ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 7120, 19 July 1886, Page 4

ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS.

The Forebtu ' Directory for 188G is ti^ain an immense compilation of iignrus covering 550 payes, the whole exceeding in bulk vVliituker's Alniannc. The order still continues to nuke gigantic strides. Prom the dire cti > r y we learn that there were on the oUt uL "DdCMiiber, 1835, 294 districts, 4'J3O courts 017,077 benefit, and 14,917 honorti'.y member?, soowing nn increase on die" jear oE 64 courts, 13,789 ben.fit, anJ 946 honorary o members. The ag^iegato worth of he court fun-is vv>irf £3,314,350, an<l of: district fuuia £405,844, making a total o£ £3,720,200, sho.viDg an increase on tbe year ot £136,035. During [he year there wcrr- 55,321 new members admitted, and 28.9G7 returned as* having left through non payment and causes other than death. The mitner o£ memberd' deaths in the )ear was 0,000, and o£ members' wishes and widows 4,526. The juvenile soe'eties in connection with the order nt December 31s f , 1885, comprised 61,987 members, with £73,089 of funds; beins an mc ease of 3210 members and £16,313 in funds on the 3 ear. During the year there were 13,416 members admitted, and in tho same perfo 1 4127 were transferred to various courts as members of the order.

Home Rule o£ the Ri^-ht Sort.—" Rule Britannia." Religion and hanging result from the Barue came — conviction. The editor of a morning paper knows all about tbe nights of labor. A sermon is always short to the woman who wears a new bonnet to church for tho first time. A man of small stature gave as a reason for his stunted growth that he was biought up when a baby on condensed milk.