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Excerpt from A Treatise on Friendly Societies: With Tables, Constructed From the Sickness and Mortality Experienced by Members of the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows in Passing Through 1, 321, 048 Years of Life At the present time, therefore, there are, so far as contributions are concerned, three distinct classes of members in the District: (1) members who still pay, generally, five pence per week; (2) members who pay five pence per week and additional annual contributions; (3) members who pay contri butions graduated according to age at entry. The benefits assured to members in the District are generally 121. 6d. Per week in the first twelve months' sickness, 68. 3d. Per week in a continuance of the same sickness, £12 at the death Of a member, and £8 at the death of a member's wife, being the same benefits as those assured when all members paid equally only five pence per week. Before showing the net liability in expectation of each Lodge for sick and funeral benefits, it is necessary to say a few words with reference to the funeral liabilities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.