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TABLE I. —Number of Members and Amounts of Benefit and other Funds, as on the 31st December, 1900, of all Friendly Societies and Branches from which Returns were received in accordance with the Act.

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Name of Society and Branch. *H 3d O £ _ _ _ H Place of ' _3 8 _S^Establishmeut. i g _ 2 _■=« Kj -. fl fl fl o r- iggg i i Total Worth. ! Sick and i Man F a |<™ ent Funeral Fund. Goofls _ j_ 0 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 Hauraki Hokianga Karangahake „ John Leydon Jubilee * Manukau Waitekauri and Golden Cross Lodge Central Body Auckland .. 1844 402 .. 1850 313 Parnell .. 1859 156 Thames .. 1865 195 .. 1866 273 Cambridge .. 1867 50 Gisborne .. 1874 116 Howick .. 1876 72 Whangarei .. 1881 42 Otahuhu .. 1881 89 Warkworth .. 1884 65 Coromandel 1895 96 Rawene .. 1896 32 Karangahake 1897 116 Waihi .. 1897 250 Paeroa .. 1897 49 Onehunga .. 1898 44 Waitekauri .. 1899 129 £ s. d. 18,372 10 11 5,903 10 1 4,583 14 5 2,461 7 3 4,270 10 8 566 1 4 2,958 17 7 1,175 19 1 866 2 0 729 15 7 352 16 10 396 17 2 61 9 6 211 13 3 333 14 10 137 11 5 96 5 4 235 3 6 £ s. d. 13,070 19 2 5,682 16 9 2,898 18 2 2,336 18 5 4,136 5 0 566 1 4 2,107 0 5 1,075 18 5 854 15 4 727 6 4 338 14 7 336 10 9 61 9 6 204 11 1 302 11 4 117 11 5 83 0 4 191 14 2 £ s. d. 5,301 11 9 220 13 4 1,684 16 3 124 8 10 134 5 8 851 17 2 100 0 8 11 6 8 2 9 3 14 2 3 60 6 5 £ + 6-88 + 3-81 + 4-42 4- 0-86 - 5-46 + 1-90 + 5-83 - 0-77 4-18-83 + 0-92 - 1-88 7 2 2 31 3 6 20 0 0 13 5 0 43 9 4 Auckland .. 11,727 19 3 11,451 12 6 276 6 9 Total .. 2,489 2,489 55,442 0 0 46,544 15 0 8,897 5 0 Hawke's Bay District — Napier Lodge Meeanee „ Abbotsford Clive „ •• Hastings Tavistock Woodville Ruahine Forest Home Dannevirke Maraekakaho Central Body Napier .. 1856 278 Taradale .. 1871 39 Waipawa .. 1873 201 Clive .. 1876 26 Hastings .. 1878 183 Waipukurau 1879 67 Woodville .. 1880 22 Hampden .. 1885 62 Ormondville 1887 44 Dannevirke.. 1888 104 Maraekakaho 1891 36 Napier 278 39 201 26 183 67 22 62 44 104 36 8,180 4 4 510 12 6 5,642 17 10 993 13 2 2,624 8 3 1,093 19 1 906 4 4 577 4 10 285 10 6 754 12 1 365 5 2 371 4 7 6,066 10 1 510 12 6 5,630 17 7 952 6 6 2,462 6 8 1,061 15 5 881 9 1 575 19 1 258 8 1 727 1.1 7 364 18 4 323 2 8 2,113 14 3 12 0 3 41 6 8 162 1 7 32 3 8 24 15 3 15 9 27 2 5 27 0 6 0 6 10 48 1 11 ■4-14-74 - 092 + 10-33 + 12-78 + 3'74 + 1.1-38 +19-76 + 3-25 - 1-24 + 0'33 + 2-60 Total .. 1,062 1,062 22,305 16 8 19,815 17 7 2,489 19 1 New Plymouth District — Egmont Lodge Excelsior » Waitara Union Manaia „ Eltham „ Midhirst Central Body New Plymouth 1857 197 1865 114 Waitara .. 1876 51 Hawera .. 1881 105 Manaia .. 1887 79 Eltham .. 1889 50 Midhirst .. 1893 54 New Plymouth 197 114 51 105 79 50 54 4,498 17 7 3,604 15 0 1,367 6 7 1,544 4 9 1,039 5 3 264 0 1 170 11 4 576 8 2 4,474 4 9 3,567 13 2 1,335 3 0 1,440 6 10 1,032 16 2 264 0 1 122 17 8 493 2 10 24 12 10 37 1 10 32 3 7 103 17 11 6 9 1 - 5-79 + 6-27 + 4-63 - 3-86 + 4-12 - 4-62 - 1-03 47 13 8 83 5 4 Total 650 650 335 4 3 13,065 8 9 12,730 4 6 Wanganui District — Wanganui Lodge Manawatu Manchester „ Apiti Rangitikei Hautapu Central Body Wanganui .. 1858 187 Palmerston N. 1881 108 Feilding .. 1883 82 Apiti .. 1894 36 Mangaweka 18Q5 36 Utiku .. 1897 16 Wanganui - 6-05 187 108 82 36 36 16 8,018 16 10 1,306 3 2 470 14 7 116 10 4 147 2 2 66 12 8 148 12 10 5,600 15 6 1,240 15 6 418 18 8 87 11 0 146 13 8 51 15 2 141 5 6 2,418 1 4 65 7 8 51 15 11 28 19 4 0 8 '6 14 17 6 7 7 4 Total ... 465 465 10,274 12 7 7,687 15 0 2,586 17 7 Wellington District — Britannia Lodge Antipodean Rose of the Valley „ Kainapoura Rose of Sharon St. George Unity Combination Heart of Oak Masterton Greytown Petone Eketahuna Martinborough Mangatainoka Newtown « ' Victoria Diamond „ Sister Wallis Widow and Orphan Society .. Central Body Wellington .. 1843 466 .. 1847 339 Lower Hutt 1849 139 Porirua .. 1857 22 Upper Hutt 1857 67 Pahautanui 1867 25 Featherston 1872 61 Johnsonville 1876 32 Carterton .. 1877 73 Masterton .. 1877 57 Greytown .. 1879 82 Petone .. 1882 76 Eketahuna .. 1887 55 Martinborough 1892 11 Mangatainoka 1894 57 Newtown .. 1897 54 Levin .. 1897 21 Wellington .. 1895 42 .. 1849 [60] 466 339 139 22 67 25 61 32 73 57 82 76 55 11 57 54 21 42 14,271 3 2 10,206 14 3 2,642 11 1 256 1 2 1,261 9 2 378 8 2 860 16 2 627 8 2 1,183 0 2 484 2 10 1,556 9 2 1,167 9 9 582 4 5 179 1 1 122 5 6 149 14 9 69 5 4 76 1 2 2,192 8 0 2,042 11 0 13,870 17 11 9,710 3 11 2,373 14 7 246 14 0 1,227 11 4 351 8 8 860 16 2 460 19 7 1,183 0 2 469 2 10 1,358 18 6 1,119 0 5 485 3 0 177 7 0 112 8 10 135 8 0 61 13 2 51 16 9 2,104 19 11 1,826 1 11 400 5 3 496 10 4 268 16 6 9 7 2 33 17 10 26 19 6 166 "8 7 + 7'86 + 7-96 -12-62 - 1-17 - 3-06 - 6-77 - 0-34 - 0-66 - 5-63 + 2-68 + 17-21 - 2-52 + 1-55 + 2-83 + 0'63 15 0 0 197 10 8 48 9 4 97 1 5 1 14 1 9 16 8 14 6 9 7 12 2 24 4 5 87 8 1 216 9 1 + 7-74 Total .. 167 9 167 9 40,309 4 6 38,187 6 8 2,121 17 10