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STATEMENT PREPARED BY Mr. E. HASSALL. 1st June, 1927. Capital invested in Farmers' Co-operative Trading Associations.

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SUMMARIES. Capital invested in Existing Associations. Trading Facilities provided. £ £ Capital subscribed.. .. .. .. 5,136,565 Properties .. .. .. .. 1,752.411* Bonds and debentures . . .. .. 1,006,381 Plant .. .. .. .. .. 233,573* Deposits .. .. .. .. .. 1,614,072 Stocks of merchandise .. .. .. 1,544,692 Advances and sundry debtors .. .. 3. 844, 465 Total .. .. .. £7,757,018 Total .. .. .. £7,357,141 * Gisborne figures not included.

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I i Capital invested. Trading Facilities provided. Name and Address. Capital. T1 . , , Stocks of Advances and deposits. Properties. Merchandise, Sundry Subscribed. Paid up. ; &c. Debtors. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative, Whangarei .. .. 64,783 \ „ 11fi 9 fi1n 86 417 North Auckland Farmers'Co-operative, Whangarei (Preference).. 73,315 f " " I ' ' ' ' 456,576 456,576W.O. Farmers' Trading Co., Ltd., Auckland .. .. .. 307.578 303,341 288,669 94,685 369,952 59,839 352,626 250,692 Farmers'Auctioneering Co., Ltd., Hamilton .. .. .. 658,267 .. 34,239 162,295 17,591 91,440 377,489 Tokomaru Farmers'Co-operative, Tokomaru Bay .. .. 21,405* 15,810* .. | •• j .. ! Gisborne Sheep-farmers' Co-operative, Gisborne .. .. 221,123| 113,743t (300,000).t 800 '(671,067)1 § 66,752 101,216 Hawke's Bay Farmers'Co-operative, Napier .. .. .. 254,175 162,754 69,850 118,640 J 89,254 182,031 Farmers'Co-operative Organizing Society, Hawera .. .. 259,310 172,899 .. 72.762 7,562 34.030 182,382 New Zealand Farmers'Co-operative Distributory Co., Ltd., Feilding 163,310 .. 15,474 : 90,323 9,122 23,520 75,038 and Wellington Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative, Masterton . . .. .. 370,583 i 358,481 60,000 40,512 j 199.498 15,865 160,524 353,888 Farmers'Co-operative Wholesale Federation, Ltd., Wellington .. 24.400 24,400 .. .. .. 498 4,808 18,221 118 998W.O. New Zealand Farmers'Co-operative Association, Christchurch .. 1,184.017 889,330 530,000 715,082 425,879 60,000 428,068 1,250,627 Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., Timaru .. 309,690 .. 414,848 164,055 43,137 193,782 550,812 North Otago Farmers' Co-operative, Oamaru .. .. .. 101,720 50,860 .. 71,773 27.261 4,868 45,768 61,875 Otago Farmers'Co-operative Association, Dunedin .. .. 195' 073 189,776 .. 69,157 , 26,422 6,156 20,513 205,013 Southland Farmers'Co-operative, Invercargill .. .. 168,275 i 160,223 57,862 30,208 6,325 14,914 ! <J 12 ' 09 2 I j ! | | ' 5.136.565 ;3.982. 097 1.006.381 1,614,072 1,752.411 233,573 1,544,692 3,844,465 ___ I I II __l _J I * 1918 figures. f Mercantile shares only. J Not included in additions. § Included with properties. Memo. —Figures for Gisborne properties include both freezing-works and mercantile premises, and, as separate figures are not available, have not been included in the additions. The same remark applies to their debenture issue at £300,000.