Analysis Of The R.M.B.I. Subscription List.

and active rule of Sir E . A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., is making excellent play , and now freely supports our Charities . It has g iven £ 638 8 s to the Boys—of which the snm of £ 580 13 s was raised in the year 1880—and £ 574 7 s to tho Girls , £ 364 7 s being its contribution in the

same year ; but tho only subscrip tion to the R . M . B . I . it has hitherto been ourprivihgc to record is ^ 642 in 1879 . Tho present sum of £ 176 Rs is the more welcome , and it proves the Province to bo as increasingly impartial in dispensing its good things as it has latterly become liberal .

Of tho two Yorkshire Provinces , that of the North and East Ridings , with its twenty-seven Lodges , is entered iu the present list for £ 42 , tho joint subscription of a Hull Lodge and Chapter ( No . 1010 in both cases ) and Eboracum , No . 1611 , tho junior York Lodge . Two

years ago , when its Provincial Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , took the chair at the Anniversary of the Benevolent , it loyally supported him with a total of contributions amounting to £ 855 4 s , while , including Tuesday ' s £ 42 , it has now given to this

Institution £ 1 , 117 17 s . The Boys' School has secured aid to the extent of £ 397 19 s , while the Girls have received £ 239 8 s , what it gave in 1878 not being stated . West Yorkshire contributes £ 350 , the number of its Stewards being eight , of whom Captain Wordsworth appears to be

unattached . Last year , when its Prov . G . Master , Sir Henry Edwards , Bart ., presided as Chairman at the Benevolent Festival , it had a most formidable Board of Stewards , who raised among them £ 3 , 560 , while its

contributions during 1875-81 amount to the" magnificent total of £ 14 , 636 17 s , namely , to "Our Boys" £ 3 , 461 9 s , to "Our Girls" £ 4 , 748 13 s , and to tho Benevolent £ 6 , 426 15 s . With this year ' s £ 350 the sum for the last twenty-two Festivals is £ 14 , 986 17 s . Comment on this is unnecessary .

Since the above Analysis was written , we have been informed that another list—that of the Phconix Lodge , No . 173 , London—for £ 81 18 s has been received , as well as the following additions to sundry other lists , namely :

W . Lake Lon . on - - -550 619 Jamea C . Hayes „ . - - 3 16 0 715 E . Zwinger „ - - - 1 10 0 1259 E . H . Eolfo - „ - -110 1615 Charles P . Kempe , M . D . „ - - -660 1853 Thomas _ I . Meredith „ - 0 15 0

Gloucestershire Henry Godfrey , J . P . - -550 Hants & I . of W . Eev . F . W . Tkoyts , M . A . - - 18 0 0 Kent Joseph Storey - - - 10 10 0 East Lancashire W . J . Cunliffe - - - 2 4 6 North Wales & Salop Thomas Coxhead - - - 10 10 0 Total - - - £ 65 2 6

These amoun is have been added bo the list wo publish elsewhere , but it may be as well to note the effect which the two fresh lists—both London ones—namely , for

Lodge No . 96 , £ 103 19 s , which has been taken into account by us , and for No . 173 , £ 81 18 s , which has not , together with the above additions , has had on the general total as announced on Tuesday .

London , as announced - . - £ 6 , 881 10 0 Add , Lodge No . 96 £ 103 19 0 „ „ 173 - 81 18 0 Small amounts , as detailed above - 18 13 0 204 10 0 £ 7 , 089 0 0

Provinces , as announced - ¦ £ 5 , 452 13 6 Additions since received , as noted above - - - 46 9 6 £ 5 , 499 3 0 Present Total 12 , 588 3 O

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Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

THE Anniversary Festival of this Institution was held on Tuesday , at Freemasons' Tavern , nnder the presidency of Lieut .-Col . 7 . A . Lloyd-Philipps , Provincial Grand Master South Wales ( Western Division ) , who was well supported by Officers of Grand Lodge and brethren generally , there being close on 400 present at the banquet . The dinner was well served , and at its conclnsion tbe usual toasts

wero given . In proposing thafc of Her Majesty the Qneen , the Chairman referred to tho notices which had lately appeared in the pnblio press of Her Majesty ' s intention to reside for a time in the sunny south for tho benefit of her health , and expressed a hope that the change might provo beneficial . lie called upon tho brethren to drink to her safe return to her native soil in renewed health and

strength . The toast of H . R . H . The Prince of Wales K . G ., M . W . G . M ., the Patron and President of the Institution ; The Princess of Wales , and the other members of the Royal Family , followed . The Chairman considered the example sot by the Grand Master worthy of being copied , not only by each Provincial Grand Master , but also by the Master of every private Lodge . He referred to the

approaching marriage of the Duke of Albany , and felt assured that Freemasons generally , would give a hearty welcome to the wife of the respected Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire . The toasts of the Pro Grand Master and the Deputy Grand Master followed . With the latter was coupled the Present and Past Grand Officers . The Chairman felt that the present Officers of Grand Lodge wonld

follow the example set them by Past Officers , and work in such a manner as to uphold the dignity of the Grand Lodge of England as it had been upheld in the past . With the toast was coupled the name of the Rev . Ambrose W . Hall , Grand Chaplain . In reply , that brother expressed the pleasure it afforded him to be called upon to reply to that toast . On no occasion had he risen with

more pride than on the present , when he saw before him so noble an assemblage of brethren met together for an object of benevolence —the ruling feature of Freemasonry . He felt that all present had but one desire—to hear a large amount announced on behalf of the Masonic Benevolent Institution . An old man himself , blessed with all he could desire , he could yet sympathise with those who were

similarly circumstanced as regarded age , but who were unfortunately in want , and on their behalf he and the Grand Officers generally could but express the hope that a large list of subscriptions would be announced to-night . The Chairman , on rising to propose the toast of the evening , was received with prolonged cheering . He said : —Brethren , it is with

much diffidence that I rise to propose this toast . It is one that I feel could have been placed in much better hands than my own , for , being a soldier , I prefer action rather than words . Bat I must pray your attention for a short time on behalf of this toast , the principal toast at the Annual Festival of the Benevolent Institution for 1882 . This Institution was suggested by tbe late Duke of Sussex , Most

Worshipful Grand Master of Masons , and since its establishment 556 brethren havo been elected on its funds . After the last election there wore 155 male annuitants receiving £ 40 a year . That makes up a sum of £ 6200 , towards which we have a permanent income of £ 1800 . The residue of the income , including the working expenses , has to be made np by donations and subscriptions . I only trust that

when Bro . Terry , the Secretary , presently announces the sums collected by the different Stewards , we shall find that a very handsome snm has been placed to the credit of this Institution . The Freemasons ' Widows' Fund was established under the Grand Mastership of the late Earl of Zetland in 1849 . Since that time 319 widows have been elected , and after the last election there were 160 widows receiving

£ 32 per annum oach . Now , last Friday I had the pleasure of going over the Benevolent Institution at Croydon , and I made what , as a soldier , I may call a very minute barrack inspection . I went there as a stranger , to satisfy myself , and also to satisfy a great-number of my brethren who have not an opportunity of visiting the Institution , and I must say I was very much struck with its cleanliness , with the air

of comfort that pervaded the whole place , especially the rooms ; and likewise with the gratitude expressed by the old men and women there . I had the honour of shaking hands with the oldest Freemason in England , the Warden of this Institution , who is now ninetythree years of age . I talked with some of the inmates , and , with gratitude in their hearts , and tears in their eyes , they said , " Oh , sir ,

what should we do if it was not for this Institution , and for tbe kindness of tho Freemasons at large . " I will not detain you longer , brethren , but I will just say this , that the Benevolent Institution is one that commends itself to your generous support . I come from a small province in the very westernmost of Wales , and I felt it my duty , on receiving an invitation to preside here , to come with a true

Freemason ' s heart , to do what I could for yon . I assure yon it has given me great pleasure to preside here to-night , and I now ask yon to drink right heartily , " Success to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons . " Bro . Raynham W . Stewart replied to the toast . They were assembled that night to help the aged , and to get others to help also ,

He had been a Mason thirty-five years , during which time he hod acted as Steward for the Charities on many occasions . The first Stewardship he had undertaken was for the Old People , and he was ready to act again in case of need . He might tell the brethren that on the occasion of his first Stewardship they thought £ 500 a great success ¦ but such had been the growth of the Institution , that now

they hoped for £ 500 with £ 14 , 000 in addition . He advised the brethren to pay a visit to the Institution , feeling assured that the more members of the Craft saw of it , the more they wonld appreciate it . Ho was very proud to hear the statements of the Chairman in regard to his visit to Croydon , more especially as he had had the pleasure

of conducting Bro . Phihpps over the Institution , and introducing him to the inmates . What would the annuitants have done without the Institution ? ho asked . They must have gone to the Lodge of Benevoionco . He considered that the Institution was far better than the Lodge of Benevolence ; for at the one brethren received permanent ,