The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-03 00:00:00

UNITED LAW mum' 8001117.

Lest evening the 33rd commemoration festival
of this institution whit* was
the
foe the Wain
of dacha in every tof the kw) wee eslelsated at
the Premiums' Timers ; Mr. Judea licummorrel Meru in
the chair. The usual loyal touts bevies bees disposed of,
the charm' proposed " Prosperity to the Hotted Lew
Clerks' flociete." sad, Is so doh'', attention to the
report of the oommillase of eueurameat. which Mated that
the society see its hooded= is 1832 kao upeeded to
sedating its members is Meknes' 6.3951. 94., of which
3391. 3a. hes been "peat dub; the met you to affording
robot to 45 members. Thh relief epeeists of ares:4l
allowanceallowanceof 11. le. paid to members amble tr
Woes; to follow their employment. Every member
whom old age, lore of sight, or permanent affliction
of any kind, whether bodily or mental, prevents from
earning the means of livelihood, is entitled to receive out
of the superannuatica fend • j 111•6011 far life. Them pen-
sions, which ere payable weekly, vary wean to
of membership from 281. to 364 Se. • year. The total
dis-
bareementa on this account ham reached 3,7161. 19s, of
which 2601. WSJ *speeded during the past year. At the
commencemeat of the year there wen eight memberr in re-
mitt of these passim', two were receiving 311. 45., and
the remaining sth, 361. 8a per annum each. Beaks
the allowance to the members le slake's% and pensions to
the sod and is/km, the family of each member is
entitled at his douses to a gamma of 501., end
should • member survive We wife, he is entitled to
251. Ten members have died der* the pest
year sod the ha* of ma have or will mesh* the sum
of 501. To three members whose wives have died during
the memo period 751. hu been paid. The payments for the
year have been 4861., sad the toted expeoditime on this
account doom Nam, Assn 10.. The home of the pile-
Meal fond from all sources during the year has automated to
3,8641. ss. 6d., and the expenditere to 1,4041. 19s. The
difference has bees added April the invested capital. This
capital, cm the 4th day of „11164, amounted to 31,07 U.
13e. 6d. On the sth day of April, 1265, it bad iscameed to
33,5351. The moiety hes moseeded in me of its obis*,
the creating • food to make provider for its members in
sickness, and for their families on their &mem These
Maims have always been met out of the current b
and es the oonhfttioes of the members sow ill::
1,7001. • year, no difficulty is eaticipated in always
being able to 'slimly them without tumble' the espitei But
coe principal oldest remains to be sooomplished, viz., the
making • certain provision for the decayed and infirm
members by sconatalati ample reserve fend. The
camel. or benevolent food, is • distinct fund, devoted to
the usistenee of the members, their "widows, and orphan
children and law clerk", not member., oat of employ (any-
where in Ragland), and their widows, who may be is dk-
teemed circumstances, the result of usevoidable misfortune.
The receipts of the year on this food have been 5361.4e.22.;
and the disbursements in gift', loans, and moseury disburse-
meats, 4871. 17e. The thlereem, ineludieg a balance In
hand, left the amount of this fund at the lam audit,
6191. 15s. 3d. The claims upon it are so nume-
rous es to pride& any investment. The moiety ie
now 'speeding in easel relief Dearly 2,0001. a year.
Noce 1832 it has thus disbursed 30,7441. 13a. lei.
The chairman expeemed • most favourable opinion of the
report. and deasibed the this
of the funds es being
most flourishing. Mceeover, this was not the remit alto-
gether of charity, but at the foresight of the members.
But although the fond wee prosperous, sad the number of
reoipieets sot maay, yet ambers would harms' with years,
and whilst the *misty wee comparatively in its youth, it
would be wrong oot to be so prudent am topmide for its
coming age. He lamented that the society had lost through
death the services of Mr. Keith Barnes, one of their boo-
tees, but wan glad that the office would be well filled by his
friend. Mr. Francis Thomas Births= The *airman coo-
eluded by dilatiag oc the greet claims of the society on the
profeaaioe at largo. It united every breath. sod deserved
support from every branch. Mr. Harry G. Roger.. the
secretary,read &lista subscriptioasuamatiogto about 5001.

COAL IMPORTS ,AND WORTS, LONDON.

Mr. J. R. Scott, the Registrar of the London
Coal Market, has published the following statistics of im-
ports of cask iuto the port sad district of Loudon, by sea,
railway, sad Gaud, dung May, 1885 :
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