Anniversary Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

Lodge SOMERSETSHIRE . £ s . d . 446 Bro . E . A . Ehblewhite ( see also Lodge No . 34 , London ) .. ... it it 0 ' 755 11 W . W . Rice 37 16 o SOUTH WALES ( EAST DIVISION ) . The Province and Lodge G 71 Bro . J . Llewellyn Thomas 220 o o

STAFFORDSHIRE . Lodge 4 82 Bro . G . Shread ... ... 6 G o 54 6 „ W . R . Blair 31 10 0 637 „ Thos . Reeves Yoxall 22 16 G

726 „ James T . Marson ... to 10 o 726 „ W . Hall 11 10 0 Chapter C 24 Comp . J . Fisher 31 10 0 Mrs . G . Shread 5 5 o Provincial money 178 10 0

SUFFOLK . Lodge St Bro . Rev . N . A . Bosanquet 2 S 7 0 Bro . Capt . J . H . Leslie ( see also Punjab ) 21 00

SURREY . SS 9 „ Thomas Long ... 5 S 17 6 13 G 2 „ Arthur Wood ... 44 2 0 ¦ 63 s „ J . Hammond Sumner 23 2 0 1851 „ F . Jacob 30 19 6 1 9 „ T . H . Griffiths ... too o o 19 S 1 „ Samuel Ellis 52 10 o 2095 „ A . F . White Go o 0 2473 ¦• J . R . Cleave 57 4 o

2302 ,, T . H . Roberts ... 60 o o 2521 „ A . H . Gale 31 to 0 Unattached Bro . Fred . West 2100 ,, R . S . Cobden ... 10 10 o „ W . ] . Mason ... 15 15 0 „ C . Offord Burgess ... 10 10 o „ G . Wardell 10 10 o Mrs . T . H . Roberts ... 550 Mrs . T . H . Griffiths

LEWIS . * Master H . T . Griffiths ...

SUSSEX . Province Bro . J . M . Reed no 5 o Lodge 38 Bro . E . Booth Wannop ... 21 10 0 732 „ J . Billing 10 10 0 1110 „ George Fowler ... 12 1 o

1110 „ Joseph Welch ... 10 10 o 14 C 6 „ Frederic Carr ... 3 S 17 0 1 O 3 G „ John Sayers 10 10 o 21 S 7 „ J . C . Buckwell ... 3615 o 2201 ,, Gerald W . E . Loder , M . P 107 2 o 2434 „ Rev . W . Wakeford ... 10 10 o 2434 „ Howard 2 t o 0 2483 „ H . J . Capon 23 12 6

Unattached Bro . V . P . Freeman ... 10 10 0 „ C . W . Hudson ... 10 10 0 „ Richard Clowes ... 10 10 o „ W . Dawes 32 11 o „ W . J . Geller ... 10 10 o „ Chapman Marshall 10 10 0 Mrs . John Sa \ ers ... 550

WARWICKSHIRE . Jubilee Life Presentation ... 523 o 0 Lodge 74 Bro . W . P . Hoskins ... ") 74 „ Charles Lee 74 „ Thomas Surman 74 „ J osiah Collins 74 „ Walter Ginder ... ( . „ , „ 0

74 ,, E . C . Newey ... j "* ° ° 74 „ Fred J . Collins 74 „ Henry Pinnell 74 „ Joshua Scowen 74 .. G . Hujrgins J 473 11 Jon" Harris 587 „ W . A . Bindley ... 550 SUMMARY OF T

i , s . d . Bedfordshire 105 o o Berkshire ... 370 o 0 Bristol ... 210 o o Buckinghamshire 174 13 o Cambridgeshire 10 10 o Cheshire 2000 0 o Cornwall 39 is 0 Derbyshire igo 1 0

Devonshire ... 1 9 6 7 o Dorsetshire 245 o o Durham 84 o o Essex ... _ 597 19 0 Gloucestershire 297 3 o Hampshire and Isle of Wight 527 6 o Hertfordshire 333 7 6

Kent 1838 4 G Lancashire ( East Division ) ... 10 G 1 o ,, . ( West Division ) ... 278 3 o l-eicestershire and Rutland ... — Lincolnshire 538 7 0 Middlesex 73 11 0

Monmouthshire 11 G 11 o 175 STEWARDS—LONDON 358 STEWARDS—PROVINCBS 533 GRAND TOTAL

Anniversary Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

Lodge £ s . d . 5 S 7 Bro . R . J . R . Mackenzie 10 10 o SS 7 „ Howard J . Collins ... 52 to 0 938 „ Hans I . Graaf 10 3 1 „ W . Young 26 5 0 1180 „ Frederick Hobday ... " } 1180 „ William Hillman ... [ r 11 S 0 „ JohnT . Harcourt ... ( ° ° °

11 S 0 „ John Palmer ) 1431 „ A . E . Currell " ) _ 1431 „ M . F . leffery ) ^ 3 ° 1431 „ EmileChatrian ... n it o ' 55 1 11 Thos . Rowbotham ... to 10 o Unattached W . H . Skinner 3 6 15 o

LEWIS . Frank Bastick WILTSHIRE . The Province Bro . W . J . Mann ... 279 G 0

WORCESTERSHIRE . Unattached Bro . Thomas R . Arter ... 10 10 0 „ Richard Westwood 57 15 o YORKSHIRE ( N . AND E . RIDINGS ) . Lodge 312 Bro . Rev . E . Fox-Thomas 30 19 o 543 „ W . Loivther Garrick 10 to o

YORKSHIRE ( W . RIDING ) . Lodge ~ ) 154 Bro . George H . Park-... 306 ,, W . Blackburn ... 306 „ I . C . Malcolun ...

439 , 1 Horatio S . Wood ... 904 „ John Gibbs ioig „ John J . Martin ... 1102 „ Thomas Bailey ... 1102 „ Thos . G . Howell ... 12 39 Charles Stokes i

„ ... „ . . 5 . 3 „ James Wood '" . > 2 S S 10 ° ' 5 ' 3 1 , Horace B . Nash ... 1513 „ Isaac Longley 1342 ,. Geo . H . Schofield

2 oC 9 > , J . Thornton James 2259 II John Constable ... Unattached John Hanson Mrs . G . H . Parke „ VV . K . Smithson ... J

ISLE OF MAN . . The Province Bro . G . Chilwell Heron ... 26 o o SCOTLAND . Bro . Davis 1 1 o „ Robert Bail 3 < i o

FOREIGN STATIONS . CYPRUS . Lodge 2277 Bro . Surgeon Captain W . Kiddle 10 10 0

EoYl'T . 1105 Bro . Dr . H . P . Kestinge ... BOMBAY . 243 S Bro . D . Morris

BURMA . 126 S Bro . P . Rigby Nicholson ... PUNJAB . i 960 Bro . Capt . J . H . Leslie , R . A 113 3 o Chapter 14 S 5 Comp . J . W . Gerard ...

JAPAN . Lodge 1401 Bro . T . C . Thornicroft ... WEST AFRICA . 1171 Bro . J . Blackall Benjamin ST . HELENA . 4 SS Bro . Guy W . Hogg ... 27 3 G

NORTH AMERICA . 442 Bro . David B , Kennedy ... DEMERARA . 247 Bro . David H . McGow & n HE PROVINCES . L s . d . Northantsand Hunts 103 o o Northumberland 185 17 o Nottinghamshire 1 G 2 13 o North Wales 171 12 o

Oxfordshire 154 iS G Shropshire ... 1 G 0 13 o Somersetshire 40 7 o South Wales ( East Divisionj 220 o o Staffordshire 297 17 G Suffolk 49 7 o Surrev ... ... mi , r n — j

, , . . . . . . J . . . „ Sussex ... _ 503 8 G Warwickshire 904 1 o Wiltshire 279 G o Worcestershire GS 5 o Yorkshire ( N . and E . ) ... 4190 Yorkshire ( W . D . ) 285 10 o Guernsey and Alderney ... ' 31 10 o lf > rQf » u . « . . * n

Isle of Man 2 G 5 o Foreign Stations 137 2 G .. ^ 7 ' 3 ' > 4 0 ... , ( , 11 , 641 18 6 - £ ¦ 8 , 773 ' 2 G

Bro . BimiER , M . I ' ., proposed "The Health of the Chairman . " Bro . Lord EGERTON OK TATTON , in replying , said he had hcen supported most earnestly on the present occasion , and he hoped all the company had enjoyed themselves . lit ; was very proud of the result of the efforts of ( he Stewards , and he thanked them very much for ( heir support .

Anniversary Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

Bro . DE TATTON KGERTON proposed "The Other Institutions , " to which Bro . HEDGES replied ; Bro . Baron DE FER . RIERES proposed "The Stewards , " to which Bro . NEWHOUSE responded ; and Bro . LE FEUVRE proposed " The' Ladies , " f 0 r whom Bro . J AMES STEPHENS replied ; hut none of these speeches were audihlc , as there was a ¦ general exodus into the grounds and ( he concert and coffee-rooms . . , «

Analysis Of The Returns.

ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNS .

It is always a pleasant , if a laborious , task to analyse the Returns of such a Festival as that we have just recorded . We know they represent an immense amount of work on the part of the ladies and brethren who volunteered their services , and it must afford them an immense amount of gratification to find their

labours have been so successful . Even those who hoped to compile large lists and found their hopes unrealised feel their disappointment less keenly when they discover that , as a . whole , the subscriptions and donations exceed the limit which was looked for . However , it is unnecessary for us to speak further in general terms . It is enough for our present purpose to state that , including 29 ladies , there were in all 533 Stewards , and that the total , as announced by the Secretary in the course of the evening , was , £ 18 , 773 12 s . 6 d . Of these Stewards

LONDON furnished 175 , who amongst them raised £ 7131 14 s ., the brother to whom belongs the credit of having obtained the highest list being our respected Bro . Edward Terry , Past Grand Treasurer , who handed in a Return of £ " 500 . The next in order was a lady , Mrs . G . E . Fairchild , who acted for ihe Phoenix , No . 173 , one of her husband's lodges , her total being £ 3 20 . Bro . W . H . Bailey , the first W . M . of the Lodge of Fellowship , No . 2535 , who took charge of its interests on this

occasion , compiled a list of £ 210 . Bro . George Ridout , of the Great Northern Lodge , No . 1287 , took the fourth place with . 6178 10 s ., but was very closely pressed by Bro . George T . Peall , of the Cricklewood Lodge , No . 2361 , whose list was £ 175 5 - Bro . W . S . Penley , Asaph Lodge , No . 1319 , who has been doing great " things for our Institutions during the present ymr , sent in a list amounting to £ 162 5 s ., his lists for the Girls' School last month , and the Old People in February , at both of which

he represented the same lodge , having been , £ 210 and £ 212 us . fid . respectively . Bro . G . Scott Miller , of the Chough Lodge , No . 2264 , and Bro . H . Tuffnell , Nelson Lodge , No . 700 , had the satisfaction of returning , both of them , ' excellent lists , that of the former amounting to £ 146 1 is ., and that of the latter to £ 141 13 s . Bros . Benjamin Stocker , High Cross Lodge , No . 754 , Fred . Eade , City of London Lodge , No . 901 , and Otto Polentz , Peace and Harmony Lodge , No . 60 , formed a group by themselves , Bro . Stacker's list being for £ 122 17 s . ; Bro . Eade's for

X ' 120 15 s . ; and that of Bro . Polentz for £ 120 . Bro . W . C . Thomas , of the Lodge of Prosperity , No . 65 , compiled a total of £ 110 5 s ., and then came another small group consisting of Bro . W . S . Harper , Eccentric Lodge , No . 248 S , who compiled a list of £ 106 1 is . 6 d . ; Mrs . James Stephens , who acted as Steward for the Viator Lodge , No . 2308 , and handed ^ in as the result of a very successful canvass the sum of £ 105 ; and Bro . ' T . Whitford , of the Old Boys' Lodge , No . 2500 , whose total was £ 102 6 s . In addition

to the foregoing array of three-figure lists , we note also the following , namely : the sum of £ 80 17 s ., compiled by Bro . Charles Martin , Globe Lodge , No . 23 ; fyo by Bro . A . E . Remington , United Mariners Lodge , No . 30 to which belongs in great part the honour of founding the School ; £ 89 5 s . by Bro . W . Hamsher , South Norwood Lodge , No . 1139 ; £ 90 Ss . by Bro . John Lusty , Duke of Edinburgh Lodge , No . 1259 ; £ 9 8 12 s . by Bro . E . Devas , of the Friends-in-Council Lodge , No . 1383 ; £ 89 5 s . by Bro . Frank Evans , Langthorne Lodge , No . 1421 : £ T \ IOS . by Bro . W . Berkeley Vaile , Lodge of Loyalty , No . 1607 ; £ 75 by Bro .

Alfred Goode , Crusaders Lodge , No . 1677 ; £ 94 ios . by Bro . W . a . Neville , Kensington Lodge , No . 176 7 ; £ 80 ( is . by Bro . Henry T . Telling , Sterndale Bennett Lodge , No . 2182 ; £ 70 by Bro . Capt . J . W . Stephens , of the Chceryblei Lodge , No . 2466 ; £ 73 10 s . by Bro . Robert Cranston , W . M . of the Barnet Lodge , No . 2509 ; and £ 71 8 s . by Bro . Tom Green , Fulham Lodge , No . 2512 . Considering the moderate number of lodges in the Metropolitan area which took pari in Wednesday's work , the average of the London Stewards is high , being over £ 40 each , while the general average for London nnd country together is only

slightly in excess of £ 35 . As regards THE PROVINCES , we must congratulate Bro . McLeod on having obtained the support of a far larger proportion than usual . Ordinarily , we expect to find between 30 and 33 or ' 3 6 of them represented , but on this occasion as many as 42 out of the 4 6 into which England , with the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man , is sub-divided , sent W > Stewardsthe number of ladies and brethren who acted in their behalf being 35 8 .

, and the total amount of Donations and Subscriptions which they had the good fortune to return , £ 11 , 641 18 s . < 5 d . The four absentees were CUMBERLAND and WESTMORLAND ( 21 lodges ) , which figured among the contributors to the Festival of the Benevolent Institution in February , when Bro . W . F . Lamonby , as its representative , compiled a list of £ 102 18 s . Last year it gave its attention to ine Girls' School , and Bro . P . A . Argles , who did duty for the Province general )' , had the satisfaction of raising £ 178 ios . In 1893 it raised £ 63 8 s . for tins then

Institution , and in 1892 it was represented at the Benevolent jubilee by its Deputy P . Grand Master , Bro . Mackay , whose list amounted to £ 420 . As loj HEREFORDSHIRE , though it has only five lodges on its roll , we sug ^ es ' that it would be better il it occasionally exhibited some inteiest m these important Anniversaries . It is so long since it has done anything worthy k of notice that brethren must be on the verge of imagining that it lu * been blotted out of existence . NORFOLK ( 17 lodges ) was represented to very good purpose at the Girls' School Festival last month , when Bro . H . J . Sparke > i The

as Steward for the whole of the Province , handed in a list for £ 205 5 s . remaining absentee was the EASTERN DIVISION OF SOUTH WALES , with its < 9 lodges , which raised £ " 300 for the Girls' School last month ; £ 350 fur this Institution in t 8 y . t ; £ 325 tos . for the Girls' School in 18 93 ; and in 1892 £ 180 for t » Benevolent Jubilee and £ 321 13 s . 6 d . for this Institution . These tour Provinces number amongst them 62 lodges . '' As to the Provinces which took part in Wednesday ' s celebration , we note that

BEDFORDSHIRE , which musters seven lodges , sent up one Steward—Bro . Henry R . Rose —* took under his charge the Province generally , and the Sir William Harpur Lodg ^ No . 2343 , of which he is a P . M ., in particular , the list he handed in amounting £ 105 . In February , St . Andrew's Lodge , No . 803 , Bigg leswade ,

duty for the Province , Bro . Chaundler , who acted for it a * Steward , being resp sible for a list of £ 43 is . These sums represent a total for the year of i' -l » ' as against £ 238 tjs . m 18 94 , / 183 17 s . 0 . 1 . in 1893 , and / 152 5 * - ' <> l 8 9 - ' , iv 0 ever , it is a satisfaction to note tuat during these lour years there are only Festivals that of the Boys'School in 189 2 and that of the Girls ' School month from which the Province has been absent .