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Table A —continued.

In order to illustrate the facts in another way Table B has been prepared. In this table the various figures are shown per head (or in the case of friendly societies' membership per 100) of the population. From this it will be seen that although there is now a much larger population than in 1887, still each member of the population now carries—(l) a greater insurance, (2) pays more in premiums, (3) more in friendly societies' contributions, and (4) every 100 of the present larger population contributes more friendly societies' members than was the case in 1887; the results as a whole disclosing a remarkable increase in thrift during the period under review, of which friendly societies' business has had its due share.

Table B.

Sickness. i7-<J he i7s n^ r ° f m ! mb r Bick duri »g 1905 wa * 8,103, and during 1906 was 9,253, equal to 67 is! £?!'*, ree P eotiv ?y P a er 10 ,° me f herß at risk: the sickness experienced during 1905 was Jil ! \ T', ,tf T 6ekS 2 dayS Per Sick member ' and X k 3 3 hours foreach member at risk while tor 1906 the experience was 74,574 weeks 3 days, representing 8 weeks and 1 week 3 aays 15 hours respectively. These averages and percentages are compared with previous years in Appendix I. Owing in great measure to differences in the proportion of members at the several ages the averages m the several districts differ considerably, also in the several societies or orders ' The figures for the five larger orders for 1905 are found to be as follows • —

The percentage of members sick for the year 1905 was therefore highest in the A 0 F while the average sickness per member at risk was highest in the M.U.1.0.0.F., and the lowest'in the

rear. FriendlyiSocietiea' Reduced to the Number of Reduced to the Contributions, paid Basis of 100 Friendly Societies' Basis of 100 in Year. at 1887. Members. at 1887. 1887 .. 1890 .. 1893 .. 1896 .. 1899 .. 1902 .. 1905 .. £ 68,671 71,656 81,459 88,336 105,938 124,356 141,639 100-00 104-35 118-62 128-64 154-27 181-10 206-26 24,928 26,379 29,763 31,825 38,202 43,408 51,103 100-00 105-82 119-40 127-67 153-25 174-13 205-00

Year. Amount of Life-insurance „ . . . .. Amount of Premiums Reduced to the , Life Insurance naid in Year isasis of carried P perHead 100 at 1887. per Head of Population. of Population. Reduced to the Basis of 100 at 1887. 1887 1890 1893 1896 1899 1902 1905 £ 0-70507 0-74819 0-79899 0-83027 0-91149 1-00040 1-07690 100-00 106-12 113-32 117-76 129-28 141-89 152-74 M 23-629 24-913 26-527 27-353 29-401 31-352 32-822 100-00 105-43 112-26 115-76 124-43 132-68 138-91 Year. Frie c< ffiSSSS"' Educed to the , «SL, "OTA. pe , Number of 'riendly Societies' Members r 100 of Population. Reduced to the Baals of 100 at 1887. of 1887 1890 1893 1896 1899 1902 1905 £ 0-11515 0-11543 0-12317 0-12505 0-14126 0-15588 016281 100-00 100-24 106-97 108-60 122-68 135-38 141-39 4-1315 4-2173 4-4273 4-4563 5-0499 5-3728 5-7910 100-00 102-08 107-16 107-86 122-23 130-04 140-17

Sicknei is per Member, j Ratio (per Cent.) to Toti .1 Sickness. Order. Percentage Sick. At Bisk. First Second I 6 Months. 6 Months. Sick. After 12 Months. M.U.I.O.O.F. I.O.O.F. A.O.F. U.A.O.D. I.O.E. All societies 17-65 14-31 17-96 16-80 1574 17-38 Weeks. 9-47 6-62 8-11 5-84 7-88 Wks. dys. hrs. ' 1 4 17 ; 0 6 15 13 5 0 6 21 1 1 16 48 68 58 75 63 8 9 8 6 12 44 23 34 19 25 8-34 1 3 3 86 8 37