Show I I 0 O F Jjtres 17inrcs Which Show That tim Orders Prosperity Is Increasing Wo decidedly disagree with thoso who think that Odd Fellowship is on the decline says The Dominion Odd Fellow Tho figures tell another story There has been a steady yearly increase in membership and wealth During the years 1S777J thero was a slight decrease but since that period tho advance has been continuous In IbTO there wc o 440783 members reported re-ported for ISsO the number is V300 or including in-cluding Australasia and Germany 547303 An incrcaso of about 100000 in seven years does not look as though Odd Fellowship was in a very feeble state In 1S70 tho revenue of tho order amounted to 4391213 for 1SSG tho figures are 7 u > 722 or in other words more than a million and a quarter in csccss pf what it was becu years ago V Nor does the exhibit of our beneficial work bow any decline In 1S70 our relief expenditure expendi-ture was 1714105 and in ISsC it was 2227 324 or in other words our annual outlay for relief is half a million moro at present than it was seven years ago |