300 BRITISH RURAL LIFE AND LABOUR. 



and if the Committee are not at hand the opinion of a 

 butcher shall be obtained ; and if it is not safe to let the pig 

 live any longer it shall be killed, valued, or sold for what it 

 is worth, and the remainder made up to the owner by the 

 Society. If it is sold at market price, nothing shall be 

 allowed from the Society, and if it be not valued by the 

 person appointed by the Society, nothing shall be allowed. 

 The Committee must and shall be allowed to see the pig 

 alive or dead." 



At the time of our inquiry we found that this excellent 

 society had prospered, and that, after paying all claims, 

 it was perfectly solvent and had a capital fund of no 

 less than fifty pounds & sum which, for security, had 

 been placed in the Post Office Savings Bank. The 

 Society, moreover, indulged in the recreation of an 

 " annual dinner " ; a payment of five shillings or a five- 

 shilling subscription as honorary member entitling an 

 outsider to dine with the society, whose dinners were 

 " good " and much appreciated, " leading persons " in 

 the village often attending them. 



THE END. 



