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Number of Members. Sickness experienced. Admitti ed by Clear- _ , ance Total - and Amalgamation. , j ( Left by JAt Begin- At End Sick Total. uingof of during Death Clear- Arrears, Year. Year. Year, ance. &c. Name of Society and Branch. sBa ■s« a aS-S I Second After Twelve Six Months. Months. Deaths of Eegiatered Wives. . Total. First Six Months. I I j 121 I 676 I 316 I Weeks. 1,151 6,968 4,205 Weeks. 544 3,628 1,486 Ancient Order of Foresters — contd. South Canterbury District .. 16 United Otago „ .. 348 Courts separately registered .. 11 10 348 11 15 2 16 363 13 18 80 38 18 16 96 11 34 194 49 704 3.024 1,105 686 3,193 1,069 Weeks. 52 681 265 Weeks. 555 2,659 2,454 7 20 10 Total of Order .. .. 649 649 3,508 35,940 17,769 2,704 15,467 126 33 682 398 50 444 892 15,582 15,372 Ancient Order of Shepherds 50 47 17 213 59 153 United Ancient Order of Druids — Grand Lodge of North Island of New 457 Zealand Grand Lodge of Canterbury District 91 Grand Lodge of Otago and Southland 43 District Total of Order .. .. 591 457 91 43 89 4 6 546 95 49 230 7 * 73 82 5 6 211 82 56 523 164 135 9,970 2,762 2,931 9,993 2,693 2,845 2,018 649 540 13,370 5,834 4,916 9,482 3,320 2,536 1,139 495 491 2,749 2,019 1,889 55 28 16 591 99 690 380 93 349 822 15,663 15,531 3,207 24,120 15,338 2,125 6,657 99 Independent Order of Rechabites — New Zealand District .. .. 24 New Zealand Central District .. Ill 24 111 11 33 35 144 20 60 9 33 13 96 42 189 820 3,003 813 2,958 182 j 562 1 1,706 4,688 702 2,819 118 383 886 1,486 i3 ! I I 1 3,823 Total of Order .. .. 135 135 179 80 I 42 ; 109 j 231 3,771 j 744 6,394 3,521 501 2,372 1 o Sons and Daughters of Temperance — National Division of New Zealand .. 10 Divisions separately registered .. 4 10 4 3 13 4 6 7 8 3 14 10 352 265 351 259 80 53 1,035 813 442 339 62 89 531 385 9 1 - i . I j ! Total of Order .. .. 14 14 3 17 13 li 24 617 610 133 1,848 781 151 916 Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society — New Zealand District .. .. 121 121 38 3,288 3,144 159 93 30 174 303 655 5,599 3,284 418 1,897 15 Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australasia — Grand Council of New Zealand .. 16 206 j " 2,340 I 973 16 16 34 15 50 S63 829 273 1,094 Other Societies 153 2,197 —I ' 699 25 7 32 562 530 220 1,278 Grand total .. .. 2,473 2,473 1,893 j 4,041 68,771 67,527 14.767 1 140, 853 74,509 12,109 54,235 457 324 2,797 1,821 327