FRIENDLY SOCIETIES (TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT BY THE REGISTRAR OF).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1898 Session I, H-01

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1898. NEW ZEALAND.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES (TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT BY THE REGISTRAR OF).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to " The Friendly Societies Act, 1882," Section 5, Subsection (8).

TEANSACTIONS DUBING THE YBAE 1897. Begistbation of Societies and Bbanches. 1 The total number of registrations during the year 1897 was 9, distributed thus : M.TJXO.C».]?.,* 3 lodges ; 1.0.01, 1 lodge ; A.0.F., 1 court; U.A.0.D., 1 grand lodge and 3 subordinate lodges rf istrafcion during the year ia shown by a comparison of the number of Sties and branches on the register as at the beginning and end of the year respectively.

3. A complete list of societies and branches on the register as at the end of 1897 is given in Appendix 11. Cancellation of Eegistky. 4. The registry of the under-mentioned societies and branches, which had ceased to exist, was cancelled during the year :— . f 0\ F -Go^.»ttdtuSlSS3 n Tent. (New C.n« NM IlßS—MoShimi Accident Belief Fund Society and Kamo Mmers , Accident Belief Fund Society. , . , _, , W M C—Eichmond Working-men s Club. _ I.S.S.—Christchurch and Suburban Go-operative Money Glub. ___

* LIST OP ABBREVIATIONS MADE USE OP IN THIS REPORT. . T-, 4. Ana AnplpTit Order of Shecherds 8.U.0.0.P., British United Order of Odd A.0.F., Ancient Orf« of * y . Fellows. H A.C.B b ttibernian *uw jQ QF independent Order of Odd Fellows American *-°- G .-.h- In f epe T n 0 e R °iXendent OrfeTof Rechabites! 1.5.5., Isolated Specially-authorised Society. Constitution). I-O-B-. t ° o d o£ odd Fellows. N.1.0.0.P., National Independent Order W.M.C, Working-men's Club.

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Statement as on the 1st January, 1897. Statement as on the 31et December, 1897. Name or Class of Society. M.U.I.O.O.P. .. I.O.O.F. N.I.O.O.F. .. B.U.O.O.F. .. A.O.P. A.O.S. U.A.O.D. I.O.E. S.D.T. H.A.O.B.S. .. P.A.P.S.A. .. R.B.B.S. I.P.S. W.M.C. I.O.G.T. 16 districts, 138 lodges, and 1 widow and orphan society 1 grand lodge and 30 subordinate lodges .. 1 district and 2 lodges 1 district and 1 lodge .. ■• •• 8 districts, 112 courts, 2 juvenile courts, and 1 widow and orphan society 1 sanctuary .. • • 2 grand lodges and 54 subordinate lodges .. 2 districts and 37 tents .. • • 1 grand division and 11 subordinate divisions 1 district and 22 branches 1 grand lodge and 12 subordinate lodges .. 2 societies 8 societies 13 clubs •• •• •• •• 1 grand lodge, 53 subordinate lodges, and A temples 25 societies 16 districts, 141 lodges, and 1 widow and orphan society. 1 grand lodge and 31 subordinate lodges. 1 district and 2 lodges. 1 district and 1 lodge. 8 districts, 112 courts, 2 juvenile courts, and 1 widow and orphan society. 1 sanctuary. 2 grand lodges and 57 subordinate lodges. 2 districts and 35 tents. 1 grand division and 10 subordinate divisions. 1 district and 22 branches. 1 grand lodge and 12 subordinate lodges. 2 societies. 6 societies. 12 clubs. 1 grand lodge, 53 subordinate lodges, and 2 temples. 24 societies. I.S.S.

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5. The registry of the Try Again Division, S.D.T., was cancelled in consequence of its amalgamation with the Progress Division. Conversion op Ebgistry. 6. Three lodges, registered as separate societies, applied for conversion of registry, and were registered as branches—Nelson Lodge as a branch of the Nelson District, M.U.1.0.0.F.; Court Star of Canterbury as a branch of the Canterbury United District, A.O.F. ; and Poneke Lodge as a branch of the District Grand Lodge of the North Island of New Zealand, U.A.O.D. Eegistration of New Eules. 7. Eegistration of a complete amendment of rules— i.e., of a complete set of new rules—was made in respect of the under-mentioned societies and branches :— M.U.l.O.O.F.—Auckland District, flawke's Bay District, City of Norwich and Heart of Friendship Lodges (Lyttelton District), and Shamrock, Eose, and Thistle Lodge (Invercargill District). A.O.F.—Court Star of Dunsandel (Canterbury United District) and Court Star of the South (United Otago District). Eegistration op Partial Amendment op Eules. 8. Eegistration of a partial amendment of rules was made in respect of the under-mentioned societies and branches :— M.U.I.O.O.F.—Unity and Britannia Lodges ("Wellington District), Eenwick Lodge (Marlborough District), Nelson Lodge (Nelson District), North Canterbury District, and Lyttelton District. A.O.F.—Auckland District, Wellington District, Nelson District, and Court Pride of Courtenay (Canterbury United District). I.O.E.—Star cf Hauraki Tent (New Zealand District), and New Zealand Central District. S.D.T.—Grand Division. I.F.S.—Cardiff Accident Belief Fund Society. Statistics por 1896. 9. The number of lodges- whose returns are tabulated is 392, and of central bodies 35, distributed according to orders thus :—

10. In Tables 1., V., and VI., attached to this report, the respective district totals include the funds of the central bodies. 11. In the final column of Table I. is entered the average surplus or deficiency per member, as shown at the last valuation of the society. 12. In the monetary tables, except the first, shillings and pence have been omitted, there being no apparent advantage in publishing the values more accurately than as shown by the nearest pound. 13. The number of members of these lodges at the end of the year was 31,825. 14. The following balance-sheet gives their total funds (including those of the central bodies) as on the 31st December, 1896:— Funds. £ Assets. £ Sick and Funeral Funds .. .. ..562,862 Investments at interest .. .. ..455,748 Medical and Management Funds, goods, &c. .. 48,964 Value of land and buildings .. .. .. 119,180 Cash not bearing interest .. .. .. 24*923 Value of goods .. .. .. .. 10,509 Other assets .. .. .. .. 1,466 £611,826 £611,826 15. The following summary shows the disposition of the various investments at interest, together with the respective average rates per cent. :—

Society. Central Bodies. Lodges. Society. Central Bodies. Lodges. tl.U.I.O.O.F. .O.O.P. .. SM.O.OJ , ... 3.U.O.O.P. LO.F. L.O.S. 16 1 1 1 9 140 23 2 1 105 1 U.A.O.D. .. I.O.R. S.D.T. H.A.G.B.S. P.A.F.S.A. E.E.B.S... 2 2 1 1 1 46 34 11 15 12 2

Mode of Investment. Amount. Rate per Cent. 3n deposit with the Post-Offioe Savings-Bank Dn deposit with other banks Dn mortgage of freehold property [n Government and municipal debentures Dther investments i £ 13,899 40,626 54,376 326,644 10,521 9,682 3-5 3-0 3-5 6-6 5-6 5-8 455,748 5-8 * The word "lodge," when applied to all societies, is to be understood as embracing the synonymous terms ' court," " tent," &c, as used in the various Orders.

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16. Averages and percentages deduced from the tabulated returns for the years 1881-96 are given in Appendix I. 17. Information as to the forms kept in the Eegistry Office for the convenience of societies, and sent free on application, is to be found in Appendix IV. 18. For many years statistics relating to the sickness and mortality of New Zealand friendlysocieties have been collected and tabulated, and at the end of two quinquennial periods the experience was analysed. Since 1891 an analysis of the experience for the quinquennium preceding the valuation date of the societies" valued in the office has been made concurrently with the valuation. Tables of the general mortality of the colony have been recently published. It is thought that a step forward may therefore now be taken by substituting, as far as possible, in the calculation of present values, New Zealand rates of sickness and mortality in lieu of English rates, the only standard hitherto available. Owing to the paucity of numbers at the higher ages it is still compulsory to make use of English sickness rates aftsr age 70, the experience for the years 1876-80, contained in a special report to the English Chief Eegistrar by the Actuary to the Friendly Societies, being accepted pending the collection of additional statistics of the colony. The death rates are taken from " Bates of Mortality in New Zealand," by Mr. George Leslie, Assistant Actuary, Government Life Insurance Department. On these data are calculated the present values of an annuity for life, and of the several liabilities on account of benefits during sickness, and at the death of a member, and of a member's wife. The rate of interest assumed in the calculation is 4 per cent. If before long it may be thought desirable to lower the rate, yet, while many societies continue to find safe investments for their accumulated funds at a> considerably higher average rate, the need of reduction cannot be said to be urgent. 19. It should be clearly understood that no new method is being introduced into the valuation of friendly societies. The adoption of a New Zealand table of sickness and mortality has been contemplated for years. The English table, although disparaged by some as a temporary standard for New Zealand societies, proved a serviceable guide which all would have done well to follow. The objection that it was too severe a test under what were hopefully regarded as more favourable conditions is now disposed of, and a lasting tribute is due to the memory of the able compiler of the statistics on which it was based for most valuable service rendered to friendly societies throughout the world. 20. The effect of a relatively lower rate of mortality is to increase the present value of the contributions, and at the same time to decrease the present value of the death benefits. There is also, in the new table, a decrease in the present values of the first-twelve-months sickness. On the other hand, there is a great increase in the present values of the after-twelve-months sickness, which a reduction in the rate of chronic sick pay will only partially counteract. The lower the rate of mortality at any given age, the greater is the number of lives subsequently at risk; whereby, apart from any increase in the rates of sickness per member, is created an increased total liability, and whereby, notwithstanding a decrease in the sickness rates, there may be. an equal or even a greater amount of sickness to be paid for. Moreover, the deaths among members of friendly societies have been fewer than the expectation as compared with the general rates of the colony, the result being a further addition to the number of lives at risk and a corresponding increase of liability. 21. It cannot be said that societies were not well advised. Nearly twenty years ago a table of rates of coptributions for benefits was prepared by the Actuary and recommended by the Eegistrar for adoption. As the danger which threatened their finances became more clearly defined, the warning note was repeated by every actuarial valuer, It was very difficult, however, to persuade members that the effect of a low death rate could be unfavourable from a financial point of view. The strength or weakness of a friendly society is mainly determined by the strength or weakness of its finance. It is of no avail that all its other rules are model rules unless the contributions to the sick and funeral fund are adequate to provide the promised benefits. The following extract is from the 1897 report of the Public Actuary in South Australia. Had Mr. Gouge known the history of friendly societies in this colony, and how confident many of their members were that the actuaries who made the first valuations were altogether wrong, that the Registrar's warning was unnecessary, and that the members themselves were the only competent judges of the position, he might have included New Zealand also in his reference. The publication of the results of the investigation into the financial condition of friendly societies in this colony, as disclosed in my last report, created in the minds of many members mingled feelings of alarm, despair, and ridicule ; and those who were moved by the latter sentiment were not slow to give expression to their opinions. The process employed in the valuations to ascertain the ratio which the probable future receipts of a society bore to its probable future expenditure being the first of its kind which had been brought under their notice, it was rather to be expected that the members would fail to entertain a proper appreciation of the meaning of "present value," or of a " valuation balance-sheet." If, as the result of my investigation, I had told them that their society during the previous five years had received in cash so much more than it had paid away, that would have been clear to them, and conclusive proof that they had made so much profit, and they would have been comforted by the assurance. But when I demonstrated to them that, as to the future, the present value of the probable expenditure was greater than the present value of the probable income by a sum much larger than the funds which the society had then accumulated, the mingled feelings just indicated were expressed. By general consent my conclusions were pronounced to be wrong, and the members who had not taken the trouble to read my report and study the basis upon which those conclusions were arrived at were most assured of that fact. Similar opposition and adverse criticism were manifested in England many years ago, and also in Victoria, when the actual condition of friendly societies there was disclosed and remedies suggested. 22. The following table of contributions for benefits is published for the information of societies in terms of section 5 of " The Friendly Societies Act, 1882 " : —

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Table of Rates of Contributions prepared pursuant to Section 5 of Subsection 7(c) of "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882." Annual Contributions payable Monthly during Life to provide for the under-mentioned Benefits.

23. The following examples are given as illustrations of the application of the foregoing Example 1 : To find the four-weekly contribution for benefits payable by a member admitted at age 21 into a society whose rules contain the following scale : £20 at death of member; £10 at death of member's wife, if member be then living; £1 a week during first-six-months sickness; 10s. a week during second-six-months sickness ; and ss. a week during after-twelve-months sickness. At age 21, according to the table, the annual contribution for a benefit of— ."t s. da £10 at death of member = ... ... ... ••■ ••• 0 2 4 (») £10 at death of member's wife = .. ... ••• ... 0 1 8( b ) £1 a week during first-six-months sickness = ... ... ... 0 19 3 (°) £1 a week during second-six-months sickness = ... ... ... 0 3 1 ( d ) £1 a week during after-twelve-months sickness = ... ... ... 0 18 6 ( c ) Therefore the annual contribution for— £20 at death of member = ( a ) multiplied by 2 = ... ... ... 0 4 8 £10 at death of member's wife = ( b ) = ... ... ... ... 0 1 8 £1 a week during first-six-months sickness = (°) = ... ... 0 19 3 10s. a week during second-six-months sickness = ( a ) divided by 2 = ... 0 1 6£ ss. a week during after-twelve-months sickness = ( c ) divided by 4 = ... 0 4 7| Total ... ••• 1 11 9 The four-weekly contribution, not involving fractions of a penny, which a member aged 21 at admission should therefore pay for these benefits is found by dividing the total of the annual contributions by 13, the result being 2s. sd. Example 2 : To find the four-weekly contribution for benefits payable by a member admitted at age 30 into a society whose rules contain the following scale : £18 at death of member ; £12 at death of member's wife, if member be then living ; and 10s. a week for all sickness. At age 30, according to the table, the annual contribution for a benefit of— •b s> el* £10 at death of member = ... ... ... ■■• ••• 0 3 2 ( f ) £10 at death of member's wife = ... ••• ••• ... 0 2 2( g ) £1 a week for all sickness = ~. ... ... ■•• ••• 216 1 ( h )

Funeral Be: ieflt of £10. Allowi mce of £1 per wi >ek during At Death of Member. At Death of Member's First Wife if Member be then living. All Sickness. First-twelve-months Sickness. First-six-months Sickness. Second-six-months Sickness. After-first-twelve-months Sickness. 16 17 18 19 20 s. a. 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 s. a. 1 6 1 0 1 7 1 7 1 8 £ s. a. 1 15 5 1 16 4 1 17 5 1 18 6 1 19 8 £ s. d. 10 9 110 114 118 12 0 £ s. a. 0 18 2 0 18 4 0 18 6 0 18 9 0 19 0 s, s. a. 0 2 7 0 2 8 0 2 10 0 2 11 0 3 0 £ s. a. 0 14 8 0 15 4 0 16 1 0 16 10 0 17 8 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 1 8 1 9 1 9 1 10 1 10 2 0 10 2 2 1 2 3 6 2 S 0 2 6 7 12 4 12 8 13 2 13 7 14 2 0 19 3 0 19 6 0 19 10 10 2 10 7 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 3 4 0 3 5 0 3 7 0 18 6 0 19 5 10 4 115 12 5 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2 9 2 10 3 0 3 1 3 2 1 11 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 8 4 2 10 0 2 12 0 2 14 0 2 16 1 14 9 15 3 1 5 11 16 7 17 3 110 115 1 1 11 12 5 1 2 11 0 3 9 0 3 10 0 4 0 0 4 2 0 4 4 13 7 14 9 16 1 17 5 1 8 10 2G 27 28 29 30 81 32 80 34 83 3 4 3 5 3 6 3 8 3 10 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 18 5 3 0 9 3 3 4 3 5 11 3 8 11 18 0 18 9 19 7 1 10 5 1 11 5 13 6 14 0 14 8 15 3 16 0 0 4 6 0 4 9 0 4 11 0 5 2 0 5 5 1 10 5 1 12 0 1 13 9 1 15 6 1 17 6 81 32 33 34 35 30 37 38 39 40 3 11 4 1 4 3 4 5 4 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 2 11 3 0 3 11 11 3 15 1 3 18 7 4 2-4 4 6 2 1 12 4 1 13 3 1 14 4 1 15 6 1 16 8 16 8 17 5 18 2 19 0 1 9 10 0 5 8 0 5 10 0 6 2 0 6 6 0 6 10 1 19 7 2 1 10 2 4 3 2 6 10 2 9 6 36 37 38 89 40 41 42 43 41 45 4 10 5 0 5 3 5 5 5 8 3 2 3 3 3 5 3 6 3 8 4 10 1 4 14 5 4 19 10 5 4 1 5 8 8 1 17 10 1 19 1 2 0 4 2 19 2 2 11 1 10 8 1 11 7 1 12 6 1 13 6 1 14 4 0 7 2 0 7 6 0 7 10 0 8 3 0 8 7 2 12 3 2 15 4 2 18 8 3 2 4 3 5 9 41 42 43 44 45

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Therefore the annual contribution for— £ s. d. £18 at death of member = (') increased by four-fifths = ... ...058$ £12 at death of member's wife = ( g ) increased by one-fifth = ... 0 2 7 10s. a week for all sickness = ( h ) divided by 2 = ... ... ...18 0$ Total ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 16 4 The four-weekly contribution, not involving fractions of a penny, which a member aged 30 at admission should therefore pay for these benefits is found by dividing the total of the annual contributions by 13, the result being 2s. 10d. In like manner the contribution may be ascertained for any group of similar benefits at any age within the limits of the table. 24. In determining a standard which is derived from the experience of a large number of societies it is not to be expected that henceforth each separate group of members will exhibit uniform rates of sickness and mortality. Indeed, if the lodge is taken as a unit, the membership is generally far too small, even if all other things are equal, to yield average results. Recognising this, societies having affiliated branches have advantageously spread the funeral benefit liability over the wider area of the district. Pew societies, however, have applied a similar method to the sickness benefit. Whatever objections may be offered to the centralisation of sick funds, it should be clearly understood that under the existing system small lodges are exposed to a special and serious danger, and that the greater the ratio of the chronic sickness benefit to the full sick pay the greater is the element of financial instability. 25. Valuations were made as on the 31st December, 1896, of the following societies : — Societies with Branches. M.U.l.O.O.P.—Auckland District, 11 branches; Wellington District, 15 branches; Marlborough District, 2 branches; Motueka District, 4 branches; North Canterbury District, 14 branches. A.O.F.—Wellington District, 27 branches. Societies without Branches. A.O.S.—Sanctuary Sir George Grey. U.A.O.D. —Bud of Hope Lodge, Star of New Zealand Lodge, Ivanhoe Lodge. The Ivanhoe Lodge was valued by Mr. Peter Black. All the other valuations of the year were made in the office of the Begistrar. 26. The total sickness of the societies valued in the office experienced during the quinquennium preceding the valuation date was 15 per cent, in excess of the expectation, the excess in the after-twelve-months sickness being 79 per cent. The total sickness per death was 230 weeks, and the sickness per death of members above forty years of age was 255 weeks. 27. Summarised results of the valuations are given in two tables (Appendix V.). Table A shows— 1. Number of members at the date of valuation ; 2. Present value of benefits ; 3. Present value of contributions to benefit funds; 4. Value of accumulated benefit funds ; 5. Surplus or deficiency ; 6. Average surplus or deficiency per member; 7. Average age of members; 8. Average annual contribution, per member, to benefit funds; 9. Average value, per member, of accumulated benefit funds : 10. Sate of interest, per annum, credited to benefit funds (average for quinquennium); 11. Surplus or deficiency at previous valuation (average per member). Table B shows— 1. Eatio to liabilities of— (a) Present value of contributions to benefit funds; (b) value of accumulated benefit funds ; (c) total assets; (d) surplus or deficiency. 2. Causes of surplus or deficiency. For convenience of publication, the causes assigned for the surplus or deficiency disclosed by valuation are indicated in Table B by means of letters, referring to a list prefixed to the table. 28. Societies, on application to the Eegistrar, may have their valuations made free of cost. The experience of the societies valued in the office as at the end of 1896, for the quinquennium preceding the valuation date, represents 33,071-5 years of life at risk. This experience has been grouped with that published in tabular form in last year's report, and the combined results are exhibited hereunder.

Sickness and Mortality Experience of Societies valued in the Office (Men Members only).

Sickness (Weeks). Number of Deaths. I Age of Members. Number of Years of Life at Bisk. First Six Months. Second Six Months. After Twelve Months. Total. Of Members. Of Wives. Jnder 25 S5-30 50-35 S5-40 10-45 15-50 >0-55 15-60 i0-65 15 70 '0 and upwards .. 16,889-0 17,560-5 17,059-5 15,733-0 12,545-5 9,643-0 7,271-5 3,966-0 1,864-5 660-0 437-5 11,821 11,117 11,524 11,588 10,909 10,850 10,548 6,401 3,663 1,629 1,381 777 752 911 909 1,253 1,427 1,967 1,385 849 407 755 1,041 942 2,180 1,940 3,720 5,616 6,610 7,033 6,086 4,813 7,322 13,639 12,811 14,615 14,437 15,882 17,893 19,125 14,819 10,598 6,849 9,458 80 79 85 73 66 80 106 77 28 24 28 13 37 55 68 69 46 61 31 21 12 10 All ages .. 423 103,630-0 91,431 11,392 47,303 150,126 726

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Comparison of Actual Sickness with the Expectation according to the M.U. 1866-70 Experience, in Quinquennial Age-periods.

Comparison of the Average Sickness per Member with the Expectation according to the M.U. 1866-70 Experience, in Quinquennial Age-periods.

Comparison of Actual Mortality with the Expectation according to the M.U. 1866-70 Experience, in Quinquennial Age-periods.

Table of Secessions among those who were Sick and not Sick respectively, during the Quinquennium preceding Valuation, in Quinquennial Age-periods.

Actual Sickness (Weeks). Expected Sickness (Weeks). Age. Years of Life at Risk. First Six Second Six After Twelvi Months. Months. Months. First Six Second Six After Twelve Months. Months. Months. Total. ' Total. Under 25 .. 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 70 and upwards All ages.. 16,889-0 17,560-5 17,059-5 15,733-0 12,545-5 9,643-0 7,271-5 3,966-0 1,864-5 660-0 437-5 11,821 11,117 11,524 11,588 10,909 10,850 10,548 6,401 3,663 1,629 1,381 777 752 911 909 1,253 1,427 1,967 1,385 849 407 755 I j 1,041 942 2,180 1,940 3,720 5,616 6,610 7,033 6,086 4,813 7,322 13,639 12,811 14,615 14,437 15,882 17,893 19,125 14,819 10,598 6,849 9,458 11,436 12,450 13,322 13,379 12,449 10,731 10,120 6,962 4,220 2,048 1,709 544 884 1,300 1,242 1,449 1,724 1,933 1,606 1,260 688 794 321 862 1,390 2,178 2,637 3,362 4,017 3,597 3,047 2,039 3,486 12,301 14,196 16,012 16,799 16,535 15,817 16,070 12,165 8,527 4,775 5,989 103,630-0 91,431 11,392 47,303 i 98,826 13,424 26,936 139,186 150,126

New Zealam d Experience. English ixperience. Age. First Six Months. Second Six Months. After Twelve Months. Total. First Six Months. Second Six Months. After Twelve Months. Total. Under 25 25-30 .. 30-35 35-40 40-45 .. 45-50 .. 50-55 55-60 .. 60-65 65-70 70 and upwards .. 0-70 0-64 0-68 0-74 0-87 1-13 1-45 1-61 1-96 2-47 3-16 0-05 0-04 0-05 0-06 0-10 015 0-27 035 0-46 0-62 1-73 0-06 0-05 0-13 0-12 0-30 0-58 091 1-77 3-26 7-29 16-73 0-81 0-73 0-86 0-92 1-27 1-86 2-63 3-73 5-68 10-38 21-62 0-68 0-71 0-78 0-85 0-99 1-11 1-39 1-76 2-26 3-10 3-91 0-03 005 0-08 0-08 0-12 0-18 0-27 040 0-68 1-04 1-81 0-02 0-05 0-08 0-14 0-21 0-35 0-55 0-91 1-63 3-09 7-97 0-73 0-81 0-94 1-07 1-32 1-64 2-21 3-07 4-57 7-23 13-69

Number of Deaths. Death-rate per Thousand. Age. Actual. Expected. Actual. Expected. Jnder 25 !5-30 .. SO-35 .. !5-40 .. 10-45 .. 15-50 .. iO-55 .. S5-60 .. iO-65 .. iS-70 .. '0 and upwards 80 79 85 73 66 80 106 77 28 24 28 106-09 130-58 143-12 158-11 152-04 142-14 139-86 102-50 67-53 33-48 39-73 4.74 4-50 4-98 4-64 5-26 8-30 14-58 19-42 15-02 36-36 64-00 6-28 7.44 8-39 10-05 12-12 14-74 19-23 25-84 36-22 50-73 90-81 All ages 726 11-73 1215-18 7-01

Number of Members who Admitted before Quinquennium. Admitted during Quinquennium. Age at Beginning of Quinquennium or at Entry. Were Sick during Quinquennium. Were not Sick during Quinquennium. a>1 11 .2 a Were Sic! Quinquc k during iiinium. Were not Sick during Quinquennium. |j il Lapsed Were Lapsed Were during included during included Quinquen- in the Quinquen- in the nium. Valuation. nium. Valuation. Lapsed during Quinquennium. Were included in the Valuation. Lapsed Were during included Quinquen- in the nium. Valuation. Jnder 25 !5-30 SO-35 55-40 .. 10-45 .. 15-50 SO-55 55-60 50-65 55-70 .. JO and upwards 271 174 152 132 64 48 29 8 1,133 1,171 1,280 1,325 1,143 1,026 707 373 165 62 44 1,167 1,040 817 546 315 188 84 22 8 2 876 1,063 1,216 1,142 869 630 397 197 78 16 8 52 58 72 70 68 98 93 57 26 15 : 26 113 60 41 21 5 1 1,417 491 263 152 51 11 1,902 794 399 195 43 8 2 1 4,156 1,632 980 425 144 36 4 1 46 •22 13 6 2 1 1 1 1 All ages 879 8,429 4,189 6,492 635 301 2,386 3,344 7,378 91

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29. The following table shows the ratio to the total, of the sickness in the first six months, in the second six months, and after twelve months respectively, in quinquennial age-periods. After age forty there is a continuous decrease in acute sickness and a continuous increase in chronic sickness, the latter at the ages above sixty being considerably more than one-half of the total.

Teade-unions. 30. No application for registration under " The Trade-union Act, 1878," was received during 1897, all such societies preferring to register under " The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1894." 31. The registry of the Taranaki Sawmillers' Association was cancelled in 1897, at the request of the society. 32. A list of registered trade-unions, as on the 31st December, 1897, is given in Appendix 111. Edmund Mason, May, 1898. Registrar of Friendly Societies and Trade-unions.

Ratio (per Cent.) to Total Sickness. Age. First Six Months. Second Six Months. After Twelve Months. Under 25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 70 and upwards 86-67 86-78 78-85 80-26 68-69 60-64 55-15 43-20 34-56 23-79 14-60 5-70 5-87 6-23 6-30 7-89 7-97 10-29 9-35 8-01 5-94 7-98 7-63 7-35 14-92 13-44 23-42 31-39 34-56 47-45 57-43 70-27 77-42

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APPENDIX I. Percentages and Averages deduced from the Statistics of New Zealand Friendly Societies for the Years 1881-1896.

Years. Description of Percentage or Average. 1881-85. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. Mortality of members (rate per 1,000 members) „ wives „ Funeral benefits, average per member Sick members, percentage of Sickness (weeks) average per member „ „ sick .. „ „ death of member Contribution to Sick and Funeral Fund, average per member Sickness benefit, average per member .. 7-23 4-18 3s. 4d. 14-37 0-93 6-51 129-31 £1-35 15s. 3d. £5-32 6-91 5-14 3s. 9d. 15-46 1-04 669 149-72 £1-33 17s. Od. £5-50 6-66 4-29 3s. 5d. 1603 1-05 6-52 156-89 £1-34 16s. 9d. £5-22 6-35 4-34 3s. 4d. 16-11 1-14 7-06 179-24 £1-36 18s. £5-59 6-44 3-44 3s. 5d. 15-81 1-14 7-29 179-09 £1-35 18s. £5-68 5-60 3-29 2s. lid. 19-24 1-20 6-25 214-58 £1-34 18s. lid. £4-93 6-87 3-78 3s. 6d. 19-06 1-23 6-44 178-78 £1-41 19s. 7d. £5-08 6-38 3-33 3s. Id. 19-96 1-33 6-65 208-09 £1-41 20s. 10d. £5-22 6-86 3-65 3s. 6d. 19-84 1-31 6-61 191-09 £1-41 20s. 5d. £5-14 7-53 3-65 3s. 9d. 21-45 1-41 6-55 186-59 £1-40 22s. £5-13 6-52 3-54 3s. 8a. 17-93 1-34 7-49 205-89 £1-39 21s. 4d. £5-66 6-89 3 32 3s. 7d. 17-90 1-36 7-61 197-83 £1-40 20s. Id. £5-61 ,, „ sick Batio to total sickness (per cent.) of— 1. Sickness experienced during first six months 2. „ during second six months 3. „ after twelve months Contribution* to Medical and Management Fund, average per member.. Medical expenses, average per member Management expenses,! average per member 67-65 7-44 24-91 £1-38 18s. lid. 11s. 2d. 67-38 8-36 24-26 £1-38 18s. 7d. 10s. 5d. 67-00 6-88 26-12 £1-38 19s. 10s. 8d. 64-13 8-20 27-67 £1-38 18s. lid. 10s. 3d. 61-40 9-20 29-40 £1-32 18s. 3d. 10s. 4d. 63-92 7-36 28-72 £1-35 19s. Id. 10s. ia. 64-34 7-57 28-09 £1-37 19s. Id. 10s. 64-53 7-82 27-65 £1-37 19s. 2d. 10s. 2a. 64-57 6-81 28-62 £1-36 19s. 9s. 10d. 65-27 7-67 27-06 £1-37 18s. lid. 9s. lid. 61-77 7-88 30-35 £1-38 19s. 9s. IOd. 58-99 7-91 33-10 £1-29 17s 6d. 9s. Ratio to total assets (per cent.) of— 1. Investments at interest 2. Value of land and buildings 3. Cash not bearing interest 4. Value of goods, &c. 5. Other assets 59-24 31-06 6-33 2-83 0-54 62-38 29-59 5-06 2-71 0-26 63-64 28-07 5-21 2-76 0-32 6446 27-26 5-23 2-74 0-32 66-00 26-57 .4-70 2-42 0-31 66-75 26-13 4-67 2-16 0-29 69-18 24-45 3-96 2-13 0-28 71-03 22-56 4-11 2-06 0-24 72-29 21-29 4-20 1-91 0-31 73-52 20-59 3-79 1-69 0-41 73-93 20-04 4-03 1-72 0-28 74-49 19-48 407 1-72 0-24 Ratio to total investments at interest (per cent.) of— 1. Amount on deposit with the Post-Office Savings-Bank .. 2. „ „ other banks 3. „ mortgage of freehold property 4. Amount in Government and municipal debentures 5. „ other investments 7-29 20-09 61-29 5-50 5-83 4-37 16-72 67-96 4-56 6-39 6-39 16-57 67-83 3-38 5-83 6-52 15-86 69-08 4-13 4-41 7-28 17-54 68-52 3-56 3-10 7-84 17-60 68-12 3-18 3-26 8-75 17-38 67-26 3-78 2-83 7-26 18-26 68-76 3-14 2-58 7-56 17-45 69-89 2-68 2-42 6-67 16-42 71-99 2-51 2-41 10-18 12-59 72-53 2-31 2-39 11-96 11-93 71-67 2-31 2-13 * Inclusive of levies and entrance and clearance fees. '..e., management expenses of lodges, and levies to the Hanaj ;ement Pond of central bodies.

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APPENDIX IL List of Ebgisteeed Societies, with their Begistebed Bbanches, as on 31st Decembeb, 1897 I. Manchester Units Independent Obdeb of Odd Fellows.

Beg. No. 13. Auckland District —Auckland. 1. Howiok Lodge, Howiok. 2. Charles Bruce Lodge, Thames. 8. Good Intent Lodge, Auckland. 4. Waikato Lodge, Thames. 5. G-isborne Lodge, Gisborne. 6. Whangarei Lodge, Whangarei. 7. Franklin Lodge, Otahuhu. 9. Parnell Lodge, Parnell. 14. Warkworth Pioneer Lodge, Warkworth. 19. Fountain of Friendship Lodge—Auckland. 81. Duke of Cambridge Lodge—Cambridge. 196. Hawke's Bay District —Napier. 1. Meeanee Lodge, Taradale. 2. Abbotsford Lodge, Waipawa. 3. Clive Lodge, Olive. -• 4. Hastings Lodge, Hastings. 5. Victoria Lodge, Porangahau. 6. Tavistock Lodge, Waipukurau. 7. Woodville Lodge, Woodville. 8. Napier Lodge, Napier. 9. Forest Home Lodge, Ormondville. 10. Dannevirke Lodge, Dannevirke. 11. Friendship Lodge, Port Ahuriri. 12. Ruahine Lodge, Hampden. 14. Maraekakaho Lodge, Maraekakaho. 93. New Plymouth District —New Plymouth. 1. Excelsior Lodge, New Plymouth. 2. Waitara Lodge, Waitara. 3. Union Lodge, Hawera. 4. Egmont Lodge, New Plymouth. 5. Manaia Lodge, Manaia. 6. Eltham Lodge, Eltham. 7. Midhurst Lodge, Midhurst. 297. Wanganui District —Wanganui. 1. Manawatu Lodge, Palmerston North. 2. Manchester Lodge, Feilding. 3. Awarua Lodge, Ohingaiti. 4. Apiti Lodge, Apiti. 5. Rangitikei Lodge, Mangaweka. 138. Wanganui Lodge—Wanganui. 7. Wellington District —Wellington. 1. Combination Lodge, Johnsonville. 2. Masterton Lodge, Masterton. 3. Heart of Oak Lodge, Carterton. 4. Greytown Lodge, Greytown. 5. Unity Lodge, Featherston. 6. St. George Lodge, Pahautanui. 7. Kainapoura Lodge, Tawa Plat. 8. Petone Lodge, Petone. 10. Rose of Sharon Lodge, Upper Hutt. 11. Britannia Lodge, Wellington. 12. Antipodean Lodge, Wellington. 13. Eketahuna Lodge, Eketahuna. 14. Martinborough Lodge, Martinborough. 15. Rose of the Valley Lodge, Lower Hutt. 16. Mangatainoka Lodge, Mangatainoka. 24. Wellington District Widow and Orphan Society— Wellington. 77. Marlborough District —Blenheim. 1. Marlborough Lodge, Blenheim. 2. Renwick Lodge, Renwick. 25. Nelson District— Nelson. 1. Howard Lodge, Nelson. 2. General Cameron Lodge, Brightwater. 4. Mansion of Peace Lodge, Wakefield. 5. Travellers' Rest Lodge, Richmond. 6. Nelson Lodge, Nelson. 244. Motueka District —Motueka. 1. Motueka Lodge, Motueka. 2. Good Intention Lodge, Riwaka. 3. Takaka Lodge, Takaka. 4. South Star Lodge, Dovedale. 92. North Westland District —Reefton. 1. Reefton Lodge, Reefton. 2. Westport Lodge, Westport. 3. Charleston Lodge, Charleston. 5. Waimangaroa Lodge, Waimangaroa. 40. Hokitika District —Hokitika. 1. Hokitika Lodge, Hokitika. 2. Albert Lodge, Kumara. 3. Waimea Lodge, Stafford. 2 H. 1.

Beg. No. 27. Greymouth Lodge—Greymouth. 170 a. Ashley District —Rangiora. 1. Leithfield Lodge, Leithfield. 2. Oust Lodge, Oust. 3. Woodend Lodge, Woodend. 4. Ohoka Lodge, Ohoka. 5. Oxford Lodge, Oxford. 6. Amberley Lodge, Amberley. 8. Waikari Lodge, Waikari. 9. Rangiora Lodge, Rangiora. 10. Nil Desperandum Lodge, East Oxford. 11. Cheviot Lodge, McKenzie. 18. North Canterbury District —Christchurch. 1. Volunteer Lodge, Sydenham. 2. Perseverance Lodge, Woolston. 4. Benevolent Lodge, Christchurch. 8. Kaiapoi Lodge, Kaiapoi. 9. Phillipstown Lodge, Phillipstown. 10. Leeston Lodge, Leeston. 11. Papanui Lodge, Papanui. 12. Coleridge Lodge, Glentunnel. 14. Addington Lodge, Addington. 16. Malvern Lodge, Waddington. 20. City of Christchurch Lodge, Christchurch. 21. Heart of Oak Lodge, Kaikoura. 22. Riccarton Lodge, Upper Riccarton. 23. Jubilee Lodge, Prebbleton. 5. Lyttelton District —Lyttelton. 2. Hand of Friendship Lodge, Okain's Bay. 3. Timaru Lodge, Timaru. 4. Good Intent Lodge, Akaroa. 5. Perseverance Lodge, Barry's Bay. 6. City of Norwich Lodge, Lyttelton. 7. Hand and Heart Lodge, Pigeon Bay. 8. Heart of Friendship Lodge, Waimate. 9. Pleasant Point Lodge, Pleasant Point. 256. Ashburton District —Ashburton. 1. Ashburton Lodge, Ashburton. 2. Pioneer Lodge, Springburn. 3. Waterton Lodge, Waterton. 4. South Rakaia Lodge, South Rakaia. 5. Tinwald Lodge, Tiuwald. 23. Otago District —Dunedin. 1. Outram Lodge, Outram. 2. Albion Lodge, Dunedin. 3. Alexandra Lodge, Port Molyneux. 4. Prince of Wales Lodge, Port Chalmers. 5. Tapanui Lodge, Tapanui. 6. Roxburgh Lodge, Roxburgh. 7. Prince Alfred Lodge, Hawkesbury. 8. Dunedin Lodge, Dunodin. 9. Waipori Lodge, Waipori. 10. Palmerston Lodge, Palmerston South. 11. Dalton Lodge, Balclutha. 12. Lake Wakatipu Lodge, Queenstown. 13. Cromwell Lodge, Cromwell. 14. Hand and Heart Lodge, Dunedin. 15. Oamaru Lodge, Oamaru. 16. Band of Friendship Lodge, Kakanui. 17. Tuapeka Pioneer Lodge, Lawrence. 18. Waitahuna Lodge, Waitahuna. 19. Bluespur Lodge, Bluespur. 20. -Mosgiel Lodge, Mosgiel. 21. Mount Wendon Lodge, Waikaia. 22. Caversham Lodge, Caversham. 23. Valley Lodge, North-east Valley. 24. Naseby Lodge, Naseby. 25. Ngapara Lodge, Ngapara. 26. Dunback Lodge, Dunback. 64. Invercargill District —Invercargill. 1. Shamrock, Rose, and Thistle Lodge, Invercargill. 2. St. George Lodge, Invercargill. 3. Lumsden Lodge, Lumsden. 4. Winton Lodge, Winton. 5. United Gore Lodge, Gore. 6. Awarua Lodge, Campbelltown. 8. Riversdale Lodge, Riversdale.

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List of Registered Societies, etc. — continued. 11. Independent Obdee of Odd Fellows (Ameeican). Beg. No. Beg. No. . 146. Grand Lodge of New Zealand —Dunedin. 26. Mataura Lodge, Mataura. 1. Pioneer Lodge, Dunedin. 27. Kawakawa Lodge, Kawakawa. 2. Star of Canterbury Lodge, Timaru. 28. Orient Lodge, Palmerston North, 4. Alexandrovna Lodge, Temuka. 29. Kaeo Lodge, Kaeo. 5. Unity Lodge, South Dunedin. 31. Washington Lodge, Sydenham. 8. Southern Cross Lodge, Wellington. 32. Linden Lodge, Kaikorai. 12. Alfred Lodge, Oamaru. 35. Otaki Lodge, Otaki. 15. Pioneer of Southland Lodge, Inveroargill. 37. Popotunoa Lodge, Clinton. 16. Leith Lodge, Dunedin. 39. Hope of Maheno Lodge, Maheno. 17. Star of Auckland Lodge, Auckland. 40. Te Ao Marama Lodge, Shannon. 19. Victoria Lodge, Geraldine. 42. Zealandia Lodge, Wellington. 20. Prebbleton Lodge, Prebbleton. 44. Waiareka Lodge, Weston. 21. Alma Lodge, Wyndham. 46. Eangitikei Lodge, Bull's. 22. Ridgley Lodge, Christchurch, 47. Star of Eden Lodge, Ponsonby. 23. Wallace Lodge, Riverton. 48. Britannia Lodge, Campbelltown. 25. Gladstone Lodge, Pairlie. 49. Northern Wairoa Lodge, Te Kopuru. 111. National Independent Obdbb of Odd Fellows. 160. Auckland Provincial District —Auckland. 2. United Brothers Lodge, Newton. 1. Auckland Pioneer Lodge, Auckland. IV. Bbitish United Obdbb of Odd Fellows. 237. Wellington District —Wellington. 1. Aorangi Lodge, Wellington. V. Ancient Obdeb of Fobestebs. 17. Auckland District —Auckland. 22. Court Hunterville, Hunterville. 1. Court City of Auckland, Auckland. 23. „ Sir William Jervois, Newtown. 2. „ Eureka, Auckland. 24. „ Pride of Levin, Levin. 3. „ Zealandia, Auckland. 25. „ Bloomfield, Hutt. 4. „ Robin Hood, Panmure. 26. „ Activity, Ohingaiti. 5. „ Nil Desperandum, Newton. 27. „ Makakahi, Eketahuna. 6. „ Royal Oak, Tauranga. 34. Court Sir George Grey—Wellington. 7. „ Pride of Onehunga, Onehunga. , , T , „. ... , T , 8. Pride of the North Grahamstown. i. Nelson Disrict-Xeteon 9. Star of the South, Otahuhu. J- Court rlde °* c Forest, Wakapuaka. 10. Pride of Newmarket, Auckland. % " g° n0 ° rd ' %^ m ° nt^ , 11. Northern Wairoa, Dargaville. 3 / " | h ? rW0 ° d s \< Stoke - -12. Pride of Parnell, Thames. *■ - Robin Hood, Nelson. 13. Star of Helensville, Helensville. 5 ' » Aorere Colhngwood. 14. Victoria, Devonport. £. " Inangahua, Beefton. 15. „ Queen of the North, Maungaturoto. \ " Unity, Havelock 17. Kihikihi, Kihikihi. I' " Perseverance Motueka. 18. Chisman, Auckland. *• " Charleston, Charleston, iq Waihi Waihi 10 - " R °y al Oak > West P 2o! I Townley Gisborne. 227. Court Pride of the West-Hokitika. 150. Hawke's Bay Dwirici-Napier. 28 - Canterbury United District-ChMuroh. 1. Court Sir Charles Napier, Napier. J" Gourt ld f e , o£ Courtenay Courtenay. 2. . Captain Cook, Napier. »■ ■ ls " e ° f c Poresfc ' Sydenham. 3. , Sir Henry Havelock, Havolock. % " Woodford Kaiapm. 4. Robin Hood, Port Ahuriri. % " Xiu^Pa^^ 1 \ 5. Ruahine, Waipukurau. °- " Asliburton. 6. Lord Clyde, Wairoa. }?• " SU r o f Dunsandel Dunsandel. 7 TT OTP h,L, HnsHnm n - » Star of Belfast, Belfast. Si : SS'ST fr " Queen.of Canterbury, Chrxstchurch. 9. , Ormond, Makotuku. "• " Victoria Kaiapoi. 10. Rising Sun, Dannevirke. ..„ fl ls ' » Star of Canterbury-Chnstchurch. 11 Waitangi, West Clive. \f a ®™ rt Queen , 3f the Is^ ea-. Lytt elton 12 Redclyfie Taradale. 139, Wldow : and Orphan Society, Canterbury DistrictChristchurch. 216. Taranaki Plymouth g m Ganterbl District-Tim^. 1. Court Taranaki New Plymouth. y c t Sout]l f em Gros Timaru 2. „ Inglewood Forest, Inglewood. % Progress, St. Andrew's. 3. . Raleigh Waitara. 200 _ Gour( . Pr} de-Waimate. 4. „ Egmont, Hawera. 5. „ Patea, Patea. 10. United Otago District —Dunedin. 6. „ Stratford, Stratford. 1. Court Enterprise, Dunedin. 55. Court Waireka —New Plymouth. 2. „ Pride of Dunedin, Dunedin. „. , „. ,•,,„ „. 3. „ Pride of Oamaru, Oamaru. 144. Wellington District— Wellington. 5 Robin Hood, Port Chalmers. 1. Court Robin Hood, Wellington. 7 Roxburgh, Roxburgh. 2. „ Sir George Bowen, Wellington. 8 . Sk AndrewSj Oaversham. 4. „ Clarendon, Picton. u _ Pride of Alexandra, Alexandra. 5. „ Manawatu, Palmerston North. 12 Bruce Milton 6. „ Loyal Feilding Feilding. 13 ] ' Pride'of the Lake, Queenstown. 7. „ William Gladstone, Gisborne. u _ Excelsior, Mornington. 8. „ Pioneer Te Nui 15 . Pride of the Dunedini 9. „ Roderick Dhu, WanganuK 16 . " Havelock, Waitahuna. 10. , B 1 ™ 1 , 16 ™; Blenheim. 17 . star of the Soufch InveroargilL 11. „ Loyal Enterprise, Masterton. 18- star of the Dunstan c , dc s 12. „ Marquis of Normanby, Oarterton. 19 , [ Little John, Roslyn. 13. „ Little John, Marton. 20. „ Royal Oak, Wyndham. 14. „ Wairarapa, Greytown. 21 Southern Star, Bluff. 15. » Egmont Opunake & # Woodland's Pride, Dunedin. 16. „ Woocvdle Woodville 23. „ Queen of the South, Invercargill. 17. „ Loyal Halcombe, Halcombe. 24> star of the Forest] Woodlands. 18. „ Pohangina, Ashurst. m Court Star of Tuapeka-Lawrence. 19. „ Epuni, Petone. 20. „ Pahiatua, Pahiatua. Court not in any District. 21. Kopuaranga, Mauriceville. 88. Court Coromandel—Coromandel.

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Ivanhoe Lodge—Dunedin. 13. Morgan Lodge, Marton. 174. Star of the West Lodge—Greymouth. 14. Pahautanui Lodge, Pahautanui. 177. Excelsior Lodge—Wellington. 15. Hawera Lodge, Hawera. 178. Star of New Zealand Lodge—Lower Hutt. 16. Star of Paeroa Lodge, Paeroa. 181. Bud of Hope Lodge—Eangiora. 17. Oak Leaf Lodge, Stratford. 189. Eoyal Oak Lodge—Caversham. 18. Moturoa Lodge, New Plymouth. 192. Acorn Lodge—lnvercargill. 19. Poneke Lodge, Petone. 210. Linden Lodge—Eoslyn. 281. Grand Lodge of Canterbury—Christchurch. 218. West Harbour Lodge—Bothesay. 1. Pioneer Lodge, Christchurch. 219. All Nations Lodge—Port Chalmers. 2. Hope of St. Albans Lodge, St. Albans. 222. Brunner Lodge—Brunnerton. 3. Mistletoe Lodge, Christchurch. 225. Endeavour Lodge—Oamaru. 4. Ethelbert Lodge, Springston. 232. Albion Lodge—Napier. 5. Lyttelton Hearts of Oak Lodge, Lyttolton. 243. Ponsonby Lodge—Ponsonby. 6. Star of Anglesea Lodge, Lincoln. 250. Good Intent Lodge—Mosgiel. 7. Perseverance Lodge, Addington. 254. Rose of Palmerston Lodge—Palmerston S. 8. Hope of Amberley Lodge, Amberley. 280. Gore Lodge—Gore. 9. Anchor Lodge, Woolston. 292. Maitai Lodge—Nelson, VIII. Independent Obdee of Ruchabitbs. 190. New Zealand District —Auckland. 12. Masterton Tent, Masterton. 1. Hope of Auckland Tent, Auckland. 13. Excelsior Tent, Waipukurau. 2. Eden Tent, Newmarket. 14. Rose of Sharon Tent, Waipawa. 3. Northern Star Tent, Aratapu. 15. Hope of Napier Tent, Napier. 4. Star of Hauraki Tent, Thames. 17. Sir Wilfrid Lawson Tent, Sanson. 6. Gordon Tent, Onehunga. 19. Excelsior Tent, Wellington. 10. Whangaroa Tent, Whangaroa. 20. Haste to the Rescue Tent, Wellington. 21. Bon Accord Tent, Blenheim. 110. New Zealand Central District —Wellington. 26. Hope of Carterton Tent, Carterton. 2. Murihiku Tent, Invercargill. 28. Hope of Johnsonville Tent, Johnsonville. 3. Scandia's Hope Tent, Norsewood. 30. Star of Wakefield Tent, Wakefield. 4. Hope of Woodville Tent, Woodville. 31. Progress Tent, Kaikora, Hawke's Bay. 5. Hope of Wellington Tent, Wellington. 37. Rescue Tent, Nelson. 6. Hope of Dunedin Tent, Dunedin. 38. Onward Tent, Palmerston North. 7. Pride of Christchurch Tent, Christchurch. 40. Gisborne Tent, Gisborne. 8. Perseverance Tent, Wellington. 41. Pride of Egmont Tent, Hawera. 9. Bud of Promise Tent, Nelson. 42. Pahiatua Tent, Pahiatua. 10. Unity Tent, New Plymouth. 43. Brightwater Tent, Brightwater. 11. Hope of Ormondville Tent, Ormondville. 98. Star of Hope Tent, Hokitika. IX. Sons and Daughters of Tempeeance of Australasia. 170. Grand Division of New Zealand —Addington. 10. Sunbeam Division, Wanganui. 2. Helpmate Division, Ashburton. 11. Hope of Sydenham Division, Sydenham. 4. Resolution Division, Rangiora. 112. Perseverance Division—Christchurch, 6. Excelsior Division, Addington. 118. Antidote Division—Dunedin. 7. Elim,Division, St. Albans. , 147. Progress Division—Kaiapoi. 9. Advance Division, Wellington. X. Hibebnian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society. 198. New Zealand District —Auckland. 17. St. Joseph's Branch, Hastings. 2. St. John's Branch, Leeston. 18. St. Joseph's „ Dunedin. 3. St. Patrick's „ Christchurch. 19. Charleston „ Charleston. 4. Invercargill „ Invercargill. 20. Hokitika „ Hokitika. 6. St. Patrick's „ Lincoln. 21. Greymouth „ Greymouth. 8. St. Mary's „ Timaru. 22. Onehunga „ Onehunga. 10. St. Joseph's „ New Plymouth. 23. St. Patrick's „ Rangiora. 11. St. Patrick's „ Wellington. 25. St. Michael's „ Masterton. 12. Auokland „ Auckland. 26. St. Patrick's „ Oamaru. 14. St. Patrick's „ Blenheim. 27. St. John's „ Napier. 15. Grahamstown „ Thames. 28. Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Branch, Milton. 16. Waipawa „ Waipawa. XI. Pbotestant Alliance Feiendlt Society of Australasia. 197. Grand Council of New Zealand —Thames. 9. Triumph Lodge, South Dunedin. 1. Prince of Wales Lodge, Thames. 11. Star of Hastings Lodge, Hastings. 2. Pioneer Lodge, Dunedin. 12. Valley True Blue „ North-east Vallsy. 3. Excelsior „ Green Island. 14. Star of Oamaru „ Oamaru. 4. Wickliffe „ Napier. 16. Pride of Ngapara „ Ngapara. 5. John Knox „ Wellington. 18. St. Albans „ Auckland, 6. Alexandra „ Auckland.

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APPENDIX 111. Registered Trade-unions, as on the 31st December, 1897. Reg. No. Reg. No. 1. Christchurch Operative Bootmakers' Society. 22. New Zealand Federated Fellmongers', Skinners', 2. Dunedin Operative Bootmakers' Union. Tanners', and Curriers' Union. 3. Federated Stewards' and Cooks' Union of Australasia. 23. New Zealand Federated Butchers' Employes' Union. 4. Federated Seamen's Union of New Zealand. 24. Amalgamated Labour Union. 5. Wellington Operative Bootmakers' Society. 25. New Zealand Gasworks Employes' Union. 6. Auckland Operative Bootmakers' Society. 27. Shipmasters' Association of New Zealand. 7. Operative Bakers' Association of Dunedin. 28. Association of the Master Ironworkers and Farriers of 8. Grey Valley Coal-miners' Association. the Provincial District of Auckland. 9. New Zealand Federated Boot-trade Union. 29. United Millers', Engine-drivers', and Mill Employes' 11. Oamaru Operative Bakers' Association. Society of New Zealand. 12. Grey District Trades and Labour Union of the 26. Dunedin Boot Machinists' and Fitters' Union. Colony of New Zealand. I 31. Lyttelton Fishermen's Union. 13. New Zealand Federated Wharf Labourers' Union. 32. Dunedin Cabmen's Union. 14. Mercantile Marine Officers' Association of Australasia. 33. New Zealand Workers' Union. 15. New Zealand Federated Wharf Carters', Express- 34. Thames Miners' Union. men's, and Storemen's Union. 35. United Employes' Society of Boilermakers and Iron 16. Southland Trades and Labour Union. Shipbuilders of New Zealand. 17. Associated Iron- and Brass-moulders of New Zealand. 36. New Zealand Boot-manufacturers' Association. 18. Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New 37. Boilermakers' and Iron Shipbuilders' Society of Zealand. Christchurch. 19. New Zealand Fishermen's Union. 38. Wellington Typographical Society. 20. New Zealand Federated Timber-workers' and Furni- 39. Otago Typographical Society. ture Trade Association. 40. Hawke's Bay Operative Bootmakers' Society. 21. Wellington and District Amalgamated Butchers'Em- 41. Wellington Eight Hour Federated Union. ployes' Union.

APPENDIX IV. Forms which may be obtained free on application to the Eegistrar of Friendly Societies. Form of application to register a society under the Friendly Societies Act. Form of notice of establishment of branch of registered society. Form of application for the conversion of a registered society into a branch. Form of declaration to accompany the foregoing. Form of application to register complete amendment of rules (societies). Form of application to register complete amendment of rules (branches). Form of application to register partial amendment of rules (societies). Form of application to register partial amendment of rules (branches). Form of declaration in support of amendment of rules (societies). Form of declaration in support of amendment of rules (branches). Form of notice of appointment of trustees (societies). Form of notice of appointment of trustees (branches). Form of notice of change of registered office of society. Form of notice of change of place of establishment of branch. Form of return to District Land Eegistrar.

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APPENDIX V.—SUMMARY OF VALUATIONS COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR 1897.—TABLE A.

Name of Society and Branch. Place of Establishment. SB oj fli I O ■4= S fl © ©p3 S O a o »1 "p. 3 a ai a w>3 o s> IS I 'o as k>43 j> < -s 111 HI Cβ (C'H H oh m S> flS><> Sft aS Ilii M.U.I.O.O.F. Auckland District — Fountain of Friendship Lodge Good Intent ,, Parnell Charles Bruce Waikato „ Duke of Cambridge „ Gisborne „ Ho wick „ Whangarei Franklin „ Warkworth Pioneer Auckland .. Parnell Thames Cambridge Gisborne .. Howick Whangarei Otahuhu .. Warkworth 1844 1850 1859 1865 1866 1867 1874 1876 1881 1881 1884 1896. Deo. 31 397 218 132 160 206 49 107 60 24 48 42 £ 23,269 11,556 6,620 7,853 12,191 2,236 4,657 3,024 1,104 2,236 1,823 £ 10,787 6,152 3,881 5,071 6,068 1,511 3,351 1,769 748 1,483 1,297 £ 15,213 6,234 3,323 2,920 4,998 818 1,930 1,209 808 797 447 £ 2,731 830 584 138 93 624 £ 1,125 & 6-88 3-81 4-42 0-86 1-90 5-83 £ 5-46 Years. 42-35 40-81 35-80 31-92 38-93 34-10 29-34 36-28 32-50 32-56 29-62 £ 1-84 1-91 1-90 1-99 1-99 1-96 1-92 1-92 1-95 1-93 1-90 £ 38-32 28-60 29-40 18-25 24-26 16-70 18-04 2015 33-66 16-60 10-64 £ 2-86 3-95 4-68 4-45 5-09 1-59 6-33 5-89 4-80 5-32 2-89 + 10-07 - 1-69 + 21-28 + 7-68 + 1-66 + 2-77 + 23-92 - 0-61 452 44 "46 0-77 18-83 0-92 - ' 2-58 - 2-53 79 1-88 Total 1,443 76,569 42,118 38,697 4,246 Wellington District — Britannia Lodge Antipodean „ Bose of the Valley „ Kainapoura „ Rose of Sharon „ St. George „ Unity Combination „ Heart of Oak „ Masterton „ Greytown „ Petone „ Bketahuna „ Martinborough „ Mangatainoka „ Wellington Lower Hutt Tawa ;Flat.. Upper Hutt Pahautanui Feathers ton Johnsonville Carterton .. Masterton .. Greytown .. Petone Eketahuna Martinborough Mangatainoka 1843 1847 1849 1857 1857 1867 1872 1876 1877 1877 1879 1882 1887 1892 1894 1896. Dee, 31 356 275 133 18 64 26 49 35 60 19 33 86 36 12 14 16,394 12,292 5,946 863 2,537 1,050 1,994 1,401 2,616 800 1,367 3,606 1,360 448 505 8,234 6,024 2,081 468 1,423 491 1,364 1,033 1,457 565 858 2,564 1,143 385 461 10,959 8,457 2,187 374 918 383 613 345 821 286 1,077 826 273 97 53 2,799 2,189 •• 1,678 21 196 176 17 23 338 7-86 7-96 12-62 1-17 3-06 6-77 0-34 0-66 5-63 38-73 37-60 44-02 40-94 36-61 37-96 34-05 32-03 36-55 34-00 33-88 34-63 30-08 29-50 32-86 1-52 1-42 1-07 1-84 1-38 1-21 1-71 1-81 1-53 1-75 1-59 1-88 1-85 1-89 190 30-78 30-75 16-44 20-78 14-34 14-73 12-51 9-86 13-68 14-74 32-63 9-60 758 808 3-78 4-50 3-54 4-59 2-18 3-61 4-45 3-51 4-12 3-99 300 6-32 294 5-11 Nil. 2-70 + 8-47 + 3-45 - 14-52 - 1-82 - 2-98 - 8-82 - 1'72 - 0-05 - 7-45 - 10-56 + 5-32 - 13-43 - 1-87 51 568 2-68 17-21 56 34 9 216 2-52 1-55 2-83 0-63 * Total 27,669 3,041 1,216 53,179 28,551 •• Marlborough District — Marlborough Lodge Renwick „ Blenheim .. Renwick .. 1860 1867 1896. Dec. 31 96 29 5,027 1,531 1,479 417 4,705 1,523 1,157 409 12-05 14-11 44-74 45-21 1-37 1-29 49-01 52-52 5-58 5-90 + 6-32 + 18-00 •• Total 125 6,558 1,896 6,228 1,566 ..

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Motueka District — Motueka Lodge Good Intention „ Takaka South Star Motueka Riwaka Takaka Dovedale 1850 1860 1863 1880 1896. Dec. 31 153 84 80 44 7,011 4,012 3,728 1,700 3,513 1,838 2,019 1,253 3,679 2,332 1,264 227 181 158 445 220 1-18 1-88 5*56 5-00 37-60 3839 38-39 29-39 1-51 1-47 1-67 1-69 24-04 27-76 15-80 5-15 5-00 5-61 3-43 4-88 + 0-97 + 1-88 - 3-14 - 2-60 Total 361 16,451 8,623 7,502 326 North Canterbury District — City of Christchurch Lodge .. Kaiapoi „ Volunteer „ Benevolent „ Perseverance „ Malvern „ Phillipstown „ Leeston „ I-'apanui „ Addington „ Coleridge „ Heart of Oak „ Rioearton „ Jubilee „ District Members Christchurch Kaiapoi Sydenham Christchurch Woolston Waddington Linwood Leeston Papanui .. . Addington Glentunnel Kaikoura .. TJ. Riccarton Prebbleton 1853 1858 1866 1866 1872 1877 1879 1880 1880 1882 1883 1885 1886 1887 1896. Dec. 31 1-33 3-73 11-31 40-17 36-04 36-88 38-66 36-62 29-45 35-10 32-30 31-09 33-19 29-56 31-72 28-69 31-43 46-33 1-64 1-60 1-63 1-75 1-61 1-61 1-70 1-65 1-61 1-60 1-61 1-67 1-79 1-67 1-66 22-79 15-05 7-80 31-57 11-13 8-53 5-05 7-97 8-13 12-36 6-48 6-10 9-69 6-17 3-82 5-20 272 3-91 3-38 3-96 2-87 4-98 4-09 3-85 3-86 5-71 5-00 2-98 + 0-89- - 3-70 - 10-67 + 5-94 - 7-92 - 4-06 - 11-36 - 6-25 - 5-41 - 6-11 - 6-31 - 7-64 - 5-32 - 7-30 - 26-25 432 129 121 106 161 47 39 106 55 104 66 92 48 60 3 19,934 5,605 5,314 4,775 7,038 1,855 1,678 4,351 2,215 4,299 2,605 3,737 1,871 2,422 149 9,513 3,183 3,001 2,749 3,980 1,278 1,028 2,849 1,471 2,713 1,771 2,530 1,466 1,660 66 9,846 1,941 944 3,347 1,792 401 197 845 447 1,286 428 561 465 370 l^321 575 481 1,369 1,266 176 453 657 297 300 406 646 12-46 7-86 3-75 11-61 6-19 5-40 2-88 6-16 7-02 "60 1-25 392 83 6-53 27-67 Total 1,569 67,848 39,258 22,870 5,720 A.O.F. Wellington District— Court Sir George Grey „ Robin Hood Little John .. „ Roderick Dim Sir George Bowen „ Blenheim „ Wairarapa Loyal Enterprise Clarendon .. „ Manawatu .. „ Marquis of Normanby „ Loyal Feilding „ William Gladstone „ Pioneer „ Egmont „ Loyal Halcombe „ Woodville Pohangina .. „ Epuni Pahiatua „ Kopuaranga.. „ Hunterville Sir William Jervois .. Wellington Marton Wanganui Wellington Blenheim .. Greytown Masterton Picton Palmerston North .. Carterton Peilding Gisborne Te Nui Opunake Halcombe Woodville Ashurst Petone Pahiatua Mauriceville Hunterville Newtown 1862 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 187] 1874 1875 1876 1876 1877 1877 1882 1884 1884 1885 1886 1886 1887 1888 1889 1896. Dec. 31 253 216 145 186 287 117 47 110 73 113 138 75 129 44 22 20 69 24 157 128 35 42 125 11,636 9,478 6,066 7,248 12,531 5,152 2,296 4,734 3,200 4,738 5,208 3,139 5,204 1,804 879 691 2,660 966 5,849 4,725 1,373 1,463 4,715 5,149 4,517 3,100 4,230 6,390 2,746 977 2,349 1,603 2,540 3,115 1,937 2,979 972 525 471 1,648 581 3,641 2,901 823 969 3,139 7,205 2,573 1,842 2,030 4,594 3,918 1,157 971 1,729 945 810 1,232 2,151 698 405 186 575 181 1,341 921 389 191 612 718 l^512 132 2,388 1,124 988 1,547 162 1,414 253 1,283 2-84 12-92 i'-81 11-06 7-75 5-32 5-39 3-44 12-86 11-09 9-29 40-23 39-40 37-11 33-45 39-18 39-74 44-91 37-92 37-71 36-79 31-41 37-12 35-08 3605 34-45 30-00 28-31 35-25 31-52 31-35 34-63 28-31 31-98 1-34 1-45 1-30 1-43 1-46 1-54 1-50 1-38 1-43 1-45 1-40 1-68 1-47 1-42 1-53 1-42 1-50 1-55 1-43 1-39 1-49 1-39 1-57 28-48 11-91 12-70 10-91 16-01 33-48 24-62 8-83 23-69 8-36 5-87 16-42 16-68 15-86 18-41 9-30 8-33 7-54 8-54 7-19 11-11 4-55 4-90 5-38 4-84 5-72 6-38 6-18 3-57 2-92 0-89 6-13 5-96 5-46 4-13 7 07 2-54 2-57 2-66 6-31 5-56 7-36 4-45 5-55 3-68 5-24 + 2-97 - 1088 - 9-96 - 4-94 - 7-41 + 7-82 - 8-51 - 12-45 - 1-33 - 9-81 - 8 44 - 2-74 - 2-03 - 5-91 - 2-53 - 5-38 - 8-99 - 9-56 - 7-38 - 8-99 - 7-38 - 7-95 - 6-47 "30 b"-40 74 134 0-57 3-05 "51 34 437 204 867 903 161 303 964 2-32 1-70 6-33 8-50 5-53 7-05 4-60 7-21 7-71 *Not ireviousl' valued.

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Name of Society and Branch. Place ot Establishment. Cβ SB 4 o Si ©ffi ■a a a'fi <D O ■sl ii o m la r o aa f III gag <! ° III ill P Pi © B 5ogg till A.O.P. — continued. Wellington District. —continued. Court Pride of Levin „ Bloomfield .. „ Activity „ Makakahi Levin Lower Hutt Ohingaiti .. Eketahuna 1891 1891 1894 1895 1896. Deo. 31 62 28 43 46 2,242 993 1,548 1,573 £ 1,539 674 1,107 1,106 £ 203 129 149 127 £ £ 500 190 292 340 £ £ 806 6-79 6-79 7-39 Years. 29-95 28-43 30-26 27-04 £ 1-51 1-45 1-58 1-43 £ 3-28 4-61 3-46 2-76 £ 0-30 1-19 Nil. Nil. £ - 8-0( - 6-5! * * Total 37,264 13,119 I 2,734 112,111 61,728 •• A.O.S. Sanctuary Sir George Grey Wellington 1865 1896. Deo. 31 56 1,785 852 893 40 0-71 44 89 1-12 15-95 6-59 - 2-1! U.A.O.D. Bud of Hope Lodge Star of New Zealand „ Ivan hoe „ Rangiora .. Lower Hutt Dunedin .. 1880 1880 1880 83 71 136 2,738 2,357 4,416 1,480 1,261 2,459 498 840 1,288 760 256 669 9-16 3-61 4'90 38-57 38-58 37-92 1-43 1-43 1-43 6-00 11-83 9-47 5-67 4-63 5-36 - 8-7; - 5-4; - 5-5; - *Not ireviousl; valued.

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Causes assigned for Surplus. A. —Favourable sickness experience. B.—Profits arising from secessions. C. —Favourable position at commencement of quinquennium. D. —Higher average rate of interest on investments than that assumed by Valuer. Causes assigned for Deficiency. E. —Inadequate rates of contribution. F.—lnadequate rates of contribution from original members. G. —Misapplication of benefit fund. H.—Unfavourable position at commencement of quinquennium. J. — Negligence in regard to investment of funds. X.—Disproportionate liability to District Funeral Fund under the " equal levy " system. L.—Violation of rules. M.—Unfavourable sickness experience.

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Name of Society and Branch. Ratio to Liabilities, per £ Present Value of Future Accumulated Tntfll AHBHtR Contributions to Benefit Funds. ±0Iai Assets ' Benefit Funds. Katio to Liabilities, per £. ., of Surplus. Deficiency. Causes of Surplus or Deficiency M.U.I.O.O.F. Auckland District — Fountain of Friendship Lodge .. Good Intent „ Parnell Charles Bruce „ Waikato „ Duke of Cambridge „ Gisborne „ Howiok „ Whangarei Franklin „ Warkwoith Pioneer „ s. d. s. d. s. ( 9 3 13 1 22 10 8 10 9 21 11 9 10 0 21 12 11 7 5 20 10 0 8 2 18 13 6 7 4 20 1 14 5 8 3 22 11 8 8 0 19 13 6 14 8 28 13 3 7 2 20 14 3 4 11 19 s. d. 9 3 10 8 11 9 12 11 10 0 13 6 14 5 11 8 13 6 13 3 14 3 s. d. 13 1 10 9 10 0 7 5 8 2 7 4 8 3 8 0 14 8 7 2 4 11 s. d. 22 4 21 5 21 9 20 4 18 2 20 10 22 8 19 8 28 2 20 5 19 2 d. s. d. s. d. 4 2 4 .. C. 5 15 .. * 9 19 .. 0, D. 4 0 4 2 .. 1 10 M.f 10 0 10 8 2 8 .. C, D. 8 .. 0 4 2 8 2 .. A, D.' 5 0 5 2 .. 0 10 s. d. 2 4 1 5 1 9 0 4 0 10 2 8 s. a. l'io C. * 0, D. M.f o"4 G, D."' 8"2 0 5 A, D.* 0 10 Wellington District — Britannia Lodge Antipodean „ Eose of the Valley „ Kainapoura „ Rose of Sharon „ St. George Unity Combination „ Heart of Oak „ Masterton „ Greytown „ Petone „ Eketahuna „ Martinborough „ Mangatainoka 10 1 13 4 23 9 10 13 9 23 7 0 7 4 14 10 10 8 8 19 11 2 7 3 18 9 4 7 4 16 13 8 6 2 19 1 14 9 4 11 19 11 2 6 3 17 14 1 7 2 21 12 7 15 9 28 14 3 4 7 18 1 16 10 4 0 20 1 17 2 4 4 21 18 3 2 1 20 10 1 9 10 7 0 10 10 11 2 9 4 13 8 14 9 11 2 14 1 12 7 14 3 16 10 17 2 18 3 13 4 13 9 7 4 8 8 7 3 7 4 6 2 4 11 6 3 7 2 15 9 4 7 4 0 4 4 2 1 23 5 23 7 14 4 19 6 18 5 16 8 19 10 19 8 17 5 21 3 28 4 18 10 20 10 21 6 20 4 5 3 5 .. C, D.J 7 3 7 .. C.{ 4 .. 5 8 H, M. 6 .. 0 6 5 .. 1 7 F, H. 8 .. 3 4 F, H, 10 .. 0 2 8 .. 0 4 5 .. 2 7 F, H. 3 13 .. B. 4 8 4 .. A, C, : 10 .. 1 2 H. 10 0 10 6 16 .. A. 4 0 4 3 5 3 7 5 8 0 6 1 7 3 4 0 2 0 4 2 7 0, D.{ H, M. F, F, H, M. 1 3 8 4 F, H. B. A, 0, D. H. 0 10 1 6 0 4 l"fl A. Marlborough District — Marlborough Lodge Renwick „ 5 11 18 8 24 5 5 19 11 25 5 11 5 5 18 8 19 11 24 7 25 4 7 4 7 .. I 0, D. 4 5 4 .. A, C, : 4 7 5 4 ! C, D. A,C, D. Motueka District — Motueka Lodge Good Intention Takaka South Star 10 0 10 6 20 9 2 11 7 20 10 10 6 9 17 14 9 2 8 17 10 0 9 2 10 10 14 9 10 6 11 7 6 9 2 8 20 6 20 9 17 7 17 5 6 0 6 9 0 9 7 .. 2 5 H.f 5 .. 2 7 H, M. 0 6 0 9 2 5 2 7 H.t H, M. North Canterbury District — City of Christchurch Lodge Kaiapoi „ Volunteer „ Benevolent „ Perseverance „ Malvern „ Phillipstown „ Leeston „ Papanui „ Addington „ Coleridge „ Heart of Oak „ Biiocarton „ Jubilee „ 9 7 9 10 19 11 4 6 11 18 11 3 3 7 14 1 11 6 14 0 25 11 4 5 1 16 13 9 4 4 18 12 3 2 4 14 13 1 3 11 17 13 .4 4 0 17 12 7 6 0 18 13 7 3 4 16 1 13 7 3 0 16 15 8 5 0 20 13 8 3 1 16 9 7 11 4 11 3 11 6 11 4 13 9 12 3 13 1 13 4 12 7 13 7 13 7 15 8 13 8 9 10 6 11 3 7 14 0 5 1 4 4 2 4 3 11 4 0 6 0 3 4 3 0 5 0 3 1 19 5 18 3 14 10 25 6 16 5 18 1 14 7 17 0 17 4 18 7 16 11 16 7 20 8 16 9 5 .. 0 7 3 .. 1 9 E, H. 10 .. 5 2 E, H. 6 5 6 .. A, C. 5 .. 3 7 E, H, 1 .. 1 11 E, H, 7 .. 5 5 E, H. 0 .. 3 0 E, H, 4 .. 2 8 E, H, 7 .. 1 5 E, H, 11 .. 3 1 E, H, 7 .. 3 5 E, H, 8 0 8 9 .. 3 3 E, H, 5 6 0 7 1 9 5 2 3 7 1 11 5 5 3 0 2 8 1 5 3 1 3 5 E, H.f E, H.j A, C. E, H, M. E, H, K. E, H. E, H, K, M. E. H, K, M. E, H, K. E, H, K, M. E, H, K, M. ■ • •• 0**8 3 3 E, H] K. •Reduction in the sickness benefit. + Also depreciation of property. ; Also increased value of property.

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Name of Society and Branch. Eatio to Liabilities per £ J Present Value ol Future Accumulated Tntlll a ,,,,,,(.„ Contributions to Benefit Funds. J-O™! Assets. Benefit Funds. Eatio to Liabilities per £. i, of Causes of Surplus or Deficiency. Surplus. Deficiency. A.O.F. T ellington District — Court Sir George Grey Robin Hood „ Little John „ Roderick Dhu „ Sir George Bowen „ Blenheim „ Wairarapa „ Loyal Enterprise.. „ Clarendon „ Manawatu Marquis of Normanby Loyal Peilding .. „ William Gladstone „ Pioneer „ Egmont „ Loyal Haloombe .. » Woodville „ Pohangina „ Epuni „ Pahiatua „ Kopuaranga Hunterville „ Sir William Jervois „ Pride of Levin „ Bloomfield „ Activity „ Makakahi s. d. 8 10 9 7 10 2 11 8 10 2 10 8 8 6 9 11 10 0 10 9 12 0 12 4 11 6 10 9 11 11 13 8 12 5 12 0 12 5 12 3 12 0 13 3 13 4 13 9 13 7 14 4 14 1 s. d. 12 5 5 5 6 1 5 7 7 4 15 2 10 1 4 1 10 10 4 0 3 1 7 10 8 3 7 9 9 3 5 4 4 4 3 9 4 7 3 11 5 8 2 7 2 7 1 10 2 7 1 11 1 7 s. d. 21 3 15 0 16 3 17 3 17 6 25 10 18 7 14 0 20 10 14 9 15 1 20 2 19 9 18 6 21 2 19 0 16 9 15 9 17 0 16 2 17 8 15 10 15 11 15 7 16 2 16 3 15 8 s. a. 1 3 5 10 o'io 0 2 a. d. 5 0 3 9 2 9 2 6 15 6 0 5"3 4 11 o"3 1 6 C, D. E. H.* B, H. E. H, M. E, H, M. A, C. E, H.* E, H.* A, D. E, H, M. E, H, M.* E, H. A. E, H. E, H. E,H. E, H. E, H. E, H. E, H. E, H. E, H, M. E, H. E. E. 1 2 1 0 3 3 4 3 3 0 3 10 2 4 4 2 4 1 4 5 3 10 3 9 4 i A.O.S. Sanctuary Sir George Grey 19 7 0 5 9 7 10 0 U.A.O.D. Bud of Hope Lodge Star of New Zealand Ivanhoe „ 10 10 10 9 11 2 3 7 7 1 5 10 14 5 17 10 17 0 5 7 2 2 3 0 E, H. E, H. E, H. * Also depreciation ol propert;

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TABLE I.—Number of Members and Amounts of Benefit and other Funds, as on the 31st December, 1896, of all Friendly Societies and Branches from which Returns were received in accordance with the Act.

Name or Society and Branch. Place of Establishment. ill Total Worth. Sick and Funeral Fund. Management Fund, Goods, &c. Surplus or Deficiency per Member at last Valuation. M.U.I.O.O.P. Auckland District — Fountain of Friendship Lodge Good Intent „ Parnell Charles Bruce Waikato „ Duke of Cambridge Gisborne „ Howick Whangarei ., Franklin Warkworth Pioneer „ Central Body Auckland .. Parnell Thames Cambridge .. Gisborne Howiok Whangarei .. Otahuhu Warkworth .. Auckland 1844 1850 1859 1865 1866 1867 1874 1876 1881 1881 1884 397 218 132 160 206 49 107 60 24 48 42 £ s. d. 17,728 13 2 4,840 18 7 3,890 6 3 2,025 4 8 3,761 9 8 551 10 1 2,121 7 0 950 1 1 659 12 7 514 8 6 235 7 9 8,882 6 9 £ s. d. 12,104 12 0 4,726 0 11 2,486 10 8 1,964 10 10 3,613 6 5 543 7 0 1,338 2 8 845 16 10 659 12 7 508 15 6 233 17 0 8,828 2 11 £ s. d. 5,624 1 2 114 17 8 1,403 15 7 60 13 10 148 3 3 8 3 1 783 4 4 104 4 3 £ + 6-88 + 3-81 + 4-42 + 0-86 - 5-46 + 1-90 + 5-83 - 0-77 + 18-83 + 0-92 - 1-88 5 13 0 1 10 9 54 3 10 Total 1,443 46,161 6 1 37,852 15 4 8,308 10 9 Hawke's Bay District — Napier Lodge Meeanee „ Abbotsford „ Clive Hastings „ Victoria „ Tavistock „ Woodville „ Ruahine „ Forest Home Friendship „ Dannevirke „ Maraekakaho „ Central Body Napier Taradale Waipawa West Clive .. Hastings Porangahau Waipukurau Woodville .. Hampden .. Ormondville Port Ahuriri Dannevirke.. Mar&ekakaho Napier 1856 1871 1873 1876 1878 1878 1879 1880 1885 1887 1887 1888 1891 208 54 212 30 131 19 40 30 54 39 50 103 28 6,765 13 10 642 4 5 4,723 6 9 883 12 4 2,005 16 6 444 1 10 738 7 4 738 19 8 373 7 3 196 18 3 330 8 11 426 18 9 196 9 2 306 2 10 6,209 2 1 642 4 5 4,646 9 2 855 13 3 1,882 17 6 444 1 10 720 14 4 724 4 5 373 7 3 174 8 7 330 8 11 393 11 6 190 11 6 288 14 2 556 11 9 76 17 7 27 19 1 122 19 0 17 13 0 14 15 3 + 12-58 - 0-92 + 6-63 + 8-79 + 3-48 + 14-64 + 5-30 + 8-05 + 3-73 + 0-21 + 2-22 - 0-01 - 0-33 22 9 8 33 7 3 5 17 8 17 8 8 Total 998 18,772 7 10 17,876 8 11 895 18 11 + 2-88 + 7-27 - 2-20 - 5-30 - 0-61 + 1-30 New Plymouth District — Egmont Lodge Excelsior „ Waitara Union v Manaia „ Eltham Midhurst „ Central Body New Plymouth Waitara Hawera Manaia Eltham Midhurst .. New Plymouth 1857 1865 1876 1881 1887 1889 1893 177 97 49 86 73 19 27 3,726 12 3 2,808 17 1 937 17 7 1,039 15 3 669 0 2 173 12 3 83 10 4 451 1 8 3,714 17 5 2,808 17 1 932 13 8 1,026 5 0 669 0 2 173 12 3 61 14 7 402 13 3 11 14 10 5 3 11 13 10 3 21 15 9 48 8 5 Total 528 9,890 6 7 9,789 13 5 100 13 2 - 6-05 Wanganini District — Wanganui Lodge Manawatu „ Manchester „ Awarua „ Central Body Wanganui .. Palmerston N. Feilding Ohingaiti Wanganui .. 1858 1881 1883 1894 180 94 54 41 6,787 14 11 876 10 7 198 6 2 115 11 8 124 11 6 4,700 13 4 823 6 6 171 12 9 103 3 10 100 9 3 2,087 1 7 53 4 1 26 13 5 12 7 10 24 2 3 Total 369 8,102 14 10 5,899 5 8 2,203 9 2 + 7-86 + 7-96 -12-62 - 1-17 - 306 - 6-77 - 0-34 - 0-66 - 5-63 + 2-68 + 17-21 - 2-52 + 1-55 + 2-83 + 0-63 + 7-74 Wellington District — Britannia Lodge Antipodean „ Rose of the Valley „ Kainapoura Rose of Sharon St. George „ Unity Combination „ Heart of Oak Masterton „ Greytown „ Petone „ Eketahuna „ Martinborougli „ Mangatainoka Widow and Orphan Society Central Body Wellington .. Lower Hutt Tawa Plat .. Upper Hutt Pahautanui Featherston Johnsonville Cartorton Masterton .. Greytown .. Petone Eketahuna .. Martinborough Mangatainoka Wellington .. 1843 1847 1849 1857 1857 1867 1872 1876 1877 1877 1879 1882 1887 1892 1894 1849 356 275 133 18 64 26 49 35 60 19 33 86 36 12 14 11,246 14 9 7,634 16 9 2,318 12 1 433 13 2 1,078 14 8 411 11 7 578 17 2 471 7 1 775 15 0 265 8 7 1,187 17 4 836 7 0 333 2 3 96 6 6 55 6 4 1,885 19 0 1,032 6 3 8,899 2 4 7,223 0 6 2,037 14 11 419 6 10 1,073 12 7 362 0 6 578 17 2 322 9 0 775 15 0 265 18 7 1,043 8 4 763 11 2 245 16 7 90 5 8 44 1 9 1,878 3 8 982 9 7 2,347 12 5 411 16 3 280 7 2 14 6 4 5 2 1 49 11 1 148 18 1 144 9 0 72 15 10 87 5 8 6 0 10 11 4 7 7 15 4 49 16 8 Total 1,216 30,642 15 6 27,005 14 2 3,637 1 4 Marlborough District — Marlborough Lodge Renwick Central Body Blenheim .. Kenwick Blenheim .. 1860 1867 96 29 4,691 3 2 1,940 3 0 966 16 4 + 12-05 + 14-11 4,678 2 2 1,476 15 10 965 18 10 13 1 0 463 7 2 0 17 6 Total 125 7,598 2 6 7,120 16 10 477 5 8

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Name of Society and Bbanch. Place of E stablishment. "sJU H 111 ||g Total Worth. Sick and Funeral Fund. Management Fund, Goods, &o. Surplus or Deficiency per Member at last Valuation. M.U.I.O.O.F. — continued. Nelson District — Nelson Lodge Travellers' Rest „ Howard „ Mansion of Peace , General Cameron „ Central Body Nelson Richmond .. Nelson Wakefleld .. Brightwater Nelson 1842 1847 1847 1859 1865 232 97 217 159 60 £ s. d. 3,716 14 7 1,553 4 4 6,657 4 6 3,501 4 9 1,127 2 9 5,684 6 6 £ s. d. 3,641 14 7 1,493 17 2 6,340 3 8 3,316 13 3 1,094 1 10 5,564 11 4 £ s. d. 75 0 0 59 7 2 317 0 10 184 11 6 33 0 11 119 15 2 £ - 5-27 - 1-54 + 5-06 + 6-20 - 0-35 Total 765 22,239 17 5 21,451 1 10 788 15 7 Motueka District — Motueka Lodge Good Intention „ Takaka South Star „ Central Body Motueka Riwaka Takaka Dovedale Motueka 1850 1860 1863 1880 153 84 80 44 3,668 16 1 2,324 6 9 1,280 3 0 279 11 10 1,786 19 9 3,664 5 1 2,324 1 2 1,266 15 6 222 10 0 1,764 18 5 4 11 0 0 5 7 13 7 6 57 1 10 22 1 4 + 1-18 + 1-88 - 5-56 - 5-00 Total 361 9,339 17 5 9,242 10 2 97 7 3 North Westland District — Westport Lodge .. Charleston Waimangaroa „ Central Body Westport Charleston .. Denniston .. Reefton 1867 1867 1886 72 58 28 3,553 15 8 2,487 7 0 177 19 0 37 19 1 2,971 4 4 1,776 9 3 154 16 6 37 19 1 582 11 4 710 17 9 23 2 6 + 6-77 + 2-13 - 4-44 Total 158 6,257 0 9 4,940 9 2 1,316 11 7 Hokitika District — Hokitika Lodge Waimea „ Greymouth „ Albert Central Body Hokitika Stafford Greymouth.. Kumara Hokitika 1866 1867 1867 1870 65 32 60 59 4,030 15 6 785 8 10 3,676 10 6 692 5 7 41 13 3 4,030 15 6 743 15 1 3,620 14 4 644 14 2 38 3 3 41 13 9 55 16 2 47 11 5 8 10 0 + 2-71 -28-92 + 11-90 -15-98 Total 216 9,226 13 8 9,078 2 4 148 11 4 Ashley District — Rangiora Lodge Nil Desperandum „ Leithfield „ Cust Woodend „ Oxford Ohoka Amberley „ Waikari „ Clieviot.. „ Central Body Rangiora .. East Oxford Leithfield .. Cust Woodend West Oxford Ohoka Amberley Waikari McKenzie .. Rangiora .. 1860 1868 1873 1874 1874 1876 1876 1876 1880 1896 301 87 57 53 57 88 79 62 25 9 5,021 13 1 1,559 19 4 1,138 15 9 802 9 9 746 9 4 534 3 4 739 5 2 1,187 8 7 266 3 11 15 6 2 637 0 8 3,992 15 11 1,481 3 4 1,118 0 8 802 9 9 746 9 4 525 8 1 731 12 5 1,168 1 6 205 16 10 14 4 9 472 10 10 1,028 17 2 78 16 0 20 15 1 + 1-47 + 7-45 + 10-97 + 2-17 - 0-33 - 5-52 - 0-85 + 3-96 - 3-56 8 15 3 7 12 9 19 7 1 60 7 1 1 11 5 164 9 10 Total 818 12,649 5 1 11,258 13 5 1,390 11 8 North Canterbury District — City of Chris tohurch Lodge Kaiapoi „ Volunteer „ Benevolent „ Perseverance „ Malvern „ Phillipstown „ Leeston Papanui Addington „ Coleridge „ Heart of Oak Ricoarton „ Jubilee „ Central Body Christchurch Kaiapoi Sydenham .. Christchurch Woolston .. Waddington Linwood Leeston Papanui Addington .. Glentunnel .. Kaikoura Up. Riccarton Prebbleton .. Christchurch 1853 1858 1866 1866 1872 1877 1879 1880 1880 1882 1883 1885 1886 1887 432 129 121 106 161 47 39 106 55 104 66 92 48 60 3 12,654 10 4 1,998 19 2 1,007 12 1 3,331 15 9 1,801 12 2 457 16 2 188 7 5 872 7 7 425 5 9 1,271 16 10 569 18 8 791 12 11 490 16 0 382 2 10 504 11 9 9,675 14 11 1,884 10 2 996 11 9 3,326 19 11 1,761 12 2 449 17 7 188 7 5 855 7 4 425 5 9 1,267 1 4 416 8 0 543 18 11 451 15 4 346 18 9 290 17 0 2,978 15 5 114 9 0 11 0 4 i 15 10 40 0 0 7 18 7 17"o 3 - 1-33 - 3-73 -11-31 + 12-46 - 7-86 - 3-75 -11-61 - 6-19 - 5-40 - 2-88 - 6-16 - 7-02 + 1-25 - 6-53 4 15 6 353 10 8 247 14 0 39 0 8 35 4 1 213 14 9 Total 1,569 26,749 5 5 22,881 6 4 3,867 19 1 + 6-07 + 5-91 - 6-12 - 7-78 + 7-14 + 0-23 + 3-42 - 0-90 Lyttelton District — City of Norwich Lodge Good Intent „ Timaru „ Heart of Friendship „ Hand of Friendship „ Hand and Heart „ Perseverance „ Pleasant Point „ Central Body Lyttelton Akaroa Timaru Waimate Okain's Bay Pigeon Bay.. Barry's Bay Pleasant Pt. Lyttelton .. 1850 1860 1864 1871 1875 1876 1881 1891 253 64 240 62 28 35 23 33 1 7,607 10 10 1,713 11 0 4,253 17 9 416 8 0 825 3 1 722 3 9 447 4 0 863 1 7 288 7 3 7,492 9 5 1,711 8 7 4,244 8 2 395 8 7 806 13 1 702 13 9 446 19 7 363 1 7 144 16 10 115 1 5 2 2 5 9 9 7 20 19 5 18 10 0 19 10 0 0 4 5 143 10 5 Total 739 16,637 7 3 16,307 19 7 329 7 8

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Name of Society and Bbanoh. Place of Establishment. ;Sia O Oo J I s Total Worth. Sick and Funeral Fund. Management Fund, Goods, &c. Surplus or Deficiency per Member at last Valuation. M.U.I.O.O.F.— continued, ishburton District — Ashburton Lodge Waterton „ South Rakaia „ Pioneer „ Tinwald „ Central Body Ash burton .. Waterton .. South Rakaia Springburn .. Tinwald Ashburton .. 1873 1881 1881 1881 1882 160 43 46 34 31 £ s. d. 1,997 8 9 648 15 9 1,127 19 10 635 5 8 561 5 1 384 8 10 £ s. d. 1,997 8 9 602 1 10 917 7 3 618 1 6 556 19 10 329 2 6 £ s. d. 46 13 11 210 12 7 17 4 2 4 5 3 55 6 4 £ - 2-58 - 3-26 - 1-46 + 3-04 - 3-20 Total 314 5,355 3 11 5,021 1 8 334 2 3 + 4-46 + 11-36 + 0-17 + 0-74 - 1-68 + 10-74 - 8-34 -15-18 + 5-51 - 8-75 -1219 - 2-36 + 6-26 - 2-57 - 4-55 +44-37 - 2-12 + 38-09 - 1-37 - 410 + 3-40 + 2-91 - 2-31 - 0-19 - 4-26 - 286 - 4-26 Jtago District — Hand and Heart Lodge Dunedin „ Dalton Prince of Wales „ Albion „ Oamaru „ Tuapeka Pioneer „ Waitahuna „ Prince Alfred „ Waipori „ Bluespur Naseby „ Alexandra „ Roxburgh „ Tapanui „ Lake Wakatipu „ Palmerston „ Cromwell „ Mount Wendon „ Band of Friendship „ Outram „ Mosgiel Caversham ., Valley Ngapara „ Dunback „ Pride of Kaitangata Central Body Dunedin Balolutha .. Port Chalmers Dunedin Oamaru Lawrence .. Waitahuna .. Waikouaiti .. Waipori Bluespur Naseby Pt. Molyneux Roxburgh .. Tapanui Queens town Palmerston S. Cromwell Waikaia Kakanui Outram Mosgiel Caversham .. N.E. Valley Ngapara Dunback Kaitangata.. Dunedin 1848 1862 1864 1864 1864 1864 1865 1866 1866 1867 1867 1868 1869 1869 1869 1869 1870 1870 1871 1872 1875 1879 1881 1881 1891 1892 1893 465 196 155 70 101 80 93 36 52 39 51 32 34 52 116 30 52 56 44 29 66 128 112 63 26 29 44 20,458 17 7 10,008 9 2 2,535 6 6 2,222 4 7 2,499 10 3 3,454 18 9 2,332 18 4 1,275 9 1 2,251 12 1 778 4 7 1,477 10 10 865 17 1 1,618 3 6 1,275 1 9 2,097 18 8 2,518 13 11 1,084 14 0 3,590 9 11 1,897 19 6 760 5 5 1,963 9 6 2,141 13 3 1,140 11 0 672 19 3 278 16 1 95 18 1 209 8 10 1,089 0 5 16,185 11 3 8,578 12 4 2,324 4 3 2,204 1 5 2,491 9 2 2,927 5 3 2,216 8 10 1,275 9 1 2,188 17 7 746 18 0 1,344 4 4 817 5 8 1,468 15 3 1,208 5 4 2,056 17 10 2,463 17 7 1,069 9 1 3,515 0 9 1,877 9 9 628 2 2 1,920 7 10 2,105 12 8 1,102 11 10 664 9 8 260 8 4 95 18 1 201 19 4 235 14 5 4,273 6 4 1,429 16 10 211 2 3 18 3 2 8 11 527 13 6 116 9 6 62 14 6 31 6 7 133 6 6 48 11 5 149 8 3 66 16 5 41 0 10 54 16 4 15 4 11 75 9 2 20 9 9 132 3 3 43 1 8 36 0 7 37 19 2 8 9 7 18 7 9 7"9 6 853 6 0 Total 2,251 72,596 1 11 64,175 7 1 8,420 14 10 + 11-99 + 3-58 [nvercargill District — Shamrock, Rose, &Thistle Lodge St. George Winton „ United Gore „ Lumsden „ Awarua „ Riversdale „ Central Body „ Invercargill.. Winton Gore Lumsden Campbell town Riversdale .. Invercargill.. 1860 1868 1874 1878 1882 1883 1889 247 173 32 80 55 55 24 7,836 11 8 4,687 9 7 863 9 4 1,141 10 1 915 17 4 671 2 1 48 6 1 336 4 1 6,394 10 2 4,639 13 7 814 9 11 1,051 7 0 893 18 4 619 5 10 13 10 6 137 12 0 1,442 1 6 47 16 0 48 19 5 90 3 1 21 19 0 51 16 3 34 15 7 198 12 1 - 1-68 - 2-24 - 4-65 Total 666 16,500 10 3 318,718 16 5 14,564 7 4 i 1,936 2 11 Total of Order 12536 286,465 13 3 32,253 3 2 I.O.O.F. Irand Lodge of New Zealand — Pioneer Lodge Alfred Star of Canterbury „ Alexandrovna „ Unity Victoria „ Linden „ .. Southern Cross „ Star of Auckland „ Washington „ Prebbleton „ Alma „ Wallace „ Ridgley „ Kawakawa „ Mataura „ Otaki Hope of Maheno „ Zealandia „ Waiareka „ Te Ao Marama „ Rangitikei „ Star of Eden „ Central Body Dunedin Oamaru Timaru Temuka S. Dunedin .. Geraldine Kaikorai Wellington .. Auckland Sydenham .. Prebbleton .. Wyndham .. Riverton Christchurch Kawakawa .. Mataura Otaki Maheno Wellington .. Weuton Shannon Bull's Ponsonby .. Dunedin 1862 1869 1869 1874 1875 1875 1875 1877 1878 1878 1881 1882 1882 1882 1883 1883 1888 1889 1890 1891 1891 1892 1894 89 79 27 19 113 24 52 122 176 79 37 35 39 39 30 23 16 25 33 28 1 53 66 1,018 17 1 1,073 8 3 325 3 0 550 16 6 252 14 0 350 2 11 496 1 2 2,657 10 4 2,007 16 10 849 1 7 453 17 9 565 16 6 461 0 5 411 6 7 403 7 1 518 14 8 58 3 8 325 11 7 296 10 3 110 7 3 13 18 7 289 1 5 135 2 8 8,977 9 11 958 5 0 1,073 8 3 294 7 6 525 13 6 187 14 0 322 2 0 439 2 0 2,479 14 9 1,459 13 10 768 13 9 394 0 0 477 1 7 418 6 6 361 0 10 400 16 11 335 1 10 58 3 8 321 13 5 241 5 10 109 1 2 11 12 4 235 18 2 128 14 0 6,934 13 2 60 12 1 30 15 6 25 3 0 65 0 0 28 0 11 56 19 2 177 15 7 548 3 0 80 7 10 59 17 9 88 14 11 42 13 11 50 5 9 2 10 2 183 12 10 - 1-91 + 5-15 - 2-22 + 2-97 - 3-73 + 163 - 3-77 + 7-57 + 4-54 + 316 + 4-64 + 9-04 + 4-56 - 0-22 + 8-24 + 26-57 + 2-67 + 3-30 + 1-00 - 0-69 3 18 2 55 4 5 16 1 2 6 3 53 3 3 6 8 8 2,042 16 9 + 1-22 Total 1,205 22,602 0 0 18,936 4 0 3,665 16 0

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Name of Society and Bbanch. «-"9 o M Place of ngo Establishment, gjg hi Surplus sink Management or Deficiency Total Worth. Pu S u d n( , G Fu^ Oi Per Member Valuation. N.I.O.O.F. Auckland Provincial District — Auckland Pioneer Lodge .. j Auckland .. United Brothers „ Central Body .. .. „ 1878 1879 148 159 £ s. d. 681 10 9 977 16 2 1,779 4 7 3,438 11 6 £ s. A. 620 2 2 889 0 1 1,752 3 1 3,261 5 4 £ s. d. 61 8 7 88 16 1 27 1 6 £ -11-94 - 9-56 Total 307 177 6 2 B.U.O.O.P. Wellington District — Aorangi Lodge .. .. Wellington .. Central Body 80 1884 481 15 5 350 4 6 422 2 7 323 14 6 59 12 10 26 10 0 - 9-02 Total 80 831 19 11 745 17 1 86 2 10 A.O.F. Auckland District Court City of Auckland .. Auckland .. „ Pride of Parnell . • Thames „ Zealandia .. .. Auckland .. „ Pride of Onehunga .. Onehunga .. „ Pride of the North .. Grahamstown „ Robin Hood .. .. Panmure „ Northern Wairoa .. Dargaville .. „ Pride of Newmarket .. Newmarket.. „ Nil Desperandum .. Newton „ Royal Oak .. .. Tauranga .. „ Star of the South .. Otahuhu „ Victoria .. .. Devonport .. „ Queen of the North .. Maungaturoto Chisman .. .. Auckland .. „ Waihi .. .. Waihi „ Townley .. .. Gisborne Central Body .. Auckland .. 1863 1864 1873 1875 1875 1876 1877 1879 1880 1880 1881 1885 1886 1894 1895 1895 383 120 119 124 104 26 73 44 231 63 16 83 33 91 85 30 6,048 5 10 4,395 19 7 1,421 8 10 887 0 3 372 16 3 274 18 11 634 7 2 408 0 7 1,094 8 3 431 8 6 232 6 7 814 17 7 87 1 1 62 16 7 91 8 1 40 6 11 6,805 4 3 5,960 5 3 4,328 19 9 1,401 8 10 818 14 2 343 6 3 258 12 6 542 0 6 389 3 0 1,046 0 7 367 14 10 223 4 9 677 5 3 55 15 5 37 0 6 50 2 6 16 19 2 6,135 16 6 88 0 7 66 19 10 20 0 0 68 6 1 29 10 0 16 6 5 92 6 8 18 17 7 48 7 8 63 13 8 9 1 10 137 12 4 31 5 8 25 16 1 41 5 7 23 7 9 669 7 9 - 6-08 + 6-47 - 6-68 -11-44 -12-44 - 7-04 -10-54 - 8-04 -10-34 -10-35 - 9-90 - 7-30 - 9-75 Total .. 1,625 24,102 15 3 22,652 9 9 1,450 5 6 Uawke's Bay District — Court Sir Charles Napier .. Napier „ Lord Clyde .. .. Wairoa „ Sir Henry Havelock .. Havelock „ Robin Hood .. .. Port Ahuriri , Ruahine .. .. Waipukurau „ Little John .. .. Waipawa .. „ Waitangi .. .. West Clive .. „ Rising Sun .. .. Dannevirke.. „ Redclifie .. .. Taradale .. Central Body .. Napier 1872 1873 1875 1878 1879 1883 1884 1885 1886 153 46 111 81 41 46 23 58 20 4,175 10 11 586 5 11 1,467 4 4 604 14 11 559 4 1 431 1 3 263 0 4 212 5 1 204 0 3 3,046 2 10 3,949 11 5 586 5 11 1,464 19 8 593 4 11 534 4 1 412 11 3 262 0 1 212 5 1 ■ 174 6 3 2,295 4 10 225 19 6 2 4 8 11 10 0 25 0 0 18 10 0 10 3 + 2-52 - 3-44 - 6-75 - 8-30 - 5-96 - 5-45 - 4-23 - 7-15 - 5-69 29 14 0 750 18 0 Total .. 579 11,549 9 11 10,484 13 6 1,064 16 5 Taranaki District — Court Taranaki .. .. New Plymouth „ Waireka .. .. „ „ Patea .. .. • • Patea „ Inglewood Forest .. Inglewood .. , Raleigh .. .. Waitara „ Egmont .. .. Hawera „ Stratford .. .. Stratford Central Body .. New Plymouth 1864 1866 1867 1876 1883 1884 1887 90 265 46 152 38 51 56 2,161 7 0 3,325 4 0 568 4 8 1,330 1 4 293 2 6 674 0 0 290 3 0 418 11 4 2,151 11 10 3,135 0 9 458 9 3 1,325 19 3 289 1 0 666 14 11 280 11 7 234 4 2 9 15 2 190 3 3 109 15 5 4 2 1 4 16 7 5 1 9 11 5 184 7 2 + 0-92 - 4-51 -13-66 -11-64 -10-41 - 3-47 -10-70 Total .. 698 9,060 13 10 8,541 12 9 519 1 1 Wellington District — Court Sir George Grey .. Wellington .. „ Robin Hood .. .. „ „ Little John .. .. Marton „ Roderick Dhu .. .. Wangarrai .. „ Sir George Bowen .. Wellington .. „ Blenheim .. .. Blenheim .. „ Wairarapa .. .. Greytown .. „ Loyal Enterprise .. Masterton .. „ Clarendon .. .. Picton „ Manawatu .. .. PalmerstonN.i „ Marquis of Normanby .. Carterton Loyal Peilding .. Feilding , William Gladstone .. Gisborne , Pioneer .. .. Te Nui , Egmont .. .. Opunake „ Loyal Halcombe .. Halcombe .. j 1862 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1874 1875 1876 1876 1877 1877 1882 1884 253 216 145 186 287 117 47 110 73 113 138 75 129 44 22 20 8,715 18 4 2,291 10 10 1,547 16 10 1,674 6 9 3,977 4 0 4,295 0 9 1,027 1 4 712 10 5 1,588 12 7 1,271 10 11 550 9 1 1,176 9 4 1,956 13 10 644 3 10 373 7 7 175 1 9 6,565 6 1 2,036 17 8 1,503 0 10 1,624 1 5 3,883 12 7 3,607 6 3 . 1,027 1 4 701 2 8 1,553 12 3 674 14 6 518 10 0 1,155 14 1 1,855 10 3 596 16 1 356 11 8 146 9 3 2,150 12 3 254 13 2 44 16 0 50 5 4 93 11 5 687 14 6 11**7 9 35 0 4 596 16 5 31 19 1 20 15 3 101 3 7 47 7 9 16 15 11 28 12 6 + 2-84 -11-06 - 7-75 - 5-32 - 5-39 + 12-92 - 3-44 -12-86 + 1-81 -11-09 - 9-29 + 0-40 - 0-57 - 305 + 2-32 - 1-70

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Name op Society and Branch. Place of Establishment. O m +3 o Ora ■§■2 S3 |Sd £ © O Total Worth. Sick and Funeral Fund. Management Fund, Goods, &c. Surplus or Deficiency per Member at last Valuation. A.O.P. — continued. Wellington District— continued. Court Woodville „ Pohangina Bpuni Pahiatua „ Kopuaranga „ Hunterville „ Sir William Jervois Pride of Levin .. „ Bloomfield „ Activity „ Makakahi Central Body Woodville .. Ashurst Petone Pahiatua Mauriceville Hunterville Newtown Levin Lower Hutt Ohingaiti Bketahuna .. Wellington .. 1884 1885 1886 1886 1887 1888 1889 1891 1891 1894 1895 69 24 157 128 35 42 125 62 28 43 46 £ s. d. 430 16 1 160 14 0 1,194 5 1 839 4 3 428 18 7 130 12 4 399 2 6 135 8 1 120 3 1 95 3 8 79 11 10 6,884 18 4 £ s. d. 424 17 7 126 35 11 1,013 5 4 625 18 10 312 10 2 113 15 4 326 15 8 75 16 2 72 2 9 64 3 6 40 8 0 6,292 7 0 £ s. d. 5 18 6 33 18 1 180 19 9 213 5 5 116 8 5 16 17 0 72 6 10 59 11 11 48 0 4 31 0 2 39 3 10 592 11 4 £ - 6-33 - 8-50 - 5-53 - 7-05 - 4-60 - 7-21 - 7-71 - 8-06 - 6-79 - 6-79 - 7-39 Total 2,734 42,876 16 0 37,295 3 2 5,581 12 10 -11-88 -22-37 - 8-70 -20-51 -21-17 -11-35 - 1-03 - 5-60 - 477 - 6-50 Nelson District — Court Robin Hood Perseverance Pride of the Forest „ Concord „ Unity Charleston Sherwood Forest „ Aorere „ Royal Oak „ Inangahua Central Body Nelson Motueka Wakapuaka Greymoufch.. Havelock Charleston .. Stoke Oollingwood Westport Reefton Nelson 1862 1863 1864 1867 1871 1871 1872 1873 1875 1878 258 56 42 88 70 23 39 91 29 21 4,953 5 8 474 12 5 1,264 9 1 642 J 3 6 1,052 19 10 479 16 1 1,211 17 6 1,948 10 8 778 15 11 484 8 8 1,428 3 7 4,928 11 8 455 7 2 1,235 17 2 605 19 8 912 13 10 ■ 479 1 5 1,168 19 1 1,917 10 2 778 15 11 462 11 7 1,151 16 1 24 14 0 19 5 3 28 11 11 36 13 10 140 6 0 0 14 8 42 18 5 31 0 6 2117 1 276 7 6 Total 717 14,719 12 11 14,097 3 9 622 9 2 United Westland District — Court Pride of the West Hokitika 1866 19 330 5 11 -31-59 301 10 1 28 15 10 Canterbury United District — Court Star of Canterbury „ Queen of the Isles „ Pride of Courtenay „ Thistle of the Forest „ Woodford „ Papanui Star of Dunsandel „ Star of Belfast.. „ Ashburton „ Queen of Canterbury Victoria Widow and Orphan Society Central Body Christchurch Lyttelton Gourtenay .. Sydenham .. Kaiapoi Papanui Dunsandel .. Belfast Ashburton .. Chiistchurch Kaiapoi Christchurch 1852 1859 1876 1879 1880 1881 1888 1888 1889 1895 1896 1867 406 40 55 68 114 51 51 37 51 53 24 8,902 10 0 1,741 2 7 813 11 1 1,245 0 4 1,688 9 0 210 0 11 244 0 0 208 8 9 238 10 11 48 8 8 28 10 4 1,259 6 9 5,326 14 1 8,870 11 0 1,339 4 7 684 6 10 1,200 6 9 1,532 14 6 184 14 5 184 0 1 197 10 7 224 12 3 48 8 8 10 17 7 1,003 5 11 5,254 4 2 31 19 0 401 18 0 129 4 3 44 13 7 155 14 6 25 6 6 59 19 11 10 18 2 13 18 8 + 0-17 - 7-29 + 2-00 + 0-88 + 0-50 - 6-33 - 5-50 - 3-12 - 5-70 17 12 9 256 0 10 72 9 11 + 11-08 Total 950 21,954 13 5 20,734 17 4 1,219 16 1 South Canterbury District — Court Southern Cross „ Foresters' Pride Progress Central Body Timaru Waimate St. Andrews Timaru 1865 1875 1883 288 94 21 6,362 7 4 1,165 9 11 252 0 10 496 18 7 6,139 10 4 906 12 0 252 0 10 443 13 10 222 17 0 258 17 11 - 7-67 -14-49 -10-87 53 4 9 Total 403 8,276 16 8 7,741 17 0 534 19 8 United Otago District — Court Pride of Dunedin Pride of the Lake „ Enterprise „ Robin Hood „ Pride of the Leith „ Bruce.. „ Star of the Dunstan „ Pride of Oamaru „ Star of Tuapeka „ Pride of Alexandra „ Havelock „ Roxburgh „ Star of the South „ St. Andrews „ Excelsior „ Little John „ Southern Star .. „ Royal Oak „ Woodlands Pride „ Queen of tho South Central Body Dunedin Queens town Dunedin Port Chalmers Dunedin Milton Clyde Oamaru Lawrence .. Alexandra .. Waitahuna .. Roxburgh .. Invercargill Caversham .. Mornington.. Roslyn Campbell town Wyndham .. Dunedin Invercargill Dunedin 1862 1863 1863 1864 1864 1865 1866 1868 1868 1869 1869 1873 1874 1875 1877 1888 1890 1890 1895 1896 241 16 258 139 199 102 25 174 37 19 23 41 251 115 73 67 20 58 111 55 7,869 14 7 484 12 2 4,992 5 8 1,149 1 3 2,371 9 3 1,417 7 7 401 1 3 1,800 16 2 591 17 3 552 19 4 499 13 1 482 9 7 2,173 16 3 795 0 9 842 3 7 337 7 1 92 16 1 245 6 8 67 19 0 28 10 8 7,604 17 6 6,934 2 6 484 12 2 4,683 13 9 1,085 18 6 2,281 16 3 1,319 5 8 383 1 3 1,619 2 10 525 0 0 506 19 10 383 10 2 451 2 6 2,153 0 9 698 3 5 816 6 6 307 14 1 71 6 5 208 4 7 45 14 3 26 2 2 6,126 9 6 935 12 1 308 11 11 63 2 9 89 13 0 98 1 11 I 18 0 0 ! 181 13 4 66 17 3 45 19 6 116 2 11 31 7 1 20 15 6 96 17 4 25 17 1 29 13 0 21 9 8 37 2 1 22 4 9 2 8 6 1,478 8 0 + 4-78 - 5-44 + 3-62 -15-59 - 6-09 -10-18 + 1-45 - 2-14 - 8-25 + 12-19 - 2-52 + 4-90 - 3-89 - 9-35 - 0-18 - 3-16 - 5-34 - 3-56 Total .'. 2,024 34,801 4 9 31,111 7 1 3,689 17 8 Court not in any District — Court Coromandel Coromandel 1871 51 1,065 9 9 1,015 18 9 49 11 0 + 6-82 Total of Order 9,800 168,737 18 5 153,976 13 2 14,761 5 3

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Name of Society and Bua^ch. Place of Establishment. o.S*s Jii Total "Worth. Sick and Funeral Fund. Management Fund, Goods, &O. Surplus or Deficiency per Member at last Valuation. A.O.8. Sanctuary Sir George Grey Wellington .. 1865 56 £ s. d. 920 1 6 £ s. d. 885 8 8 £ s. d. 34 12 10 £ - 0-71 U.A.O.D. hand Lodge of the North Island — Auckland Lodge Totara Bishop Oroua Blenheim Mistletoe Turanganui „ Star of Egmont Morgan „ Horowhenua „ Hawera „ Central Body Auckland Garfcerton Wanganui .. Palmerston N. Blenheim .. Gisborne Patea Marton Levin Hawera Wanganui .. 1882 1883 1883 1883 1884 1884 1891 1892 1895 1893 97 62 111 52 37 200 46 40 54 35 443 10 1 282 5 5 1,309 16 7 534 19 8 407 19 9 1,499 3 3 183 11 9 151 14 0 157 17 6 47 6 8 785 14 6 390 10 3 254 2 6 1,108 10 10 524 19 7 381 6 7 1,327 9 0 155 11 9 120 15 0 82 14 8 32 6 8 683 15 11 52 19 10 28 2 11 201 5 9 10 0 1 26 13 2 171 14 3 28 0 0 30 19 0 75 2 10 15 0 0 101 18 7 -12-16 - 5-00 - 0-10 + 3-52 - 1-52 Total 734 5,803 19 2 5,062 2 9 741 16 5 - 5-98 - 3-71 - 5-96 - 7-24 - 8-91 - 7-90 - 4-10 -13-20 -10-80 - 9-76 - 6-81 - 8-68 -12-42 - 7-46 Wand Lodge of Canterbury — Pioneer Lodge .. Hope of St. Albans „ Mistletoe Oak of Sydenham Ethelber't „ .. Lyttelton Hearts of Oak „ Star of Anglesea Perseverance „ Hope of Amberley „ Anchor Ohoka , .. Timaru „ Trafalgar ■ „ .. Star of Ashburton „ Old Oak „ .. Ivy of Linwood Ellesmere „ Central Body Christchurch St. Albans .. Christehurch Sydenham .. Springston .. Lyttelton .. Lincoln Addington .. Amberley .. Woolston .. Ohoka Timaru . .. Kaiapoi Ashburton .. Southbridge Linwood Doyleston .. Christchurch 1875 1879 1879 1879 1880 1880 1880 1880 1880 1880 1882 1882 1882 1883 1883 1888 1895 252 81 105 150 52 74 60 69 35 85 35 191 28 105 51 50 27 3,256 13 8 1,266 5 2 1,157 3 10 1,915 13 7 332 15 8 843 3 8 806 10 7 309 10 10 221 16 3 612 1 11 344 10 3 1,421 12 5 184 15 9 956 12 0 297 11 7 225 13 3 44 6 9 4,109 4 3 3,223 3 5 1,201 5 0 1,126 9 11 1,841 14 8 313 2 9 799 15 3 789 15 7 280 19 5 220 13 3 581 19 10 339 4 0 1,235 0 6 174 8 2 876 19 0 203 18 10 203 18 5 22 15 1 3,844 5 6 33 10 3 65 0 2 30 13 11 73 18 11 19 12 11 43 8 5 16 15 0 28 11 5 13 0 30 2 1 5 6 3 186 11 11 10 7 7 79 13 0 93 12 9 21 14 10 21 11 8 264 18 9 - 7-17 Total 1,450 18,306 1 5 17,279 8 7 1,026 12 10 - 2-01 - 9-16 - 3-61 - 7-41 - 4-90 - 7-35 - 6-75 - 8-80 - 5-00 - 8-15 - 3-07 - 063 - 4-22 - 2-70 - 3-16 - 2-38 - 6-53 iodges separately Registered — Excelsior Lodge .. Bud of Hope „ Star of New Zealand Enterprise „ Ivanhoe „ .. Star of the West „ .. Koyal Oak Acorn „ Albion „ .. Linden „ AH Nations „ West Harbour „ Brunner Endeavour „ Good Intent „ Poneke „ Bose of Palmerston „ Gore „ .. Maitai „ Wellington .. Eangiora Lower Hutt S. Dunedin .. Dunedin Greymouth .. Caversham .. Invercargill Napier Eoslyn Port Chalmers Kothesay Brunnerton.. Oamaru Mosgiel Petone Palmerston S. Gore Nelson . .. 1879 1880 1880 1880 1880 1881 1881 1881 1882 1883 1883 1883 1883 1884 1885 1886 1886 1889 1892 238 83 71 115 136 61 73 110 130 52 51 34 51 90 56 98 78 16 110 2,673 5 9 598 5 9 861 0 3 1,036 3 1 1,355 0 2 333 11 11 485 1 8 1,156 18 9 395 10 10 536 12 11 734 15 5 400 16 2 564 16 5 787 16 0 439 18 8 429 2 0 332 12 5 150 17 2 482 17 6 2,403 15 6 498 4 4 840 8 8 938 1 2 1,269 0 6 302 19 8 424 12 0 975 7 7 372 6 1 486 19 1 711 15 0 385 16 2 564 16 5 694 10 0 422 13 11 374 7 6 270 12 3 140 11 11 365 8 3 269 10 3 100 1 5 20 11 7 98 1 11 85 19 8 30 12 3 60 9 8 181 11 2 23 4 9 49 13 10 23 0 5 15 0 0 93 6 0 17 4 9 54 14 6 62 0 2 10 5 3 117 9 3 Total ... 1,653 13,755 2 10 12,442 6 0 1,312 16 10 Total of Order 3,837 37,865 3 5 34,783 17 4 3,081 6 1" I.O.R. Jew Zealand District — Hope of Auckland Tent Star of Hauraki „ Eden Northern Star „ Gordon „ Whangaroa „ • .. Central Body Auckland .. Thames Newmarket.. Aratapu Onehunga .. Whangaroa.. Auckland .. 1863 1870 1874 1881 1885 1886 190 86 29 11 23 17 3 2,591 16 11 1,799 9 6 935 15 7 121 3 2 279 6 6 121 11 6 3,175 15 3 2,489 6 11 1,743 18 4 930 6 4 119 18 0 254 13 11 117 3 3 3,653 0 2 102 10 0 55 11 2 5 9 3 15 2 24 12 7 4 8 3 122 15 1 - 1-56 + 1-06 + 5-18 - 4-39 + 1-58 -12-20 Total 359 9,024 18 5 8,708 6 11 316 11 6 + 13-37 + 17-58 - 3 27 - 2-39 + 13-84 + 37-80 + 1-69 - 5-48 - 7-06 - 5-53 Jew Zealand Central District — Hope of Wellington Tent Hope of Napier „ Bon Accord Perseverance „ Haste to the Eesoue „ Excelsior „ Sir Wilfrid Lawson „ Bud of Promise „ Unity Excelsior ., Wellington .. Napier Blenheim .. Wellington .. 1866 1870 1871 1872 1872 1873 1874 1874 1875 1875 130 9 39 33 11 9 16 102 95 45 4,166 7 7 290 1 6 502 5 3 674 3 3 342 13 2 617 9 4 336 10 8 1,560 0 0 493 12 9 602 1 11 4,098 3 10 287 11 4 502 5 3 661 11 6 336 6 8 608 19 0 332 8 9 1,555 12 1 490 15 5 595 2 11 68 3 9 2 10 2 12 11 9 6 6 6 8 10 4 14 1 11 4 7 11 2 17 4 6 19 0 Waipukurau Sanson Nelson New Plymouth Wellington ..

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TABLE I.—Membership and Funds — continued.

Name of Society and Branch. Place of n 3 a Establishment, g^2 H CO a ■ Total Worth. Sick and Funeral Fund. Management Fund, Goods, &o. Surplus or Deficiency per Member at last Valuation. I.O.B. — continued. New Zealand Central District —ctd. Hope of Dunedin Tent Pride of Christchurch „ Murihiku „ Scandia's Hope „ Hope of Ormondville „ Hope of Woodville Masterton „ Hope of Garterton „ Star of Wakefield Hope of Johnsonville „ Eescue „ Onward „ Gisborne „ Pride of Egmont „ Pahiatua „ Brightwater „ Central Body Dunedin Christchurch Inveroargill.. Norsewood .. Ormondville Woodville .. Masterton .. Garterton .. Wakefield .. Johnsonville Nelson Palmers ton N. Gisborne Hawera Pahiatua .. Brightwater Wellington .. 1876 1877 1877 1877 1878 1878 1881 1883 1883 1884 1886 1891 1892 1893 1894 1894 91 94 103 20 22 43 49 46 54 10 34 16 18 35 15 26 5 £ s. d. 1,036 3 2 1,017 9 4 1,702 10 0 130 4 3 297 10 0 413 17 2 329 4 2 383 4 2 488 14 9 246 17 11 55 6 6 51 3 2 60 12 1 55 10 8 9 18 7 33 13 2 5,632 10 2 21,529 14 8 & s. d. 981 18 6 1,008 10 3 1,675 13 5 126 12 4 232 19 0 402 9 11 318 19 7 14 5 454 17 6 241 1 7 39 8 6 47 4 1 54 16 6 49 3 11 8 3 6 28 8 1 4,426 15 7 £ s. d. 54 4 8 8 19 1 26 16 7 3 11 11 64 11 0 11 7 3 10 4 7 0 9 9 33 17 3 5 16 4 15 18 0 3 19 1 5 15 7 6 6 9 1 15 1 5 5 1 1,205 14 7 £ - 662 - 7-57 - 1-59 - 5-08 -11-88 - 9-14 - 9-09 - 267 - 9-35 - 2-00 - 4-21 -17-00 - 9-28 Total 1,170 19,938 13 5 1,591 1 3 Albert District — Star of Hope Tent Hokitika 1869 21 369 3 7 334 15 7 34 8 0 -21-30 Total of Order 1.5E0 30,923 16 8 28,981 15 11 1,942 0 9 S.D.T. Grand Division of New Zealand — Antidote Division Perseverance „ Progress „ Besolution „ Try Again „ Excelsior „ Elim Helpmate „ Advance „ Sunleam „ Hope of Sydenham Division .. Central Body Dunedin Christchurch Kaiapoi Rangiora Woodend Addington .. St. Albans .. Ashburton .. Wellington .. Wanganui .. Sydenham .. Addington .. * 1871 1872 1872 1873 1877 1885 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 196 68 169 74 24 33 82 27 56 23 51 2,039 15 10 893 9 0 1,362 14 2 511 14 8 132 12 6 38 12 1 42 10 2 6 18 4 16 19 6 38 7 8 45 4 6 2,117 9 4 1,896 18 10 864 10 5 1,280 7 4 391 2 7 103 2 5 3 9 0 142 17 0 28 18 7 82 6 10 120.12 1 29 10 1 35 3 1 42 10 2 0 0 7 16 19 6 30 16 3 40 1. 3 55 10 4 * + 060 * 6 17 9 * 7 11 5 5 3 3 2,061 19 0 * * * Total 803 7,246 7 9 6,621 2 0 625 5 9 H.A.C.B.S. New Zealand District — Charleston Branch .. Grahamstown „ St. Joseph's Auckland „ St. Patrick's „ Onehunga „ St. John's „ Waipawa „ St. John's St. Patrick's „ St. Mary's „ St. Joseph's „ , .. St. Michael's St. Patrick's Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Division Total Charleston .. Thames Dunedin Auckland Christchurch Onehunga .. Napier Waipawa Leeston Lincoln Timaru Hastings Masterton .. Oam aru Milton 1870 1870 1873 1873 1874 1874 1874 1876 1882 1882 1882 1885 1886 1891 1891 18 76 96 152 94 21 62 35 22 17 90 41 14 37 21 9 10 7 786 1 2 996 19 0 2,650 6 1 986 6 5 115 10 3 495 16 11 312 18 10 270 7 6 166 6 4 589 8 0 193 18 5 112 6 8 151 14 11 73 3 2 5 18 1 654 8 6 908 0 9 1,973 18 9 920 13 11 97 9 8 443 14 11 261 12 C 199 19 6 127 0 2 411 14 6 167 1 3 103 11 8 135 2 6 55 15 9 3 12 6 131 12 8 88 18 9 676 7 4 65 12 6 18 0 7 52 2 0 51 6 10 70 8 0 39 6 2 177 13 6 26 17 2 8 15 0 16 12 5 17 7 5 -16-97 -12-22 -12-97 -11-89 -15-51 -17-48 -12-51 -12-56 -11-18 -15-80 - 9-08 796 7,910 14 9 6,466 1 11 1,444 12 10 P-.A.F.S.A. Grand Council of New Zealand — Prince of Wales Lodge Pioneer „ Excelsior „ Wickliffe John Knox „ Alexandra „ Triumph „ Valley True Blue „ Star of Hastings „ Star of Oamaru „ Pride of Ngapara „ St. Albans Central Body Thames Dunedin Green Island Napier Wellington .. Auckland .. S. Dunedin.. N.E. Valley.. Hastings Oam aru Ngapara Auckland Thames 1873 1873 1876 1877 1879 1879 1883 1883 1883 1883 1890 1896 126 30 54 29 56 89 83 28 15 87 34 29 1,419 4 0 76 18 10 287 0 4 628 11 6 721 12 3 571 2 5 458 2 6 200 3 8 152 15 2 417 4 5 121 ,6 10 25 8 11 4,113 15 3 9,193 6 1 1,318 9 3 55 10 6 232 15 7 627 12 3 691 11 6 555 19 0 416 11 3 170 5 1 134 6 6 362 2 7 119 18 3 23 18 10 3,677 19 4 100 14 9 21 8 4 54 4 9 0 19 3 30 0 9 15 3 5 41 11 3 29 18 7 18 8 8 55 1 10 18 7 1 10 1 435 15 11 -17-67 -25-00 -12-56 - 6-48 - 4-45 -12-23 -11-36 -11-96 - 7-33 -12-67 - 8-85 - 5-48 Total 660 8,386 19 11 806 6 2 R.E.B.S. Otago R.E.B.S. New Zealand R.E.B.S. Dunedin Invercargill.. 1875 1879 126 69 3,016 12 8 420 4 11 2,970 2 6 381 1 11 46 10 2 39 3 0 -12-32 -23-31 Total 195 3,436 17 7 3,351 4 5 85 13 2 Grand Total 31,825 611,825 14 0 562,862 3 0 48,963 11 0 ♦ The conditions on which the last valuation was based have been chanj ;cd.

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TABLE II.—Numerical Progress, Mortality, and Sickness for the Year 1896.

No. of Members admitted during Year. No. of Members who left during Year. No. of Deaths during Year No. of Members on Roll Sickness Experience. Name of Society. Total. o ' -p By ■■§•!§ ClearB £ 3 ance ■fl«S : , ana Had Arnalga- >■ *■§ mation. By Total. Arrears, &c. By Clearance. Of Members. OfBegis- At Begin- At End tered ning of of Wives. Year. Year. No. of Members Sick No. of Weeks' Sickness experienced during Year. luring Year. Total. First Second Six Months. Six Months. After Twelvi Months. Manchesteb Unity Independent Oedee of Odd Fellows — Auckland District .. .. , Hawke's Bay District New Plymouth District Wanganui District Wellington District Marlborough District Nelson District Motueka District North Westland District .. " Hokitika District Ashley District North Canterbury District Lyttelton District Ashburton District Otago District Invercargill District 211 118 34 51 102 2 31 . 16 12 9 81 155 61 31 199 81 205 106 31 51 96 2 31 16 12 9 80 147 59 30 190 77 6 12 3 6 57 76 56 32 105 2 39 9 18 12 25 93 64 14 145 52 54 64 52 32 99 2 39 9 18 12 25 79 61 14 133 48 3 12 4 "6 19 8 2 4 8 12 1 2 4 4 9 4 2 15 2 9 1 1 5 1 2 1,308 964 552 354 1,227 125 785 355 166 223 766 1,516 746 299 2,212 639 1,443 998 528 369 1,216 125 765 361 158 216 818 1,569 739 314 2,251 666 325 148 82 59 216 32 174 85 40 59 147 285 154 48 374 94 Wks. ds. 3,247 0 1,038 6 496 1 473 4 1,988 3 308 3 2,168 6 866 6 267 1 685 0 899 2 1,980 5 1,004 0 242 3 3,665 3 1,108 0 Wks. ds. 1,621 2 736 3 347 1 301 5 1,034 4 171 0 717 4 449 4 177 1 285 4 539 0 1,323 2 535 2 162 3 1,771 2 519 0 Wks. ds. 222 0 110 4 25 0 57 0 211 4 7 3 156 1 43 1 26 0 72 0 66 4 171 6 30 0 28 0 328 2 69 4 Wks. ds. 1,403 5 191 6 124 0 114 6 742 2 130 0 1,295 1 374 1 64 0 327 3 293 5 485 4 438 5 52 0 1,565 6 519 3 1 8 2 1 9 4 14 3 1 1 4 1 12 4 6 6 Total of Order 1,194 1,142 52 799 741 12,237 58 96 38 12,536 2,322 20,440 1 10,692 2 J 1,625 1 8,122 5 Independent Ordeb of Odd Fellows — Grand Lodge of New Zealand 991 5 653 1 151 150 1 117 114 3 13 1,184 1,205 162 40 4 298 0 National Independent Obdeb of Odd Fellows — Auckland Provincial District 23 23 353 0 315 0 31 31 301 307 75 •• ■ 38 0 Bbitish United Oedeb of Odd Fellows Wellington District 16 16 13 13 94 3 36 5 77 SO 15 5 5 52 0 Ancient Oedeb of Foeestebs Auckland District Hawke's Bay District Taranaki District Wellington District Nelson District .. .. \[ United Westland District .. .. Canterbury United District South Canterbury District United Otago District Court Coromandel 209 36 60 296 56 204 34 59 272 53 5 2 1 24 3 134 53 44 301 36 129 45 38 280 29 5 8 6 21 7 11 2 1 6 4 4 2 17 2 1,561 598 683 2,745 701 19 904 405 1,965 32 1,625 579 698 2,734 717 19 950 403 2,024 51 359 86 115 435 175 4 148 60 323 9 2,005 6 291 6 786 4 3,137 1 1,032 1 71 0 1,131 3 652 6 2,951 4 67 3 1,523 4 282 3 492 0 2,088 4 62S 4 19 0 764 2 384 3 1,519 3 67 3 182 0 9 3 48 0 209 6 83 2 300 2 246 4 838 5 320 2 52 0 293 3 177 4 1,130 1 100 22 224 19 97 20 219 19 3 2 5 48 19 154 47 18 140 1 1 14 6 5 11 4 2 4 73 5 90 6 302 0 Total of Order I 9-39 1 3,359 0 1,022 977 45 789 726 03 46 85 9,613 9,800 1,714 12,127 6 7,769 5 I

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TABLE II.—Numerical Progress, Mortality, and Sickness— continued.

No. of Members admitted during Year. No. of Members Vt during Yea] 'ho left No. of Deaths during Year No. of Members on Eoll Sickness Experience. Name of Society. Total. BSE ¥1 By Clearance and Amalgamation. Total. Arrears, By Clearance. Of Members. Of Begietered Wives. ning of Year. of Year. Sick during Year. No. of No. of W< sks' Sickness experienced during Year. Total. First Six Months. Second Six Months. After Twelv Months. ANCIENT OBDEE OF SHEPHEEDS — Sanctuary Sir George Grey 2 57 56 16 Wks. ds. 160 2 Wks. ds. 56 2 Wks. ds. Wks. ds. 104 0 United Ancient Oedbb of Deuids — Grand Lodge of the North Island Grand Lodge of Canterbury Lodges separately registered I 153 198 195 143 182 185 10 16 10 93 131 192 87 110 171 6 21 21 4 8 20 6 10 678 1,391 1,670 734 1,450 1,653 91 235 286 493 5 1,415 4 1,749 1 253 5 1,036 3 1,175 0 76 0 134 5 257 5 159 0 244 3 316 3 Total of Order 546 510 36 416 368 48 32 16 3,739 3,837 612 3,658 3 2,470 1 468 3 719 6 Independent Oedee of Rechabites — New Zealand District New Zealand Central District Albert District 48 168 48 158 10 22 100 1 21 97 1 1 3 3 5 3 2 336 1,107 22 359 1,170 21 69 185 7 579 6 1,119 2 68 1 381 6 927 3 16 1 41 0 14 6 14 0 157 0 177 0 38 0 Total of Order 216 206 10 123 119 1,465 1,550 261 1,767 2 1,325 3 69 6 372 0 SONS AND DAUGHTEES OF TeMPEEANCE — Grand Division of New Zealand 56 122 141 4 58 2 J 78 75 826 803 1,017 4 748 4 127 3 hlbeenian austealasian catholic benefit Society — New Zealand District .. 86 i 3 83 79 76 » 795 796 151 1,044 6 500 2 36 3 508 1 Peotestant Alliance Feiendly Society of austbalasia — Grand Council of New Zealand 5 130 61 58 74 69 7 680 660 731 0 518 4 25 0 187 3 Railway Employes' Benefit Societies — Total of Railway Employes' Benefit Societies 4 307 0 ■• 3 202 195 60 542 4 235 4 ■■ Grand Total.. 3,382 3,230 152 2,516 42,929 1 25,321 5 3,397 5 14,209 5 2,329 187 217 104 31,176 31,825 5,640

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TABLE III.—Sick and Funeral Funds. —Receipts and Expenditure for the Year 1896.

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Name of Society. a O m III i * -a II* ■So Beceipts. § . 11 μ-i 'or- a •eg.2 a ®4j sag m IS O Q s a 52 *•& go n-S ft £ £ S2 °3'-3 S'-S %la II §§ |§ 3*3 31 *£ °| Expenditure. 42 s i §! P is 11 °j g l 11 la ft n ffl M.U.I.O.O.F. Auckland District Hawke's Bay New Plymouth „ Wanganui Wellington „ Marlborough „ Nelson „ Motueka North Westland „ Hokitika „ Ashley North Canterbury „ Lyttelton „ Ashburfcon „ Otago Invercargill „ £ 2,508 1,489 752 446 1,671 166 1,239 561 250 254 1,285 2,337 1,272 491 3,350 907 £ 16 4 6 1 £ 1,118 765 514 292 876 281 1,013 405 245 377 463 924 635 262 3,264 782 £ 558 70 60 70 195 10 220 18 36 130 130 290 150 40 360 70 £ 127 55 3 15 136 14 28 17 50 4 59 93 12 £ 2,472 809 376 394 1,292 225 1,473 615 220 478 652 1,563 746 195 2,724 786 £ 412 183 137 21 346 43 327 42 52 129 180 341 163 64 502 169 £ 548 90 60 70 185 22 220 18 36 130 130 280 140 70 380 110 £ 137 322 43 "32 13 35 127 14 242 65 247 46 230 1,941 £ 4,327 2,379 1,333 829 2,878 472 2,500 1,002 581 776 1,937 3,644 2,072 796 7,175 1,787 £ 3,569 1,404 616 485 1,855 290 2,033 710 435 751 1,204 2,249 1,296 375 3,836 3,006 £ 28,267 16,613 8,670 5,455 23,120 5,973 15,419 7,185 4,756 9,015 10,053 21,196 15,387 4,271 60,601 15,646 £ 29,025 17,588 9,387 5,799 24,143 6,155 15,886 7,477 4,902 9,040 10,786 22,591 16,163 4,692 63,940 14,427 1 11 3 3 121 80 28 Total of Order 18,978 166 12,216 2,407 721 15,020 3,111 2,489 3,494 34,488 24,114 251,627 262,001 I.O.O.F. Grand Lodge of New Zealand 1,824 429 200 6 724 418 200 451 2,459 1,793 11,336 12,002 N.I.O.O.F. Auckland Provincial District.. 376 50 52 8 327 79 52 486 458 1,481 1,509 B.U.O.O.F. Wellington District 100 g 19 52 24 122 70 376 422 A.O.F. Auckland District Hawke's Bay Taranaki „ Wellington „ Nelson „ United Westland „ Canterbury United „ South Canterbury United Otago „ ;. Court Coromandel 2,204 801 965 3,369 997 23 1,313 521 2,446 66 23 25 '34 706 372 405 1,378 804 g 650 239 1,257 30 230 60 65 260 160 26 19 6 35 15 7 1,788 292 553 2,321 847 45 765 469 1,850 66 348 263 101 546 94 220 50 55 300 160 51 52 13 111 7 3,189 1,252 1,466 5,042 2,010 39 2,133 932 3,970 121 2,407 657 722 3,278 1,108 45 1,234 674 2,700 67 15,735 7,595 7,563 29,239 12,043 308 13,577 7,040 23,715 962 16,517 8,190 8,307 31,003 12,945 302 14,476 7,298 24,985 1,016 'io 25 160 124 250 279 81 526 1 150 124 240 "40 45 17 "84 Total of Order 12,705 5,850 1,309 170 8,996 2,239 1,299 358 20,154 12,892 117,777 125,039 120 A.O.S. Sanctuary Sir George Grey .. 61 53 58 K 114 63 834 885 U.A.O.D. Grand Lodge of the North Island Grand Lodge of Canterbury .. Lodges separately registered .. 911 1,853 2,136 63 26 49 203 682 518 180 190 450 7 19 54 353 1,088 1,333 239 431 319 180 230 490 25 3 8 1,364 2,770 3,207 797 1,752 2,150 3,812 12,417 11,385 4,379 13,435 12,442 Total of Order 4,900 138 1,403 820 80 2,77; 989 900 36 7,341 4,699 27,614 30,256 I.O.E. New Zealand District New Zealand Central District Albert District 524 1,444 29 10 317 671 26 74 160 334 500 945 35 26 249 6 74 130 3 290 925 2,609 55 603 1,614 41 5,333 14,517 321 5,655 15,512 335 Total of Order 10 1,014 234 334 1,480 281 204 293 3,589 2,258 20,171 21,502 1,997 S.D.T. Grand Division of New Zealand 195 60 106 675 166 70 42 1,303 953 4,209 4,559 939 3 H.A.C.B.S. New Zealand District 955 15 261 170 67 662 217 170 42 1,468 1,091 6,089 6,466 P.A.F.S.A. Grand Council of New Zealand 963 10 234 220 57 582 171 220 7 1,484 980 4,205 4,709 R.B.B.S. Total of E.E.B. Societies 361 176 292 90 22 537 404 3,218 3,351 Grand Total 44,159 465 21,900 5,472 1,549 31,642 7,695 5,699 4,745 73,545 49,781 448,937 472,701

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TABLE IV.—Medical and Management Expenses Funds.—Receipts and Expenditure for the Year 1896.

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Namk of Society. O CD S co Eeceipte. "3 CI o o © a o S © .-i o a> aji Expem OH »§ Liture. 5S« I x i o a> - M 3 o EH © a a s> a H 3 o EH •4-1 o a I H . I M.U.I.O.O.F. Auckland District Hawke's Bay „ New Plymouth „ Wanganui „ Wellington „ Marlborough „ Nelson „ Motueka „ North Westland Hokitika „ Ashley „ North Canterbury „ Lyttelton „ Ashburton „ Otago „ Invercargill „ £ 1,668 1,232 819 483 1,456 198 791 320 323 435 826 1,817 933 288 3,425 924 £ 149 100 124 41 3 £ 156 229 101 52 163 16 59 13 147 17 33 154 47 20 317 102 £ 1,195 982 586 394 1,093 147 421 186 226 242 526 1,312 691 206 2,350 699 £ 501 296 185 138 387 31 243 94 113 174 186 417 230 79 838 154 £ 202 95 93 71 98 26 96 31 32 54 97 146 76 £ 133 110 40 70 96 10 107 21 115 16 61 124 101 2 194 81 £ 1,973 1,561 920 659 1,660 214 850 336 470 452 859 2,051 980 311 3,862 1,034 £ 2,031 1,483 904 673 1,674 214 867 332 486 486 870 1,999 1,098 287 3,713 1,018 £ 5,983 264 39 2,005 1,263 206 57 10 131 186 3,509 30 277 3,102 213 80 3 120 8 331 84 Total of Order 18,192 18,135 17,275 15,938 628 1,626 11,256 4,066 1,532 1,281 I.O.O.F. Grand Lodge of New Zealand 287 1,894 280 1,170 518 226 232 2,182 2,146 N.I.O.O.F. Auckland Provincial District.. 84 393 251 113 23 25 399 412 B.U.O.O.F. Wellington District 2 122 110 137 122 08 32 A.O.F. Auckland District Hawke's Bay „ Taranaki „ Wellington „ Nelson United Westland „ Canterbury United „ South Canterbury „ United Otago „ Court Coromandel 2,207 917 1,039 3,941 1,032 38 1,164 619 2,980 61 26 1 5 13 119 68 61 300 • 56 1,364 654 691 2,715 691 18 838 465 2,205 36 619 246 223 1,005 280 12 292 106 603 20 222 44 104 289 86 1 94 42 211 25 176 43 99 235 65 7 39 31 271 2,352 985 1,101 4,246 1,101 38 1,291 654 3,298 68 2,381 987 1,117 4,244 1,122 38 1,263 644 3,290 81 481 3 186 679 280 29 543 443 702 32 20 107 35 273 *45 7 Total of Order 13,998 117 1,019 9,677 3,406 1,118 966 15,134 15,167 3,378 A.O.S. Sanctuary Sir George Grey .. 16 17 15 1 17 16 U.A.O.D. Grand Lodge of the North Island Grand Lodge of Canterbury .. Lodges separately registered .. 1,096 2,248 2,523 7 9 25 104 272 445 680 1,522 1,776 343 597 651 91 169 153 104 182 347 1,207 2,529 2,993 1,218 2,470 2,927 180 407 476 Total of Order 5,867 41 821 3,978 1,591 413 633 6,729 6,615 1,063 I.O.E. lew Zealand District lew Zealand Central District ilbert District 480 1,598 48 3 4 81 74 1 265 876 27 138 385 20 46 219 3 26 126 514 1,676 49 475 1,606 50 119 333 24 Total of Order 2,126 106 1,168 543 268 152 2,239 2,131 476 S.D.T. rrand Division of New Zealand 906 57 580 227 64 51 963 •922 414 H.A.C.B.S. few Zealand District 1,194 35 124 813 267 89 100 1,353 1,269 787 P.A.F.S.A. rrand Council of New Zealand 95 974 100 641 253 128 92 1,074 1,114 R.E.B.S. 'otal of B.E.B. Societies 283 217 71 285 288 73 Grand Total 43,712 838 4,139 29,819 11,102 3,869 3,535 48,689 48,325 24,085

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TABLE V. —Disposition of Funds as on the 31st December, 1896.

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Name of Society. Total. Investments ™neot Interest. Bul^fngs . Cash not bearing Interest. Value of Goods, Furniture, and Regalia. Other Assets. M.U.I.O.O.F. Auckland District Hawke's Bay „ New Plymouth „ Wanganui „ Wellington „ Marl borough „ Nelson „ Motueka „ North Westland Hokitika „ Ashley North Canterbury Lyttelton „ Ashburton „ Otago „ Invercargill „ £ 46,161 18,772 9,891 8,103 30,643 7,598 22,240 9,340 6,257 9,227 12,649 26,749 16,637 5,355 72,596 16,501 £ 23,407 12,161 9,114 3,273 15,334 6,030 19,475 7,771 5,514 7,227 9,632 15,132 10,993 2,837 60,978 12,833 £ 20,783 5,618 50 4,539 14,352 1,469 2,080 790 600 1,382 2,188 10,098 4,499 2,130 8,990 2,225 81,793 £ 1,463 854 727 119 844 73 230 751 130 603 568 847 790 379 2,076 1,066 £ 508 129 172 113 26 443 18 13 15 261 672 167 9 375 377 £ io *12 10 188 177 Total of Order 318,719 221,711 11,520 3,298 397 I.O.O.F. Grand Lodge of New Zealand 22,602 17,631 2,952 1,086 876 57 N.I.O.O.F. Auckland Provincial District 3,439 3,267 97 75 B.U.O.O.F. Wellington District 832 771 35 20 A.O.F. Auckland District Hawke's Bay „ Taranaki „ Wellington „ Nelson „ United Westland „ Canterbury United South Canterbury „ United Otago „ Court Coromandel 24,103 11,549 9,061 42,877 14,720 330 21,955 8,277 34,801 1,065 16,424 9,230 8,386 29,396 13,330 259 19,452 4,691 29,302 1,020 6,351 1,683 250 9,825 543 15 1,650 3,120 2,522 612 447 354 2,108 709 56 622 217 1,953 27 716 174 71 1,291 138 15 257 193 232 766 18 38 17 258 Total of Order 168,738 131,490 25,959 7,105 3,599 585 A.O.S. Sanctuary Sir George Grey 920 879 25 16 U.A.O.D. Grand Lodge of the North Island .. Grand Lodge of Canterbury Lodges separately registered 5,804 18,306 13,755 3,595 16,047 12,031 31,673 800 1,444 180 922 372 971 484 380 505 3 63 68 Total of Order 37,865 2,424 2,265 1,369 134 I.O.B. New Zealand District New Zealand Central District Albert District 9,025 21,530 369 8,298 17,960 344 515 2,452 97 1,060 115 30 10 *28 15 Total of Order 30,924 26,602 2,967 1,157 43 155 S.D.T. Grand Division of New Zealand 7,246 5,719 750 507 90 174 H.A.C.B.S. New Zealand District 7,911 5,214 1,535 583 513 6G P.A.F.S.A. Grand Council of New Zealand 9,193 7,853 350 507 473 10 E.E.B.S. Total of E.E.B. Societies 3,437 2,938 450 86 13 Grand Total 611,826 455,748 119,180 24,923 10,509 1,466

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TABLE VI. —Investments at Interest as on the 31st December, 1896.

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Name of Society. Total. PostOffice SavingsBank. Deposited with Other Banks. on Freehold Property. 1H-P Government and Municipal Debentures. °1 4 Other Investments. O » n Bate of Interest. M.U.I.O.O.F. Auckland District Hawke's Bay „ New Plymouth „ Wanganui „ Wellington „ Marlborough „ Nelson . „ Motueka „ North Westland „ Hokitika . „ Ashley „ North Canterbury „ Lyttelton „ Ashburton „ Otago „ Invercargill „ £ 23,407 12,161 9,114 3,273 15,334 6,030 19,475 7,771 5,514 7,227 9,632 15,132 10,993 2,837 60,978 12,833 £ 2,168 88 671 318 1,902 877 2,315 464 1,111 298 4,347 3,631 764 155 5,925 1,123 £ 3,078 1,342 975 250 3 670 300 2,336 530 1,874 1,885 .-£ 3-4 3'3 3-5 3-0 4-0 4-4 8-0 3-6 3-5 3'4 3-5 £ 18,161 9,254 7,993 2,955 9,797 4,903 11,463 6,637 3,604 4,593 4,755 9,577 6,975 2,682 45,479 10,885 £ 6-6 7-1 6-8 7-1 6-8 8-1 64 5'7 6-9 8-9 6-3 6-6 6-3 6-6 6-7 6-4 £ 5,694 499 £ 5 ; 7 6-0 £ 1,477 450 2,660 £ 4-5 6-4 6 : 6 "50 1,369 5*6 7-0 9,424 825 8*6 3-9 "l50 5*6 Total of Order 221,711 26,157 23,492 3-5 159,713 6-7 6,193 5-7 6,156 6-1 I.O.O.P. Grand Lodge of New Zealand .. 17,631 2,001 2,654 3-7 12,976 6'6 N.I.O.O.F. Auckland Provincial District 3,267 2,257 3-5 1,010 6-2 B.U.O.O.F. Wellington District 771 460 311 6-8 A.O.F. Auckland District Hawke's Bay Taranaki „ Wellington „ Nelson „ United Westland „ Canterbury United „ South Canterbury „ United Otago „ Court Coromandel 16,424 9,230 8,386 29,396 13,330 259 19,452 4,691 29,302 1,020 664 1,799 1,610 4,052 915 8,585 321 66 1,404 1,056 134 768 2,270 2,032 300 3-6 40 4-0 3-5 3-2 3-5 3-5 3-3 3-5 3-5 7,175 5,984 6,710 23,940 7,531 125 15,233 1,930 25,312 720 5-7 7-2 6-3 7-0 6-8 . 10-0 6-3 6-3 6-7 7-5 3328 5-6 1J126 4-5 2,092 491 1,958 1J359 5-2 Total of Order 131,490 13,581 16,936 3-5 94,660 6'6 3,828 5-6 2,485 4-9 A.O.S. Sanctuary Sir George Grey 879 129 750 7-0 U.A.O.D. Grand Lodge of the North Island Grand Lodge of Canterbury Lodges separately registered 3,595 16,047 12,031 533 1,900 1,848 487 392 2,421 3'7 3-7 3-6 2,475 13,518 7,762 7-6 6-1 6-5 100 237 5-0 5-3 Total of Order 31,673 4,281 3,300 3-6 23,755 6-4 337 5-2 I.O.R. New Zealand District New Zealand Central District .. Albert District 8,298 17,960 344 349 3,447 , 74 3,870 1,455 469 3-4 3-6 6,494 12,970 240 6-2 6-5 9-0 500 5-8 574 30 6-2 4-5 Total of Order 26,602 604 6-1 1,924 3'4 19,704 6-4 500 5-8 S.D.T. Grand Division of New Zealand.. 5,719 1,125 144 3-5 4,450 6-7 H.A.C.B.S. New Zealand District 5,214 695 6-0 2,219 3-ft 2,200 6-2 100 P.A.F.S.A. Grand Council of New Zealand .. 7,853 1,488 1,450 3-6 4,915 6-8 R.E.B.S. Total of E.E.B. Societies 2,938 455,748 887 2,051 6-7 Grand Total .. 54,081 54,820 5-6 3-5 326,644 6-6 10,521 9,682 5-8

MAP OF NEW ZEALAND SHEWING POLICE DISTRICTS 1898