Analysis Of The Returns.

SURREY will have good reason to be satisfied with its efforts during the present year . In 1892 tbe Returns , including £ 2148 gs . Gd . in respect of the Benevolent jubilee , amounted to £ 2817 19 s . Gd . ; in 1893 , to £ 913 3 s . Cd . ; in i 8 g 4 , when the late lamented Bro . Col . Money , C . B ., P . G . M ., presided at the Benevolent Festival , to £ 16 73 4 s . Cd ., of which £ 1399 2 s . was for the favoured Charity ; in 1895 , to

£ 1043 ios . ; and last year to £ 1068 4 s ; In February six of the 41 lodges on the roll , the chapter attached to a seventh , and two Unattached Stewards compiled a total of £ 325 12 s ., while on Wednesday 11 lodges and the chapter attached to one of them , together with a brother acting on his own account , together raised £ 622 7 s . Gd ., the principal lists being those of Bro . E . L . Berry , of the

Molesey Lodge , No . 2473 , East Molesey , for £ 115 ios . ; Bro . John Ellinger's , as Steward for the Frederick West Lodge , No . 2222 , East Molesey , for £ 91 7 s . ; of Bro . W . B . Hayward , George Price Lodge , No . 2096 , Croydon , for £ 81 18 s . ; Bro . Francis Neale ' s , Arnold Lodge , No . 1981 , East Molesey , for £ 70 ; and of Bro . G . R . Scott ' s , Dobie Lodge , No . 882 , Kingston-on-Thames , for £ 65 12 s . Gd . Thus the total raised up to the present time is £ 947 19 s . Gd .

After the hard work connected with the Benevolent Festival in February last , when H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , Grand Master of the Province , occupied the chair , and the lodges and brethren supported his Royal Highness to the extent of £ 1263 2 s . 6 d ., it would not have been surprising if

SUSSEX had contented itself with a very modest Return . Yet seven of its 31 lodges entered an appearance on Wednesday , and the Stewards who represented them raised in all £ 205 9 s . 6 d . Thus the total at these two Festivals exceeds the totals forthe whole of 1896 , viz ., £ 1052 ; 1895 , amounting to £ 1254 gs . 6 d . ; 1894 , viz ., £ 127 ios . ; and 1893 , viz ., £ 1234 16 s . In 1892 , when the Benevolent Festival celebrated its Jubilee and the Duke , of Connaught presided at the

Festival of this Institution , the total was £ 2227 4 s ., the Benevolent Institution obtaining as its share of this sum £ 1155 Gs ., and the Girls School , £ 1026 55 . In 1891 , the total made up of £ 2 gi Gs . to the Old People , £ 323 18 s . Gd ., to this Institution , and £ 73 1 17 s . Cd . to the Boys' School , was £ 1344 2 s ., so that a very large sum has been raised during the six years and upwards to which we have referred , and the Province has every reason to be proud of the success of its efforts on behalf of our Cental Charities .

WARWICKSHIRE has done well so far during the present year . In February five out of its 31 lodges , represented by 16 Stewards , together raised £ 235 15 s ., and on Wednesday , three lodges which sent up nine Stewards compiled a total of £ 210 , of which ^ 136 ios . was handed in by Bro . Cornelius Chambers and his associate Stewards of the Bedford Lodge , No . 925 , Birmingham ; the two brethren who acted for the Fletcher Lodge , No . 1031 , also of Birmingham , raising ^ 61 15 s ,, and

Bro . W . Hillman , of the St . Alphege Lodge , No . 1431 , Solihull , the remainder . Last year , the Province distributed £ 981 13 s ., of which the Boys' School received not far short of one half , while in 1895 , the amount was . £ 1155 , including £ 525 paid for a Life Presentation to the Boys' School . In i 8 g 4 and 1 S 93 , the totals were £ 037 16 s . 3 d . in the former year , and £ 530 7 s . Cd . in the latter , but in 1892 , there was subscribed in all £ 2410 4 s ., of which the Benevolent Jubilee absorbed £ 2186 .

WORCESTERSHIRE which , since the consecration of the lodge named after the late respected Bro . Thomas R . Arter , has 14 lodges on its roll , did great service to the Benevolent Institution in February last , by subscribing towards its support a sum of ^ 504 , the Provincial Steward , Bro . Abraham Green , raising £ 33 6 , and Bro . Arter £ 84 . In 1896 , the total was £ 653 2 s . ; and in i 8 gS , £ 358 ; in 1894 , £ 193 os . Cd . ; in 1893 , £ 308 3 s . ; and in 1892 , £ 498 15 s . On Wednesday these lodges sent up lists amounting together £ 199 ios .

The Province of YORKSHIRE ( N . & E . ) was not represented at the Benevolent Festival in February , but on Wednesday there was a Steward acting for the Province as a whole , and three other brethren acting for as many lodges , the number on the roll being 34 . These four together compiled a sum of £ 127 15 s ,, of which £ 30 15 s . was on Bro . Hutchence ' s

list as Provincial Steward , and £ 70 on that of Bro . Harrowing , Lion Lodge , No . 312 , Whitby . Last year N . & E . Yorkshire raised £ 900 for the Old People , and smaller amounts , which increased the year's total to £ 1022 igs , for the two Schools . In 189 s the contributions were on a moderate scale , but in 1 S 94 they reached £ 441 15 s . ; in 18 93 , £ 424 4 s . ; and in 1892 , ^ 733 4 s ., of which . £ 711 gs . was in respect of the Benevolent Jubilee . There is no need for us to describe at length the sums raised year by year by

YORKSHIRE ( WEST RIDING ) for our three Institutions . Our readers are familiar with the efforts it makes in behalf of each of them . In February it contributed . £ 608 15 s . to the Old People , the number of Stewards being 26 ; and on Wednesday £ 420 to this Institution by the hands of 32 Stewards representing 13 lodges . Last year the total

subscribed to the three Charities was £ 2107 10 s . ; in 18 95 it was £ 1716 8 s . ; and in 18 94 ^ 6697 ss ., of which £ 4559 ISS - was raised for the Boys' School , at whose Festival Bro . W . L , Jackson , M . P ., Prov . G . M ., presided as Chairman . There is , as we have said , no need to go minutely into particulars , in the case of a Province which does such work as this .

There are but seven lodges in J ERSEY , and moreover , it is a Province which we do not seem to expect to include in these Returns . However , on Wednesday it subscribed £ 241 10 s . by the hands of Bro . Dr . le Cronier , and on previous occasions it has rendered equal or even greater service to this or the other Charities , as for instance in 1 893 , when it contributed £ 263 to the Boyii' School . Such lists as these are very welcome and highly creditable to so distant a Province .

FOREIGN STATIONS . There are four Stewards hailing from lodges in Foreign parts , of whom Bro . W . E . Cook , from Malta , is entered for £ 115 ios ., while the total from all sources , so far as is known to the present time , is £ izG ios . This sum , and especially Bro . Cook ' s portion of it , is also welcome , and we dare say Bro . Hedges would willingly enrol 40 such Stewards instead of four .

CONCLUDING REMARKS . It remains for us to express the hope that in our task of analysing the Returns and commenting on such points as seem to have called for comment , we have discharged our duty without in the slightest degree offending the susceptibilities of those concerned .

THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION held a banquet at the Trocadero Restaurant , on the 5 th inst ., to celebrate its jubilee . The President , Mr . Beresford Pite , presided , and was supported by a very large number , including members of the Craft : Bros . Jas . Edmeston and R . Plumbe , P . G . S . of W . ; Henry Lovegrove , P . G . S . B . ; T . E , Collcutt , T . Blashill , T . C . Yates , W . Heelis , E . Sacks , A . F . Wrighton , J . S . Mathews , and others . Bros . Edmeston , Plumbe , Blashill , Mathews , and Lovegrove have completed over 30 years of membership .

Ladies' Night Of The King Harold Lodge, No. 1327.

LADIES' NIGHT OF THE KING HAROLD LODGE , No . 1327 .

The brethren of the above lodge entertained the ladies at a banquet followed by a musical entertainment , on Monday evening last , at the Great Eastern Railway Hotel , Liverpool-street . Among those present were Bro . James Terry , P . G . S . B ., P . P . G . W ., Sec . R . M . B . I ., & c , Mrs . and Miss Terry ; Bro . G . S .

Metcalfe , W . M ., and Mrs . Metcalfe ; Bro . W . Metcalfe , P . M ., P . P . G . P ., & c , and Miss Metcalfe ; Bro . Sproat , P . M ., P . P . G . P ., and Mrs . Sproat ; Bro . Edwards , P . M ., P . P . G . I' ., and Mrs . Edwards ; Bro . Robinson , P . M ., P . P . G . W . ; Bro . Mark , I . P . M ., and Mrs . Mark ; Bro . Newman and Mrs . Newman ; Bro . Nash , Bro . Medway and Mrs . Medway ; Bro . Brown and Mrs . Brown ; Bros . W . Robinson , Chittenden , Thompson , Frood , Leaman , Berry , and others .

After the banquet , which was served in the excellent manner usual to the management of the Great Eastern Railway Hotel , the usual Masonic toasts were proposed and responded to . The first part of the musical programme was then proceeded with , at the close of which Bro . MARK , I . P . M ., proposed "The Ladies" in a few well-chosen words applicable to the occasion .

The toast was responded to , on behalf of the ladies , by Bro . J AMES TERRY , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . B . I ., who very humorously carried out this duty . In the course of his remarks , he expressed the very great pleasure it gave him and Mrs . and Miss Terry to be present on lhat occasion , and congratulated the W . M . on having arranged such a very happy evening . He hoped also that the King Harold Lodge would repeat the celebration annually .

The second part of the musical programme was then proceeded with , the principal artistes in which were Miss M . Metcalfe , Miss Marie Kehrein , and Bros . Fraud , Leaman , and Berry . The programme was arranged and very tastefully got-up by Bros . Robinson and Boggis . ^ The ladies on retiring were each presented with a large bottle of Warrick Freies' celebrated wallflower perfume .

Royal Arch.

Royal Arch .

Wycombe Chapter , No . 1501 The installation of Principals and officers of this flourishing chapter was held on Tuesday , the 4 th inst ., in the Masonic Hall , High Wycombe . Present : Comps . J . Bliss , M . E . Z . ; E . T . James , H . ; O . J . Grace , J . ; E . Margarett , P . Z . ; j . Williams , P . Z . ; J . Powell , P . Z . ; R . Nicholson , I . P . Z . ; J , J . Simcox , J . 591 ; C . Batting , H . H . Sherwin , F . Johncock , Jas . Williamsand others .

, The minutes were read and confirmed . The balance-sheet was read , whicii showed a balance of £ 4 95 . Gd . in hand . On the proposition of Comp . Simcox , seconded bv Comp . Bliss , it was adopted , and ordered to be entered on the minutes . Comps . E . T , James , J . J . Simcox , and H . H . Sherwin were duly installed into the respective chairs , A dispensation having been granted to Comp . J . J . Simcox to take the H ., the installation ceremony was taken respectively by Comps . j . Powell , 1 . Williams , and Marrrarett .

the ceremonies being very ably performed . The following officers were then invested and saluted : Comps . J . Bliss , I . P . Z . and S . E . ; F . Johncock , S . N . ; A . Ball , Treas .: C . Batting , P . S . ; W . Scott Miller , ist Asst . Saj . ; J . C . Coppock , 2 nd Asst . Soj . ; Jas . Williams , D . of Cj D . Wilton , Stwd . ; and J . N . Hodgkinson , Janitor . A P . Z . 's jewel was presented to Comp . Bliss by the M . E . Z . for the spendid services rendered to Royal Arch Masonry during his year of office . The chapter was then closed , and the companions afterwards dined together .

Royal Alfred Chapter , No . 777 . A regular convocation of this chapter was held at the Angel Hotel , Guildford , on Wednesday , the 21 st ult ., when there were present Comps . E . H . Gile-Crowdy , M . E . Z . ; M . W . Dodge , H . j F . Dowse , J . ; J . B . S . Lancaster , Scribe E . ; and Alfred Gibbs . Comp . R . F , Gould , P . Z . 92 , was a visitor . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , the election of officers for the ensuing year was proceeded with , after which , in the unavoidable absence of two candidates for exaltation , the chapter was closed . The companions then adjourned to a capital banquet which had been prepared for them , and spent a most enjoyable evening .

Royal Ark Mariners.

Royal Ark Mariners .

Matier Lodge , No . 400 . A meeting of the above lodge was held at Mark Masons' Hall on Friday , the 30 th ult . Present : Bros . Geo . E . Lake . P . M ., W . C . N . ; Chas . E Keyser , P . M ., japhet ; Raymond Tucker , P . N ., acting Shem ; Charles M . Jessop , P . M ., Scribe ; Henry Wright , P . N ., Senior Deacon ; G . P . Parker , Guardian ; Hy . W . Kiallmark , P . N . ; and Dr . P . S . Abraham , B . Sc . After the minutes were confirmed , the ballot was taken for Bros . Bernard Hamilton , 4 G 9 ; D . J acob Pickett , 400 ; and Major Woolmer Williams , W . M . 499 . The ballot was unanimously favourable , and the brethren , being present , were elevated to

the Degree of Royal Ark Mariner by the W . C . N . The W . C . N , vacated his chair in favour of Bro . Henry W . Kiallmark , P . N ., who , as Installing Officer , enthroned Bro . Charles Edward Keyser , P . N , 241 , according to ancient custom . The newly-enthroned W . C . N , appointed his officers as follows : Bros . George E . Lake , I . P . N . ; H . Wright , P . N ., Japhet ; G . P . Parker , Shem ; Belgrave Ninnis , P . N ., Treas . ; C . M . Jessop , P . N ., Scribe ; D . P . S . Abraham , S . D . ; Bernard Hamilton , J . D . ; D . Jacob Pickett , Guardian ; and E . J . Mills , Warder . Letters of apology for sudden and unavoidable absence were read from Bros . Belgrave Ninnis , P . N ., and A . W . Peckham , P . N . ; also resignation from Bro . Lennox Browne , P . N ., which was accepted with regret .

At the last meeting of this lodge , the W . C . N ., Bro . Geo . E . Lake , presented the lodge with 10 jewels , six of which were attached to collars presented on the present occasion by Bro . Belgrave Ninnis to the lodge . The full complement of collars will be completed for the next meeting of the lodge . The brethren afterwards dined together at Freemasons' Tavern , when the usual loyal and complimentary toasts were proposed and responded to .

A LARGE FORCE of sailors and marines of the Royal Navy will be present in London on the Jubilee . Of the former , irrespective of the guards of honour , placed one at Buckingham Palace , and the other at St . Paul ' s Cathedral , there will be battalions 400 strong , with about 100 petty ofiicers stationed in Trafalgar-square , and another 300 strong in St . George's Circus , Blackfriars-road . Ofthe latter , there will be a battalion of R . M . Artillery and one of R . M . Light Infantry , each about 400 stron ? , stationed in Trafalgar-square . In addition , there will be a company of IOJ men , with officers , of the Royal Naval Reserve , while a number of naval cadets from the Britannia , and of engineer students from the Training College at Keyham will be placed at Buckingham Palace .