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In the case of societies with branches, payment shall be made for each branch according to the above scale, the valuation of the central body being made without extra fee. 67. Where a society or branch desires that its assets and liabilities shall be valued and reported on by an actuary to be named by tho Registrar, the return of benefits and contributions, funds and effects, debts and credits, which the society or branch is required to make in form prescribed by the Registrar, shall be accompanied with a fee on tho following scale, viz. :— If the number of members does not exceed 150 .. £10 If over 150 but not exceeding 250 .. 15 » 250 „ , 350 .. .. 20 „ 350 „ „ 500 .. .. 25 , 500 , „ 700 .. .. 40 „ 700 „ „ 1,000 .. ..55 With an additional £25 for every 500 members or portion thereof beyond 1,000. Where the number of members exceeds 2,500, a special fee shall be fixed by tho Registrar for the valuation. 68. If tho Registrar causes the assets and liabilities of a society or branch to be valued and reported on by tho Actuary attached to the Registry Office, the fee to bo received for the same shall be paid into tho consolidated revenue of the colony; but if he shall cause the same to be valued by any other actuary, three-fourths only of tho fee, as per Regulation 67, shall be paid to such actuary, and the remaining one-fourth into the consolidated revenue of the colony. Applications for Dispensing with Consents to Amalgamation, &c. Sec. 15 (c.) 69. Notice of an application that any of the consents and conditions prescribed for an amalgamation or transfer of engagements may be dispensed with shall be advertised in the Gazette at least ono month before application is made to the Registrar in that behalf. Such notice shall be in Form No. 50 hereto annexed. 70. The application that any of tho consents and conditions prescribed for an amalgamation or transfer of engagements may be dispensed with shall bo in Form No. 51 hereto annexed, and shall be sent to the Registrar, in duplicate, with a copy of the Gazette in which advertisement of the same is published. 71. If, after hearing the trustees or committee of management and other persons whom he considers entitled to be heard, and to whom such notice shall be sent as the Registrar directs, tho Registrar thinks fit to entertain the application, he shall transmit a copy of the same to the Governor for his consent thereto. 72. Whore any consents or conditions prescribed for an amalgamation or transfer of engagements ace dispensed with, Forms Nos. 25, 26, 27, 28, and 30, as the case may be, may be modified by authority of the Registrar to suit the circumstances of the case. 73. In registering a special resolution for amalgamation or transfer of engagements, as prescribed by Regulation 36, where any prescribed consents or conditions have been dispensed with, the words "and confirmed by tho Registrar" shall be added after the word " Registered." 74. If, on an application for dispensing with any prescribed consents or conditions to an amalgamation or transfer of engagements, more than one hearing or adjournment become necessary, the same fee shall be payable in respect of the same as in the case of a dispute. Fees on certain Investigations. 75. Where application is made for an investigation into the affairs of a society, with a view to the dissolution thereof, upon the ground that tho rates of contribution fixed in the rules of such society are insufficient to cover the benefits assured, the Registrar may, if he thinks fit, at any time before making his award, require the payment of such fee as he may deem reasonable, not exceeding tho scale fixed by Regulation 67, and such fee shall be paid in manner prescribed in Regulation 68.

Form No. l.—Begs. 1-18. New Zealand. " Friendly Societies Act, 1882." APPLICATION TO REGISTER A SOCIETY. Name of society: To the Registrar of Friendly Societies. Application to register a society under the above-mentioned Act, undsr the name of , is made by the eight persons whose names are subscribed at the foot hereof. ]. The society is a friendly society [or cattle insurance society, or benevolent society, or working-men's club, or specially-authorized society, as the case may be],

(a.) * Tho society is one having branches. (b.) * The society is one receiving contributions by means of collectors at a greater distance than ten miles from the registered office. 2. The name and place of the registered office of the society are provided for in Rule No. [State number]. 3. Tho whole of the objects for which the society is to ba established, the purposes for which the funds thereof shall be applicable, the terms of admission of members, the conditions under which any member may becomo entitled to any benefit assured thereby, and tho fines and forfeitures to be imposed on any member, are provided for in Rule No. [State number]. 4. Tho mode of holding meetings and right of voting, and the manner of making, altering, or rescinding rules, are provided for in Rule No. [State number]. 5. The appointment and removal of a committee of management, by tho name of , of a treasurer and other officers, and of trustees, aro provided for in Rule No. [State number] . C. t Tho composition of the central body, and the conditions under which a branch may secede from the society, are provided for in Rule No. [State number], 7. The investment of the funds, tho keeping of the accounts, and the audit of the same once a year at least, are provided for in Rule No. [State number]. 8. Annual returns to the Registrar of the receipts, funds, effects, and expenditure, and number of members of the society, are provided for in Rule No. [State number'], 9. The inspection of the books of the society by every person having an interest in the funds of the society (except as in the said Act is mentioned) is provided for in Rule No. [State number]. 10. Tho manner in which disputes between the society and any of its members, or any person claiming through a member or under the rules, shall be settled, is provided for in Rule No. [State number]. 11. } Provision is made for meeting all claims upon the society existing at the time «f division before any such division takes place, in Rule No. [State number]. 12. § The keeping separate accounts of all moneys received or paid on account of every particular fund or benefit assured for which a separate table of contributions payable shall have been adopted, and the keeping separate account of the expenses of management [j| and of medical and surgical attendance, including medicine and medical and surgical requisites], and of all contributions on account thereof, are provided for in Rule No. [State number']. 18. II Annual returns to the Registrar of the sickness and mortality of the society are provided for in Rule No. [State member]. 14. A valuation once at least in every five years of the assets and liabilities of the society, including the estimated risks and contributions, is provided for in Rule No. [State number]. 15. ""Provision for the voluntary dissolution of the society by consent of not less than five-sixths in value of tho members, and of every person for the time being entitled to any benefit from the funds of tho society, unless his claim be first satisfied or adequately provided for, is made in Rule No. [State number]. IG. The right of one-fifth of the total number of members [ft or of 100 members if tho society have 1,000 and not exceeding 10,000, or of 500 members if the society have more than 10,000 j to apply to the Registrar for an investigation of the affairs of the society, or for winding up tho same, is provided for in Rule No. [State number]. 17. | J It being intended to assure to the members or some of them a certain annuity, the tables of contributions for such assurance are certified by , Esquire, an actuary qualified to give such certificate under section 9 of the said Act. 18. §§ Tho provisions of section 21 of the above-mentioned Act are contained in Rule No. [State number].

* If this is not the case, a line should be drawn through this statement. t If tho society is not one with branches, a line should bo drawn through this statement. I If tho society does not divide its funds, a line should be drawn through this statement. § If the society is not a friendly society, or a cattle insurance society, a line should be drawn through this and the remaining numbered statements, or if it be a specially-authorized society, through any which are not rendered applicable by tho authority for registering the same. || If the society does not grant a medical-attendance benefit, the words in brackets should be omitted. IT If tho society is a cattle insurance society, a line should be drawn through this and the next statement. ** If the society is not a friend] y society, tne words " three-fourths" to bo substituted for the words " live-sixths in value." tt If the number of members is limited to be less than 1,000 or less than 10,000 members, tho bracketed words relating to both or either of such cases should be struck out. II If this is not intended, a line should be drawn through this statement. §§ If tho society is not ono to which section 21 applies, a lino should bo drawn through this statement.