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Otagn District — Hand and Heart Lodge .. Dunedin „ Dalton „ Prince of Wales „ Albion , Dunedin, 1848.. 1862.. Balclutha, 1863.. Port Chalmers, 1864 Dec. 31,1879 I 298 trtA 298 194 50 76 13,442 8,538 2,189 3,348 6,839 4,658 1,186 1,795 6,603 3,880 1,003 1,553 6,566 3,441 641 995 *36l 439. 362! 558: 1 6 11 10 4 13 4 2 7 8 3 19 5 Inadequate contributions Misappropriation of benefit fund .. • .. Inadequate contributions and inefficient management Inadequate contributions, misappropriation of funds, and neglect re investments Inadequate contributions, laxity in management, misappropriation of funds, and excessive sickness Misappropriation of funds Inadequate contributions, misappropriation of funds, excessive sickness, and carelessness in management prior to 1875 Inadequate contributions, misappropriation of funds, and neglect re investments Misappropriation of funds and neglect re investments Inadequate contributions, misappropriation of funds, and carelessness in management Inadequate contributions and excessive sickness Inadequate contributions, misappropriation of funds, and neglect re investments Inadequate contributions, laxity in investment of funds, and misappropriation of funds Inadequate contributions, misappropriation of funds, carelessness in management prior to 1875, and excessive sickness Inadequate contributions, misappropriation of funds, and carelessness in management Misappropriation of funds and former neglect re investments Inadequate contributions, misappropriation of funds, and neglect re investments Ditto .. Inadequate contributions, misappropriation of funds, and carelessness in management Large number of secessions Inadequate contributions and carelessness in management Inadequate contributions and neglect re investments 76 Dunedin, 1864.. • 111 111 4,786 2,647 2,139 803; 1,336 !4 15 7 Oamaru „ Tuapeka Pioneer „ Oamaru, 1864.. Lawrence, 1865.. # m 71 on 71 80 3,179 3,823 1,683 1,757 1,496 2,066 1,119 803 377 1,263 2 15 0 4 17 3 » Waitahuna « , Waitahuna, 1866.. 65 65 3,038 1,455 1,583 931 652 3 15 3 I Prince Alfred » Waipori , Hawkesbury, 1866.. Waipori, 1867.. 50 50 34 2,239 1,602 1,153 753 1,086 849 804 483 282 366 1 2 5 0 4 2 5 Bluespur , Naseby ' „ Bluespur, 1867.. Naseby, 1868.. 70 OCT 70 85 3,110 3,974 1,621 1,904 1,489 2,070 503J 1,688 986 382; 7 11 0 4 5 11 Shortly before the valuation was made,the District raised its contributions for new members, but the new scale, having been only a short time in operation, could not affect the result appreciably Alexandra „ Port Molyneux, 1869 i 1 27! 27 1,167 6341 533 356 17 T 2 9 10 G. Leslie and P. Black. Eoxburgh „ Eoxburgh, 1869.. w 53 53 2,419 1,253 1,166 478 688, 4 13 7 Tapanui „ Tapanui, 1869 " 51 2,176 1,212 964 345! 619 3 0 6 Lake Wakatipu ,, Queenstown, 1869.. * 37 1,593 906 687 623 64 ;4 4 0 Palmerston „ ... Palmerston, 1870.. a 19 i » 839 444 395 233 162' 3 0 9 ! Cromwell „ Mount Wendon . Cromwell, 1870.. Waikaia, 1871.. # 56 69 2,467 3,082 1,320 1,578 1,147 1,504 550 759 597 745 4 0 21 3 5 5| Band of Friendship „ Arrow „ Kakanui, 1872.. Arrow, 1872.. - „ 13 23 578 963 302 550 276 413 287 270 111 143; |3 16 2! JO 19 2; Outram , * Outram, 1875.. 88 3,530 2,187 1,343 431 913! 'o 17 4 Total of District 1,020 72,082; 37,837 34,245 23,109 11,136 •• Ancient Obder of Foresters. Auckland District — Court Pride of Parnoll 1680 5 14 10 Inadequate contribution to District Funeral Fund, favourable sickness experience, good investments, and secessions Increase in value of freehold Inadequate contributions and bad investments Inadequate contributions and loss by embezzlement Inadequate contributions and neglect re investments Inadequate contributions and bad investments Thames, 1865.. pec. 31,1880 165 4,797 3,260 1,537 2,217 G. Leslie. •• Wellington District — Court Sir George Grey „ Eobin Hood .. „ Little John .. „ Eoderick Dhu „ Sir George Bowen Wellington, 1861.. Dec. 31,1881 1865.. ' Marton, 1866.. Wanganui, 1867.. Wellington, 1868.. 210 176 80 72 191 9,223 7,029 3,045 2,657 7,454 5,165 4,030 1,801 1,775 4,438 4,058 2,999 1,244 882 3,016 5,077! 1,678! 739 305| 1,199! jU.019 505 577 1,817! j2 5 7 4 3 9 5 8 0 0 12 2 5 2 8 ; •• * As this lodge had a very large management fund (about £2,000), this deficiency may be treate actuarially solvent. There is reason to believe that this assumption is not, as a matter of fact, reali District come to be valued. J Freehold property, now worth £4,000, granted to the Court by :d as merely n< ized ; but it if Provincial Go 1 iminal. f On the assumption that the funeral fund of the District to which this Court is affiliated is impossible to ascertain how far the funeral fund falls short of solvency until all the other Courts of the 'eminent.