not be necessary to insert the addresses, as they could be LOCAL VOTING POWEE IN THE found, when required, on reference to the respective lists, the MASONIO INSTITUTIONS. name here being sufficien t for all purposes. Were this list issued, it would be easy to discover the brethren who had "TTTE are indebted to Bro. Thomas Bowden, of Bristol, qualified for one or other of the institutions, and a favour- VV for the following Tabular Statement, taken from able opportunity would arise for soliciting his or her sub- the Reports for the Year 1878, which shews the number of scription on behalf of the others, in order to complete the Votes held by the various Provinces in England in the Three circle of support to the three institutions. In this respect Royal Masonic Institutions, with the number of Boys and alone we believe the work would repay the outlay its pro- Girls belonging to the several Provinces, and the number of duction would entail, if it be necessary thus to justif y a Lodges in each. most necessary and useful addition to the information we When it is remembered that the compilation of this table are able to obtain of our Charities. We hope before long involves the classification of about ten thousand names which this matter will be brought before the respective Com- appearin the Report of the Benevolent Institution, undivided mittees, and tbat the ideas of the subscribers on the point as regards Provinces, the amount of work entailed may will be solicited. In the meantime all praise is due to Bro. be imagined. As regards the Boys' and Girls' Schools, the Bowden, who, ¦ we are assured, will be proud to see an official labour is simply one of addition, an item in itself of consi- list issued as an outcome of his exertions. Bro. Bowden derable toil, but the task as regards the Benevolent Institu- desires us to state, that although he has used every care to tion may better be imagined by any brother who attempts render his figures correct, he is unable to guarantee their the subdivision of oue page, and then takes into account the accuracy. This statement we think is quite unnecessary, we fact that there are 175 such to work upon. We have before imagine that the totals are as accurate as it is possible expressed our opinion that this work should not be left to for any one unconnected with tho offices to supply them ; the enterprise of an individual, but should be issued official ly but should any material error in any be discovered, we by the three institutions. Wo are not in favour of abolishunr shall be glad to hear of it, as we feel certain will Bro. the existing books, but think that an additional one should Bowden. The more brethren who interest themselves in be issued, showing on one page the votes acquired by an verifying these fi gures, the more likely are we to have the individual in tbe three charities ; in such a work it would desired information published officially. MALE VEilALE BOYS GIBIiS (U "*¦* o ¦3 S ¦3 s PROVINCE I—* •«§ £ * g I 1- > * £ OS « Is " £ Is 6 * a go "3 S Jo S <> Bedfordshire II ^ Berks and Bucka 5 18 6 8 6 0 23 2 0 15 4 Bristol . 17 194 36 115 40 3 289 11 1 208 6 Cambridgeshire 8 100 215 68 163 1 124 22 2 74 17 Cheshire 4 11 4 9 4 1 27 14 1 11 13 Cornwall 36 260 28 116 16 4 428 3 1 200 8 28 101 0 Cumberland and Westmoreland 119 6 0 150 9 1 72 7 Derbyshire 19 55 14 58 2 3 235 9 2 95 2 Devonshire 19 42 417 28 11 4 210 16 0 25 8 47 404 287 335 120 5 336 18 5 . 188 23 Dorsetshire - Durham 13 198 28 100 100 6 427 98 1 92 13 Essex 25 180 0 110 7 7 458 7 3 233 13 Gloucestershire . : . 17 176 90 120 68 3 255 53 3 138 22 Hants and Isle of 14 141 37 74 45 2 390 25 1 179 27 Wight 31 235 46 208 24 4 700 10 8 357 23 Herefordshire v a Hertfordshire .......4 34 2 26 0 O 23 3 23 Kent 11 158 235 138 153 1 114 18 1 109 26 Lancashire East 43 651 207 573 143 10 944 60 7 657 35 Lancashire West 89 654 46 532 45 20 1868 32 9 640 40 Leicestershire and Rutlandshire 79 574 33 326 69 2 392 7 2 263 17 Lincolnshire 10 23 0 53 0 2 160 4 1 67 38 Middlesex 20 154 17 70 29 4 334 15 8 241 26 Monmouthshire 29 183 27 167 23 0 298 15 4 217 34 Norfolk 8 92 6 80 2 4 76 68 2 89 6 Norths and Hunts 15 76 11 66 11 4 121 42 2 92 22 Northumberland 9 153 8 92 6 3 162 5 1 112 5 Nottinghamshire ......18 142 4 109 4 2 307 1 0 67 1 Oxfordshire 9 37 24 17 16 0 98 30 2 42 27 Somersetshire 9 119 27 97 42 1 189 8 0 121 26 Staffordshire 21 245 65 191 74 5 485 18 4 234 28 Suffolk 21 167 174 56 39 4 434 9 4 236 16 Surrey 19 216 33 163 38 2 1S4 16 4 159 21 18 244 52 181 42 2 464 38 2 211 39 Sussex ] 20 241 60 201 144 4 436 23 2 396 51 Warwickshire . - mitsnire 30 151 23 3G1 46 4 981 28 8 400 16 Worcestershire 10 176 8 78 116 1 1S9 5 1 141 27 10 70 6 50 6 0 112 8 1" 57 17 Yorkshire, North and East ....2G Yorkshire 134 174 58 95 2 306 57 4 137 48 , West 66 809 434 875 99 16 2158 22 14 1419 45 Wales (North and Shropshire) - . Wales S.E. 25 50 31 38 18 4 202 15 0 110 13 Wales S.W 13 74 4 37 2 3 313 3 0 177 9 Channel Islands 9 10 6 6 6 3 102 5 0 77 14 Isle 11 20 4 2 4 0 48 1 0 24 1 of Man 3 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 LONDON . 9001 1904 7902 2084 60 11777 1045 75 11500 882 No Addresses 474 11 295 33 505 523 27 4. Every sum of Five Shillings per annum subscribed to the EDUCATIONAL FUND FOR JAMAICA. Educational Fund gives the Subscriber one vote at a single election. 5. A donation of Five Guineas, in one or more payments within have received from Jamaica the preliminary pro- twelve months ives five votes for Life at every election, and con. WE , g spectus of a Masonic Charity it is proposed to form stitutes tho donor a Life Subscriber. there, under the title of the Masonic Educational Fund of 6. A donation of Ten Guineas, in ono or more payments of not lesa Jamaica. We have been requested to mako tbo matter known than Five Guineas each, gives twelve votes for Lifo at every election , to the brethren of the mother country, and we have much and constitutes the donor n Lifo Governor. pleasure in placing the details before our readers, trusting 7. A donation of Twenty Guineas, in one or moro payments of not that the brethren of the far East will receive the support less than Five Gnineas each, gives Twenty-fivo votos for Lifo at every election and constitutes the donor a Vice-President. they deserve in carrying out their desired object. After , referring to the general principles of Freemasonry, the 8. Similar privileges aro acquired by Lodges of tho Colony, on pay. brethren of Jamaica point out that its great aim is Charity, ment of double the above amonnts. and while they admit that theoreticall tho Craft presents 9. No applicant shall bo eligible for election unless the Father has y been for at least three years a Subscribing Member of some Regular much which calls for praise, practically, they urge, it Lodge in Jamaica, and be a subscriber of at least Five Shillings per appears to effect but little good in some places, among annum to this Fund for the samo period, unless the Father shall have ¦which they class their own colony. Having so far accused died before tho inauguration of this Fund. themselves of neglecting to properly discharge their Masonic 10. No ohild shall be admitted to the benefits of this Fund who is obligations, our brethren deserve tbe greater sympathy in under or above years of age, nor continue their present attempt to remove the stigma which, they say, a recipient after the age of rests on the Craft in their district, for it is well known that 11. No candidate shall bo placed on the list until approved of by in many respects they deserve to be complimented on their the General Committee. exemplification of the principles of true Brotherhood. 12. Every petitioner shall produce a certificate, signed by tho Having decided on making an effort to remove the Master and Seoretary of the Lodgo of which the father has been a of Jamaica subscribing member, together with a certificate or satisfactory proof stigma which attaches to them, the brethren of the date of the birth of the applicant. naturally first sought an object to which they should 13.