Assisiance in funeral expenses Before the insurance scheme against death and. disablement for members went. into operation May 1, 1935, the Association granted funeral expenses to $20 in ease of the death of 2 member and up to $20 in case of that one of his immediate dependents. Afwr that date, the members have been taken care of by the insurance sphere, but the need for their dependents has remained to be met by the relict programme. The procedure in handling such cases is similar to that adopted for the granting of rice, except that instead of a doctor's cer tine ate, their application for assist~ ance must be sumod by a guarantor. During the period of twenty-one months stated above, 625 casts of {ineral assistance have been approved and a sum of $0496.24 has been dis-Dursed for the purpose, which is 37 per cent of the total relief expendi~ ture,
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