FRIENDLY SOCIETIES WORK.
6,899,918 MEMBERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES. According to the report of the Chief Registrar of. Friendly Societies of .the United King' dom for 190G, tho total number .of rsocieties and branches on December 31, 1905, was 26,917,whi1e tho membership was .5,899,918. ■ Compared withi 1899, the .societies anc] branches' show an ; increase. of 48G.- and tho membership 682,657,. the iiicreaso- iii England and Walesvbeing 48,389. < > ... -'i -/ ■ The total -: revenue . of the. societies during 1905 was £8,122,101, and was applied .to the following purposes:—! : v - ... . Sick pay £4,079,022 Sums at death /. 865,929 Other benefits 805,080 Management ..... 856,517 Balances — 1,515,547 Tho amount paid in old-age pay and annuities was £163,923. The accumulated funds of the societies at the end of,!the year' amounted to £41,945,131.' .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 253, 18 July 1908, Page 10
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124FRIENDLY SOCIETIES WORK. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 253, 18 July 1908, Page 10
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