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on Bro . Terry , but as Secretary of the Benevolent Institution , one who for 32 years had held the position , and one who , he hoped , as long as he lived , would have the regard , respect , and esteem of the whole body of the Craft . What their benevolent Institution was doing could not be compared in figures and details with the Boys' or the Girls ' . He could not tell them how many of the old people had gone up for the Cambridge examination , or

show them how many had passed , but he could say this , that the dear old folks were not like the rising generation , not hoping to achieve position ; they had achieved position , and they were in the brethren ' s midst , and were honoured and respected . For the success which had attended the Benevolent Festival of 1 S 9 6 , permit him to thank the Board of Stewards sincerely . It was not now his wish to detain

the brethren any longer , except in response to the call upon him . Let them do what they could lor the Girls ; support the Boys to the fullest extent ; but let them never forget that those Institutions were founded and established by lhe old Masons of England . They first established the Girls ' School , and then the Boys , and more than = ^ o years after the Girls' School

was established , and more than 40 years after the founding of the Boys ' School , they thought of the Institution for the Aged . He thanked the Stewards for their past services ; long might the Institutions go on and prosper ; support them all ; there was a generous rivalry between them , and he trusted not one would have an adverse interest to either of the others .

Bro . RICHARD EVE , P . G . Treas ., proposed "The Stewards , and Bro . PETER DE LANDE LONG , P . G . D ., Chairman of the Board , responded , and the brethren then repaired to the Temple to a concert , the Earl of Yarbcrough presiding . The concert was under the direction of Bro . W . Henry Thomas , Professor R . A . M . and G . S . M . The artistes were Madame Amy Sandon , Miss

Maude Ballard , Miss Jessie HudUston , Miss Ethel Bevans , Miss Florence Oliver , Bios . Franklin Clive , and \ V . Rogers . Solo violin , Bro . George Palmer ; solo pianoforte , Miss Kate Augusta Davies ; the Guildhall Glee Singers , Messrs . Arthur Burford , Gilbert Lockyer , Herbert Simmons , and Charles Hinchliff ; and humorist , Bro . Mel B . Spurr . Bro . John Morley was toastmaster at the dinner .

Analysis Of The Returns.

ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNS .

There is little need for anything in the way of preface to our Analysis of the Returns at Wednesday's Festival . The Craft generally , both in London and the Provinces , responded generously to the appeals of the noble Chairman , and the Board of Stewards which supported him , and though the result obtained in 1895 was not repeated , the difference in favour of that year is by no means so great as most people expected . There is , however , one feature about the present Returns which is worth drawing attention to . The area of support is greater than it was last year , when the higher total was raised . In 1805 the Board of Stewards was

only 327 , while the donations and subscriptions amounted to , £ 16 , 016 6 s . 6 d ., London , with 13 S Stewards , being responsible for £ 7321 2 s . of the whole , and the Provinces , of which 33 were represented , returning by the medium of 189 Stewards the sum of £ 8 7 85 4 s . 6 d . On this occasion the Board of Stewards numbered 404 , but the donations and subscriptions only reached , £ 15 , 412 13 s ., London , with 172 , returning £ 7352 12 s ., and the Provinces , of which 37 took part in the proceedings , with 332 Stewards returning £ 8060 is . Turning our attention to

LONDON , we note that of the 172 brethren and ladies who represented it , 11 acted as House Committee , and returned their lists under that head , 44 were Unattached , while the remaining 117 were representatives of lodges , chapters , Mark lodges , and the General Committee Dinner Club , the total received from all sources being , as we have said . £ 7352 12 s ., while the place of honour among the Stewards was taken by Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , Past G . Warden , of the House Committee , who as

Steward for the Buckingham and Chandos and Fellowship Lodges , Nos . 1150 and 2 535 . an £ l Mark Lodges , Nos . 363 and 448 , made up the excellent total of £ 305 us . Cd . Bro . Col . A . B . Cook , as Steward for the Prince of Wales Lodge , ho . 259 , and the Studholme Lodge , No . 159 , was a good second with £ 273 . An Unattached Steward , in the person of Bro . John Campbell-Johnstone , stood third with a list of £ 220 ios ., and then , but at a lengthy interval , stood Bro . James Tollworthy , of the Clarendon Lodge , No . 1769 , with £ 161 3 s . Bro . F . Adams ,

one of five brethren hailing from the Duke of Edinburgh Lodge , No . 1250 , and Bro . J . H . Rutherglen , of the newly-constituted No . 2593 , were close together , the former handing in a list of £ 157 ios ., and the latter one of £ 150 , while Bro . G . P . Carter , who represented the Lodge of Unity , No . 171 , and the Borough of Greenwich Lodge , No . 2332 , is entered for £ 141 15 s . Bro . Henry Grey , of St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 222 , compiled a list of £ 136 15 s ., and Bros . W . J . Day , ot Old England Lodge , No . 1790 , and C . F . Elles , of London Rifle

Brigade Lodge , No . 1962 , were close at his heels , each with £ 136 ios . to his credit . Bro . Clement Godson , M . D ., of the Rahere Lodge , No . 2546 , is entered for £ 126 , while Bro . Doresa ,, of the Belgrave Lodge , No . 749 , and Mrs . W . S . Penley , of the Asaph Lodge , No . 1319 , tied with a total of £ 120 15 s . Bro . J . M . Huish , of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 , raised £ 110 5 s ., and the live following Stewards returned each of them a list of £ 105 , namely , Bro . Charles Hammerton , of the House Committee ; Bro . William

Hamsher , of the South Norwood Lodge , No . 1139 ; Bro . Edwin M . Woods , of the Orpheus Lodge , No . 1706 ; Bro . Chas . H . Bull , Creaton Lodge , No . 1791 ; and Master W . A . S . Penley , Unattached . In addition , the following lists are worthy of being singled out for mention , viz ., those of Bro . F . P . Telfer , of Fortitude and Old Cumberland Lodge , No . 12 , for £ 79 16 s . ; Bro . J . H . Whadcoat , F . R . G . S ., of Royal Athelstan Lodge , No . 19 , for £ 85 ; Bro . F . W . Noad , Lodge of Felicity , No . 58 , for £ 8 7 3 s . ; Bro . Carl F . Wahl , Union Lodge , No . 164 , for £ 70 ; Bro . J . Morford , Fitzroy Lodge , No . 5 6 9 , for £ 70 ; Bro . E . Devas

Friends-in-Council Lodge , No . 138 3 , for £ 86 2 s . ; Bro . Frank Evans , of the Langthorne Lodge , No . 1421 , for £ 89 5 s . ; Comp . Major Wright , Bayard Chapter , No . 1615 , and Alliance Lod ^ e , No . 1827 , for £ 70 7 s . ; Bro . Albert Graddage , of the Plucknett Lodge , No . 1708 , for £ 84 ; the joint list of Bros . A . H . Stokes and Sidney Wales , of the Cornhill Lodge , No . 1803 , for £ 86 2 s . ; of Bro . Richard S . Ellis , of the Tyssen-Amherst Lodge , No . 2242 , for £ 94 ios . ; of Comp . W . Cock , of the Rye Chapter , No . 2272 , for £ 90 ; and Bro . C . J . Holmes , Unattached , tor £ 73 ios .

THE PROVINCES were represented by 172 Stewards , the aggregate of whose lists amounted to £ 8 oCo is . Last year this section of the Board numbered 18 9 , and the sum total they succeeded in raising was £ 8 785 4 s . 6 d . There were , as usual , a certain number of the Provinces which took no part

in the proceedings of Wednesday , but the area from which the donations and subscriptions were obtained was somewhat larger than in 18 95 , when only 33 out of the 4 6 Provinces on the roll sent Stewards . On this occasion the number was 37 , the absentees , to the number of 9 , being the following : BRISTOL ( nine lodges ) , supported the Old People , and the Boys' School , last year , and this Institution to the extent of X-44 'i as we " ' Boys' School to a modest extent the year pre-

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vious . In 18 93 it was not represented at any of the Festivals , but in 18 92 and in 18 93 it did good service to the Wood Green Institution , the total of its contributions in those years reaching £ 911 . In February it was an absentee from the Benevolent Institution , so that we may hope to see it included amon ^ the supporters of the Boys' School Festival on the 24 th June . CORNWALL ( 30 lodges ) was exceedingly well represented at the Benevolent Festival , on the 26 th February ' by Bro . James A . Bell , whose list amounted to £ 204 15 s ., while in 1895 , when Bro '

the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe presided as Chairman at the Festival of this Institution , it loyally supported his lordship , who is its Prov . Grand Master , by raising £ 750 , while at the Boys' School Festival two months later it raised by the hands of the beforementioned Bro . Bell , the sura of £ 39 18 s . for that Institution . In iS 94 the two Schools had a sum of £ 241 103 . pretty equally apportioned between them , while in 1 S 93 its favours were conferred wholly on the Boys ' Institution . In 1 S 92 , when its respected Chairman presided at the Benevolent

Jubilee , it subscribed in all £ 776 15 s . CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND ( 21 lodges ) , has done nothing Since the Old People ' s Anniversary of 1895 , when our worthy Bro . W . F . Lamonby handed in a list of 102 i 8 s ., while in May , 18 94 , it contributed per Bro . T . A . Argles , £ 17 8 ios . to this Institution , and in June of the preceding year , £ 63 8 s . to the Boys' School . In 1892 it did good service at the Benevolent Jubilee , when its Past D . P . G . M ., Bro . McKay , succeeded in raising the very excellent total of £ 420 . That DERBYSHIRE ( 26 lodges ) , should hold

aloof from this and the Festival which took place in February is not surprising . Its Prov . Grand Master , his Grace the Duke of Devonshire , has promised his services as Chairman at the Boys' Anniversary , and it is vtry naturally reserving all its strength in order to secure , so far as it can , the success of that meeting . However , the many services it has rendered to our Institutions are faithfully recorded in tbis journal , its contributions last year reaching £ 550 6 s . ; in 18 94 , £ 64853 . 6 d / in 1 S 93 , £ 1025 8 s . 6 d . ; in 1892—the year of the Benevolent Jubilee— . £ 1738 14 s /

and in 1891 , £ 9 80 7 s . As regards HEREFORDSHIRE , ( five lodges ) , we must confess to being somewhat tired of entering it among the absentees . It raised a very small sum for the Benevolent Festival in 18 92 , and we believe there is one other Festival in which it has taken part since the Girls' Centenary in 18 SS . LEICES - TERSHIRE AND RUTLAND ( 14 lodges ) , we imagine must be reserving itself for the Boys' Festival next month . At all events , as it gave its main support to the Old People last year , and to this Institution in 1894 , and to the Boys' School in 18 93 it

, would seem to be the turn of the last-named Charity to receive the contributions of its brethren . MONMOUTHSHIRE ( 11 lodges ) , was represented at the Benevolent Festival in February , when its Stewards , of whom Bro . Col . Charles R . Lyne , D . P . G . M ., was the chief , compiled lists amounting to £ 246 3 s . In 18 95 , it supported the Boys' School to the extent of £ 148 us . 6 d . In 18 94 , this Institution was supported to the extent of £ 297 us . 6 d ., while , in 1893 , the Old People were the favoured Charity , and obtained £ 272 8 s . 6 d . In 1892 , only , £ 21 was subscribed

to the Benevolent Jubilee , but that was accounted for by the Province being alread y committed to the support of the Boys' School , to which it subscribed £ 316 18 s ; SOUTH WALES ( EAST DIVISION ) , with its roll of 21 lodges , was very efficientl y represented at the Benevolent Festival in February by Bro . George Clarry , of the Glamorgan Lodge , No . 36 . Cardiff , who handed in a list of £ 285 , while , both in 1895 and 18 94 , Bro . W . G . liavies did duty as the Provincial Steward , raising £ 300 for this Institution in the former year , and £ 350 for the Boys' School in the latter . In 1893 , this School was the recipient of the Province ' s subscriptions to

the amount of £ 325 ios ., and , in 1892 , the Old Peonle and the Boys were supported , the amount raised during the year being £ 501 15 s . 6 d ., of which £ 180 was in respect of the Benevolent Jubilee , and the balance of £ 321 159 . 6 d . for the Boys' School . The other absentee was the ISLE OF MAN ( nine lodges ) , which , however , has on occasions done good work as in 1892 , when it apportioned £ 98 13 s . between the Old People and this Institution . These nine Provinces muster in all 146 lodges , which must be omitted from the reckoning as estimated by the work done by the Provinces at this Festival . Taking the represented Provinces in their order , we note that

BEDFORDSHIRE had one of its seven lodges—the St . Andrew ' s , No . 803 , Biggleswade—represented by Bro . C . H . J . Welchman , whose list amounted to £ 31 ios ., while in February , at the very last moment , Bro . John Smith , of tie Stuart Lodge , No . 540 , Bedford , transferred his contribution from the London to the Provincial section of the Board , and thus saved his Province from being an absentee . Last

year the Province raised £ 148 is ., of which £ 43 is . was for the Benevolent Institution , and £ 105 for the Boys' School . In 1894 , it took part in all three Festivals , the sum of its contributions reaching £ 238 9 s ., while , in 18 93 , the total among the three was £ 183 175 . 6 d . In 1892 , the Old People and this Institution had £ 152 5 s . apportioned between them , so that , though the Province is a small one , it has been represented at 12 out of the 14 Festivals which have been held since the beginning of 1892 .

BERKSHIRE looks as if its work during the present year would be on at least the same creditable scale as during the years it has been a separate Province . It has 15 lodges on its roll , and in February five of them were entered for a total of £ 343 , the principal items being the £ 147 raised by Bro . C . E . Keyser , representing the Loyal Berkshire Lodge of Hope , No . 574 , Newbury , and the £ 68 4 s . raised by Bro . W . Bonney , of the Union Lodge , No . 414 , Reading . On Wednesday , six lodges ,

including Nos . 414 , 574 , and 770 , which helped the Old People in February , together with Union Chapter , No . 414 , Reading , sent up Stewards , the aggregate of their lists reaching £ 230 13 s ., of which £ 73 ios . was obtained by Bro C . O . Burgess , of the Ascot Lodge , No . 2460 , Ascot . In 1 895 , the Province subscribed in all £ 939 6 s . 4 d ., of which £ 450 17 s . fell to the share of the Old People , £ 131 ios . to this Institution , and £ 356 19 s . 4 d . to the Boys' School . In 1894 and 1893 , the totals were £ 583 13 s . 6 d . and £ 724 7 s . respectively ; while in 1892 ,

including £ 661 9 s . 6 d . contribued to the Benevolent Jubilee , the Returns for all three were £ 954 us . 6 d . In 1891 , when Berkshire became a separate Province under the late Duke of Clarence and Avondale , the year ' s totil was £ 385 is ., so that the Province has consistently done its duty by supporting all our Charities , and if we keep in mind that it is among the lesser Provinces , as regards strength , to an extent beyond what might in reason have been expected . Five out of the 18 lodges on the roll of

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE are entered in the Returns of Wednesday , the total , including £ 52 10 s . from Bro . A . H . Bevan , Unattached , amounting to £ 186 us . In February two lodges were represented on a small scale , and Bro . and Mrs . James Stephens , Unattached , helped to swell . the total to £ 61 17 s . 6 d . Last year the Province raised £ 438 14 s . 6 d ., of which £ 52 ios . was in support of the Benevolent Festival , £ 210 for that of "Our Girls , " and the balance out

of £ 176 4 s . 6 d . for "Our Boys . " In 18 94 the total was £ 590 16 s ' ., of which the bulk , in the shape of £ 429 15 s ., was subscribed to the Boys School ; in 1893 , the figures stood at ^ 479 16 s . ; in 1892 , at £ 70 $ ' 5 'i and in 1891 , at £ 511 is ., of which £ 300 was raised for this Institution in support of the Chairmanship of Bro . Lord Carrington , who was then Grand Master of the Province . Thus if our Institutions had reason to be grateful to Berks and B UCKS when forming one Province under the late Bro . Sir D . Gooch , Bart ., they have had still greater reason for gratitude since the two were formed in ' separa e Provinces .