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The Earl of EUSTON ] afterwards ] said before" he commenced to speak about the next toast he ought to say he felt more than he could express in consequence of the grand total of over ^ 14 , , and he also must thank his province fervently and before all the company for working for him and with him . In the affection he and the province had for each other he would

defy any province to beat them . In proposing the next toast he would say they might congratulate themselves on the success that the Stewards had achieved in bringing up that evening such a large amount as ^ 14 , , and the Executive Committee were very pleased to receive it , and would be able to administer it in that able way they always had in the past . He would now

ask the brethren to forget for a minute this Festival , and pledge themselves heartily and fraternally to the other two great Charities they supported , maintained , and upheld to the best of their power and ability , viz ., the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys and the Royal Masonic Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons . He would mention in

connection with this toast the name of the Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys—Bro . J . Morrison McLeod—to whom they would wish the same success for his Festival that the Girls' Institution had hada better one if possible . No doubt Bro . McLeod would try to get more . They ought to work together most harmoniousl y

for the three Chanties . Instead of being in rivalry they should try to support each one individually to the best of their power and ability . The Secretaries of the three Institutions did their best to make the Festivals successful . Bro . Terry a year ago raised ^ 69 , 000 for the Benevolent Institution . It was owing to his hard work it was so successful . Well , they

were all one in the objects of the Craft . It was no use asking a Mason whether he was charitable or not charitable . They were all one , and he therefore asked them to drink to the success of the other Masonic Institutions . He would ask Bro . McLeod to place his ( Lord Euston ' s ) name on his list with a donation of 10 guineas .

Bro . J . M ORRISON MCLEOD , in responding , said it was always a p leasure to do so when the circumstances antecedent to the toast were so gratify ing as on the present occasion . He tendered his hearty congratulations to the House Committee of the Girls' Institution , a zealous bod y of brethren doing much good , and to his good friend and colleague , Bro .

Hedges , but above all to the Board of Stewards for the splendid result of their labours just announced . The noble Chairman had by this result received a well deserved testimonial of the popularity he so rightly enjoyed . He had to thank them for the manner in which the toast had been received , and in doing so would express to the Chairman , on behalf of his colleagues

as well as himself , their grateful thanks for the kind personal allusions he had made to their labours . His lordship had on two occasions presided over the destinies of the Benevolent Institution at its Festivals , and then , a now , had been nobly supported by the generous and enthusiastic brethren of his Province . That Institution , as was well known to all present , was doing

a great work , and needed from him no words of commendation for the further and continued support necessary to carry out an extension of the great benefits it conferred upon our poor brethren and their widows . His duty was more especially to plead for the Boys' School , and he ventured to remind them that whilst grateful for the generous gifts accorded by the Craft during the

last two years , much was still required to place its finances on the same good footing as the sister institutions . He claimed for its representative Board of Management that it brought to bear in the goverment of the School a very liberal-minded view of its responsibilities to the boys and the subscribers , which would commend itself to their consideration . Its

teaching staff was to be congratulated upon the results of the various examina * - tions at South Kensington and in the Cambridge Locals . As an instance of the liberal policy ' of the Management , he would point out that it was not their practice merely to p ick specially clever boys for examination and so secure a high percentage of " passes , " but rather to send in a large number ,

knowing that the failure of any boy to pass would prove an incentive for his success in future years . It must also be borne in mind that as the laws of the Institution necessitated the boys leaving at 15 years of age , the average age of its candidates at these examinations was at least a year less than other Institutions whose leaving terms were 16 years , and thus the

results achieved were rendered the more valuable . The Institution needed a larger cap ital fund to secure a more permanent annual income , and , althoug h some of the leeway had been made up during the last two years , he hoped that it would not be forgotten that in the previous seven years it had received a considerable sum less than either of the sister Institutions .

He was confident that the generous instincts of the brethren present would respond to the appeal it had been his privilege and duty to address to them on this happy occasion , and that they would assist in making the Boys ' Festival , next month , one of at least equal success to that deservedl y achieved that day .

The Earl of EUSTON said he only differed from Bro . McLeod in one thing . Bro . McLeod was very clear and very zealous , and he ( Lord Euston ) thought he mig ht claim to have had a good deal to do with Bro . McLcod ' s being in his present position , because he ( Lord Euston ) was Chairman of the Provisional Committee when the Boys' School was in a state of

difficulties . That was a position he never wished to occupy again , because it was the most difficult and disagreeable task placed upon him that any man , not to say a Mason , could possibly have in the whole world . He thought he must congratulate

Bro . J . McLeod on the great success he had achieved ; but he did not want to draw , and he did not like to hear drawn , invidious comparisons between the management of the two schools , but he was in a position to state that every girl in the Girls' School who was competent to go up for the higher examinations went up , and every girl that was competent to go up for the