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Annual Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
The following list of the subscriptions and donations announced at the Festival has been kindly lurnishtd to us by Bro . Binckes , the Secretary of the Institution ; but the reader must accept it subject to such corrections and additions as are inevitable in the circumstances . Moreover , as many of the Provincial lists are incomplete , we give only the totals as approximately ascertained for each Province . The complete lists , with the names of Stewards , will appear next week .
LONDON . Lodge . £ s . d . Lodge . £ s . d . Grand Stewards , Bro . Webster 1155 Bro . G . Burney 5 5 ° Glynes 26 5 o 1159 » . H . H . Room ... 2716 6 1 Grand Masters 10 10 o 1260 „ John H . Southwood 02 18 o 1 Bro . Ralph Gooding ... 26 5 0 127 S „ Albert Jones 40 18 6 1 „ 1 . G . L . Hemmerde 26 5 0 12 SS „ J . Pigot 10 10 o
2 „ G . A . Ames 52 10 o 12 SS „ Thos . Goode 58 iS o 3 „ F . McDougall ... 12 12 o 1298 „ Geo . E . Bean ... 29 S o 4 „ Rev . C . \ V . Weldon 10 10 o 1339 » C . Hammerton ... 52 10 o 4 „ C . B . Cousens ... 18 iS o 1365 » Charles Steel ... 72 9 o 6 „ A . E . Craven ... 21 o o 13 S 1 „ W . P . Webb ... 143 17 o 7 „ J . W . Brunning ... 22 1 o 13 S 3 » , Hon . Col . W . L . P . 5 „ Joseph Russell ... 19 19 o Trench 120 15 o 9 „ S . ValU-ntine ... 23 12 6 I 47 > » Horace J . Thompson S 3 9 6 14 „ E < lgar Figgess ... 13 13 o 153 S „ T . J . Robertson ... 200 o o 18 „ W . ' R . Freeman ... 5- 10 o 1540 > , Henry Faija ... 25 o o iS „ Capt . C . Probyn ... 31 10 o 1541 » W . W . Snelling ,.. 73 10 o 19 „ W . M . Bywater ... 37 < 5 o 1559 » T - Grummaut ... 75 12 o 21 R . C . Grant 39 iS c 1505 , » F . H . Smith 10 S 3 o
„ 22 „ G . M . Vane 25 0 o 1602 „ C . Deanng 38 6 6 23 „ Jermyn Boyd ... 21 o o 1604 „ Capt . V . butterworth 64 1 o 26 „ K . Beaumont ... 17 17 o 1622 „ T . \ V . Clauson ... 68 5 o 2 7 ,, C . J . Cuthbertson ... 72 19 6 1641 „ S . H . Go'dschmidt 100 o o 29 „ H . W . Hunt ... 32 11 o 1657 „ George Kenning ... 105 o o 33 „ A . C . Tanqueray ... 37 16 ° l 6 7 ' » H . H . Wells ... 116 n o 46 „ G . Drysdale 50 8 0 16 S 7 „ E . L . P . Valeriani ... 4 8 15 o
55 „ J Johnston , jun . ... 61 19 o 1693 „ J . H . Hawkins ... 24 3 o 59 „ H . W . Homann ... 151 4 o 1694 ,, R . Bird 21 10 6 60 „ Alfred Layton ... 2100 1702 „ C . Hawksley ... 63 o o 65 „ G . Schadler no o o 1704 „ T . Wells Thorpe ... 49 7 0 73 „ T . Palmer 27 6 o 1719 ,, F . Davies 150 3 0 91 „ T . Logan 29 8 o 1724 „ R . A . Bayford ... 21 o „ 99 „ E . Calfin 40 o o 1743 „ Louis A . Lewis ... 115 15 0 140 „ G . Brown 6 3 11 o 1745 „ James Strugnell ... 63 o .
141 „ W . E . Whadcoat ... 32 it 6 17 O 6 „ Jno . Roberts ... 3 6 15 0 144 „ R . Barham 26 5 o 1820 „ Thos . Trollope ... 43 I 0 165 „ C . Belton 42 0 o 1 S 39 „ G . F . Smith , jun . ... 31 10 0 171 „ Joseph Clever ... 52 10 o 1891 „ F . E . Pocock ... 15 15 0 172 „ R . D . Hilton ... 38 6 6 iguo „ G . P . Festa 112 10 0 173 „ F . Foxley 122 17 o 1922 „ Kobt . J . Taylor ... 28 7 174 „ C . H . Webb 79 5 6 1928 „ Herbeit Wright ... 29 S 0 l 79 ti W . Hopekirk ... 96 12 o 1949 „ H . B . Marshall ... 10 5 o 0
180 „ C . Josiah Wade ... 68 5 o 1964 ,, Edgar Bowyer ... 100 o Q l l " u ^ . Laiton - 1 S l 5 ° ROVAL ARCH CHAPTERS . 1 S 3 „ H . C . Archer ... 57 IJ o , „ .. . ... ,, , 155 „ A . E . Staley 60 2 o 63 Comp . Dr . Geo . Mickley ... 3 6 > S o iSS W . Mann * 70 7 o 8 ' 3 » H- J- Gabb ... 50 » o 156 T . K . I ' alknt ... 10 10 o ' 7 " ^ J- Ruse 10 10 o
192 „ J . G . Chillingworth 26 15 6 COMMITTEE DINNER CLUB . 19 } „ T . G . Smith 55 o o Bro . J . L . Mather 200 o o 1 % ;; ffE- ffiKi ::: 3 . 2 I UNATTACHED . 206 „ S . Gamman 50 o o Bro . Robt . Berridge 63 o ° 211 „ W . W . Morgan ... Si 7 6 „ F . Binckes 10 10 °
259 „ Dr . F . VV . Ramsay 85 1 o „ T . VV . C . Bush 37 " <> ° 435 „ W . H . Hooper ... 52 10 o ,. Thomas Cull 100 IO ° 334 „ J . Lancaster 26 5 o ,, E- B . Harding 10 10 ° 569 „ S . J . Stohwasser ... in 11 o ,, / Eneas J . Mclntyre ... 52 10 ° 657 „ W . Maple 3413 o ,, C . F . Matier 115 10 ° 715 „ E . W . Richardson ... 12 12 o ,, Carter Millbourne ... 52 10 ° Miller
753 ,, H . Slyman 32 10 o ,, T . Hastings ... 42 o o 754 „ E . G . Lewis 71 3 o ,, J . M . P . Montagu ... 63 o o 766 „ A . Le Giand 52 10 o ,, Rev . R . Morns 10 10 o 822 „ Ernest Trower ... 74 11 o ,, J . Salmon 15 15 o S-jt „ E . Good 47 5 o „ C . E . Soppet 21 o o 901 „ J . Hughes 100 60 „ J- Stanley 52 10 o 917 „ F . Lovell Keays ... 10 10 o „ A . Torkington 105 o o 9 69 „ XV . H . Cotton ... 42 10 6 „ A . Williams 15 15 o 1076 ,, Patrick McCarthy 126 o o „ Rev . A . F . A . Woodford 2100
THE PROVINCES . BERKS AND BUCKS ... £ 178 14 6 , NORFOLK £ 26 5 o CHESHIRE 16 4 17 o N ORTHUMBERLAND ... 1222 13 o CORNWALL 128 7 o O XFORDSHIRE 73 17 o CUMBERLAND AND WEST- SOMERSETSHIRE 357 10 6 MORLAND 1000 o o STAFFORDSHIRE 460 9 o DERBYSHIRE 238 17 o SUFFOLK 265 13 o DEVONSHIRE 317 <• o SURREY 6 S 15 o
DORSETSHIRE 79 16 o SUSSEX ... 364 17 o DURHAM 115 10 o WARWICKSHIRE 215 5 o Fssi-x 15 S 11 o WILTSHIRE 135 9 o GLOUCESTERSHIRE ... 5 S 6 2 o WORCESTERSHIRE 328 6 o HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF YORKSHIRE ( NORTH AND WIGHT 374 4 0 EAST ) S 79 1 o HEREFORDSHIRE 53 11 o Y ORKSHIRE ( WEST ) ... 1500 o o HERTFORDSHIRE 10 ? o o NORTH WALES AND SALOP IO IO 0
KENT ... ' 1990 o 6 SOUTH W ALES ( EAST DIVILANCASHIRE ( EASTERN SION ) 230 o o DIVISION ) 2100 o o SOUTH W ALES ( WEST LANCASHIRE ( WEST DIVI- DIVISION ) 350 o o SION ) ... 292 5 6 JERSEY 210 o 0 LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUT- FOREIGN STATIONS ... 74 o o LAND 405 o o MARK MASTER ' S DEGREE 218 8 o MIDDLESEX 141 17 6
ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNS . Havintr eriven full particulars of thc Festival and the figures so far as it was possible and subject to the proviso we have prefixed , we purpose entering somewhat minutely into the returns , so that our readers may be in a position to appreciate more clearly the magnitude of thc success which it was Bro . Binckes ' s good fortune to be in a position to announce . The total , as already stated , was £ 22 , 444 , and of this magnificent sum— " big " figures , be it remembered , justify " big " adjectives—more by nearly £ 1000
was received from the Provinces alone than has been received at any previous Masonic Festival . The total result exceeds thc highest ever yet announced at any anniversary , whether non-Masonic or Masonic by over £ 5 . 000 . In these circumstances it is no wonder that the figures above given should have excited almost as much astonishment as enthusiasm . Be it now . however , our agreeable task to analyse the returns so that the lodges and brethren both in Lnnrlnn and the provin-es may br : able to single out the different perfo . mances in which they have a special interest .
Annual Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
Having made these remarks by way of preface , let us devote some space to a consideration of the part played al lhe Festival by LONDON . The number of Stewards is greater than we have known it before , but of the 143 whose names appear in the list there are 22 of them Unattached . Of the remaining 121 , one , Bro . J . L . Mather , represents the Committee
Dinner Club , while five are Stewards for as many chapters , of whom three , Comps . Hogard , Cama , and Hawkins' act for lodges likewise . This leaves us a balance of 115 Stewards who have acted on behalf of no lodges , five of the latter having sent up two Stewards each . FYom these figures it appears that the lodges in the metropolitan district have had an average representation at this Festival , namely , no out of 322 lodges , or rather more than
one-third . It has been more than once remarked that London rarely exerts itself to the extent that might be expected of it , and also that , while many lodges make a point of sending up Stewards to every Festival that is held , without distinction of institution , there is even a greater number which stay away with unerring regularity . There is doubtless something more than a mere grain of truth in the statement , and yet a close examination of the
returns will show that London cuts a more respectable figure than is at first sight apparent . Of the 322 lodges that meet within its borders there are , in addition to the no which contributed to Wednesday ' s festival , no less than 107 which have sent Stewards to one or both of the earlier Festivals during the current year , so that , as a matter of fact , two-thirds of the London
lodges have done something for one or more of our Institutions in 1883 . Of these two-thirds , 30 have been represented at all three anniversaries , 36 at two out of the three , and 151 at one only . The remaining 105 lodges have done nothing , though many among them will be found to have contributed in previous years , and many others are as yet too young to have been able to make much of a figure .
The aggregate of London contributions is represented by the very handsome total of £ 7273 , the following being the more considerable items , namely : Bros . T . J . Robertson , of St . Martin's-le-Grand Lodge , No . 1538 , and J . L . Mather , acting as Steward for the Committee Dinner Club , whose lists , amounting each to £ 200 , share between them the honours of first place . Next come and almost , as it were , treading on each other ' s heels ,
Bro . H . \ V . Homann , Royal Naval Lodge , No . 59 , with £ 151 \ % . \ and F . Davies , of Evening Star Lodge , No . 1719 , with £ 15033 . ; Bro . W . P . Webb , of Kennington Lodge , No . 1381 , being close up with £ 143 17 s . We then have a group of lists , to wit , those of Bro . F . Foxley , of Phcenix Lodge , No . 173 , for £ 122 17 s . ; Bro . Patrick McCarthy , of the Capper Lodge , No . 1076 , for £ 120 15 s . ; Bro . Hon . Col . W . L . P . Trench , Friends in Council
Lodge , No . 1383 , £ 118 15 s . ; Bro . H . H . Wells , Mizpah Lodge , No . 1671 , £ 116 ns . ; and Bro . Louis A . Leins , Perseverance Lodge , No . 1743 , and Bro . C . F . Matier , unattached , each for £ 115 ios . Bro . G . P . Festa , of Montague Guest Lodge , No . 1900 , follows with £ 112 ios . ; this being his third Stewardship during lhe present year , his lists to the Benevolent and Girls ' School making with his present return but little short of £ 420 . Bro . S . J .
Stohwasser , W . M . of the Fitzroy Lodge , No . 5 69 , has worthily upheld its repute with a list of £ m ns ., and the same may be said of Bro . G . Schadler , who holds a like position in Prosperity Lodge , No . 65 , and whose list is a round £ 110 . Bro . F . H . Smith , W . M . of Royal Commemoration Lodge , No . 1585 , without any intention of playing upon words , may be said to have commemorated both his Stewardship and his Mastership with a goodly list of £ 108 3 s . The remaining three-figure lists are those of Bros . A .
Torkington , unattached ; H . B . Marshall , VV . M . Brixton Lodge , No . 1 949 ; and George Kenning , P . M . and Treasurer Aldersgate Lodge , No . 1657 , who figure each for £ 105 ; Bro . T . Cull , unattached , whose list is £ 100 16 s . ; Bro . J . Hughes , W . M . of City of London Lodge , No . 901 , £ 100 6 s ., and Bros . E . Bowyer , G . Std . Br ., W . M . of Clerkenwell Lodge , No . 1964 , and S . H . Goldschmidt , P . M . Crichton Lodge , No . 1641 , each of whom figures for £ 100 . VVe must now give our attention to
THE PROVINCES , Which , if they do not muster amongst them an unprecedented number of representatives , make in one sense a far more imposing display than they have done before . A glance at the lists of later years will show that , as a rule , about three-fourths of the provinces have sent up Stewards , but in respect of Wednesday ' s Festival , we cannot call to mind a single occasion
on which the provincial representation has been extended over so large an area . Thirty-five out of the 41 provinces are entered in the returns we publish elsewhere in our columns , the absentees being Bristol , Cambridgeshire , Lincolnshire , Monmouthshire , Norths , and Hunts ., and Nottinghamshire , the number of lodges in these provinces amounting to 64 . But Bristol raised in round figures £ 217 , Norths , and Hunts . £ 221 , and Nottinghamshire £ 190 for
the Benevolent Institution in February , while Cambridgeshire contributed £ 128 and Monmouthshire £ 236 to the Girls'School in May . Thus Lincolnshire is the only province which has been conspicuous by its absence from all three festivals in the presentyear . Another feature is worthy of a passing comment . Kent , as the Chairman ' s province , would naturally haveastrong muster of brethren acting on its behalf , but East Lancashire and West Yorkshire are
quite as formidable in point of numbers , the three provinces reckoning amongst them 119 out of the 244 Provincial Stewards , or as nearly as possible onehalf . On the occasions when the Chairman of the day has hailed from one of the Lancashire Divisions or from West Yorkshire , he has been loyally backed up by his province , but other provinces do not often appear to have put forth any unusual degree of strength . Possibly the double votes for
contributions to the Preparatory School Building Fund will account for this . But , whatever the cause , Lord Holmesdale and his distinguished coadjutors , Bros . Lieut .-Col ; Starkie and Sir Henry Edwards , have every reason to be satisfied , or rather gratified , at the liberal support they have received from their several provinces . However , let us proceed to give particulars respecting each provincial district . Taking them in alphabetical order , the first that presents itself is
BERKS AND BUCKS . It has a very popular chief in R . W . Bro . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., a zealous Deputy in Bro . the Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , P . G . C , and an indefatigable Secretary in Bro . Robert Bradley , of Reading , who on this occasion appears to have acted as Steward for the whole province , while four of the
twenty-one lodges which constitute it were directly represented by as many brethren . With an executive so capable , it is not surprising that Berks and Bucks should be almost as regular in its attendance at our Anniversary Festivals as the latter are in their occurrence . _ Last year it gave nearly £ 620 among the three Institutions . This year it has already contributed close on £ 110 to the Benevolent Institution , and upwards of £ 18 3 to the Girls' School . Its total on Wednesday reached £ 178 14 s . 6 d ., making , in round figures , for 1883 , £ 472 .
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Annual Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
The following list of the subscriptions and donations announced at the Festival has been kindly lurnishtd to us by Bro . Binckes , the Secretary of the Institution ; but the reader must accept it subject to such corrections and additions as are inevitable in the circumstances . Moreover , as many of the Provincial lists are incomplete , we give only the totals as approximately ascertained for each Province . The complete lists , with the names of Stewards , will appear next week .
LONDON . Lodge . £ s . d . Lodge . £ s . d . Grand Stewards , Bro . Webster 1155 Bro . G . Burney 5 5 ° Glynes 26 5 o 1159 » . H . H . Room ... 2716 6 1 Grand Masters 10 10 o 1260 „ John H . Southwood 02 18 o 1 Bro . Ralph Gooding ... 26 5 0 127 S „ Albert Jones 40 18 6 1 „ 1 . G . L . Hemmerde 26 5 0 12 SS „ J . Pigot 10 10 o
2 „ G . A . Ames 52 10 o 12 SS „ Thos . Goode 58 iS o 3 „ F . McDougall ... 12 12 o 1298 „ Geo . E . Bean ... 29 S o 4 „ Rev . C . \ V . Weldon 10 10 o 1339 » C . Hammerton ... 52 10 o 4 „ C . B . Cousens ... 18 iS o 1365 » Charles Steel ... 72 9 o 6 „ A . E . Craven ... 21 o o 13 S 1 „ W . P . Webb ... 143 17 o 7 „ J . W . Brunning ... 22 1 o 13 S 3 » , Hon . Col . W . L . P . 5 „ Joseph Russell ... 19 19 o Trench 120 15 o 9 „ S . ValU-ntine ... 23 12 6 I 47 > » Horace J . Thompson S 3 9 6 14 „ E < lgar Figgess ... 13 13 o 153 S „ T . J . Robertson ... 200 o o 18 „ W . ' R . Freeman ... 5- 10 o 1540 > , Henry Faija ... 25 o o iS „ Capt . C . Probyn ... 31 10 o 1541 » W . W . Snelling ,.. 73 10 o 19 „ W . M . Bywater ... 37 < 5 o 1559 » T - Grummaut ... 75 12 o 21 R . C . Grant 39 iS c 1505 , » F . H . Smith 10 S 3 o
„ 22 „ G . M . Vane 25 0 o 1602 „ C . Deanng 38 6 6 23 „ Jermyn Boyd ... 21 o o 1604 „ Capt . V . butterworth 64 1 o 26 „ K . Beaumont ... 17 17 o 1622 „ T . \ V . Clauson ... 68 5 o 2 7 ,, C . J . Cuthbertson ... 72 19 6 1641 „ S . H . Go'dschmidt 100 o o 29 „ H . W . Hunt ... 32 11 o 1657 „ George Kenning ... 105 o o 33 „ A . C . Tanqueray ... 37 16 ° l 6 7 ' » H . H . Wells ... 116 n o 46 „ G . Drysdale 50 8 0 16 S 7 „ E . L . P . Valeriani ... 4 8 15 o
55 „ J Johnston , jun . ... 61 19 o 1693 „ J . H . Hawkins ... 24 3 o 59 „ H . W . Homann ... 151 4 o 1694 ,, R . Bird 21 10 6 60 „ Alfred Layton ... 2100 1702 „ C . Hawksley ... 63 o o 65 „ G . Schadler no o o 1704 „ T . Wells Thorpe ... 49 7 0 73 „ T . Palmer 27 6 o 1719 ,, F . Davies 150 3 0 91 „ T . Logan 29 8 o 1724 „ R . A . Bayford ... 21 o „ 99 „ E . Calfin 40 o o 1743 „ Louis A . Lewis ... 115 15 0 140 „ G . Brown 6 3 11 o 1745 „ James Strugnell ... 63 o .
141 „ W . E . Whadcoat ... 32 it 6 17 O 6 „ Jno . Roberts ... 3 6 15 0 144 „ R . Barham 26 5 o 1820 „ Thos . Trollope ... 43 I 0 165 „ C . Belton 42 0 o 1 S 39 „ G . F . Smith , jun . ... 31 10 0 171 „ Joseph Clever ... 52 10 o 1891 „ F . E . Pocock ... 15 15 0 172 „ R . D . Hilton ... 38 6 6 iguo „ G . P . Festa 112 10 0 173 „ F . Foxley 122 17 o 1922 „ Kobt . J . Taylor ... 28 7 174 „ C . H . Webb 79 5 6 1928 „ Herbeit Wright ... 29 S 0 l 79 ti W . Hopekirk ... 96 12 o 1949 „ H . B . Marshall ... 10 5 o 0
180 „ C . Josiah Wade ... 68 5 o 1964 ,, Edgar Bowyer ... 100 o Q l l " u ^ . Laiton - 1 S l 5 ° ROVAL ARCH CHAPTERS . 1 S 3 „ H . C . Archer ... 57 IJ o , „ .. . ... ,, , 155 „ A . E . Staley 60 2 o 63 Comp . Dr . Geo . Mickley ... 3 6 > S o iSS W . Mann * 70 7 o 8 ' 3 » H- J- Gabb ... 50 » o 156 T . K . I ' alknt ... 10 10 o ' 7 " ^ J- Ruse 10 10 o
192 „ J . G . Chillingworth 26 15 6 COMMITTEE DINNER CLUB . 19 } „ T . G . Smith 55 o o Bro . J . L . Mather 200 o o 1 % ;; ffE- ffiKi ::: 3 . 2 I UNATTACHED . 206 „ S . Gamman 50 o o Bro . Robt . Berridge 63 o ° 211 „ W . W . Morgan ... Si 7 6 „ F . Binckes 10 10 °
259 „ Dr . F . VV . Ramsay 85 1 o „ T . VV . C . Bush 37 " <> ° 435 „ W . H . Hooper ... 52 10 o ,. Thomas Cull 100 IO ° 334 „ J . Lancaster 26 5 o ,, E- B . Harding 10 10 ° 569 „ S . J . Stohwasser ... in 11 o ,, / Eneas J . Mclntyre ... 52 10 ° 657 „ W . Maple 3413 o ,, C . F . Matier 115 10 ° 715 „ E . W . Richardson ... 12 12 o ,, Carter Millbourne ... 52 10 ° Miller
753 ,, H . Slyman 32 10 o ,, T . Hastings ... 42 o o 754 „ E . G . Lewis 71 3 o ,, J . M . P . Montagu ... 63 o o 766 „ A . Le Giand 52 10 o ,, Rev . R . Morns 10 10 o 822 „ Ernest Trower ... 74 11 o ,, J . Salmon 15 15 o S-jt „ E . Good 47 5 o „ C . E . Soppet 21 o o 901 „ J . Hughes 100 60 „ J- Stanley 52 10 o 917 „ F . Lovell Keays ... 10 10 o „ A . Torkington 105 o o 9 69 „ XV . H . Cotton ... 42 10 6 „ A . Williams 15 15 o 1076 ,, Patrick McCarthy 126 o o „ Rev . A . F . A . Woodford 2100
THE PROVINCES . BERKS AND BUCKS ... £ 178 14 6 , NORFOLK £ 26 5 o CHESHIRE 16 4 17 o N ORTHUMBERLAND ... 1222 13 o CORNWALL 128 7 o O XFORDSHIRE 73 17 o CUMBERLAND AND WEST- SOMERSETSHIRE 357 10 6 MORLAND 1000 o o STAFFORDSHIRE 460 9 o DERBYSHIRE 238 17 o SUFFOLK 265 13 o DEVONSHIRE 317 <• o SURREY 6 S 15 o
DORSETSHIRE 79 16 o SUSSEX ... 364 17 o DURHAM 115 10 o WARWICKSHIRE 215 5 o Fssi-x 15 S 11 o WILTSHIRE 135 9 o GLOUCESTERSHIRE ... 5 S 6 2 o WORCESTERSHIRE 328 6 o HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF YORKSHIRE ( NORTH AND WIGHT 374 4 0 EAST ) S 79 1 o HEREFORDSHIRE 53 11 o Y ORKSHIRE ( WEST ) ... 1500 o o HERTFORDSHIRE 10 ? o o NORTH WALES AND SALOP IO IO 0
KENT ... ' 1990 o 6 SOUTH W ALES ( EAST DIVILANCASHIRE ( EASTERN SION ) 230 o o DIVISION ) 2100 o o SOUTH W ALES ( WEST LANCASHIRE ( WEST DIVI- DIVISION ) 350 o o SION ) ... 292 5 6 JERSEY 210 o 0 LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUT- FOREIGN STATIONS ... 74 o o LAND 405 o o MARK MASTER ' S DEGREE 218 8 o MIDDLESEX 141 17 6
ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNS . Havintr eriven full particulars of thc Festival and the figures so far as it was possible and subject to the proviso we have prefixed , we purpose entering somewhat minutely into the returns , so that our readers may be in a position to appreciate more clearly the magnitude of thc success which it was Bro . Binckes ' s good fortune to be in a position to announce . The total , as already stated , was £ 22 , 444 , and of this magnificent sum— " big " figures , be it remembered , justify " big " adjectives—more by nearly £ 1000
was received from the Provinces alone than has been received at any previous Masonic Festival . The total result exceeds thc highest ever yet announced at any anniversary , whether non-Masonic or Masonic by over £ 5 . 000 . In these circumstances it is no wonder that the figures above given should have excited almost as much astonishment as enthusiasm . Be it now . however , our agreeable task to analyse the returns so that the lodges and brethren both in Lnnrlnn and the provin-es may br : able to single out the different perfo . mances in which they have a special interest .
Annual Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
Having made these remarks by way of preface , let us devote some space to a consideration of the part played al lhe Festival by LONDON . The number of Stewards is greater than we have known it before , but of the 143 whose names appear in the list there are 22 of them Unattached . Of the remaining 121 , one , Bro . J . L . Mather , represents the Committee
Dinner Club , while five are Stewards for as many chapters , of whom three , Comps . Hogard , Cama , and Hawkins' act for lodges likewise . This leaves us a balance of 115 Stewards who have acted on behalf of no lodges , five of the latter having sent up two Stewards each . FYom these figures it appears that the lodges in the metropolitan district have had an average representation at this Festival , namely , no out of 322 lodges , or rather more than
one-third . It has been more than once remarked that London rarely exerts itself to the extent that might be expected of it , and also that , while many lodges make a point of sending up Stewards to every Festival that is held , without distinction of institution , there is even a greater number which stay away with unerring regularity . There is doubtless something more than a mere grain of truth in the statement , and yet a close examination of the
returns will show that London cuts a more respectable figure than is at first sight apparent . Of the 322 lodges that meet within its borders there are , in addition to the no which contributed to Wednesday ' s festival , no less than 107 which have sent Stewards to one or both of the earlier Festivals during the current year , so that , as a matter of fact , two-thirds of the London
lodges have done something for one or more of our Institutions in 1883 . Of these two-thirds , 30 have been represented at all three anniversaries , 36 at two out of the three , and 151 at one only . The remaining 105 lodges have done nothing , though many among them will be found to have contributed in previous years , and many others are as yet too young to have been able to make much of a figure .
The aggregate of London contributions is represented by the very handsome total of £ 7273 , the following being the more considerable items , namely : Bros . T . J . Robertson , of St . Martin's-le-Grand Lodge , No . 1538 , and J . L . Mather , acting as Steward for the Committee Dinner Club , whose lists , amounting each to £ 200 , share between them the honours of first place . Next come and almost , as it were , treading on each other ' s heels ,
Bro . H . \ V . Homann , Royal Naval Lodge , No . 59 , with £ 151 \ % . \ and F . Davies , of Evening Star Lodge , No . 1719 , with £ 15033 . ; Bro . W . P . Webb , of Kennington Lodge , No . 1381 , being close up with £ 143 17 s . We then have a group of lists , to wit , those of Bro . F . Foxley , of Phcenix Lodge , No . 173 , for £ 122 17 s . ; Bro . Patrick McCarthy , of the Capper Lodge , No . 1076 , for £ 120 15 s . ; Bro . Hon . Col . W . L . P . Trench , Friends in Council
Lodge , No . 1383 , £ 118 15 s . ; Bro . H . H . Wells , Mizpah Lodge , No . 1671 , £ 116 ns . ; and Bro . Louis A . Leins , Perseverance Lodge , No . 1743 , and Bro . C . F . Matier , unattached , each for £ 115 ios . Bro . G . P . Festa , of Montague Guest Lodge , No . 1900 , follows with £ 112 ios . ; this being his third Stewardship during lhe present year , his lists to the Benevolent and Girls ' School making with his present return but little short of £ 420 . Bro . S . J .
Stohwasser , W . M . of the Fitzroy Lodge , No . 5 69 , has worthily upheld its repute with a list of £ m ns ., and the same may be said of Bro . G . Schadler , who holds a like position in Prosperity Lodge , No . 65 , and whose list is a round £ 110 . Bro . F . H . Smith , W . M . of Royal Commemoration Lodge , No . 1585 , without any intention of playing upon words , may be said to have commemorated both his Stewardship and his Mastership with a goodly list of £ 108 3 s . The remaining three-figure lists are those of Bros . A .
Torkington , unattached ; H . B . Marshall , VV . M . Brixton Lodge , No . 1 949 ; and George Kenning , P . M . and Treasurer Aldersgate Lodge , No . 1657 , who figure each for £ 105 ; Bro . T . Cull , unattached , whose list is £ 100 16 s . ; Bro . J . Hughes , W . M . of City of London Lodge , No . 901 , £ 100 6 s ., and Bros . E . Bowyer , G . Std . Br ., W . M . of Clerkenwell Lodge , No . 1964 , and S . H . Goldschmidt , P . M . Crichton Lodge , No . 1641 , each of whom figures for £ 100 . VVe must now give our attention to
THE PROVINCES , Which , if they do not muster amongst them an unprecedented number of representatives , make in one sense a far more imposing display than they have done before . A glance at the lists of later years will show that , as a rule , about three-fourths of the provinces have sent up Stewards , but in respect of Wednesday ' s Festival , we cannot call to mind a single occasion
on which the provincial representation has been extended over so large an area . Thirty-five out of the 41 provinces are entered in the returns we publish elsewhere in our columns , the absentees being Bristol , Cambridgeshire , Lincolnshire , Monmouthshire , Norths , and Hunts ., and Nottinghamshire , the number of lodges in these provinces amounting to 64 . But Bristol raised in round figures £ 217 , Norths , and Hunts . £ 221 , and Nottinghamshire £ 190 for
the Benevolent Institution in February , while Cambridgeshire contributed £ 128 and Monmouthshire £ 236 to the Girls'School in May . Thus Lincolnshire is the only province which has been conspicuous by its absence from all three festivals in the presentyear . Another feature is worthy of a passing comment . Kent , as the Chairman ' s province , would naturally haveastrong muster of brethren acting on its behalf , but East Lancashire and West Yorkshire are
quite as formidable in point of numbers , the three provinces reckoning amongst them 119 out of the 244 Provincial Stewards , or as nearly as possible onehalf . On the occasions when the Chairman of the day has hailed from one of the Lancashire Divisions or from West Yorkshire , he has been loyally backed up by his province , but other provinces do not often appear to have put forth any unusual degree of strength . Possibly the double votes for
contributions to the Preparatory School Building Fund will account for this . But , whatever the cause , Lord Holmesdale and his distinguished coadjutors , Bros . Lieut .-Col ; Starkie and Sir Henry Edwards , have every reason to be satisfied , or rather gratified , at the liberal support they have received from their several provinces . However , let us proceed to give particulars respecting each provincial district . Taking them in alphabetical order , the first that presents itself is
BERKS AND BUCKS . It has a very popular chief in R . W . Bro . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., a zealous Deputy in Bro . the Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , P . G . C , and an indefatigable Secretary in Bro . Robert Bradley , of Reading , who on this occasion appears to have acted as Steward for the whole province , while four of the
twenty-one lodges which constitute it were directly represented by as many brethren . With an executive so capable , it is not surprising that Berks and Bucks should be almost as regular in its attendance at our Anniversary Festivals as the latter are in their occurrence . _ Last year it gave nearly £ 620 among the three Institutions . This year it has already contributed close on £ 110 to the Benevolent Institution , and upwards of £ 18 3 to the Girls' School . Its total on Wednesday reached £ 178 14 s . 6 d ., making , in round figures , for 1883 , £ 472 .