The enormous wealth accumulated by the Manchester Unity of Oddfellowß is ahown ia the financial statement of tha Order for the year ending December 31 st, 1854. Including the subsidiary funds, amounting to £301,788 12s 81, the lotil accumulated capital of the Order at the above date was (says the Some News) £5,732,798 128 (jd.of which £5,569,380 belonged to the sick andfuneral,and £163,448 to district funeral funds. These figures ahoff an increase for the past year of £213,280, and yield an average of £9 15s lld£ per member, whioh makes the body the wealthiest friendly society in the world. The 81' nual income last year waa £849,526, of which the sum of £619,378 Us 10d was from members' contiibutions,£2ll,ll2 150 9d from interest, and £10,035 from iuiation fees. On the other band, the pai meats only amounted to £535,714 14s Id of which £467,867 was for eick benefits to members arid £11^817 for funeral payniQuts on the death of members, Accordingly, there was a surplus of £254,811 to be adde<i to the accumulated capital. The above returns relate to 4284 lodges, with 533,850 members} but there are in addition 8721 members belonging to Home and colo< nial lodges from whom the necessary returns have not been received.
