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Bro . MATIER then read the following STEWARDS' LISTS .

LADY STEWARDS . £ s . d . Lady Eleanor Harbord Mrs . G . P . Airey „ A . B . Cook 5 5 o

„ C . J . Knightley 5 5 ° „ F . Mead io io o ,, F . Cordeux Rhys ... 5 5 0 Miss Rosalinde Haynes ... S io 6

GENERAL BOARD . Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Euston 15 15 0 „ Lieut .-Col . A . B . Cook 5 5 ° „ Frank Richardson ... 10 10 0 „ Robt . Berridge 5 5 ° „ George Cooper 5 5 °

„ Rev . Hayman Cummings ( see Kent ) ... „ Chas . H . Driver ( see London ) „ Gordon Miller ( see Hants ) „ A . R . Carter ( see Herts ) „ A . F . Godson , M . P . ( see Worcestershire

„ James Moon 5 5 0 „ Alfred Williams 5 5 o „ Jabez Church ( see Middlesex and Surrey ) ... „ Richard Clowes ( see Sussex )

• Lodge LONDON . Grand Master ' s , Bro . the Rt . Hon . Lord Cremorne ... 31 10 o Grand Stewards' , Bro . C . F . Hogard 29 S o Bon Accord ( T . I . ) , Bro . Major-Gen . Gadsden 5 5 0 Old Kent ( T . I . ) , Bro . Charles

H . Driver 48 6 o 1 Bro . J . J . Thomas _ ... 26 5 o 22 „ G . W . Marsden , jun . 5 5 0 3 6 3 „ Thomas Fenn ... 15 15 0 40 C „ 410 „ John Power White ... 6 S 5 o f ' 5 }„ Major C . W . Carrell I 53 13 0

* tJ- J v . 41 S „ W . Hyder Goodchild 10 10 o 433 » Thomas W . Traill ... 25 4 o UNATTACHED . Bro . the Marquess of Carmarthen 10 10 0

„ Sir Augustus Harris ... 10 10 o „ C . F . Matier 63 o 0 „ H . J . Rolls 550 „ H . Carman 5 5 0 „ John Ramsey *„ R . L . Andrews — „ H . M . Hobbs 550 „ Charles Belton 7 7 0 „ George Lambert ... 550 ,, H . Longman 5 5 0 RevHGMorse xi vjiiuiai

.. . . . ,, .. v . ... . . . „ S . J . Attenborough ... 10 10 o „ Laurence P . Steele ... 550 *„ T . Blanco White ... — „ Roostumjee D . Mehta ... 550

THE PROVINCES . BERKS AND OXON . Lodge 55 Bro . P . Colville-Smith ... 5 5 0 22 5 ,.- John Busby King ... 5 16 o 235 „ C . Hisratt Tench ... 10 10 o 247 „ Capt . G . P . Airey ... 13 16 o 247 „ Edward Horne , M . D . 550

BRISTOL . The Province 52 10 0 CHESHIRE . The Province —• Bro . T . C . Thorburn ... 550 DORSET . The Province—Bro . Sir R . N . Howard ... 31 10 o

EAST ANGLIA . Lodge 334 Bro . J . E . L . Whitehead 15 11 o 342 „ T . Rymer Jarvis ... 10 10 0

GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE . The Province—Bro . R . V . Vassar-Smith ... 550 „ Baron de Ferrieres ... 550

„ G . Norman , D . P . G . M . — HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT . Lodge Bro . Arthur Savill 5 5 0 „ Henry Stone 5 5 o 2 „ Gordon Miller ... 10 10 o 54 „ Edward Stone ... 550 305 „ W . Leonard 10 10 o

HERTFORDSHIRE . 241 Bro . C . E . Keyser ... 550 354 „ A . R . Carter 5 5 o 354 „ Major C . Probyn ... 15 15 o 3 O 6 „ Rev . C . VV . Harvey .. 550 42 S „ E . C . Mulvey ... 550

KENT . The Province—Bro . Rev . H . Cummings ... 94 9 o Unattached Bro . Robert Main Lodge

44 Bro . J . H . Roberts ... 12 12 o 226 „ Colonel Vansittart ... 24 10 o 237 „ S . A . Dunn 5 5 0 266 „ A . F . Crane 5 5 0 294 „ F . H . Miller 13 13 0 309 „ Thomas Heaps ... 550 390 „ R . J . Emmerson ... 17 4 o

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LANCASHIRE . £ s . d . Bro . lohn Kenyon ... 10 10 o „ E . G . Harwood ... 5 5 ° „ R . W . Bourne ... 5 5 °

„ T . H . R . Litledale ... 5 5 © J 43 » W . E . M . Tomlinson 10 10 o 156 „ W . M . Vultchoff ... 550 156 „ W . J . Cuncliffe ... 5 5 ° 393 „ J- Lie Bels Adam ... 10 10 o

LEICESTERSHIRE , NORTHAMPTONSHIRE , DERBYSHIRE , AND RUTLANDSHIRE . Bro . J . H . Thompson ... „ A . Woodiwiss ... 5 5 o The

Province—Bro . George Fletcher ... 550 Lodge 245 Bro . G . Butcher ) „_ „ „ 245 „ H . ManfieU 3 j 0 ° ° 246 „ Hon . C . W . Trollope 600

302 „ R . L . Homer Mole ... 14 o o 339 „ W . L . Ball 10 10 o 353 „ Percy Wallis 5 5 ° 414 ,, A . Schofield 10 10 o

LINCOLNSHIRE . The Province—Bro . H . E . Cousans ... 26 5 o

MIDDLESEX AND SURREY . The Province—Bro . Rev . Joseph Cater ... 2100 Lodge 4 Bro . John W . Marsh ... 11 0 6 13 „ Clement Bassano ... — 104 „ Jabez Church ... 24 3 o 144 „ E . P . Davis 43 1 o

1 S 1 „ W . J . Porter ... 616 19 S „ F . West 25 14 6 211 „ E . Pocock , M . D . ... 27 4 6 23 S ,, C . Chauffourier ... 14 3 o 239 „ P . F . Portway ... 12 12 o 251 „ Walter G . Gribbon ... 29 3 o

2 S 4 „ Capt . C . J . Knightley 5 5 o 315 „ J . Barnett , jun . ... } 6 315 „ Henry Cox f

331 „ B . Lloyd Wise ... 10 10 o 331 „ Henry Faija 5 5 0 331 „ Dr . W . H . Kempster 550 333 „ Robt , A . Marshall ... 16 o o 361 „ Col . A . H . Bircham 29 2 o 361 „ Lieut .-Col . E . Ball ... 550 399 ,, Right Hon . the Earl

o £ Euston ( see Gen . Board ) — 399 1 , Right Hon . Viscount Dungarvan ( see Somerset ) — 399 > , F . Mead 5 5 o

399 » , Sir L . Darell , Bart . 399 „ Lieut .-Col . A . B . Cook ( see Gen . Board ) ... — 400 „ Lennox Browne ... " ) 400 „ Belgrave Ninnis ... j I 0 I 0 °

NORTHUMBERLAND & DURHAM . The Province—Bro . C . D . Hill Drury , M . D . 27 6 o NORTH WALES . Bro . Sir L . J . Parry , Bart . 550

NOTTINGHAM . Ihe Province—Bro . J . M . McLeod ... 11 11 o Lodge SOUTH WALES . 25 C Bro . T . E . Remfry ... 10 10 o

SUSSEX . 75 Bro . lohn C . Buckwell ... 1 75 „ A . F . Lamette ... j 20 ° ° 409 „ Richard Clowes ... 550

SOMERSET . The Province—Bro . Right Hon . Viscount Dungarvan ( THE CHAIRMAN ) ... 115 10 0 177 „ Rev . F . W . Macdonald 10 10 o 177 ,, Surgeon-General T .

Ringer , M . D . ... 550 191 „ Arthur Duckett ... ) „ 191 „ A . G . Hayman ... ) 2 t > 7 ° „ F . T . Ehvorthy ... 550 Lodge WARWICKSHIRE . Howe , T . I ., Bro . H . Fisher ... 11 11 c

115 Bro . Ihos . R . Arter ... 10 10 o 174 „ John S . Foster ... 10 10 o 40 S „ W . B . Williamson ... 10 10 0 430 „ E . Mallard 430 „ T . Rowbotham ... 550 430 „ Sir Jas . Sawyer , M . D . 43 ° » John Alfred Dexter 430 „ Chas . P . Perry

WEST YORKSHIRE . The Province—Bro . C . L . Mason 10 10 0 Lodge 53 „ F . Cleeves iS iS o

53 „ Walter C . Fox ... s 5 0 58 „ H . S . Holdsworth ... 1 58 „ R , Hodgson J J 5 ' 5 ° 39 S „ Alfred Parkin ... 21 o 0

WORCESTERSHIRE . The Province—Bro . A . F . Godson ... 550

NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE . The Province—Bro . Col . R . G . Smith ... c c o Chapter ROSE CROIX . 97 Bro . Geo . Gregory ... 550 RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE . Premier , Bro . H . C . Heard ... 550

FOREIGN STATIONS . SOUTH AUSTRALIA . Bro . the Hon . Chief Justice Way 10 10 o

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SUMMARY OF THE PROVINCES . £ s . d . £ s . d . Berks and Oxon 40 12 o Northumberland and Durham ... 27 6 0 Bristol 52 10 o North Wales 5 5 0 Cheshire 5 5 0 Nottinghamshire 11 11 0 Dorsetshire 31 10 o Somersetshire 164 17 0

East Anglia 26 1 o South Wales 10 10 0 Gloucestershire and Hereford- Sussex 25 5 0 shire 10 10 o Warwickshire 48 6 0 Hants and the Isle of Wight ... 36 15 o Worcestershire 5 5 0 Hertfordshire 36 15 0 Yorkshire ( North and East ) ... 5 5 0

Kent 17 S 30 „ ( West ) 71 S 0 Lancashire 57 15 o Rose Croix ... _ 5 5 0 Leicestershire , & c S 6 15 o Red Cross of Constantine ... 5 5 o Lincolnshire , 26 5 o South Australia 10 10 0 Middlesex and Surrey 328 5 6 LONDON—42 STEWARDS £ 545 3 6

PROVINCES—10 7 STEWARDS ... £ 1312 19 6 GRAND TOTAL £ 1858 3 o The Earl of EUSTON proposed "The Ladies . " According to all ancient traditions the ladies were much more able to sing their own praises than a man could , but he felt he could not say too much . They could not do

without the ladies . What household was so blessed as that which was presided over by a good woman , and what community of men did not feel their hearts lighter when women were among them ? God bless them all , and might they be at these annual festivals of the Mark Benevolent Fund on every occasion when they were held .

Bro . MEAD replied , and said that he had it from the ladies that they had enjoyed themselves very much that evening . He would add that their hearts were full of charitable feeling towards the Mark Benevolent Fund . Viscount DUNGARVAN proposed " The Board of Stewards , " which was responded to by Bro . J ABEZ CHURCH .

Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON proposed "The Visitors . " Mark Masonry was spread over the four quarters of the earth , and they had with them that evening Bro . Dawson , D . G . M . of Malta , and Bro . David Rees , of East London , South Africa . He had great pleasure in proposing this toast ,

because he had had the honour and pleasure himself of " putting a girdle round the earth , " and he would say that in the distant colonies of South Australia and New Zealand he met with the most hearty , fraternal , and Masonic greetings it was possible to receive . He therefore offered the right hand of friendship and hospitality to all those visitors that night .

Bro . DAWSON , in reply , said the colonies looked upon themselves as Britannia ' s children . The visitors were deeply impressed with the kindl y reception which was always given to them in Masonic gatherings , and they were no less deeply impressed with the reception they had had that evening . The company then adjourned to the drawing' room , and enjoyed a charming concert , under the direction of Bro . Henry A . Rose , A . R . A . M ., Past G . Org . ( Professor of the Royal Academy of Music .

ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNS . It was hardly to be expected that the brilliant success which attended the annual Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund in 1890 would be repeated in the year immediate ! } ' following it , and our Mark brethren have no reason to be discouraged because there is a very considerable diminution , amounting to about ^ 500 , in Wednesday ' s total as compared with that of last year . In the case of annual events of this character we must be prepared for fluctuations in the wrong as well as in the ri ght direction , and after the strenuous efforts that were made in behalf of the

Anniversary last month of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , we consider the result which was announced on this occasion as an indication that the Mark Benevolent Fund is as firmly established as ever in the estimation of members of the Mark Degree . We must also bear in mind that while Bro . the Earl of Euston , who presided as Chairman at the 1 S 90 Festival , was supported by a Board of Stewards numbering 179 ladies

and brethren , Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , who occupied the chair on Wednesday , had only a Board of 148 ladies and brethren to second him in his efforts , so that while the sum of ^ 2354 constituted a most admirable return by the former , the lesser amount of ^ 1858 3 s ., which the latter Board had the satisfaction of raising is not unduly disproportionate . The following brief Analysis will demonstrate this more clearly :

The contingent of Lady Stewards , which mustered 19 strong in 1890 , and raised £ 82 8 s ., was composed on Wednesday of only seven , and the total of their contributions , so far as they were made separately and distinctly from the rest ofthe Board , was only £ 34 15 s . 6 d , The General Board , too , returned only £ 52 ios ., as compared with £ 117 12 s . in 1890 . But the 11 brethren who acted for twelve of the LONDON LODGES were able to compile a total of ^ 319 6 s ., while the 13 Stewards for eleven lodges last 6 d The 16

year raised ^ 334 13 s . . Unattached Stewards are entered for a total of £ 138 12 s ., as against the ^ 74 us . obtained by the 12 Unattached brethren of 1 S 90 . , In the result , we find that the Lady Stewards , the General Board , the London Lodges , and the Unattached made up a contingent of 42 Stewards , who amongst them raised ^ 558 13 s . 6 d ., while in 1890 there were 56 Stewards in this section of the Board , whose aggregate amounted to ^ 609 4 s . 6 d . Nor do we see any reason to suppose that the section which represented

IHE PROVINCES has grounds for dissatisfaction with the result of its canvass . In 1890 the number of Stewards included under this head was 121 , and the total of then ' lists ^ 1744 14 s . 6 d . On Wednesday the Provincial brethren were only i ° 7 » and the aggregate of their lists - £ 1312 19 s . 6 d .

BERKS AND OXON , with five Stewards from four out of its six lodges , contributed £ 40 12 s ., the return last year being £ 77 7 s ., and the number of Stewards ten . B RISTOL was unrepresented by any brother , but it fulfilled its duty admirably by remitting a contribution of ^ 52 ios . C HESHIRE sent £ 5 5 s ., and D ORSETSHIRE , by the hands of Bro . Sir R . N . Howard , Dep . Prov . G . M ., £ 31 "

while EAST ANGLIA , with two Stewards , returned ^ 26 is . G LOUCESTEKSI-IIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE , with three Stewards , figures in the Returns for £ 10 ios ., and HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT , with _ five Stewards , of whom two were Unattached , for ^ 36 15 s . Last year E ASI ANGLIA gave £ Sg 5 s ., and HANTS AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT , £ 5 ^ ' ' while BRISTOL AND CHESHIRE were unrepresented . Four out of the five lodges in HERTFORDSHIRE sent up Stewards , the Rose and Lil y having two strings to its bow in B "