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Mr. WORTHINGTON-EVANS
asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state approximately the distribution of the thirteen and a quarter million members of approved societies, showing how many have joined approved societies formed by trade unions and by industrial insurance companies, and by or of friendly societies and collecting societies, and how many have joined other approved societies?
Mr. MASTERMAN
The 13,021,000 members of approved societies shown in actual returns in respect of first quarter's cards are distributed among the various types of societies approximately as follows:—
| Approved societies formed by friendly societies | 6,251,000 |
| Approved societies formed by industrial insurance companies (including a society formed by an amalgamation of industrial companies and collecting societies) | 4,493,000 |
| Approved societies formed by trade unions | 1,443,000 |
| Approved societies formed by collecting societies | 761,000 |
| Other approved societies | 73,000 |
| 13,021,000 |