Members in receipt of the superannuated pay should pay something towards the expenses of management, say 2d. per month. Some of our friends advocate a system of superannuation by which the member is free of all liabilities for management, but I cannot see myself that that would be reasonable. While 2d. per month would be practically nothing to the member it would be valuable to the Society, especially if they had 10 or 20 members receiving such pay. This contribution should be deducted out of the weekly payments by the secretary or treasurer. A FEW PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS AS TO Every encouragement should be given and respect shown to members while in office, so that no difficulty would arise in securing others to succeed them. Members should aim at getting the secretary to be a person capable to do his duty. A poor secretary will often bring the Society into trouble. A respectable treasurer is also indispensable to the prosperity of a Society. Active and responsible trustees are likewise essential to the welfare of a Society. Surplus capital should not always be invested at the highest rate of interest but on the best security. The money left in the treasurer's hands should never exceed the amount of his bond. Irregular visits to members on the funds residing at a distance should be made by the sick visitors. Sick visitors should visit the sick members in the neighbourhood at least every fortnight and report the result to the Society at each meeting. OMISSION. Members to The contributions suggested in page 41 are intended for an allowance in case of sickness of 8s. per week for the first six months, 4s. per week for the second six months, and 2s. per week during the remainder of the illness. be clear off the funds twelve months after receiving six months' full pay before being again entitled to that allowance, so that members having already received the full sick pay of eight shillings per week declaring on the funds within twelve months of their previous illness would have the whole of the periods of their previous sickness within twelve months added together, and be treated in the same manner as if the sickness had been a continuous one for six months. They also provide for a funeral donation of £4 on the death of a member's wife, and £8 on the death of a member. CONTENTS. PAGE. Accumulating surplus of contributions for Member's use Accepting Miners and others as Members Assistance from Relatives Advantages of meeting together Advertisements, Misleading Absence of Security to Members of Collecting Societies Advantages of joining a Local Society 35 Act of Parliament relating to Friendly Societies (1875) Classes of Societies that may be Registered under the Act of 1875 93 67, 68, 89 : Cancelling and Suspension of Registry Contributions to Friendly Societies .. Comparison between Savings Bank and Friendly Society 57 60 64 I 23 25 41 89 111, 112 58 9 11 Diminution in Poor Rate Difference between Friendly Societies and other Societies .. Employers of Labour should patronize Friendly Societies.. Entrance Fees to Friendly Societies .. Example of manner in which some Societies are floated Empire Assurance Corporation Earl of Litchfield's Speech in the House of Lords as to Mismanage- 42, 43, 71 57, 87, 90 Friendly Societies Acts Indifference of Promoters of Collecting Societies to Soundness of |