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would be to increase the average life-sickness pef member, and that a loss would be more likely to accrue than a gain to societies as the net result of the dissimilar experience. Unfortunately, the expectation of a relatively light sickness has not been generally realised. 22. Societies, on application to the Begistrar, may have their valuations made free of cost. The experience of societies valued in the office as at the end of 1897, for the quinquennium preceding the valuation date, represents 14,720-5 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).

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

23. 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 fifty-five being considerably more than one-half of the total.

Teade-unions. ■24. A list of registered trade-unions, as on the 31st December, 1898, is given in Appendix 111. Edmund Mason, May, 1899. Begistrar of Friendly Societies and Trade-unions

Sickness (Weeks). Number of Deaths. Age of Members. Number of Years of Life at Risk. First Six Months. Second Six After Twelve Months. Months. Total. Of Mem- 0fwiv6 , Jnder 25 !5-30 10-35 15-40 10-45 15-50 >0-55 >5-60 10-65 !5 70 '0 and upwards .. 19,341-0 20,000-0 19,258-0 17,795-0 14,317-5 11,057-5 8,337-5 4,649-5 2,240-5 828-0 526-0 13,436 12,691 12,824 13,006 | 12,507 I 12,417 11,693 7,424 4,406 1,993 1,529 893 925 960 1,012 1,468 1,612 2,175 1,504 1,110 549 807 1,210 1,123 2,349 2,421 4,031 6,017 7,049 7,466 7,147 5,799 8,574 15,539 14,739 16,133 16,439 18,006 20,046 20,917 16,394 12,663 8,341 10,910 86 91 99 80 79 90 116 91 39 27 33 13 41 60 76 74 51 69 40 23 14 13 All ages .. 118,350-5 103,926 13,015 53,186 170,127 .70,127 831 474

Number of Members who Admitted before Quinquennium. Admitted during Quinquennium. Age at Beginning Were gick auring Were not sick (j ur i n g g Were Sick during Were not Sick during Quincmennium Quinquennium. Quinquennium. g'a Quinquennium. Quinquennium. 01 . 2 a : | at Entry. Lapsed Were Lapsed Were Lapsed Were Lapsed J Were during included during included -a & during included during : included Quinquen- in the Quinquen- in the -S.3 Quinquen- in the Quinquen- in the nium. Valuation. nium. Valuation. H 3 niurn. Valuation. nium. Valuation. or at Entry. Were Lapsed Were included during j included in the Quinquen- in the Valuation. mum. Valuation. 3 = i's 3 1.9 n 3 a Under 25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 70 and upwards 302 192 166 142 70 56 31 9 1 1 1,305 1,349 1,459 1,486 1,290 1,172 808 439 207 81 48 1,308 1,167 898 609 356 205 89 30 9 2 1,007 1,216 1,372 1,297 1,008 729 ' 470 228 84 21 12 57 66 82 77 80 107 103 74 32 19 31 193 69 44 24 5 1 1,583 527 292 171 59 15 2,082 851 431 213 43 9 2 1 4,648 1,811 1,072 470 160 40 5 3 52 25 16 6 2 1 1 "l All ages 970 9,644 4,673 7,444 [728 336 2,648 3,632 8,209 |103

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 86-46 86-11 79-49 79-12 69-45 61-94 55-90 45-29 34-79 23-90 14-02 5-75 6-28 5-95 6-16 8-16 8-04 10-40 9-17 8-76 6-58 7-39 7-79 7-61 14-56 14-72 22-39 30-02 33-70 45-54 56-45 69-52 78-59