Odd fellows

Independf.nt Order of, Manchester Unity, was originally a convivial a ociation modelled on Freemasonry, but it a umed its present form in Manchester about 1813, and spread to U.S.A. about 1819. (See Friendly Societies above.) It has now in Great Britain an adult membership of 750,000, a juvenile membership of 100,000, a total £860,000—which, capital of.£9,000,000, and an annual expenditure of than its annual receipts. In 1893 it was agreed to admit females as well as males to the Lodges. The Grand Master is Mr. Samuel Turner of Bury.