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TABLE II.—Numerical Progress, Mortality, and Sickness for the Year 1923— continued.

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Xumber of Members. Sickness experienced. i Admitted by Left by i I Left by Xame of Society and Branch. 1 :■== Clearance ■gps, | and p 3 Ainalga'a = 9 mation. 1™* « BO At BeginTotal. ning of Death. Clearance. Arrears, Year. A-c. At End Sick of during Year. Year. Total. j Deaths ! of Regis - First Second After Twelve j w£ e £ Six Months, j Six Months. Months. "i\es. Total. I Ancient Order of Foresters — continued. South Canterbury District .. .. 40 United Otago „ .. 616 41 Courts out of district .. .. 88 40 616 88 41 40 657 88 10 39 20 1 44 1 12 217 42 23 300 63 691 4,149 1,360 708 4,506 1,385 124 703 287 Weeks. 1,218 7,775 4,526 Weeks. 719 3.635 1,289 . "Weeks. 95 868 341 Weeks. 404 3,272 2,896 3 16 5 Total of Order .. ..1,596 98 Ancient Order of Shepherds United Ancient Order of Druids — Grand Lodge of North Island of New 1,151 291 Zealand Grand Lodge of Canterbury .. 285 16 Grand Lodge of Otago and Southland 247 52 i i 1,694 [ 181 118 836 2 1,135 17,324 43 17,883 3,330 41 13 39,471 267 16.833 73 3,451 1,365 498 606 38 4,866 2,403 2,237 19,187 156 39 22 12 73 1,442 70 j 310 693 1,079 i 12,317 12,680 2,316 16,968 ' 10,737 I 301 29 18 299 l 25 64 115 126 162 j 3,030 215 ! 3,379 3,169 638 3,463 664 5.740 I 5,724 2.839 2,881 Total of Order .. ..1,683 359 359 2,042 124 398 934 1,456 | 18,726 19,312 | 3,618 28,432 16,457 2,469 9,506 73 Independent Order or Rechabites — New Zealand District .. .. 59 27 New Zealand Central District .. 225 63 86 288 5 27 17 54 47 188 09 269 905 3,081 922 3,100 189 547 j 1,555 4,881 815 2,898 I 56 484 684 1,499 4 9 Total of Order .. .. 284 90 90 374 32 71 235 338 , 3,986 4,022 736 | 6,436 3,713 540 2,183 13 Sons and Daughters of Temperance — National Division of New Zealand .. 37 4 Divisions separately registered .. 10 41 10 6 2 3 20 17 29 19 j 415 244 427 235 | 81 53 951 845 316 266 ' 80 112 555 467 3 3 Total of Order .. .. 47 4 47 51 8 37 48 I 659 662 I 134 1.796 582 192 1,022 (i Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society — New Zealand District .. .. 392 82 Protestant Friendly- Society' of Australasia — Grand Council of New Zealand .. 41 7 474 36 91 I L 307 434 3,524 3,564 621 5,613 ! 2,694 691 2,228 13 48 21 5 33 !' 59 914 903 191 2,789 859 336 1,594 4 I 164 1 2 ' 20 22 54 I 196 r 40: Grand United Order of Oddfellows 163 1 of New" Zealand — 95 95 Other Societies .. .. .. 47 47 I" 55 | 63 856 840 1,227 47 204 2,445 '• 906 312 ! Grand total .. .. 8,713 951 9,664 ! 684 1,037 4,492 ! 6,213 80,777 84,228 j 15,829 156,881 I 76,381 13,264 I I 67,236 328