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TABLE I.—Number of Members and Amounts of Benefit and other Funds, as on the 31st December, 1897, of all Friendly Societies and Branches from which Returns were received in accordance with the Act.

Name ot Society and Bbanoh. Place of Establishment. o.S*; H •m St: O O ot Total Worth. 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 „ Howick Whangarei , Franklin „ Warkworth Pioneer Central Body Auckland .. Parnell Thames Cambridge .. Gisborne Howick Whangarei .. Otahuhu Warkworth .. Auckland .. 1844 1850 1859 1865 1866 1867 1874 1876 1881 1881 1884 416 232 149 179 239 54 113 60 20 66 49 £ s. d. 17,785 8 1 5,029 15 8 4,004 15 8 2,167 1 0 3,966 2 6 560 6 2 2,350 16 3 949 7 2 706 6 8 539 6 3 266 15 0 9,404 14 1 £ s. d. 12,171 19 9 4,896 3 4 2,570 4 02,118 0 0 3,766 17 11 554 16 8 1,585 10 11 848 3 3 706 6 7 534 7 5 266 10 6 9,329 1 0 £ s. d. 5,613 8 4 133 12 4 1,434 11 8 49 1 0 199 4 7 5 9 6 765 5 4 101 3 11 0 0 1 4 18 10 0 4 6 75 13 1 £ + 6-88 + 3-81 + 4-42 + 0-86 - 5-46 + 1-90 + 5-83 - 0-77 + 18-83 + 0-92 - 1-88 Total 1,577 47,730 14 6 39,348 1 4 8,382 13 2 + 12-58 - 0-92 + 6-63 + 8-79 + 3-48 + 14-64 + 5-30 + 8-05 + 3-73 + 0-21 + 2-22 - 001 - 0-33 Hawke's Bay District — Napier Lodge Meeanee „ Abbotsford „ Clive „ .. Hastings „ Victoria „ Tavistock „ Woodville Ruahine Forest Home Friendship „ Dannevirke „ Maraekakaho „ Central Body Napier Taradale Waipawa West Clive .. Hastings Porangahau Waipukurau Woodville .. Hampden .. Ormondville Port Ahuriri Dannevirke.. Maraekakaho Napier 1856 1871 1873 1876 1878 1878 1879 1880 1885 1887 1887 1888 1891 188 51 214 28 119 15 35 29 43 42 52 98 25 6,809 3 11 690 9 9 4,999 18 1 977 1 5 2,063 6 7 448 0 11 824 9 5 818 16 5 424 3 3 188 6 6 374 15 11 465 9 6 228 6 7 361 17 3 6,525 9 10 690 9 9 4,983 10 11 938 5 4 1,988 16 9 448 0 11 810 0 7 797 0 4 422 17 6 171 6 2 372 13 9 455 6 0 226 17 1 341 5 7 283 14 1 16 7 2 38 16 1 74 9 10 14 8 10 21 16 1 15 9 17 0 4 2 2 2 10 3 6 19 6 20 11 8 Total 939 19,674 5 6 19,172 0 6 502 5 0 New Plymouth District — Egmont Lodge Excelsior „ Waitara „ Union Midhurst Central Body New Plymouth 1857 1865 1876 1881 1893 180 109 52 87 36 3,865 11 3 2,979 3 6 1,036 4 3 1,159 18 3 113 6 11 620 3 10 3,861 5 3 2,979 3 6 1,023 1 3 1,159 18 3 78 18 10 563 14 1 4 6 0 + 2-88 + 7-27 - 2-20 - 5-30 Waitara Hawera Midhurst .. New Plymouth 18 "3 0 34"8 1 56 9 9 Total 464 9,774 8 0 9,666 1 2 108 6 10 - 6-05 Wanganui District — Wanganui Lodge Manawatu „ Manchester „ Awarua „ Apiti „ Central Body Wanganui .. Palmerston N. Feilding Ohingaiti Apiti Wanganui .. 1858 1881 1883 1894 1894 172 103 58 36 22 7,078 3 2 996 5 11 242 16 8 161 16 5 59 14 2 107 13 10 4,881 13 10 945 1 11 219 5 3 147 11 3 59 14 2 80 17 3 2,196 9 4 51 4 0 23 11 5 14 5 2 2616 7 Total 391 8,646 10 2 6,334 3 8 2,312 6 6 + 7-86 + 7-96 -12-62 - 1-17 - 306 - 6-77 - 0-34 - 0-66 - 5-63 + 2-68 + 17-21 - 2-52 + 1-55 + 2-83 + 0-63 + 7-74 Wellington District — Britannia Lodge Antipodean Rose of the Valley „ • Kain apoura Rose of Sharon St. George ,, Unity Combination Heart of Oak Masterton Greytown Petone Eketahuna Martinborough „ Mangatainoka Widow and Orphan Society .. Central Body Wellington .. Lower Hutt Tawa Flat .. Upper Hutt Pahautanui Featherston Johnsonville Carterton .. Masterton .. Greytown .. Petone Eketahuna .. Martinborough Mangatainoka Wellington .. 1843 1847 1849 1857 1857 1867 1872 1876 1877 1877 1879 1882 1887 1892 1894 1849 386 294 121 15 53 26 50 30 63 38 31 81 46 16 10 13,077 1 10 7,918 11 6 2,428 10 7 399 9 10 1,114 14 1 399 1 8 662 19 4 489 8 8 806 14 10 331 15 1 1,252 8 11 881 8 11 381 8 5 115 19 10 55 14 9 1,985 7 3 1,175 16 6 10,735 14 4 7,507 3 9 2,133 15 8 382 17 0 1,114 14 1 357 14 1 654 8 1 349 9 4 806 14 10 270 3 9 1,092 4 6 820 13 5 282 3 2 115 1 3 47 3 6 1,976 18 2 1,104 10 5 2,341 7 6 411 7 9 294 14 11 16 12 10 41 7 7 8 11 3 139 19 4 61 11 4 160 4 5 60 15 6 99 5 3 0 18 7 8 11 3 8 9-1 71 6 1 Total 1,260 33,476 12 0 29,751 9 4 3,725 2 8 Marlborough District — Marlborough Lodge Renwick „ Central Body Blenheim .. Renwick Blenheim .. 1860 1867 + 12-05 + 14-11 100 29 4,755 5 1 2,064 5 4 1,014 4 0 4,741 9 3 2,064 5 4 1,014 4 0 13 15 10 Total 129 I | 7,833 14 5 7,819 18 7 13 15 10