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with tho Junior Grand Warden of tho year as its representative , contributes . 6178 5 s , and the Creaton , No . 1797 —a better name for so promising a , Lodgo could not have been chosen—stands next with ; 6174 _ s . Tho " Lily of Eichmond , " No . 820—a pretty deed matches well with so
pretty a name—is down for £ 144 16 s , while tho Egyptian , No . 27 , treads close on the lilies , but hurts them not , with £ 140 3 s 6 d . Another young Lodge , wan-anted as recently as 1877—the Temple Bar , No . 1728—has evidently not suffered by the removal of tho Bar to which it owes its name . Ifc
flourishes sufficientl y to bo entered on tho list for £ 137 0 s 6 d , whilo tho military clement , in tho shape of tho Fitzroy Lodgo , No . 5 G 9 , is only a few paces to tho rear of Temple Bar with £ 131 5 s . Well done , Masonic members of the oldest military body in the United Kingdom ! Then
passing rapidly westward wo como upon tho Kilburn , No . 1608 , which , albeit only as yefc a young Lodgo , had given already over £ 500 among our Institutions , as mentioned last week in our report ; of its Installation Meeting . At this Festival its Steward , Bro . Brooks , still further increased this
amount by taking up £ 127 lis 6 d , Bro . 0 . J . Perceval , of Loyalty , No . 1007 , being close up with £ 125 4 s . Prosperity , No . 65 , per Bro . Charles Daniel , sent £ 124 , in token , wo may justly ' , assume , that in its " prosperity" it is not -unmindful of othor people ' s
adversity . Brother Charles H . Webb , of Sincerity , No . 174 , took up a list of £ 121 8 s , which must be regarded as a very serviceable contribution , if wo bear in mind that Sincerity Chapter No . 174 figures in the samo list for £ 210 . Tho Corinthian No . 1382 , with
£ 119 6 s , West Smithfield No . 1623 , with £ 115 10 s , Crusaders No . 1677 , with £ 114 , Canonbury No . 657 , with £ 113 7 s , and Southwark No . 879 , and tho Yarborough Chapter No . 554 , each with one hundred guineas , complete tho tale of three-figure lists . Ifc is also worthy of mention
that of the Lodges consecrated last year no less than five figure in the Metropolitan roll . They aro to bo congratulated on having commenced their career so well . So , too , must tho older Lodges which figure invariably or very frequently on these occasions . There is no doubt ,
likewise , that many Metropolitan Lodges distribute their support most impartially among tho three Institutions , preferring , and that perhaps not unwisely , to throw then whole strength for tho year into tho support of ono only .
These manifestly are tho reverse of neglectful of their duties , while tho best method of treating thoso which invariably hold themselves aloof from contributing to our central Charities is to pass them over in silence .
Wo como now to the Provinces , twenty-seven of which are contributories of over £ 4 , 700 among them . Let us , however , begin by noting the absentees . First of all , and seemingly as a matter of course , appears Beds with its five Lodges . We should have thought that amono- them
the Lodges of Bedford , Biggleswade , Dunstable , Leighton Buzzard , and Luton , might occasionally contrive to send up a few annual subscriptions , if not a Life Governorship
or Life Subscribership . Ifc is not improbable they find the wherewith to banquet ; would it not be well to think of the aged and the orphan who aro mostly hard pressed to find the common necessaries ?
Bristol ( eight Lodges ) , though absent on this occasion , was a contributor on a small scale to this and the Girls ' Institution lost year , and to tho Benevolent both in 1877 and 1878 . Cambridgeshire ( fonr Lodges ) evidently needs rousing . Wo should have thought tho Scientific , the
Threo Grand Princi ples , and the Isaac Newton University might havo managed to figure , if only occasionally . Oxford University is not unmindful of one of the grand moving principles of Masonry , why should Cambridge University be so ? Cumberland and Westmoreland (
nineteen Lodges ) , as we have noted in former analyses , is now and again represented by Bro . McKay , or somo other equally active member . Durham ( twenty-five Lodges ) certainly makes an annual donation of fifty guineas from its funds to this Institution , and , in addition , has
figured at least onco in each of tho years wc havo been privileged to note , so that wc may hope to find it among the contributing Provinces afc one or both of the remaining Festivals . Herefordshire ( four Lodges ) let us hopo will bestir itself a little more , especially as it is presided over by
a new chief . As we know the spirit of Masonry is abroad in tho Province of Leicester and Itutland ( ten Lodges ) , we assume it is reserving itself for tho Girls or Boys . On former occasions—in 1877 , 1878 , 1879—it gave over £ 750 , or an average of £ 25 per Lodgo per occasion . Lincoln-
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shire ( twenty Lodges ) wo havo had tho pleasure of noting at previous Festivals , if not afc this , and so wo havo Norfolk and Northumberland , although very rarely , for this Institution . It occurs to us that tho latter , containing as it does tho important town of Newcastle-on-Tyne , with
eleven of tho nineteen Lodges , should figure moro frequently . Wo do not think of sending coals to that northern town , but that is no reason why it should not send tho equivalent of coals to our Masonic Institutions .
Notts ( nine Lodges ) has been represented in 1875-6-7-8-9 , and we hopo will bo so again this year . Somerset , which boasts of our Pro Grand Master as its chief , with over twenty Lodges , is very seldom among tho absentees ; nor has Staffordshire been often in the samo list .
Worcestershire did excellently well at tho Boys Festival last year , and backed up Bros . Terry and Hedges with smaller amounts —the result , no doubt , of its being presided over by a new
and active chief . South Wales East , the Channel Islands , ( Masonically speaking , comprising Alderney and Guernsey , Jersey being a distinct Province ) , and the Isle of Man complete the number of tho unrepresented .
Having disposed of the absentees , wo turn next with pleasure to give particulars of tho contributing Provinces in their order of publication . Six Stewards , representing five Lodges , support among them the hononr of Berks and Bucks , three of tho five Lodges being located in tho
former county and two in the latter . Ono list is at present blank , but tho other five together handed in £ 215 3 s Gd , close on £ 200 of this , however , being Berks contributions . Ifc would seem , therefore , that tho Bucks aro not as active in those matters as tho Berks folk . Ifc should bo noted
that the Union of Beading , with its two Stewards , gives upwards of £ 150 of the whole . Wo havo before noticed this difference in the exertions of Berks and Bucks , and wo should liko to seo them moro nearly on a level in such excellent work . However , ifc is satisfactory to find tho
interests of the Province so uniformly looked after by some of tho Lodges . Cheshire has a considerable array of Lodges , two only of which figure in tho list , and for under £ 70 . But , as wo have also noticed on former occasions , this Province has a very flourishing Masonic Educational
Institute of its own , which is continually doing invaluable service , both directly as regards tho local interests of Freemasonry , and indirectly as affording considerable relief to tho Central Charities . One Cornish Lodgo gives in a list of sixty guineas , by tho hands of Bro . Bake , but we havo
often had tho pleasure of calling attention to tho labours of this Province in the field of charity , and wo know that in particular Bro . Hughan has shown himself a staunch and successful advocate of the interests of our Institutions on several occasions . Two lists for Derbyshire , amounting
together to £ 132 3 s , represent the work of this Province on this occasion . Ifc has figured occasionally at other Festivals . Devonshire , as ably represented by Bros . Godtschalk and S . Jones , has sent up £ 191 13 s a sum which Bro . Terry no doubt welcomes the more as this Province
was not represented at his Festival last year . It has , however , done good service for the Schools , and doubtless will not be unmindful of its duties . Moreover , it is setting about establishing a local Institution , indeed for aught wo know to the contrary , this may bo already in working
order . Dorsetshire , with its compact list of thirteen Lodges , is extremely well represented , the Province itself being entered for £ 183 10 s , Bro . Burt being its representative , and Bro . Montagu as Steward of St . Mary ' s No . 707 , Bridport , contributing forty and five guineas , making
together a total of £ 230 15 s . We havo so often had occasion to congratulate this Province on its liberal support of our Institutions that further remark now is unnecessary , Three Stewards , representing a Chapter and two Lodges , do duty for Essex with its twenty Lodges , the amount
being just within £ 90 , and there is yet a list to come in . Doubtless under its new Grand Master this Province will outdo the praiseworthy efforts ifc has before made in behalf of our Charities . Gloucestershire , with four Stewards on
behalf of the Province and two of its Lodges , is down for £ 88 8 s . It did extremely well in 1878 , when ifc distributed considerably over £ 700 ' among our Institutions , and proved itself a staunch supporter of them in 1879 , £ 312 19 s bein < _ its contribution to tho Girls' School alone . Tho
contribution of Hants and the Islo of Wight just exceeds £ 100 as against ; , iu round numbers , £ 187 to the Benevolent last year , but then it is almost always included in the list of contributories , aud we must occasionally look forward to smaller amounts as to larger . Little Herts , with its
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with tho Junior Grand Warden of tho year as its representative , contributes . 6178 5 s , and the Creaton , No . 1797 —a better name for so promising a , Lodgo could not have been chosen—stands next with ; 6174 _ s . Tho " Lily of Eichmond , " No . 820—a pretty deed matches well with so
pretty a name—is down for £ 144 16 s , while tho Egyptian , No . 27 , treads close on the lilies , but hurts them not , with £ 140 3 s 6 d . Another young Lodge , wan-anted as recently as 1877—the Temple Bar , No . 1728—has evidently not suffered by the removal of tho Bar to which it owes its name . Ifc
flourishes sufficientl y to bo entered on tho list for £ 137 0 s 6 d , whilo tho military clement , in tho shape of tho Fitzroy Lodgo , No . 5 G 9 , is only a few paces to tho rear of Temple Bar with £ 131 5 s . Well done , Masonic members of the oldest military body in the United Kingdom ! Then
passing rapidly westward wo como upon tho Kilburn , No . 1608 , which , albeit only as yefc a young Lodgo , had given already over £ 500 among our Institutions , as mentioned last week in our report ; of its Installation Meeting . At this Festival its Steward , Bro . Brooks , still further increased this
amount by taking up £ 127 lis 6 d , Bro . 0 . J . Perceval , of Loyalty , No . 1007 , being close up with £ 125 4 s . Prosperity , No . 65 , per Bro . Charles Daniel , sent £ 124 , in token , wo may justly ' , assume , that in its " prosperity" it is not -unmindful of othor people ' s
adversity . Brother Charles H . Webb , of Sincerity , No . 174 , took up a list of £ 121 8 s , which must be regarded as a very serviceable contribution , if wo bear in mind that Sincerity Chapter No . 174 figures in the samo list for £ 210 . Tho Corinthian No . 1382 , with
£ 119 6 s , West Smithfield No . 1623 , with £ 115 10 s , Crusaders No . 1677 , with £ 114 , Canonbury No . 657 , with £ 113 7 s , and Southwark No . 879 , and tho Yarborough Chapter No . 554 , each with one hundred guineas , complete tho tale of three-figure lists . Ifc is also worthy of mention
that of the Lodges consecrated last year no less than five figure in the Metropolitan roll . They aro to bo congratulated on having commenced their career so well . So , too , must tho older Lodges which figure invariably or very frequently on these occasions . There is no doubt ,
likewise , that many Metropolitan Lodges distribute their support most impartially among tho three Institutions , preferring , and that perhaps not unwisely , to throw then whole strength for tho year into tho support of ono only .
These manifestly are tho reverse of neglectful of their duties , while tho best method of treating thoso which invariably hold themselves aloof from contributing to our central Charities is to pass them over in silence .
Wo como now to the Provinces , twenty-seven of which are contributories of over £ 4 , 700 among them . Let us , however , begin by noting the absentees . First of all , and seemingly as a matter of course , appears Beds with its five Lodges . We should have thought that amono- them
the Lodges of Bedford , Biggleswade , Dunstable , Leighton Buzzard , and Luton , might occasionally contrive to send up a few annual subscriptions , if not a Life Governorship
or Life Subscribership . Ifc is not improbable they find the wherewith to banquet ; would it not be well to think of the aged and the orphan who aro mostly hard pressed to find the common necessaries ?
Bristol ( eight Lodges ) , though absent on this occasion , was a contributor on a small scale to this and the Girls ' Institution lost year , and to tho Benevolent both in 1877 and 1878 . Cambridgeshire ( fonr Lodges ) evidently needs rousing . Wo should have thought tho Scientific , the
Threo Grand Princi ples , and the Isaac Newton University might havo managed to figure , if only occasionally . Oxford University is not unmindful of one of the grand moving principles of Masonry , why should Cambridge University be so ? Cumberland and Westmoreland (
nineteen Lodges ) , as we have noted in former analyses , is now and again represented by Bro . McKay , or somo other equally active member . Durham ( twenty-five Lodges ) certainly makes an annual donation of fifty guineas from its funds to this Institution , and , in addition , has
figured at least onco in each of tho years wc havo been privileged to note , so that wc may hope to find it among the contributing Provinces afc one or both of the remaining Festivals . Herefordshire ( four Lodges ) let us hopo will bestir itself a little more , especially as it is presided over by
a new chief . As we know the spirit of Masonry is abroad in tho Province of Leicester and Itutland ( ten Lodges ) , we assume it is reserving itself for tho Girls or Boys . On former occasions—in 1877 , 1878 , 1879—it gave over £ 750 , or an average of £ 25 per Lodgo per occasion . Lincoln-
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shire ( twenty Lodges ) wo havo had tho pleasure of noting at previous Festivals , if not afc this , and so wo havo Norfolk and Northumberland , although very rarely , for this Institution . It occurs to us that tho latter , containing as it does tho important town of Newcastle-on-Tyne , with
eleven of tho nineteen Lodges , should figure moro frequently . Wo do not think of sending coals to that northern town , but that is no reason why it should not send tho equivalent of coals to our Masonic Institutions .
Notts ( nine Lodges ) has been represented in 1875-6-7-8-9 , and we hopo will bo so again this year . Somerset , which boasts of our Pro Grand Master as its chief , with over twenty Lodges , is very seldom among tho absentees ; nor has Staffordshire been often in the samo list .
Worcestershire did excellently well at tho Boys Festival last year , and backed up Bros . Terry and Hedges with smaller amounts —the result , no doubt , of its being presided over by a new
and active chief . South Wales East , the Channel Islands , ( Masonically speaking , comprising Alderney and Guernsey , Jersey being a distinct Province ) , and the Isle of Man complete the number of tho unrepresented .
Having disposed of the absentees , wo turn next with pleasure to give particulars of tho contributing Provinces in their order of publication . Six Stewards , representing five Lodges , support among them the hononr of Berks and Bucks , three of tho five Lodges being located in tho
former county and two in the latter . Ono list is at present blank , but tho other five together handed in £ 215 3 s Gd , close on £ 200 of this , however , being Berks contributions . Ifc would seem , therefore , that tho Bucks aro not as active in those matters as tho Berks folk . Ifc should bo noted
that the Union of Beading , with its two Stewards , gives upwards of £ 150 of the whole . Wo havo before noticed this difference in the exertions of Berks and Bucks , and wo should liko to seo them moro nearly on a level in such excellent work . However , ifc is satisfactory to find tho
interests of the Province so uniformly looked after by some of tho Lodges . Cheshire has a considerable array of Lodges , two only of which figure in tho list , and for under £ 70 . But , as wo have also noticed on former occasions , this Province has a very flourishing Masonic Educational
Institute of its own , which is continually doing invaluable service , both directly as regards tho local interests of Freemasonry , and indirectly as affording considerable relief to tho Central Charities . One Cornish Lodgo gives in a list of sixty guineas , by tho hands of Bro . Bake , but we havo
often had tho pleasure of calling attention to tho labours of this Province in the field of charity , and wo know that in particular Bro . Hughan has shown himself a staunch and successful advocate of the interests of our Institutions on several occasions . Two lists for Derbyshire , amounting
together to £ 132 3 s , represent the work of this Province on this occasion . Ifc has figured occasionally at other Festivals . Devonshire , as ably represented by Bros . Godtschalk and S . Jones , has sent up £ 191 13 s a sum which Bro . Terry no doubt welcomes the more as this Province
was not represented at his Festival last year . It has , however , done good service for the Schools , and doubtless will not be unmindful of its duties . Moreover , it is setting about establishing a local Institution , indeed for aught wo know to the contrary , this may bo already in working
order . Dorsetshire , with its compact list of thirteen Lodges , is extremely well represented , the Province itself being entered for £ 183 10 s , Bro . Burt being its representative , and Bro . Montagu as Steward of St . Mary ' s No . 707 , Bridport , contributing forty and five guineas , making
together a total of £ 230 15 s . We havo so often had occasion to congratulate this Province on its liberal support of our Institutions that further remark now is unnecessary , Three Stewards , representing a Chapter and two Lodges , do duty for Essex with its twenty Lodges , the amount
being just within £ 90 , and there is yet a list to come in . Doubtless under its new Grand Master this Province will outdo the praiseworthy efforts ifc has before made in behalf of our Charities . Gloucestershire , with four Stewards on
behalf of the Province and two of its Lodges , is down for £ 88 8 s . It did extremely well in 1878 , when ifc distributed considerably over £ 700 ' among our Institutions , and proved itself a staunch supporter of them in 1879 , £ 312 19 s bein < _ its contribution to tho Girls' School alone . Tho
contribution of Hants and the Islo of Wight just exceeds £ 100 as against ; , iu round numbers , £ 187 to the Benevolent last year , but then it is almost always included in the list of contributories , aud we must occasionally look forward to smaller amounts as to larger . Little Herts , with its