The return to the order of the House requiring a
statement of the amount paid by the State in interest to Friendly Societies shows as follows :—
No. of Societies,
Rate of Interest paid by the State. Capital on which Into. rest was paid.
4 s. d. Half-year's Interest-
s. d.
99 ... 4 11 3 ... 580,183 13 3 ... 18,339
5 7
352 ... 3 16
0} ...
1,232,691 8 2 23,616 16 8 219 ... 3 0 10 ... 188,069 5 11 ... 2,823
15 2 Besides these friendly societies depositing directly with the Com- missioners of the National Debt, and receiving, it will be seen, 39,779/. interest on the half-year, or at the rate of 79,558/. per annum, from the State, there were 12,148 societies depositing their funds in savings' banks, with an aggregate amount to their credit of 1,999,9501., and receiving through the agency of the savings' banks from the Government a half-yearly interest of about 32,4931., or about 64,986/. per annum more.
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