In other cases, a club charges an initiation fee and monthly dues.

Common areas are owned and maintained by the homeowners' association for monthly dues of around $106.

Thousands of members were no longer organised and many did not even pay their nominal 25p monthly dues.

"I quite forgot to mention the monthly dues," he said.

They hold meetings in their homes, where the $5 monthly dues and any donations are collected.

In December 1990, the union increased the monthly dues of members to $31, from $24.

Initial membership fees range from $300 to $1,000, with monthly dues of $30 to $50.

The estimated 600 members in 1978 paid monthly dues of $24.

Since 1998, the union has attracted only 450 members around the country, who pay monthly dues of $11.

The initiation fee is $25,000, and monthly dues are $1,000.