In what is called an “improved burial society,” of the date of 1841, called the East London Burial Society, held at the Swan public house, Bethnal Green, the terms are:— That the members of this society shall pay their contributions weekly or monthly, and shall pay 1_d._ per quarter extra, to defray other expenses attending the society. Every member shall pay 1_d._ per week for the first class, from two to fifty-five years; the second class, from ten to fifty-five years, 2_d._ per week; the third class, from ten to fifty-five years, shall pay 3_d._ per week. Richard Crafer appears to be the president, and William Duggan secretary; then Richard Crafer afterwards appears as the undertaker. With respect to him the following is inserted as a fundamental rule of the society:— That Richard Crafer, being the founder of this Society, shall be the undertaker, and no future articles shall remove him, so long as he gives general satisfaction to the society, and in case of his death, his eldest son shall claim the same for the benefit of the widow, and at her decease the same shall devolve on the eldest son living. Mr. William Duggan is appointed secretary, and for his attendance and services he shall be allowed the sum of 1_d._ per quarter, for as many members as there are on the society’s books: he will assist the society with his best advice, and register good and healthy members, and post the books. He shall be allowed 3_d._ each for all notices he may deliver on the society’s business, but not obliged to go more than two miles from the club-house. This is preceded by the usual rule, that— Any member _coming_ to the society’s meeting-house in liquor, so as to disturb the proceedings, shall be fined 1_s._, and ordered to leave the room; and should any member charge the committee, secretary, president, trustees, or landlord with any unjust proceedings relative to the society, and cannot substantiate the same, he or she shall pay a fine not exceeding 10_s._ to the stock, or be excluded. In the society of “United Brewers and Draymen,” of which J. Guy is secretary and undertaker, one of the fundamental rules is, that— At the funeral of a member, the secretary shall provide fittings for porters and six pall bearers, for which he shall be allowed 1_l._, whether they are used or not, provided such member dies and is interred within three miles of any meeting-house. The particulars of the provision commonly held out, is stated in the following rule of the General Burial Society:— That the landlord for the time being shall be treasurer, and when there is sufficient cash, above what is necessary to supply the exigencies of the society, the same shall be vested in the public funds, in the names of the trustees appointed by the committee. The landlord, as treasurer, &c., shall give proper security for the due performance of his offices.