bestowed on efforts which have proved more than usually successful , every possible means is suggested for the absence of a Lodge or Province or the smallness of its contributions . It did

good yeoman service last year , or it is about to support one of the sister Institutions . If its contributions are modest , they have at least the merit of being regular . If , as has more than once happened , we have found a Province regularly unrepresented , we have felt ifc to bo our duty to

point this out—not in any unfriendly spirit , for people must not be abused because they do not give , but as it were palliatively , as though a better organisation or greater exertion were alone needed to place it on a level with tho other Provinces , or because we happen to know there is in existence some local charitable Institution

which boasts of a considerable annual income , and is proving a great boon to the indigent brethren , bereaved widows , or orphan children of Masons in that district . We approach our task on this occasion in the same spirit as we have done before . We shall deal with the figures

which are , and the facts which are not , thongh as regards the latter a friend has very kindly suggested that " facts which are not" is merely an Irishicism for " nothing , " and

as every one knows , ' e . _ nihilo nihil fit . If so , our labours will not be very onerous , while the friendly critics cannot be very severe over " nothing . " But to proceed with onr remarks without further exordium .

The Festival of the 9 th inst . must be written down as a

Very substantial , if not an unprecedented , success . Even with tho big figures we have grown accustomed to during the last three or four years , a total of over - £ 12 , 000 is one of some magnitude . Nor must we lose sight of the fact that if the -Benevolent Festival of last year yielded very little short of

-82 , 000 more , the Chairman on that occasion had , as regards the number of its Lodges , our largest Province to back him ; while Lord Zetland ' s Province of N . and E . ' Yorkshire stands in this respect only about tenth on the list , E . Lancashire , with nearly ninety Lodges , contributed

onefourth of the . 614 , 000 subscribed last year ; this year INT . and E . Yorkshire heads the Provinces , witb , in round figures , one-fourteenth of the total snm ; but then ifc has on its roll only some twenty-six Lodges , so that it cannot

be said that it has done otherwise than support its chief most effectnally , as well as most honourably and in proportion to its abilities . In this respect then , these Provinces—and the same may be said of all that do their dut y thus Masonically—stand on the same level . Bo it re-

The Analysis Of The Subscription List.

membered , however , that in what we have just said , we havo had no idea of instituting any comparison : wo havo been content with stating facts as they are . We may , indeed , offer onr congratulations to the noble Chairman of last Monday week—who has an hereditary as well as a personal

claim upon our respect—on tho success of the Festival over which he so ably and so genially presided . This , in the minds of our readers , will havo gone without saying , but our general remarks would havo had an air about them of incompleteness had we not written what wo havo written .

Passing next to the details of the list , one feature about ifc will be especially noticeable , namely , that tho difference in the totals of the London and Provincial contributions is

more pronounced than nsual . Wo find from the figures , as published last week , that the former , which was represented by 126 Stewards , subscribed in all £ 7 , 34019 s 6 d , the Provinces , which sent up 101 Stewards , contributing

£ 4 , 710 18 s , while the District of the Punjab gave £ 52 10 s , making a total of £ 12 , 104 7 s 6 d , or nearly £ 100 in excess of the figures that were announced afc the Festival itself . These differences are inevitable when it is

remembered that even on the morrow of tbe gathering a fresh list of contributions may bo handed in to Bro . Terry ; at tho same time , however , they in no wise affect tho main description . But to resume . London is a long way to the fore on this occasion , whereas in other cases ifc has been

only slightly ahead of or behind the country . This , as wo suggested last week , is probably duo to tho Secretary having devoted a larger share of attention to the Metropolitan Lodges than in former years , and also no doubt to an increased zeal on tho part of the Lodges themselves .

These Stewards represented 112 Lodges , and six Chapters , whilo one figures on his own account , and tho brethren aro certainly to be congratulated on the result of their conjoint labours ; nor must we allow it to pass unnoticed that there is more than the usual number of three-figure lists

among these London contributions . Tho place of honour is taken by a Lodge that is named after our respected Pro Grand Master , namely , tho Earl of "Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 , hailing from Notting-hill . " Bro . S . H .

Parkhouse acted as Steward , and his list amounted to tho handsome , unusually handsome sum of £ 400 . This Lodgo has barely as yefc enjoyed an existence of four years . All honour then to Bro . Parkhouse and his co-membors for

the work they have succeeded in doing . Following this list at a wide interval comes tho Lodgo of Prudent Brethren , No . 145 , with the excellent total of £ 276 5 s , a sum which will suffice to show that tho brethren of thia Lodge are distinguished in reality as well as nominally by

a " prudent " regard for the needs of Masonic indigence . A seven-year old Lodge , the Islington , No . 1471 , meeting in the northern suburb of Highbury , stands third , with £ 228 13 s 6 d , and then the Sincerity Chapter No . 174 , whoso contribution of two hundred guineas by tho hands

of Comp . Theophilus Hallett is indubitable evidence of the " Sincerity " with which this body of Eoyal Arch Masons follows up its original profession of Masonic faith . A group of threo West-end Lodges , all close together , next claims attention . The first of them in order , the well-known

Friends in Council Lodgo , No . 1383 , is set down as contributing by the hands of Bro . Giddy £ 187 3 s , a sum which sufficiently shows tho members of this Lodge are not unmindful of tho familiar saying that " friends in need aro

friends indeed . " Afc all events , by this and former liberal contributions to onr several Charities , these " Friends in Council " hava proved themselves " friends indeed" to all our Institutions . The Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 259 ,

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CORRESPONDENCE. Article 3
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MEETING OF THE LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE. Article 4
INSTALLATION MEETINGS, &c. Article 5
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The Analysis Of The Subscription List.

THE ANALYSIS OF THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST .

WE announced last week that the result of the opening Festival of the current year would be the subject of further comment , and , as usual , we give such comment in the form of an analytical sketch of the subscriptions . We have very good reason for believing that these analyses are not without their advantage . "We

know they are closely scanned , and are occasionally the subject of sharp criticism . An oversight , a mere clerical error , the appearance of something in the way of a comparison , each and every of these is noted and made the subject of correspondence . It is , however , beginning to

be recognised that the spirit in which they aro written is one of complete impartiality . If a Province is unrepresented on one of these occasions , it is so stated . If a large Province sends up a small contribution and a small

Province a large , ifc is likewise so stated . At the same time , whilo a full modicum of praise is bestowed on efforts which have proved more than usually successful , every possible means is suggested for the absence of a Lodge or Province or the smallness of its contributions . It did

good yeoman service last year , or it is about to support one of the sister Institutions . If its contributions are modest , they have at least the merit of being regular . If , as has more than once happened , we have found a Province regularly unrepresented , we have felt ifc to bo our duty to

point this out—not in any unfriendly spirit , for people must not be abused because they do not give , but as it were palliatively , as though a better organisation or greater exertion were alone needed to place it on a level with tho other Provinces , or because we happen to know there is in existence some local charitable Institution

which boasts of a considerable annual income , and is proving a great boon to the indigent brethren , bereaved widows , or orphan children of Masons in that district . We approach our task on this occasion in the same spirit as we have done before . We shall deal with the figures

which are , and the facts which are not , thongh as regards the latter a friend has very kindly suggested that " facts which are not" is merely an Irishicism for " nothing , " and

as every one knows , ' e . _ nihilo nihil fit . If so , our labours will not be very onerous , while the friendly critics cannot be very severe over " nothing . " But to proceed with onr remarks without further exordium .

The Festival of the 9 th inst . must be written down as a

Very substantial , if not an unprecedented , success . Even with tho big figures we have grown accustomed to during the last three or four years , a total of over - £ 12 , 000 is one of some magnitude . Nor must we lose sight of the fact that if the -Benevolent Festival of last year yielded very little short of

-82 , 000 more , the Chairman on that occasion had , as regards the number of its Lodges , our largest Province to back him ; while Lord Zetland ' s Province of N . and E . ' Yorkshire stands in this respect only about tenth on the list , E . Lancashire , with nearly ninety Lodges , contributed

onefourth of the . 614 , 000 subscribed last year ; this year INT . and E . Yorkshire heads the Provinces , witb , in round figures , one-fourteenth of the total snm ; but then ifc has on its roll only some twenty-six Lodges , so that it cannot

be said that it has done otherwise than support its chief most effectnally , as well as most honourably and in proportion to its abilities . In this respect then , these Provinces—and the same may be said of all that do their dut y thus Masonically—stand on the same level . Bo it re-

The Analysis Of The Subscription List.

membered , however , that in what we have just said , we havo had no idea of instituting any comparison : wo havo been content with stating facts as they are . We may , indeed , offer onr congratulations to the noble Chairman of last Monday week—who has an hereditary as well as a personal

claim upon our respect—on tho success of the Festival over which he so ably and so genially presided . This , in the minds of our readers , will havo gone without saying , but our general remarks would havo had an air about them of incompleteness had we not written what wo havo written .

Passing next to the details of the list , one feature about ifc will be especially noticeable , namely , that tho difference in the totals of the London and Provincial contributions is

more pronounced than nsual . Wo find from the figures , as published last week , that the former , which was represented by 126 Stewards , subscribed in all £ 7 , 34019 s 6 d , the Provinces , which sent up 101 Stewards , contributing

£ 4 , 710 18 s , while the District of the Punjab gave £ 52 10 s , making a total of £ 12 , 104 7 s 6 d , or nearly £ 100 in excess of the figures that were announced afc the Festival itself . These differences are inevitable when it is

remembered that even on the morrow of tbe gathering a fresh list of contributions may bo handed in to Bro . Terry ; at tho same time , however , they in no wise affect tho main description . But to resume . London is a long way to the fore on this occasion , whereas in other cases ifc has been

only slightly ahead of or behind the country . This , as wo suggested last week , is probably duo to tho Secretary having devoted a larger share of attention to the Metropolitan Lodges than in former years , and also no doubt to an increased zeal on tho part of the Lodges themselves .

These Stewards represented 112 Lodges , and six Chapters , whilo one figures on his own account , and tho brethren aro certainly to be congratulated on the result of their conjoint labours ; nor must we allow it to pass unnoticed that there is more than the usual number of three-figure lists

among these London contributions . Tho place of honour is taken by a Lodge that is named after our respected Pro Grand Master , namely , tho Earl of "Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 , hailing from Notting-hill . " Bro . S . H .

Parkhouse acted as Steward , and his list amounted to tho handsome , unusually handsome sum of £ 400 . This Lodgo has barely as yefc enjoyed an existence of four years . All honour then to Bro . Parkhouse and his co-membors for

the work they have succeeded in doing . Following this list at a wide interval comes tho Lodgo of Prudent Brethren , No . 145 , with the excellent total of £ 276 5 s , a sum which will suffice to show that tho brethren of thia Lodge are distinguished in reality as well as nominally by

a " prudent " regard for the needs of Masonic indigence . A seven-year old Lodge , the Islington , No . 1471 , meeting in the northern suburb of Highbury , stands third , with £ 228 13 s 6 d , and then the Sincerity Chapter No . 174 , whoso contribution of two hundred guineas by tho hands

of Comp . Theophilus Hallett is indubitable evidence of the " Sincerity " with which this body of Eoyal Arch Masons follows up its original profession of Masonic faith . A group of threo West-end Lodges , all close together , next claims attention . The first of them in order , the well-known

Friends in Council Lodgo , No . 1383 , is set down as contributing by the hands of Bro . Giddy £ 187 3 s , a sum which sufficiently shows tho members of this Lodge are not unmindful of tho familiar saying that " friends in need aro

friends indeed . " Afc all events , by this and former liberal contributions to onr several Charities , these " Friends in Council " hava proved themselves " friends indeed" to all our Institutions . The Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 259 ,

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