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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