A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Sacred Harmonic Society Benevolent Fund
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, The Benevolent Fund of the, was instituted March 14, 1855, for the aid of necessitous persons who had at any time been connected with the Sacred Harmonic Society. It differs from a benefit society in the fact that relief is not restricted to subscribers to the Fund, and that none are entitled to the receipt of stated sums upon the happening of stated events. Each applicant's case is considered on its merits, and either a temporary grant or a small continuous pension awarded as circumstances may require. The management of the Fund is entrusted to an independent committee, chosen by the Governors of the Fund from the members of the Sacred Harmonic Society. An annual subscription of 10s. 6d. constitutes a Governor, and a donation of £5 5s. at one time a Life Governor. The claims upon the Fund have been so numerous and urgent that it has been impossible to increase its capital to the desired extent.
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