Friendly Societies.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4249, 14 August 1882, Page 2

Friendly Societies.

Court Pbide of Parnell. ;:f

The report on Friendly Societies was this day presented to Parliament. It says nineteen new societies and five new branches were placed on the register during the year. Of the bodies which were thus registered as separate" societies nine were in reality independent bodies, namely, the Grey v alley Accident Relief Fund, the Invercargill Total Abstinence Society, and seven working men clubs. Of the 51 bodies registered as new branches during the year, 13 were " Lodges " of the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows, one was a " Lodge " of the American Order of Odd Fellows, ten were •' Courts" of the Ancient Order of Foresters, seven were "Tents" of tue Independent Order of Bechabites, four were " subordinate divisions "of the Sons and Daughters of Temperance, 15 were " Lodges " of the Independent Order of Good Templars, while one was a "Temple" of the same order. The progress of regis- ; tration during 1881 has thus not been as rapid as during 1880. The only societies Talued during the year 1881. were the Nelson District of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, With its several lodges, and Court Pride of Pafnell of the Ancient Order of Foresters, situated at the Thames. The result of the first named valuation was to show that the District as a whole and its lodges are, from an acturial point of view, utterly insolvent. The valuation of Court Pride of Parnell, A.0.F., resulted in the declaration of a nominal balance in favor of the Court, but no valuation of the District Funeral Fund having been made, it is impossible as yet to ascertain how far. the said surplus is a real one.