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TABLE II. Statement of Progress of Active Membership.*

TABLE III. Particulars of Discontinuance of Active Membership.*

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New Members. Increase by Promotion. Discontinued. Total in Force at End of Year. ear * Annual Annual Annual Annual Number. Salaries. Contribu- Salaries. Contribu- Number. Salaries. Contribu- Number. Salaries. Contributions. tions. tions. tions. Il £ £ I £ £ £ £ £ £ 1908 .. 7,546 1,112,099 80,526, 37,769 2,301 310 42,521 3,463 7,2361,107,347 79,364 1909 .. 717 77,877 5,290 58,268 3,425 630 103,414 8,575 7,3231,140,078 79,504 1910 .. 1,520 205,427 12,814 73,936 4,509 472 61,322 4,238 8,3711,358,119 92,589 1911 .. 1,253 134,065 8,196 81,431 4,906 484 69,174 5,021 9,1401,504,441 100,670 1912 .. 1,471 145,396 8,980 96,863 5,730 584 80,469 5,540 10,0271,666,231 109,840 1913 ., 1,428 123,493 7,047 118,571 7,022 646 87,916 5,903 10,8091,820,379 118,006 1914 .. 1,777 170,471 9,996 135,220 7,990 783 103,170 7,062 11,8032,022,900 128,930 1915 .. 1,916 163,335 9,248 103,462 5,916 939 121,152 7,870 12,7802,168,545 136,224 1916 .. 1,593 129,628 7,326 120,532 6,711 1,060 131,114 8,417 13,313 2,287,591 141,844 1917 .. 1,663 121,067 6,763 127,300 7,103 1,192 151,733 9,671 13,7842,384,225 146,039 1918 .. 1,687 138,743 7,835 176,362 9,782 1,400 177,708 10,864 14,0712,521,622 152,792 1919 .. 1,642 217,667 12,927 559,178 32,282 [ 1,497 214,272 13,073 14,2163,084,195 184,928 1920 .. 2,772 445,052 26,409' 860,893 49,332 |! 1,601 301,038 19,030 15,3874,089,102 241,639 1921 .. 1,637 258,827 14,828j 182,393 9,920 1,242 286,497 18,367 15,782 4,243,825 248,020 1922-23t 1,200 152,922 8,362 43,092 2,298 1,993 658,874 41,271 14,989 3,780,965 217,409 1923-24.. 1,219 159,496 8,917 139,589 7,369 1,187 257,682 16,003 15,0213,822,368 217,692 1924-25.. 1,921 278,898 16,035 228,471 12,140 1,160 248,856 15,264 15,7824,080,881 230,603 1925-26.. 1,682 231,794 12,870 204,658 11,035 1,136 254,497 15,512 16,328 4,262,836 238,996 1926-27.. 1,518 193,451 10,487 157,749 8,328 932 204,675 12,176 16,914 4,409,361 245,635 Totals .. 36,162 4,459,708 274,856 3,505,737 198,099 19,248 3,556,084 227,320 - 1 ■ I , j * Compiled from Annual Reports. t Fifteen months.

By Withdrawal By Pensions. By Transf J By Death. or nM TPn <*h toother Total discontinued. Dismissal. of Service? Medically Unfit. Funds. Year. Si g || ?| gg 1| gg 1| 2| Ag 8 i » . fe fe **4 53 g£ Si tB §5 j5 g a | J? n & sS « s 8 .9 £ s 6-1 .o 3 S .2 ® a oflg : d9 a o a % 9 9 fl a S 2 & 2 ofl g ° E S g ao9 |« g goS g g° a S-" a S°a g« g go g goS %g <! | S (8 •'••'| ■« fc«i &< «! h fc | ■«! & -«! ft< £ £ £ ££££ £ ££ 190S .. 24 41 437 190 421 74 .. 6,658 20 .. 1,838 2 22 310 484 8,933 1909 37 148 676 417 3,454 154 21 17,039 19 .. 1,958 3 5 630 3,628 19,673 1910 , 28 768 380 387 4,964 42 .. 4,147 13 .. 1,101 2 13 472 5,745 5,628 1911 . 33 1,634 292 354 5,853 73 215 8,631 19 .. 1,314 5 10 484 7,712 10,237 1912 45 2,222 784 450 8,388 64 .. 6,992 19 61 1,017 6 21 584 10,692 8,793 1913 40 1,149 1,043 516 9,364 73 115 8,716 13 78 591 4 5 646 10,711 10,350 1914 53 2,207 1,015 -610 9,659 106 471 11,243 11 .. 637 3 37 783 12,374 12,895 1915 .. 99 4,850 1,574 741 12,497 75 974 8,272 21 98 1,345 3 78 939 18,497 11,191 1910 .. 134 5,535 1,260 821 13.920 71 636 11,692 14 .. 751 20 742 1,060 20,833 13,703 1917 .. 145 6,187 1,299 940 19,618 85 759 14,371 17 .. 1,252 5 175 1,192 26,739 16,922 1918 .. 27211,733 3,129 1,045 21,051 62 946 10,934 15 .. 1,137 6 1961,400 33,926 15,200 1019 157 9,794 1,189 1,232 34,946 89 1,028 13,496 15 .. 828 4 229 1,497 45,997 15,513 1920 80 8,618 1,296 1,370 43,799 127 887 25,095 18 .. 1,471 6 238 1,601 53,542 27,862 1921 .. 65 6,198 950 1,031 41,746 124 1,778 22,873 19 .. 1,665 3 24 1,242 49,746 25,488 1922-23+ . 63 7,672 1,117 1,573 69,145 320 1,853 69,620 33 .. 2,405 4 204 1,993 78,874 73,142 1923-24 .. 55 6,261 761 986 44,644 128 1,126 32,259 13 .. 1,380 5 68 1,187 52,099 34,400 1924-25 55 5,499 1,220 992 54,465 91 .. 20,086 11 .. 1,085 11 2721,160 60,236 22,391 1925-26 61 8,850 1,167 900 42,198 150 .. 40,793 16 .. 1,418 9 1851,136 51,233 43,378 1926-27 .. 68 8,496 1,473 739 36,092 98 .. 21,601 22 .. 1,865 5 j 28 932 44,616 24,939 Totals .. 1,51497,86221,062 15,294476,224 2,00610,809354,518 328 237 25,058 106 2,552 19248 587,684400,638 * Compiled from Annual Reports. t Fifteen mouths.