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The 30 lodges of CORNWALL had an efficient representative in the person of Bro . Major J . J . Ross , who handed in a list of £ 99 15 s ., and a very good one it must be pronounced under the circumstances . In February , Bro . Gilbert B . Pearce , as Steward for the Province , raised £ 157 ios ., while at the Boys' Festival in June last , the amount of Bro . C . Truscott's list for the whole Province was £ 82 . At
the Girls' Centenary , the total was £ 372 15 s ., of which Bro . Pearce ' s list represented £ 168 , and Bro . Charles Truscott ' s £ 13043 ., while in February , 1888 , Bro . Truscott ' s incomplete list was £ 10 ios . In 1887 , Bro . Pearce , as sole representative of Cornwall at the three anniversaries , raised £ 704 us ., the Benevolent obtaining the largest measure of support , while in 1886 , the total for the year , though less than in the year of the Queen ' s Jubilee , was considerable , and amounted to £ 437 17 s . The contiguous Province of
DEVONSHIRE , which has as many as 52 lodges on its roll , had a most worthy representative in Bro . the Rev . T . W . Lemon , M . A ., who supported its reputation to good purpose by making a personal donation of £ 94 ios . The Steward who acted for Devonshire at the Benevolent Festival in February made no return , or , at all events , he had not made it in time to be included in the general total . But last year the Province played an important part . It
began by subscribing £ 47 5 s . to the Old People . At the Girls' Centenary it figured for £ 126 , while at the Boys' School Festival three weeks later , when its respected chief , Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., presided , it raised £ 840 , the Returns for the whole year amounting to £ 1013 5 s . And , if it has not always appeared to the same advantage in previous years , we must keep in mind that it has an Educational Institute and an Annuity Fund , which naturally have the first claim on its contributions . Bro . John Heppell was Steward for the Province of
DURHAM , his list amounting to the excellent sum of £ 134 8 s . In February , three brethren representing conjointly the Harbour of Refuge Lodge , No . 764 , West Hartlepool , made up a total of £ 115 ios , while at the Boys'Festival in June last two brethren raised between £ 252 ios . The total at the Jubilee
Festival was £ 375 18 s ., while the Benevolent Institution received £ 122 13 s . in the month of February , making a total for the year 1888 amounting to £ 751 3 s ., or an average of upwards of £ 250 per Festival . During the three previous years the returns , though not large , were respectable , while in 1884 they were higher , and in 1 S 81 , when the late Lord Londonderry , P . G . M ., acted as Chairman for the Boys , the amount was £ 1024 .
•ESSEX , with its 28 lodges , was almost on the point of being included among the unrepresented Provinces , where Comp . Durrant , of the Essex Chapter , attached to the Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 276 , Chelmsford , stepped forward at the last moment , and offering his services as Steward , handed in a list of £ 23 2 s . This , by comparison with what the Province has been in
the habit of doing regularly is but a small Return , but it is because it has been so regular and so ready with its contributions that we find it now figuring so modestly . In February , for instance , the total of its subscriptions was £ 291 18 s ., while last year it raised for the three Charities £ 1297 3 s . 6 d ., of which £ 874 6 s . was on account of the Girls' Centenary ,
and in the year of the Queen's Jubilee its total was £ 873 7 s . ; in 18 S 6 it was £ 599 4 s ., and in 1884 , when Lord Brooke presided at the Festival of this Institution , it reached £ 1546 7 s . 6 d ., of which £ 1000 was for the Girls ' School . It is too much to expect from any province that it shall always maintain the same rate of contribution , and , therefore , we are not surprised at the falling off on this occasion .
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OI < WIGHT , which has 47 lodges on its roll , resembles Essex in the regularity and extent of its subscriptions , and , like Essex , it finds that something in the nature of a respite is at times desirable . Thus Bro . Jacob , as representative of the Lodge of Economy , No . 76 , Winchester , is the only Steward from this influential Province , his list amounting to ^ 57 15 s ., which , added to the
£ 64 8 s . 6 d . raised for the Old People in February , makes the total thus far for 1889 over £ 112 . Last year it gave £ 63 to the Benevolent Institution , £ 1149 r 3 s- 6 d . to the Girls' School , and £ 142 8 s . to the Boys' School , the total for 1888 being £ 1355 is . 6 d ., while in the year of the Oueen ' s Jubilee , when Bro . W . VV . B . Beach , M . P ., its Prov . G . M ., presidecfat the Benevolent Festival , it raised £ 1785 9 s . 6 d . for that Institution , and small amounts
for the Schools sufficient to increase the year ' s aggregate to £ 1882 19 s . 6 d . In 1 S 86 it raised over £ 826 ; in 188 5 over 1062 ; and in 1884 over £ 1180 , so that in this case likewise the smallness of the Returns is fully explained , and there is still the chance that it may raise a substantial amount for the Boys' Festival next month , and so maintain its average . The Province of
HERTFORDSHIRE , which now has 17 lodges on its roll , sent up two Stewards , of whom Bro . the Rev W . Crofton represented its senior Iodge , the Hertford , No . 403 , and took up £ 33 12 s ., while the other , Bro . F . S . Knyvett , Past G . D . of England , and Prov . G . Treasurer , was Unattached and subscribed £ 21 . In February , it raised £ 240 for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , the
year ' s contributions thus far being not far short of £ 300 . Last year its total was £ 795 14 s . 6 d ., of which the Girls' School Centenary absorbed £ 649 19 s . ; while the Old People received the balance . In Jubilee year its total was £ 606 7 s . 6 d ., all three Institutions receiving a part , though the Old People , of which Bro . Terry is the Secretary , had by far the largest sum ; and in 1886 , the aggregate was £ 604 16 s . 6 d ., the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution obtaining out of it £ 279 5 s . 6 d . Betaking ourselves to the Province of
KENT , which , ^ under Earl Amherst ' s rule , has increased so considerably , we find Bro . Eastes , the Dep . Prov . G . Master , acting as the representative of the whole body , and handing in a list of £ 115 ios ., while Bro . Laurie , as Steward for the Knole Lodge , No . 1414 , Sevenoaks , has raised £ 40 19 s .,, making the total for this Festival £ 156 9 s . In February , the Province sent up 16 Stewards and
contributions amounting together to £ 821 17 s . 6 d ., so that Kent has alread y raised as its Charitable contributions for the year over £ 978 ^ . Last year , it raised in the month of June £ 3059 9 s . 6 d . for the GirJs' Centenary and £ 254 13 s . 6 d . for the Boys' School , and in February £ 374 8 s . for the Benevolent Institution . In the year of the Queen ' s Jubilee it distributed £ 1920 16 s . 6 d . among the Charities , the Benevolent receiving £ 1227 17 s . 6 d ., the Girls' School £ 184 4 s . 6 d ., and the Boys' School
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£ 508 14 s . 6 d ., while in 1886 its total of subscriptions all round was £ 1725 . Therefore , at the last eight anniversary Festivals it has raised in round figures £ 8300 , or on an average upwards of £ 1037 per Festival . Much of this is due to the excellent Charity organisation which has been established in the Province , but the lodges , both severally and collectively , must have acquired the art of giving to some purpose , or the Festival totals would not be represented by so high a figure . The two Provinces that follow next in alphabetical order are
LANCASHIRE ( EAST DIVISION ) , which has close on 100 lodges , and includes within its borders some of the most important manufacturing centres in the north of England . It is a regular but not a large contributor , except on special occasions , and then it is careful to show what are its capabilities in the way of subscriptions . Thus when a few years since its Prov . G . Master , Bro . Col . Starkie , presided for
the Old People , it raised some £ 3500 . In 1883 , it supported the Boys ' School in connection with its Preparatory School Scheme to the extent of £ 2100 . In February of last year , it raised over £ 2873 for the Old People as a testimony of its loyalty to the Sovereign who had celebrated her Jubilee a few months previously , and its benevolence towards the aged
brother and the destitute widow , while in June it gave £ 1231 to the Girls ' School . On Wednesday , four of its lodges were represented by as many brethren , but the sum of their lists was only £ 42 . It has , however , a Masonic Educational Institute of its own , with a fair amount ( some £ 9000 or £ 10 , 000 ) of invested capital , and an income which enables it to do a large amount of good for its own people .
LANCASHIRE ( WEST DIVISION ) , which has over 90 lodges , closely resembles its immediate neighbour . It has its own Charitable Associations , which afford relief to the distressed members of the Province and their families . Its name figures regularly in our Festival Returns , and on occasions the total of its contributions is large .
Last year , for instance , it raised for the Girls' Centenary £ 2440 , and when its Prov . G . Master , the Earl of Lathom , presided for the Boys' School , it generously supported his lordship ' s advocacy of that particular Charity . On Wednesday , it was represented by five Stewards , of whom four acted for lodges and one was unattached , the total of their lists being £ 68 5 s . In February , it sent up six Stewards and a sum of £ 103 19 s .
A single Steward—Bro . John Amey , of the Lebanon Lodge , No . 1326 , Feltham—does duty for the Province of
MIDDLESEX , with its array of 39 lodges ; but in February last it sent up 16 Stewards , and 14 of its lodges were represented , the total of the lists , so far as they were returned , being £ 390 3 s . The Province , therefore , is already well on its way towards realising its average for the triennial period—1884-T-6—the years 1887 and 1888 being years of exceptional importance , in which exceptional efforts to raise money were made , and which , for general purposes ,
must not be reckoned . Nevertheless , it is worth while pointing out that last year Middlesex distributed £ 1816 5 s . among our Institutions , contri * buting £ 419 14 s . to the Benevolent Institution ; £ 1107 14 s . at the Girls ' Centenary ; and £ 288 17 s . three weeks later to the Boys' School ; and in the Jubilee year it raised £ 1265 7 s ., distributing it in about equal parts among the three . This is the first appearance of
NORTH WALES during the present year , its unattached representative being Bro . C . K . Benson , and the amount of his list £ 52 ios . Last year , however , it did extremely well . It raised £ 46 4 s . for the Benevolent Institution , £ 674 17 s . 6 d ., of which £ 525 was for the purchase of a Life Presentation , lor the Girls' School , and ^ 71 8 =. for the Boys' School , Bro . Benson being among the Stewards at the last two Festivals . In 1887 it distributed over
£ 410 among our Charities , and in 1886 £ 219 and a fraction . Thus in the three years in which North Wales has been a separate Province it has raised over £ 1420 for our Central Institutions , while in the days of the late Bro . Sir W . Williams-Wynn , Bart ., when it was conjoined with Shropshire as a Province , it was often to be found in the Returns of our Festivals , with such amounts to its credit as its lodges were in a position to furnish . There is no doubt , however , that since it has been a separate Province it has been able to achieve more than formerly .
It is still fresh m our memory how admirably the small Province of NORTHANTS AND HUNTS , with its modest roll of 11 lodges , supported Bro . the Earl of Euston , when he presided at the Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution in February last , and raised for that Charity £ 914 ios . 6 d ., the number of its Stewards being 13—by two of them , however , no Returns
were made in time to be included in the general total . On Wednesday , his lordship again figured in the list with a donation of £ 26 5 s ., and so raised the total for the current year , up to the present moment , to £ 940 . Last year it raised £ 204 15 s . for the Girls' School , and £ 117 12 s . for the Boys ' School , its contributions , including a small donation to the R . M . B . I ., amounting for 1888 to close on £ 333 , while in 1887 it raised £ 350 for the
Boys' Anniversary , the change of rulers from the Duke of Manchester to the Earl of Euston not having then taken place , though it occurred very shortly afterwards . Thus , since the latter has had charge of the Province , it has raised in round figures £ 1270 , and under so zealous and indefatigable a chief there is every likelihood that it will continue in the same path . We may be very sure it will not be Lord Euston ' s fault should it prove otherwise .
Two of the 10 lodges in OXFORDSHIRE were represented on Wednesday , the Apollo University , No . 357 , having four brethren to represent it as Stewards , while the Thames Lodge , No . 1895 , Hanley , provided the other Steward . Their lists amounted in all to £ 76 13 s ., or rather less than its average per Festival . But in February
it raised by the hands of six brethren , what , for so small a Province , must be regarded as the large sum of £ 186 19 s . 6 d ., so that its diminution on the present occasion will not affect its position generally . In 1888 , its Returns amounted to £ 65 6 9 s . 6 d ., being at the rate of £ 65 per lodge , the Girls ' School , at its Centenary , obtaining £ 568 12 s . In 1887 it raised £ 261 6 s . 6 d-,
and in 1886 , £ 279 13 s . for the three Charities . Such figures as these would be a credit to any Province of the same strength , and they are specially creditable in this case , seeing that Oxfordshire has been contributing regularly , and on the same scale , if not quite to the same extent , ever since the accession of the Prince of Wales to the office of M . W . G . Master . We may be tolerably certain of finding the name of Spaull associated with
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Analysis Of The Returns.
The 30 lodges of CORNWALL had an efficient representative in the person of Bro . Major J . J . Ross , who handed in a list of £ 99 15 s ., and a very good one it must be pronounced under the circumstances . In February , Bro . Gilbert B . Pearce , as Steward for the Province , raised £ 157 ios ., while at the Boys' Festival in June last , the amount of Bro . C . Truscott's list for the whole Province was £ 82 . At
the Girls' Centenary , the total was £ 372 15 s ., of which Bro . Pearce ' s list represented £ 168 , and Bro . Charles Truscott ' s £ 13043 ., while in February , 1888 , Bro . Truscott ' s incomplete list was £ 10 ios . In 1887 , Bro . Pearce , as sole representative of Cornwall at the three anniversaries , raised £ 704 us ., the Benevolent obtaining the largest measure of support , while in 1886 , the total for the year , though less than in the year of the Queen ' s Jubilee , was considerable , and amounted to £ 437 17 s . The contiguous Province of
DEVONSHIRE , which has as many as 52 lodges on its roll , had a most worthy representative in Bro . the Rev . T . W . Lemon , M . A ., who supported its reputation to good purpose by making a personal donation of £ 94 ios . The Steward who acted for Devonshire at the Benevolent Festival in February made no return , or , at all events , he had not made it in time to be included in the general total . But last year the Province played an important part . It
began by subscribing £ 47 5 s . to the Old People . At the Girls' Centenary it figured for £ 126 , while at the Boys' School Festival three weeks later , when its respected chief , Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., presided , it raised £ 840 , the Returns for the whole year amounting to £ 1013 5 s . And , if it has not always appeared to the same advantage in previous years , we must keep in mind that it has an Educational Institute and an Annuity Fund , which naturally have the first claim on its contributions . Bro . John Heppell was Steward for the Province of
DURHAM , his list amounting to the excellent sum of £ 134 8 s . In February , three brethren representing conjointly the Harbour of Refuge Lodge , No . 764 , West Hartlepool , made up a total of £ 115 ios , while at the Boys'Festival in June last two brethren raised between £ 252 ios . The total at the Jubilee
Festival was £ 375 18 s ., while the Benevolent Institution received £ 122 13 s . in the month of February , making a total for the year 1888 amounting to £ 751 3 s ., or an average of upwards of £ 250 per Festival . During the three previous years the returns , though not large , were respectable , while in 1884 they were higher , and in 1 S 81 , when the late Lord Londonderry , P . G . M ., acted as Chairman for the Boys , the amount was £ 1024 .
•ESSEX , with its 28 lodges , was almost on the point of being included among the unrepresented Provinces , where Comp . Durrant , of the Essex Chapter , attached to the Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 276 , Chelmsford , stepped forward at the last moment , and offering his services as Steward , handed in a list of £ 23 2 s . This , by comparison with what the Province has been in
the habit of doing regularly is but a small Return , but it is because it has been so regular and so ready with its contributions that we find it now figuring so modestly . In February , for instance , the total of its subscriptions was £ 291 18 s ., while last year it raised for the three Charities £ 1297 3 s . 6 d ., of which £ 874 6 s . was on account of the Girls' Centenary ,
and in the year of the Queen's Jubilee its total was £ 873 7 s . ; in 18 S 6 it was £ 599 4 s ., and in 1884 , when Lord Brooke presided at the Festival of this Institution , it reached £ 1546 7 s . 6 d ., of which £ 1000 was for the Girls ' School . It is too much to expect from any province that it shall always maintain the same rate of contribution , and , therefore , we are not surprised at the falling off on this occasion .
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OI < WIGHT , which has 47 lodges on its roll , resembles Essex in the regularity and extent of its subscriptions , and , like Essex , it finds that something in the nature of a respite is at times desirable . Thus Bro . Jacob , as representative of the Lodge of Economy , No . 76 , Winchester , is the only Steward from this influential Province , his list amounting to ^ 57 15 s ., which , added to the
£ 64 8 s . 6 d . raised for the Old People in February , makes the total thus far for 1889 over £ 112 . Last year it gave £ 63 to the Benevolent Institution , £ 1149 r 3 s- 6 d . to the Girls' School , and £ 142 8 s . to the Boys' School , the total for 1888 being £ 1355 is . 6 d ., while in the year of the Oueen ' s Jubilee , when Bro . W . VV . B . Beach , M . P ., its Prov . G . M ., presidecfat the Benevolent Festival , it raised £ 1785 9 s . 6 d . for that Institution , and small amounts
for the Schools sufficient to increase the year ' s aggregate to £ 1882 19 s . 6 d . In 1 S 86 it raised over £ 826 ; in 188 5 over 1062 ; and in 1884 over £ 1180 , so that in this case likewise the smallness of the Returns is fully explained , and there is still the chance that it may raise a substantial amount for the Boys' Festival next month , and so maintain its average . The Province of
HERTFORDSHIRE , which now has 17 lodges on its roll , sent up two Stewards , of whom Bro . the Rev W . Crofton represented its senior Iodge , the Hertford , No . 403 , and took up £ 33 12 s ., while the other , Bro . F . S . Knyvett , Past G . D . of England , and Prov . G . Treasurer , was Unattached and subscribed £ 21 . In February , it raised £ 240 for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , the
year ' s contributions thus far being not far short of £ 300 . Last year its total was £ 795 14 s . 6 d ., of which the Girls' School Centenary absorbed £ 649 19 s . ; while the Old People received the balance . In Jubilee year its total was £ 606 7 s . 6 d ., all three Institutions receiving a part , though the Old People , of which Bro . Terry is the Secretary , had by far the largest sum ; and in 1886 , the aggregate was £ 604 16 s . 6 d ., the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution obtaining out of it £ 279 5 s . 6 d . Betaking ourselves to the Province of
KENT , which , ^ under Earl Amherst ' s rule , has increased so considerably , we find Bro . Eastes , the Dep . Prov . G . Master , acting as the representative of the whole body , and handing in a list of £ 115 ios ., while Bro . Laurie , as Steward for the Knole Lodge , No . 1414 , Sevenoaks , has raised £ 40 19 s .,, making the total for this Festival £ 156 9 s . In February , the Province sent up 16 Stewards and
contributions amounting together to £ 821 17 s . 6 d ., so that Kent has alread y raised as its Charitable contributions for the year over £ 978 ^ . Last year , it raised in the month of June £ 3059 9 s . 6 d . for the GirJs' Centenary and £ 254 13 s . 6 d . for the Boys' School , and in February £ 374 8 s . for the Benevolent Institution . In the year of the Queen ' s Jubilee it distributed £ 1920 16 s . 6 d . among the Charities , the Benevolent receiving £ 1227 17 s . 6 d ., the Girls' School £ 184 4 s . 6 d ., and the Boys' School
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£ 508 14 s . 6 d ., while in 1886 its total of subscriptions all round was £ 1725 . Therefore , at the last eight anniversary Festivals it has raised in round figures £ 8300 , or on an average upwards of £ 1037 per Festival . Much of this is due to the excellent Charity organisation which has been established in the Province , but the lodges , both severally and collectively , must have acquired the art of giving to some purpose , or the Festival totals would not be represented by so high a figure . The two Provinces that follow next in alphabetical order are
LANCASHIRE ( EAST DIVISION ) , which has close on 100 lodges , and includes within its borders some of the most important manufacturing centres in the north of England . It is a regular but not a large contributor , except on special occasions , and then it is careful to show what are its capabilities in the way of subscriptions . Thus when a few years since its Prov . G . Master , Bro . Col . Starkie , presided for
the Old People , it raised some £ 3500 . In 1883 , it supported the Boys ' School in connection with its Preparatory School Scheme to the extent of £ 2100 . In February of last year , it raised over £ 2873 for the Old People as a testimony of its loyalty to the Sovereign who had celebrated her Jubilee a few months previously , and its benevolence towards the aged
brother and the destitute widow , while in June it gave £ 1231 to the Girls ' School . On Wednesday , four of its lodges were represented by as many brethren , but the sum of their lists was only £ 42 . It has , however , a Masonic Educational Institute of its own , with a fair amount ( some £ 9000 or £ 10 , 000 ) of invested capital , and an income which enables it to do a large amount of good for its own people .
LANCASHIRE ( WEST DIVISION ) , which has over 90 lodges , closely resembles its immediate neighbour . It has its own Charitable Associations , which afford relief to the distressed members of the Province and their families . Its name figures regularly in our Festival Returns , and on occasions the total of its contributions is large .
Last year , for instance , it raised for the Girls' Centenary £ 2440 , and when its Prov . G . Master , the Earl of Lathom , presided for the Boys' School , it generously supported his lordship ' s advocacy of that particular Charity . On Wednesday , it was represented by five Stewards , of whom four acted for lodges and one was unattached , the total of their lists being £ 68 5 s . In February , it sent up six Stewards and a sum of £ 103 19 s .
A single Steward—Bro . John Amey , of the Lebanon Lodge , No . 1326 , Feltham—does duty for the Province of
MIDDLESEX , with its array of 39 lodges ; but in February last it sent up 16 Stewards , and 14 of its lodges were represented , the total of the lists , so far as they were returned , being £ 390 3 s . The Province , therefore , is already well on its way towards realising its average for the triennial period—1884-T-6—the years 1887 and 1888 being years of exceptional importance , in which exceptional efforts to raise money were made , and which , for general purposes ,
must not be reckoned . Nevertheless , it is worth while pointing out that last year Middlesex distributed £ 1816 5 s . among our Institutions , contri * buting £ 419 14 s . to the Benevolent Institution ; £ 1107 14 s . at the Girls ' Centenary ; and £ 288 17 s . three weeks later to the Boys' School ; and in the Jubilee year it raised £ 1265 7 s ., distributing it in about equal parts among the three . This is the first appearance of
NORTH WALES during the present year , its unattached representative being Bro . C . K . Benson , and the amount of his list £ 52 ios . Last year , however , it did extremely well . It raised £ 46 4 s . for the Benevolent Institution , £ 674 17 s . 6 d ., of which £ 525 was for the purchase of a Life Presentation , lor the Girls' School , and ^ 71 8 =. for the Boys' School , Bro . Benson being among the Stewards at the last two Festivals . In 1887 it distributed over
£ 410 among our Charities , and in 1886 £ 219 and a fraction . Thus in the three years in which North Wales has been a separate Province it has raised over £ 1420 for our Central Institutions , while in the days of the late Bro . Sir W . Williams-Wynn , Bart ., when it was conjoined with Shropshire as a Province , it was often to be found in the Returns of our Festivals , with such amounts to its credit as its lodges were in a position to furnish . There is no doubt , however , that since it has been a separate Province it has been able to achieve more than formerly .
It is still fresh m our memory how admirably the small Province of NORTHANTS AND HUNTS , with its modest roll of 11 lodges , supported Bro . the Earl of Euston , when he presided at the Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution in February last , and raised for that Charity £ 914 ios . 6 d ., the number of its Stewards being 13—by two of them , however , no Returns
were made in time to be included in the general total . On Wednesday , his lordship again figured in the list with a donation of £ 26 5 s ., and so raised the total for the current year , up to the present moment , to £ 940 . Last year it raised £ 204 15 s . for the Girls' School , and £ 117 12 s . for the Boys ' School , its contributions , including a small donation to the R . M . B . I ., amounting for 1888 to close on £ 333 , while in 1887 it raised £ 350 for the
Boys' Anniversary , the change of rulers from the Duke of Manchester to the Earl of Euston not having then taken place , though it occurred very shortly afterwards . Thus , since the latter has had charge of the Province , it has raised in round figures £ 1270 , and under so zealous and indefatigable a chief there is every likelihood that it will continue in the same path . We may be very sure it will not be Lord Euston ' s fault should it prove otherwise .
Two of the 10 lodges in OXFORDSHIRE were represented on Wednesday , the Apollo University , No . 357 , having four brethren to represent it as Stewards , while the Thames Lodge , No . 1895 , Hanley , provided the other Steward . Their lists amounted in all to £ 76 13 s ., or rather less than its average per Festival . But in February
it raised by the hands of six brethren , what , for so small a Province , must be regarded as the large sum of £ 186 19 s . 6 d ., so that its diminution on the present occasion will not affect its position generally . In 1888 , its Returns amounted to £ 65 6 9 s . 6 d ., being at the rate of £ 65 per lodge , the Girls ' School , at its Centenary , obtaining £ 568 12 s . In 1887 it raised £ 261 6 s . 6 d-,
and in 1886 , £ 279 13 s . for the three Charities . Such figures as these would be a credit to any Province of the same strength , and they are specially creditable in this case , seeing that Oxfordshire has been contributing regularly , and on the same scale , if not quite to the same extent , ever since the accession of the Prince of Wales to the office of M . W . G . Master . We may be tolerably certain of finding the name of Spaull associated with