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TABLE II.-Numerical Progress, Mortality, and Sickness for the Year 1924.

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Number of Members. Sickness experienced. Admitted by : Left by Deaths Name of Society and Branch. i ~ . of Regis- ||§ ance" Tota1 ' ! 1 TotaL At ® nd a Total . First S SJ on l After Twelve wives. , and ! Death. Clearance/ A ™' Tear " Year ' Year ' Six Months. Six Months. Months. S'S-S Amalga- I &0 ' 3§| | mation. Manchesteb Unity Independent Obdeb of Oddfellows — New Zealand Bbanch Weeks. Weeks. Weeks. Weeks. Auckland District .. .. 729 75 804 38 102 300 440 4,686 5,050 946 8,845 4,362 784 3,699 14 Hawke'sBay „ ... .. 212 5 217 17 1 65 83 1,881 2,015 316 3,464 1,721 336 1,407 6 Taranaki „ .. 71 .. 71 8 .. 61 69 1,085 1,087 133 1,909 892 70 947 1 Wanganui „ ..113 6 119 4 4 50 58 973 1,034 178 1,700 918 103 679 3 Wellington „ .. 300 5 305 14 8 125 147 2,607 2,765 380 4,881 1,695 352 2,834 8 Marlborough „ .. 32 1 33 1 .. 2 3 176 ! 206 42 621 285 61 275 2 Nelson „ .. 56 3 59 10 6 22 38 853 i 874 175 3,545 951 275 2,319 7 Motueka ,|" .. .. 3 . 3 4 1 13 18 358 j 343 79 1,536 402 168 966 3 United Westland „ ..89 1 90 4 1 44 49 545 586 130 1.642 630 140 872 1 Ashley „ ..69 1 70 11 1 16 28 1,101 I 1,143 213 2,812 1,090 363 1,359 2 North Canterbury „ .. .. 178 13 191 23 6 53 82 2,240 j 2,349 405 5,792 2,232 587 2,973 9 Ashburton „ .. .. 113 2 115 8 1 34 43 771 ' 843 115 1,113 567 162 384 3 Total, New Zealand Branch 1,965 112 2,077 142 131 785 1,058 17,276 | 18,295 3,112 37,860 15,745 3,401 18,714 59 Disteiots sepabately begisteeed — Lyttelton District .. .. 60 .. 60 5 .. 26 31 608 | 637 139 1,735 800 95 840 2 South Canterbury „ .. 34 1 35 8 .. 32 40 655 I 650 96 1,424 461 144 819 2 Otago „ .. .. 349 39 388 47 48 176 271 5,331 ! 5,448 836 11,344 4,364 903 6,077 26 Southland •• 94 10 104 17 10 83 110 1,696 1,690 250 3,224 1,287 271 1,666 9 Total separately registered 537 50 587 77 58 317 452 8,290 8,425 1,321 17,727 6,912 1,413 9,402 39 Total of Order .. .. 2,502 162 2,664 219 189 1,102 1,510 25,566 26,720 4,433 55,587 22,657 4,814 28,116 98 Independent OBDEB of Oddfellows 1,629 235 1,864 39 274 941 1,254 10,772 11,382 1,502 11,755 7,768 1,197 2,790 21 of New Zealand National Independent Obdeb of Oddfellows — Auckland Provincial District .. 10 .. 10 4 .. 14 18 352 344 79 656 540 110 6 1 Beitish United Obdeb of Oddfellows —- Aorangi Lodge .. .. .. 3 3 2 4 6 115 112 18 295 132 57 106 1 Ancient Obdeb of Eobestees — ■ Auckland District .. .. 206 25 231 19 22 183 224 2,512 2,519 442 4,527 2,323 402 1,802 10 Hawke'sBay „ ..57 6 63 13 3 36 52 981 992 181 2,817 1,072 226 1,519 7 Taranaki „ .. .. 143 j 143 16 5 58 79 1,609 1,673 260 2,822 1,507 200 1,115 7 Wellington „ .. .. 232 3 235 41 8 132 181 3,904 3,958 629 8,968 3,504 821 4,643 22 Nelson „ .. 33 2 ! 35 | 7 2 26 35 799 799 170 2,773 950 284 1,539 7 Canterbury United „ .. .. 180 6 1 186 ! 16 1 10 53 79 1,479 1,586 265 3,502 1,232 ' 255 2,015 ' 5