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who giveth to the poor lendelh to the Lord . " As reverend gentlemen said , « ' If you believe in the security , down with your dust . " He asked the brethren to down with their dust to-night liberally . He assured them it was well-app lied Charity . He knew the great demands there were upon everybody , but he still asked them to be liberal and generous . President of the General Boardacknovy

Bro . R . L OVELAND LOVELAND , , - ledged the toast . The Chairman had so fully gone into what the fund did that there was nothing left for him to say . Colonel Probyn staled the advantages of this Charity over other Charities of the Masonic Order , and he ( Bro . Loveland Loveland ) most cordially supported him . Colonel Probyn took the chair at a short notice , but he hoped he would be liberally

SUP Bro . C . F . M ATIER , G . Sec , read the following lists , amounting to £ 2022 12 s . ; STEWARDS' LISTS .

LADY STEWARDS . £ s . d . Mrs . Carrell 5 5 o „ Matier 5 5 ° „ 'Clifford Probyn — ' C . E . L . Wright GENERAL BOARD .

Bro * R . L . Loveland ( see Hants ) „ * Frank Richardson ( see London ) * The Ear ! of Euston ( see " Northants ) - * A . de Tatton Egerton

( see Cheshire ) ... „ * A . Woodiwiss ( see Derbyshire ) ,, Charles Belton 5 5 " ,, * Major C . W . Carrell ( sec London ) „ * Richard Clowes ( see

Sussex ; „ * A . F . Church ( see London ) * Gordon Miller — „ * H . Manlield ( see

Northants ) „ * CoI . Clifford Probyn ( see London ) ... „ 'John Dimsdale ( see Rose Croix ) l , IUIA / ... ...

„ ^ Frederick West ( see Surrey ) „ * H . E . Cousans ( see Lincolnshire ) „ Henry A . Hunt ( see

London ) ... ' „ * T . P . Donnan ( see Rutland ) UNATTACHED . Bro . Capt . VV . Portlock Dadson 5 5 ° „ T . W . lones 13 7 G „ CF . Matier 17 6 6

„ Reginald E . Middleton ... 7 13 0 LONDON . Bro . Col . Clifford Probyn , P . G . Treas . ( CHAIKMAN ) ... 236 5 o Lodge Gd . Masters Bro . J . W . Woodall 3 C 15 o Old Kent Bro . John Skinner ... 10 10 o >• > , * John Ramsey ( see Essex ) ...

—7 Bro . R . M . Meyer 14 14 o 8 „ Geo . F . Edwards ... 29 13 o 22 „ Robert J . Voisey ... 10 10 o 197 „ Lord Glenesk 224 ., Rev . W . Russell Finlay 14 14 o 224 „ Major-Gen . Astley Fcllowcs Terry ... 10 10 o

2 -4 n * John Dimsdale ( see Rose Croix ) ... — 251 „ Walter II . Glazier ... 550 3 G 1 „ Albert Henry Jessell 24 2 G 363 „ Henry A . Hunt ... 550 & Z „ Thos . IIy . Gardiner ... 550 3 C 3 „* Herbert J . Adams ... — 3 G 3 ,, Edmund Arthur Smith 10 10 o 399 i , * Eatl of Euston ( see Northants ) ' ... 399 » Frank Richardson ... 10 10 o

399 » Alfred Cooper ... 550 399 ., Clement Godson ... 550 399 » Frederick Mead ... 330 399 ,, * G . C . W . Fitzwilliam ( see Northants ) 399 ,, J . C . I ' * . Tower ... 550 4 " ° » George P . Parker ... 10 5 o 400 ,, William Briggs 400 „ Sir J . C . Dimsdale ,

M . P 4 oG „ J . H . Dimsdale „ , 10 10 o 40 < 3 „ Henry Obie — 4 "i „ Lieut .-Col . A . C . Hansard ... n 5 u 4 ' 5 „ * EarI of Euston ( sec Northants ) 415 „ * G . C . W . Fitzwilliam

( see Northants ) ... 4 " 5 „ * C . F . Matier 415 1 , * Lieut .-Col . C . Probyn 415 „ * Major C . \ V . Caircll 4 ' 5 1 , A . F . Church ¦; S o 4 ' 5 „ C . V . Cotterell ,.. 550 415 „ P . Colville-Smith ... 26 5 o 4 ' 5 ,, * J . R . Eastwood ( see

Deibyshiiu ) 4 ' 5 ,, H . Obre ... ... 5 - „ 4 'S „ A . J . Warden ... 550 4 ' 5 > . II . Thorpe ... .. 770 4 ' 5 „ VV . Bacon 4 ' 5 ., John Ferguaon ... s o 43 i „ H . R . S . Pulman .. 413 „ A . S . Snell ... -100 454 „ F . W . Coles ... ... , ' , ? 0

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L'dge I s . d . 454 Bro . VV . J . Fisher G 6 o 459 „ Ernest St . Clair ... 5 5 ° 4 G 9 „ Phineas S . Abrahams , M . D . io 2 0 4 S 7 „ Major C . W . Carrell 13 15 o 1 S 7 .. Rev . C . E . L . Wriirht 2 G S o

4 S 0 „ Rear-Admiral Wm . H . CKisholme St . Clair 15 ' 5 ° 533 ,, * Imre Kiralfy — 533 » A . J . Thomas 31 10 o Grand Master ' s Lodge of Instruction Bro . John Smith 10 10 o

PROVINCES . BERKS AND OXON . Province lira . Joseph ] . Sim : ox ... 5 5 ° Lodge 27 Bro . Charles E . Keyssr ,

I \ fl A I U r- r . M . A .. J . P . ... 5 5 0 235 „ Frederick Arthur Serjeant 11 11 o 247 „ II . Matthews iS o 11 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE .

Lodge 1 O 3 Bro . * Rev . V . P . Wyatt ... 550 CHANNEL ISLANDS . Ludge ucKuuni

425 Dro . j . o . « , , IU . IJ . s s " CHESHIRE . Bro . * Hon . A . de Tatton Egerton , M . P . ... 550 „ Rtv . C . C . Atkinson ... 5 5 °

CORNWALL . Bro . P . Colville-Smith ( see London ) Province Bro . S . II . Hare 44 2 o Lodge 404 Bro . W . G . Hancock ... 17 iS 0

DERBYSHIRE . Province Bio . * Abraham Woodiwiss , P . G . M 27 6 o „ Sir Thos . Roe , M . P . 550 „ Joseph lly . Lawson 550 ,, Edwin S . Wjodiiviss 5 5 o „ Isaac Newton Woodi ' . viss 5 5 °

„ J . A . Arnold 5 5 " „ J . R . Eastwood ... 550 „ T . C . Eastwood ... 550 Lodge 24 G Bro . Richard A . Little ... 13 13 o 302 „ Thomas Oldham ... Hi 16 o 353 » Geo . Morton Bond ... iS iS o 503 „ VVi . liam Hart 770

DORSET . Province Bro . 'John lknry Whadcoat 16 it ) o EAST ANGLIA . Province Bro . Richard Fred . Ernest Fertier 21 o o Lodge 334 „ II . Edward Greet ... 10 10 o

ESSEX . Bro . Col . M . Lockwood , M . P 5 5 0 Lodge 205 Br j . Dr . VV . A . Greene ... 12 1 G 350 „ H . Sinclair 5 5 " 377 „ John Ramsey 15 15 0 377 „ Col . F . Landon ... 5 5 0 4 G 7 VV . Fisher 10 10 o

„ GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE . Bro . R . V . Vassar-Smith 550 „ Baron de Ferricres ... 5 5 ° HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT . Bro . R . Loveland

Loveland 5 5 0 Lodge 2 Bro . Rear-Admiral VV . II . C . St . Clair ( see London ) <> i „ David II . Kyd ... 17 G G HERTFORDSHIRE . Lod

ge 354 Bro . G . A . Berkeley ... 11 11 0 3 OG „ C . E . Keyser , M . A ., J . P . ( see Berks ) KENT . Lodge Bru . Joseph Cresswell ... 31 5 G 322 ,, Henry CornlorJ ... 21 00 390 „ Thomas Bent 2100

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LANCASHIRE . Province £ s . d . Bro . A . II . Jeffeiis , Dep . P . GiM 31 10 o Lodge Bro . Major John Booth ... 143 „ Richard K . Fenton ... 12 12 o cnustian 10

143 „ | onn ... 19 o ' 56 „ Robert Thomson ... 11 7 o 156 „ Nathan Heywood ... 550 394 „ F . W . J ordan ... 550 LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND . Province Bro . * the Right Hon . the

Earl of Euston , Prov . G . M . ( see Northants ) ,, William Jesse Freer 10 10 o Lodge 19 Bro . G . J . Rodway .:. 550 21 ,, C . F . Oliver 5 5 o 194 „ W . D . Grant 8 S o 194 „ Hazell 5 5 o I iwmi N 1 CIJIDI 7

Province Bro . Rev . E . M . VVeigall 550 Lodge 117 Bro . * H . E . Cousans MIDDLESEX . Bro . W . Spencer Morris ... 550 Lodtre

3 Bro . F . G . Ivey 5 5 ° 44 S ,, Major-Gcncral A . F . Terry _ 5 5 o 494 » James Irvine 10 10 o 504 „ Edward Nash 5 5 o NORTHVNTS , HUNTS , AND BEDS . Bro . * Right Hon . the Eul of Euston ... 10 10 o

,, * T . P . Duman ... 10 10 o „ * G . C . W . Fitzwilliam ,, * H . Manlield 5 5 o Lodge 434 Bro . * Rev . V . P . Wyatt ... 1717 o 43 + » * Jobn Smith ( see

London ) NORTHUMBERLAND & DURHAM . Province Bro . J . Cartmell Ridley ... 105 o o NOTTINGHAMSHIRE .

Bro . J . T . Spalding ... 5 5 ° Province Bro . Alfred Page 14 14 o NORTH WALES . Bro . R . Hughes Piitchard S 8 o Lodge 324 Bro . Henry Adams Steer 5 5 o SOMERSET .

Royal Cumberland Bro . George Norman 31 10 o STAFFORDSHIRE WITH SHROPSHIRE . Bro . Josiah F . Peppsr ... iG 5 6 SUMMARY OF £ s . d . Berks and Oxon 40 1 o

Buckinghamshire 5 5 o Channel Islands 5 5 o Cheshire 10 10 o Cornwall ... ... ... ... G 2 o 6 Derbyshire 120 15 o Dorsetshire 16 16 o EistAnglia 31 10 o Essex 54 1 6

Gloucestershire and Herefordshire 10 10 o Hants and Lie of Wight ... 22 11 G Hertfordshire 11 11 o Kent 73 5 G Lancashire S 5 iS o Leicestershire and Rutland ... 34 13 o . Lincolnshire ... 5 5 o Middlesex 31 10 o

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Lodge £ s . d . iSS Bro . Charles Perry ... 5 . 10 o 444 „ Capt . Williams-Freeman ... ... 13 2 6 SURREY . Province Bro . Frederick West ... 5 s o

Lodge 13 Bro . R . Clay Sudljw ... 14 14 o 333 » Robert Jackson ... 5 5 o 450 „ G . T . Rushton ... n 12 6 45 ° >> W . J . Hiam ... 10 10 o 534 » William Dawson ... 31 10 o SUSSEX .

Province * Bro . Richard Clowes ... 550 WARWICKSHIRE . Province Bro . Rev . W . T . Parkins 39 iS o Lodge 174 Bro . Felix Jones 5 5 ° WILTSHIRE . Province

Bro . Rev . F . W . Macdonald ... ... 10 10 o YORKSHIRE ( WEST ) . Bro . Chas . Letch Mason v „ George H . Parke Lodge Old York ( T . L ) Bro . Thomas riLtiiea

j . 53 Bro . Fred . Cleeves 53 „ Thos . Rowbotham ... 53 » J- T . Thompson 53 „ Charles Stokes 53 „ W . D . Forsdike ... 53 „ Edmund Gamble Whiteley 53 „ Horace Cawood ... / 170 o o

53 > J Arthur Truelove 53 ,, T . Stanley Wood .. 111 „ Harold Bunser 127 „ * T . J . Pickles 137 „ T . G . Howell ' 37 n Jo " " Lewis Sykes ...

374 „ Wm . Postletfiwaite ... 457 » James E . Mann 493 >• VV . E . Smithies 493 .. J . H . Holroyde 525 „ Ambler Davies 12 „ L . P . Brekke ' ... '

FOREIGN S TATIONS . NATAL . Bro . W . E . Hawoith ... 550 QU && NSLAND . Bro . II . Courtney Luck .,, 550 R . A . M . Lodge 4 Bro . William Metcalfe ... 10 10 o R . C . Chanter

101 Bro . | ohn Dimsdale ... 43 11 o 13 S ,, John Clark 15 15 G Order of Temple 6 Bro . Geo . W . Musden ... 550 * Included in Lod ^ e ur Provincial List , THE PROVINCES . £ s . d . Northants , Hunts , and Bed 5 44 2 o

Northumberland and Durham 105 o o Nottinghamshire 19 ig o North Wales 13 13 o Somersetshire 31 10 o Staffordshire and Shropshire ... 34 18 o Surrey 78 16 o Sussex S S o Warwickshire 45 3 o

Wiltshire 10 10 o Y rkshire ( N . and E . ) 550 Yorkshire ( West ) 170 o o Natal 5 5 0 Queensland 5 5 ° Degree of Royal Ark Mariners 10 10 o Rose Croix 5 8 6 6 Order of the Temple 5 5 "

GKNEK . W . SUMMARY . c ( STEWARDS—LONDON ... ... £ ? 52 n o ( STEWARDS—PROVINCES ... ... 1270 1 o GRANU TOTAL ... £ 2022 12 o Bro . Dr . CLEMENT GODSON proposed " The Ladies . "

Bro . Sir 1 IIOMAS KOE , M . P ., responded . The gathering at the Mark Benevolent Fund Festival was looked forward to by the ladies with great pleasure / and he thought it well that ladies should be invited to take part in the enjoyment . The Mark Order was doing a great deal of good by its Charity . Charity was one of its great features . Bro . Col . PROHVN proposed " The Stewards , "

Bro . Major C . W . Carrell , P . G . D . C , Chairman of the Board of Stewards , replied ; and the brethren and ladies then adjourned to the Crown room to a concert .

ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNS . : : The foregoing list of Returns , if it has been exceeded at previous Festivals , and notably at that of last year , is nevertheless a satisfactory one . There was a good Board of 160 Stewards , of whom some 50 , including four" ladies , acted for London , and compiled a sum of . £ 752 1 is ., while the remainder ' represented 29 of the 35 Provinces , two Districts , and three Degrees of Orders , and had the pleasure ot compiling . £ 1270 is ., the grand total b y the 160 Stewards being , £ 2022 12 s .

LONDON , ' . '''"• . . as we have Slid , returned by the hands of 50 Stewards a total of , £ 7 . 52 lis . . For £ 10 loi . of this sum the Ladies were responsible ; for £ 5 5 s . those-members of the General Board whose lists were not included elsewhere ; for £ 43 42 s ., the four Unattached ; and fur ^ 693 4 s ., the represented Lodges , in which was included a list of , £ 236 ss . —in which the Chairman and his family figured for ^ £ 105—obtained by Bro . Col . Clifford Probyn , the Chairman of the diy . The o ^ her notes