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TABLE I.—Number of Members and Amounts of Benefit and other Funds, as on the 31st December, 1898, of all Friendly Societies and Branches from which Returns were received in accordance with the Act.

Name of Society and Bbanch. Place of uga Establishment. SH 8 H <n aa, o oo Total Worth. Sick and Funeral Fund. Management Fund, Goods, &c. Surplus or Deficiency per Member at last Valuation. M.U.I.O.O.F. Auckland District — Fountain of Friendship Lodge Good Intent „ Parnell Charles Bruce Waikato „ Duke of Cambridge „ Gisborne „ Howick Whangarei „ Franklin Warkworth Pioneer Hauraki „ Hokianga „ Karangahake John Leydon „ Manukau Central Body Auckland .. Parnell Thames Cambridge .. Gisborne Howick Whangarei .. Otahuhu Warkworth .. Coromandel Eawene Karangahake Waihi Onehunga .. Auckland .. 1844 1850 1859 1865 1866 1867 1874 1876 1881 1881 1884 1895 1896 1897 1897 1898 412 262 152 198 246 53 114 64 24 73 58 129 31 28 133 52 £ s. d. 17,811 13 6 5,227 7 9 4,178 3 6 2,298 15 8 4,120 17 10 563 8 4 2,501 15 0 1,005 14 7 751 8 11 616 9 2 250 1 2 211 14 7 82 9 9 38 15 4 185 5 5 36 16 5 10,060 18 1 £ s. d. 12,210 17 2 5,074 18 4 2,671 2 0 2,215 5 4 3,901 14 6 563 8 4 1,704 18 3 905 19 1 744 6 0 615 18 8 249 7 6 154 17 0 69 6 0 38 2 3 147 2 4 29 3 5 9,985 1 5 £ s. d. 5,600 16 4 152 9 5 1,507 1 6 83 10 4 219 3 4 796 16 9 99 15 6 7 2 11 0 10 6 0 13 8 56 17 7 13 3 9 0 13 1 38 3 1 7 13 0 75 16 8 £ + 6-88 + 3-81 + 4-42 + 0-86 - 5-46 + 1-90 + 5-83 - 0-77 + 18-83 + 0-92 - 1-88 Total 2,029 49,941 15 0 41,281 7 7 8,660 7 5 +12-58 - 0-92 + 6-63 + 8-79 + 3-48 + 14-64 + 5-30 + 8-05 + 3-73 + 0-21 - 0-01 - 0-33 Hawke's Bay District — Napier Lodge Meeanee Abbotsf ord „ Olive „ Hastings „ Victoria „ Tavistock Woodville Euahine Forest Home Dannevirke Maraekakaho Central Body Napier Taradale Waipawa .. West Olive .. Hastings Porangahau Waipukurau Woodville .. Hampden .. Ormondville Dannevirke.. Maraekakaho Napier 1856 1871 1873 1876 1878 1878 1879 1880 1885 1887 1888 1891 235 47 201 27 128 11 31 30 47 35 104 27 7,351 12 8 685 17 9 5,044 0 9 1,030 0 2 2,267 9 5 438 10 0 889 2 8 881 0 2 467 2 8 224 18 4 575 9 6 273 6 5 312 18 11 7,345 10 4 685 17 9 5,020 14 11 998 14 0 2,166 7 8 438 10 0 879 4 4 865 12 3 465 16 11 207 18 10 566 2 10 272 16 9 293 19 3 6 2 4 23 5 10 31 6 2 101 1 9 9 18 4 15 7 11 15 9 16 19 6 9 6 8 0 9 8 18 19 8 Total 923 20,441 9 5 20,207 5 10 234 3 7 + 2-88 - 2-20 - 5-30 - 0-61 + 1-30 New Plymouth District — Egmont Lodge Waitara Union „ Manaia „ Eltham Midhurst Central Body New Plymouth Waitara Hawera Manaia Eltham Midhurst .. New Plymouth 1857 1876 1881 1887 1889 1893 182 49 95 73 24 39 4,069 16 6 1,141 1 1 1,260 1 2 887 15 7 202 9 2 131 9 5 678 7 8 4,065 19 5 1,124 6 2 1,260 1 2 887 15 7 202 9 2 86 8 6 622 2 8 3 17 1 16 14 11 45"o 11 56 5 0 Total 462 8,371 0 7 8,249 2 8 121 17 11 Wanganui District — Wanganui Lodge Manawatu Manchester „ Awarua Apiti „ Eangitikei Hautapu Central Body Wanganui .. Palmerston N. Feilding Ohingaiti .. Apiti Mangaweka Utiku 1858 1881 1883 1894 1894 1895 1897 - 6-05 171 103 63 42 22 33 21 7,420 15 6 1,098 5 10 306 5 7 184 12 10 62 17 3 138 7 1 40 17 6 163 5 7 5,130 9 11 1,048 0 11 275 10 7 170 12 4 61 15 8 106 5 10 31 14 5 128 19 7 2,290 5 7 50 4 11 30 15 0 14 0 6 117 32 1 3 9 3 1 34 6 0 Total 455 9,415 7 2 6,953 9 3 2,461 17 11 + 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 + 0-63 + 7-74, Wellington District — Britannia Lodge Antipodean „ Eose of the Valley „ Kainapoura „ Eose of Sharon St. George Unity „ Combination Heart of Oak Masterton „ Greytown „ Petone „ Eketahuna „ Mangatainoka „ Widow and Orphan Society .. Central Body Wellington .. Lower Hutt Tawa Flat .. Upper Hutt Pahautanui Featherston Johnsonville Carterton .. Masterton .. Greytown .. Petone Eketahuna .. Mangatainoka Wellington .. 1843 1847 1849 1857 1857 1867 1872 1876 1877 1877 1879 1882 1887 1894 1849 422 302 116 15 54 25 63 27 75 86 47 76 44 20 13,444 16 8 9,498 6 8 2,426 8 2 288 16 5 1,163 10 2 374 0 9 738 7 3 539 9 3 1,031 9 1 404 19 11 1,310 8 10 946 7 8 437 9 5 68 19 10 2,073 14 9 1,338 10 11 9,663 4 0 8,984 11 7 2,140 13 2 281 17 1 1,163 10 2 338 4 4 731 15 7 390 3 10 1,031 9 1 344 19 11 1,152 1 9 887 18 6 340 3 2 59 0 3 1,982 16 2 1,288 0 11 3,781 12 8 513 15 1 285 15 0 6 19 4 35 16 5 6 11 8 149 5 5 60 0 0 158 7 1 58 9 2 97 6 3 9 19 7 90 18 7 50 10 0 Total 1,372 36,085 15 9 30,780 9 6 5,305 6 3 Marlborough District— Marlborough Lodge Eenwick „ Central Body Blenheim .. Eenwick Blenheim .. 1860 1867 + 12-05 + 14-11 100 32 4,848 0 2' 2,055 2 3 1,024 2 2 4,835 7 3 2,049 3 10 1,023 5 11 12 12 11 5 18 5 0 16 3 Total 132 7,927 4 7 7,907 17 0 19 7 7