Established 1875 Manawatu Times. THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1883. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 310, 12 July 1883, Page 2

Established 1875 Manawatu Times.

THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1883. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

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♦__ • The report of the Registrar for the past year has been issued and fvotn it we gather that there were 77 registrations of • Societies - and branches during tKe year... The Oddfellows (Manchester Unity) registered : 14} lodges ; Independent order, 4 ; * foresters; ].§ court's • Druids, 9 lodges; Eechaoitcs,' 18 tents ; Sons and Daughters of Tjera"perance, 1 division; N. Z. Uibernian Catholic Benefit Society, 1 oxecutiye dir.eptpry and 5 branches ; Protestant 1 " Alliance Pfieudly So." piety, 1 grand lodge and 7 Subordinate lodges ; - Good Temjjlars, 8 lodges and . temple. On Ist Janus ar.y I^B2 thet'e Ayere sfill 103 unregistered branches,. Tl^e funds, jn hand amount to £12 7s 8d per men>» bei' ov 10s above the ayerag-e of previous .yeav. The Sppieties have £110 1 ,000 invested at interest, and £52,000 represented by land and buildings. Tho sum of £11,2425« (3d was paid as sick benefit dtH'ing the year which is los 6d pormcmbei 1 and £0 13b 8d per sick member. Eor funeral benefits £2249 was pai.d, o,n average of £20 6s for menis bers "an.d £IQ }2s for members' wivos. ' The" avei/age of. piedical attendance was Ids per mem.bbr-, r a 'nd J 12s 2d for expenses of miitia'geroent. | The actuarial investigation of the' j^elson district showed that the funds ?n hand average £8 12s 2d por member, but the liabilities are no less than £24 Ys '6'd nev member. Tlfe v'aluiiiioh 'of 'the-' Wellington . district of the of j Foresters was n>ad r e by Mr "W". Nosworfchy at 31st Qocern^er, 18Hl r At that date the district consisted of 14 Courts, containing an aggregate of 1316 members, of whom 943 were married. The total funds at the valuation date were £15,2 LS 19s sd, or £I}. Ha 4d per inembpr. The benefits assured to members were £1 per week during sickness not ex<ceeding six months' in' length, and) daring the first six months of continuous sickness; 10s per week during the seaqnd. six months of continuous sickness ; 5,3 pev weelf during' sickness' wtiieli has contmuod . buyiJud 12' months; £20 on ' the dtftth of a member : - £1Q on the death of a mernbpr-'s wife; qi>d £10 on the doatn of a wi^ow of a decgaspd membev if she has kept np pertaii; payments of contributions singe her husbaud's doath. It is found that only two courts out of L 4 possess, an actuarial surplus, viz., Court Sir G-eorge Grey, m Wellington,- the oldest and largest m the district, and Court Blenheim, '" on the destinies of which Mr Nos worthy himself 3 nas probably .eserpised great influence us a* leading m^^ bor," the surpluses of : which were respectively £1019 8< 2d aifd' £227 17s .3d. The : rouiaiuing Courts showed .deficiencies... varying from £39 5s 2d'ra Court. Loyal> Foilding" to' £1816 '17s 1 lid m Court Sir George Bowen. The average surplus or deficiency per member ia

exhibited as follows : — Sir G. Grey, surplus per member, £4 17s Id; Blenheim, surplus per member, £2 8s 6d ; Robin Hood, deficiency per rm'mber, £7 10s Id ; Little John, do, £0 6s 3d ; Rhoderick Dhu, do, £g 0s 3d ; Sir George Bowe.n, do, £9 10;s 3d; Wairarapa, £7 14s 7d ; uoyal Enterprise, do, 10s lid; Marquis of Norinauby, do £7 14s 2<i ; Clarendon, do, £7 0s 3d; Mana-watu'j do £8 lls 5d ; Loyal Feilding, do, £1 7s Id; William Gladstone, do, £6 16s 8d ; Pioneer, do, £10 15s 9d.. :