Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

while at the other only temporary aid was afforded . Ho felt snro that the brethren would bo highly gratified on hearing the result of tho various Stewards' efforts . Bro . J . Terry then read the list of donations , giving the total amount as £ 6 , 881 10 s for London , and £ 5 , 452 13 s 6 d for the Provinces ( total £ 12 , 337 3 s 6 d ) , with eleven lists to come in . ( The various amounts , with additions made since ,

are given elsewhere ) . The total , Bro . Terry said , must be most gratifying to all concerned , it was tho largest , with two exceptions , ever received on behalf of the Institution . This result had beon attained with 1-3 Stewards less than we ., secured last year , when £ 14 , 300 was announced . Without casting any reflection on the brethren who had acted then , he felt this year ' s result showed that the Stewards of

1882 had each and all worked more zealously , if possible , than Stewards had ever worked before . Bro . Col . Lyne gavo tho toast of the Chairman , asking the brethren to join him iu giving a hearty welcome to their President , and thereby showing their thanks for what he had done . He was sure the Principality would eqnally appreciate the compliment the brethren had paid them in having

selected one of its Prov . Grand Masters to preside over the Festival as the brethren did the honour paid them by their Chairman in undertaking the office . Ho congratulated tho Chairman on the grand assemblage surrounding him , and still further on the happy result of the efforts made by tho Stewards , which had placed him in the proud position of third on the list of

chairmen as regarded results . Colonel Lyne felt that tho kind way in which the gifts of the Provinces were received , was an inducement for the brethren thereof to go on , and do all that lay in their power for the advantage of the Institutions . There was an old saying , " Good wine needs no bush , " and as he felt that the Chairman's toast

needed no remarks from him to ensure a hearty welcome , he would at once call on the brethren to honour it . The toast having been received most enthusiastically , the Chairman replied . He hardly knew how to respond after the kind way in which his health had been proposed and received . At the solicitation of the Secretary of the Institution he had consented , subject to the approval of the Grand

Master , to preside . Ho did so with great diffidence . Ho could assure the brethren that tho Masonic heart beat as warmly in his , the western part of tho country , as it did in tho great city of London . Ho had experienced groat pleasure in presiding that day , and personally thanked all who had contributed to the success of tho meeting . Bro . Rev . C . J . Martyn was entrusted with tho proposition pf

the next toast—Success to tho other Masonic Institutions—which ho proposed in a , few words . Ho reminded tho brethren that Masonry was a progressive science . He shonld liko to see tho results of the other two Festivals exceed in amount the total announced that night . If every one would determine to outdo what had been done , he was snro tho results of the coming Festivals

might be made unparalleled successes . Bro . Hedges replied , congrafulating tho Benevolent Institution and its officials on tlio success that had attended the Festival . He reminded tho brethren that the Festival of the Girls' School would tako place in May next , under the presidency of the Duko of Couuanght , and hoped tor as great a success . Bro . Binckes followed , expressing his thanks for tho way

in which he had also been referred to in connection with the toast . Ho only hoped that the splendid success which had attended the Festival of the Benevolent Institution might attend that of tho Boys' School , which would tako place in Juno next , under tho presidency of the first magistrate of tho first city of the world . Bro , Shadwell H . Gierke , G . Sec , proposed tho health of tho Stewards ,

to which Bro . W . Clarko G . P ., tho President of tho Board , responded . The Chairman gave The Ladies , which concluded tho programme in the banqueting hall . Tho brethren then repaired to the Temple , whero the usual Concert was provided . Tho musical arrangements were under the direction of Madamo Thnddeus Weils , she being sup .

ported by Miss Jessie Royd , Miss Carrie Blackwell , Miss S . M . Salmon , Madame Osborne Williams , Bro . Faulkner Leigh , Bro . Arthur Thomas , Bro . Bantock Pierpoint , aud Bro . Henry Pyatt . Tho Conductors were Bros . Houry Parker and I ' . E . Van Noorden . Tho Festival of 1882 may be pronounced a great success in every way ,-and we have much pleasure in tendering our congratulations .

The following is a corrected list of the Stewards and amounts collected by them np to tho time of our going to press .

LONDON . Lodge Br . Edgar Bowyer - •85 0 0 John Henry Leggott - 10 10 0 William March - - 50 18 6 Abner Torkington - 27 6 0 F A White . - 10 10 0 WLake . - 10 10 0

Grand Stewards Lodge W Smithett - - - 38 16 6 1 Ralph M Bishop - 15 15 0 2 Edmund A Pontifex - 101 16 0 3 W H Ferryman - 67 4 0 4 Rev . HLansdell . F . R . G . S . 21 0 0 5 Capt . H G Matthews - 28 7 " 0 7 John Marnham . - 9 5 0 8 E Walter Rushworth - 17 15 0 9 Alfred Endean - - 47 5 6 10 Rev . J N Palmer - 29 5 0 11 Felix Curlier - - 42 9 6

Chapter 12 Comp . Joseph Clever - 36 15 0 Lodge 14 Br . W Bedford Liddiard - 10 10 0 15 E A Wells - - 49 6 6 18 John Abbott - - 15 15 0 19 William M Bywater - 23 2 0 21 Robert Berridge - 43 0 0 22 E Francis Storr - - 59 12 0 27 j H Conlson - - 61 17 0 29 John H Bott . - 17 17 0 30 Joseph Driscoll - - 56 12 0

33 M Ohren ( Lodge 1601 ) » ! _ io Jamea R Cassell . 49 16 6 ¦ * 9 James Moon - - 73 10 0 *» Alfred Williams - 10 10 0 ° 5 James Cooper - - 63 14 0 £ 3 John Henry Watts - 42 10 6 05 Wm Chicken - . 142 16 0 Chapter

7 « $ Comp . John Mason - - 90 10 0 . Lod ge JJ Br . Thos Palmer . . 75 14 6 M H / W Partridge - - 10 10 0 ? ' Richard Lambourn - 58 14 0 ao Jas A Wild jun . ( since 1 m announcement ) . 103 19 0 io . T ^ *? ylor - " 48 10 G 141 £ 1 Mon - - - 20 0 0 Cha Pter EdwardB y ° " - 32 1 0

L ^ Co _ , p . RMai , ; n . . 15 M 0 Jg'Br . Biohard Barham . 74 4 G 165 r- „ ™ - ' - g ! - - - 66 15 0 167 JW 6140 ? - - 10 10 0 < - l * Humphreys . 56 3 6 )

Lodge 169 Geo Bolton . . 100 0 0 171 W H Bateman - . 31 10 0 172 Geo Hockey - . 40 0 0 173 John Finch . . . 81 18 0 174 Fred Brown . . 117 17 0 181 Wm Heseltine - - 35 14 0 185 Fred Croaker - - 100 3 0 188 Richard Baker . . 11 11 0

193 Bedford Lemere - 86 1 0 194 Geo N Watts - - 53 1 0 197 Hv Luke Hansard , M . A . 18 15 0 198 J C Carr - - 50 0 0 205 Joseph Da Silva - 76 8 0 228 George H Patmore - 103 11 6 256 John A Farnfield - 51 7 0 259 Rev A W Hall , M . A . 47 5 0 435 AAUhaus-T- - . 25 3 B 511 Carter Millbourn - 60 10 0 548 Henry Carman - 44 11 6

554 J J Berry - - 128 6 0 619 Jas C Hayes - - 50 0 0 657 GeoPGillard . - 28 7 0 704 W Fredk Rogers 715 E Zwinger - - 20 8 0 749 W Groves - - 34 14 0 754 Wm M Tegg - - 26 14 6 781 F Robinson - - 115 18 0 813 R R Harper - - 52 10 0 822 Fredk Abbott . - 44 2 0 860 TB Dodson - - 22 0 0 862 R P Tate . - 71 17 0

871 G Harvey - - 21 0 0 890 T G Smith - - 105 0 0 907 GTBarr - . 49 4 0 917 J F Van Raalte - 22 11 0 1017 JohnSyers 1056 James Boulton . - 180 5 0 1076 Francis Brien - - 68 15 0 1178 R Challoner - - 53 13 0 1259 EHRolfe - - 55 3 6 Chapter 1260 Comp . J Pigot 1275 Govan Macdonald - 12 1 0

Lodgo 1278 Br . Wm II Making - - 38 17 0 12 S 8 Alex Mullord - - 52 10 0 1305 J J Pope - - 52 10 0 1319 Edward Swauborough - 23 3 0 Chapter 1319 Comp F R W Hedges - 11 11 0 Lodge 1321 Br . F T Edgington - 74 9 0 1328 Benjamin Turner - 84 0 0 1329 G T Bickerton - - 30 0 0 1339 H E Frances - - 63 0 0 Chapter 1348 Comp . Peter Parsons - 31 10 0 1366 Br , Edward L Shelton - 95 5 6

Lodge 1381 HMAppleton - - 50 0 0 1383 William R G Farmer . 112 7 0 1420 James S Sinclair . 46 19 0 1421 RW Biggs - . 84 0 0 1426 Chas Taylor

-1489 T Hastings Miller - 63 0 0 1538 George Gregory - 35 17 0 1540 Henry Faija - - 53 11 0 1584 T Drew Bear - . 36 15 0 1607 E Couchman Beedell - 63 0 0 1614 S Jacobs 1615 Charles P Kempe , M . D . 29 6 0 1641 Robert J Foisoy - 50 0 0 1657 E Anderton - - 44 2 0 1663 W T Lover - . 42 10 0

1671 f Bichard A Morgan \ lg ( . J Benjamin . 1677 R D Cummings - 45 14 6 1681 RBnrloton - - 50 5 0 1706 MMaybrick - - 44 2 0 1716 W 0 Young - - 64 4 6 1719 Thomas A Greene - 29 18 0 1719 Joseph Man waring - 10 10 0 1719 M Mildred - - 10 10 0 1728 Charles Butcher - 103 19 0 1732 L Solomon - . 79 4 0 1766{t£2iT9u£}io°°°

17-9 Charles Thompson . 49 7 0 1804 W H Farnfield - - 47 15 6 1804 John Roberts - - 10 10 0 1839 G F Smith jun - - 21 8 6 1853 Thomas M Meredith - 90 15 0 1900 G P Festa . - 105 0 0 1922 Robert J Taylor - 42 0 0 1928 Henry Massey - - 22 10 0 1949 H B Marshall , C . C . - 105 0 0 1950 R P Forge - - 86 0 0 Sovereign ~ l Sanctuary [ J H Southwood - 110 18 6 A & PRite .

PROVINCES . BERKS AND BUCKS . 209 Br , Andrew Pears - - 27 5 0 574 Walter B Wilson - 32 II 0 591 Gnslav A Charuben - 2 16 0 915 Frederick Blake - 44 2 0 915 E Mor . Iand . - 10 10 0 Chapter

915 Comp . John Tomkins , J . P . - 42 0 0 Lodgo 1101 Br . Edward J Blackwell - 72 0 0 James Botting 1566 Ephraim Davey - Chas M Foottit - - 12 10 0 243 1 . 0