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TABLE I.—Number of Members and Amounts of Benefit and other Funds, as at the 31st December, 1890, of all Friendly Societies and Branches from which Returns were received in accordance with the Act.

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Namk of Society and Bbanch. Place of Establishment. O.S-u' H oog .SjjrH Total Worth. 9 3 d 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 „ National „ Howick „ Whangarei ., Franklin „ Warkworth Pioneer „ Central Body Auckland Parnell Thames Cambridge .. Gisborne Coromandel Bo wick Whangarei .. Otahuhu Warkworth .. Aitckland 1844 1850 1859 1865 1866 1867 1874 1876 1876 1881 1881 1884 332 207 92 57 131 46 31 18 66 45 59 30 £ s. d. 17,289 15 5 4,170 13 11 3,177 6 3 1,984 9 1 3,961 2 1 441 0 4 1,285 3 8 516 5 7 771 1 9 364 14 8 290 11 6 67 5 1 G,851 4 0 £ s. d. 11,723 19 7 4,024 8 10 3,135 19 5 1,913 2 3 3,797 7 6 410 8 6 1,262 3 8 502 17 11 666 17 4 359 18 8 276 12 4 61 18 4 6,835 0 8 £ s. d. 5,565 15 10 146 5 1 41 6 10 71 0 10 163 14 7 30 11 10 23 0 0 13 7 8 104 4 5 4 1G 0 13 19 2 5 6 0 16 3 4 £ + 7-10 -11-65 + 5-42 + 13-36 + 1-70 - 4-60 + 10-03 + 2-67 - 5-28 - 0-05 - 6-96 - 7-73 Total 1,114 41,170 13 4 34,970 15 0 G,199 18 4 + 7-98 + 0-33 + 2-72 + 10-81 + 0-41 + 9-92 + 2-81 + 3-95 + 0-71 + 0-85 - 0-79 - 2-03 - 3-22 Hawke's Bay District — Napier Lodge.. Meeanee „ Abbotsford „ Clive _ „ Hastings „ Victoria „ Tavistock „ Woodville „ Euahine „ Kaikora North „ Forest Home „ Friendship „ Danevirke „ Central Body Napier Taradale Waipawa West Clive .. Hastings Porangahau Waipukurau Woodvillo .. Harnpden .. Kaikora N. .. OrmoncTville Port Ahnriri Danevirke .. Napier 1856 1871 1873 1876 1878 1878 1879 1880 1885 1886 1887 1887 1888 186 42 203 27 134 15 26 48 33 22 27 25 19 4,378 1 0 530 1 6 2,948 9 0 636 6 1 1,149 9 9 331 4 4 410 0 9 415 11 7 149 6 10 102 19 0 148 12 2 71 11 3 47 12 0 314 7 10 4,378 1 0 521 3 11 2,793 9 0 620 4 0 1,149 9 9 331 4 4 385 0 9 407 16 9 146 14 5 101 17 1 134 12 2 71 11 3 46 6 7 251 16 9 8 17 7 155 0 0 16 2 1 25 0 0 7 14 10 2 12 5 1 1 11 14 0 0 1 5 5 62 11 1 Total 807 11,633 13 7 11,339 8 3 294 5 4 -12-67 + 3-24 - 0-62 - 8-98 Neio Plymouth District — Egmont Lodge Excelsior „ Waitara „ Union „ Manaia „ Eltbam „ Central Body N. Plymouth Waitara Hawera Manaia Eltbam N. Plymouth 1857 1865 187G 1881 1887 1889 174 75 56 80 76 31 2,553 12 7 1,909 7 11 493 1 8 481 7 2 169 7 6 69 3 2 219 1 7 2,523 1 7 1,894 7 11 493 1 8 475 2 6 169 5 5 44 4 8 214 15 3 30 11 0 15 0 0 6 4 8 0 2 1 24 18 6 4 6 4 Total 492 5,895 1 7 5,813 19 0 81 2 7 Wanganui District — Wanganui Lodge Wanganui .. 1858 139 3,729 5 1 1,797 18 5 - 7-71 5,527 3 6 Wellington District — Britannia Lodge Antipodean „ Eose of the Valley „ Kainapoura „ Eose of Sharon St. George Unity „ Combination „ Heart of Oak „ Masterton „ Greytown „ Petone „ Eketahuna „ Central Body Wellington .. Lower Hutt Tawa Plat .. Upper Hutt Pahautanui Fcatherston Johnsonville Carterton Masterton .. Greytown .. Petone Eketahuna .. Wellington .. 1843 1847 1849 1857 1857 1867 1872 1876 1877 1877 1879 1882 1887 295 239 149 17 47 34 47 19 51 35 39 79 32 9,350 18 4 6,570 1 7 2,780 11 10 319 19 2 721 1 11 385 18 1 653 7 7 391 14 7 517 1 7 355 3 8 702 15 11 500 13 10 82 18 2 318 7 9 9,165 13 2 6,111 16 1 2,361 17 4 318 8 8 683 3 10 299 1 5 642 0 9 219 10 2 494 13 11 313 10 3 571 11 G 400 11 6 71 1 3 166 15 8 191 5 2 458 5 6 418 14 6 1 10 6 37 18 1 86 16 8 11 G 10 172 4 5 22 7 8 41 13 5 131 4 5 100 2 4 11 16 11 151 12 1 + 6-45 + 6-07 -10-08 - 2-52 - 0-85 -12-06 - 1-75 - 4-22 -10-31 -10-56 - 1-89 -13-97 Total 1,083 28,656 14 0 21,819 15 6 1,836 18 6 Marlborough District — Marlborough Lodge Eenwick „ Central Body Blenheim .. Renwick Blenheim .. 1860 1867 112 32 3,955 2 8 1,334 11 5 785 3 2 3,936 19 11 1,329 15 5 2 4 3 18 2 9 4 16 0 782 18 11 + 2-02 - 1-06 Total 144 0,074 j.7 3 5,268 19 7 805 17 8 Nelson District — Nelson Lodge Travellers' Rest „ Howard „ Mansion of Peace „ General Cameron „ Central Body Nelson Richmond .. Nelson .. Wakefield .. Brightwater Nelson 1842 1847 1847 1859 1865 228 106 237 147 67 4,065 9 9 1,276 19 4 5,616 10 10 2,418 5 3 917 12 4 3,478 10 4 3,939 5 2 1,227 6 3 5,351 10 9 2,259 11 11 879 2 0 1,209 7 1 126 4 7 49 13 1 265 0 1 158 13 4 38 10 4 2,269 3 3 - 4-92 - 4-48 + 2-67 + 2-93 - 1-66 Total 785 17,773 7 10 14,866 3 2 2,907 4 8 * Inclusive of the Funeral Fu: id of the Central Bod;