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honorary member ; whilst out of 430 hunt servants 

 in the United Kingdom over 300 are already enrolled 

 as benefit members. This number would have been 

 still further increased had not many been precluded 

 from joining the society by reason of their age dis- 

 quahfying them for membership, the line being 

 drawn at fifty-five years. Several ladies are also to 

 be found amongst the list of honorary members, and 

 have lent the most valuable aid to the society in 

 obtaining subscriptions from their friends. The 

 greatest benefactors to the institution are the 

 Dowager - Marchioness of Westminster and her 

 daughter, Lady Theodora Guest, the Marchioness 

 of Drogheda, the Countess of Yarborough, Mrs. 

 Boughey, and Mrs. G. Bowers Edwards, whose 

 sketches in *' Punch " are so well known to many. 

 The society is presided over by the Duke of Buc- 

 cleuch, who always receives a large amount of 

 support. The trustees are the Earl of Maccles- 

 field, Sir Watkin Wynn, and Mr. George Lane Fox, 

 also members of the executive committee, who are 

 very regular in their attendance. It is little wonder, 

 then, that under such auspices so rapid an advance 

 has been made. 



Up to the present time no great demands have 

 been urged on the funds of the society beyond pay- 

 ments for sickness and accident, but the time is 

 approaching when some of the benefit members will 

 become entitled to annuities, therefore every oppor- 

 tunity should be seized to increase the funded pro- 

 perty, which, though it now reaches £14,000, falls 

 short of the required amount by the sum of £6000 

 No legacy has as yet been received by the society, 



