268  RULES  FOR  SPECIALLY  AUTHORIZED  SOCIETIES.

from  a  refusal  to  register  a  society  or  any  amendment  of  the
rules  thereof  (section  11,  sub-sections  8  and  9,  and  section
13,  sub-section  3),  or  from  cancelling  or  suspension  of
registry  (section  12,  sub-section  4,  and  part  of  sub-section
5);  quinquennial  returns  and  valuations  (section  14,  subsection ­
  1,  e,f);  certificates  of  death  (section  14,  sub-section
2,  and  section  15,  sub-section  9);  exemption  from  stamp
duty  (section  15,  sub-section  2);  priority  on  death,  bankruptcy, ­
  &c.,  of  officers  (section  15,  sub-section  7);  investments ­
  with  the  National  Debt  Commissioners  (section  16,
sub-section  1,  c,  and  section  17);  copyholds  (section  16,
sub-section  6);  loans  to  members  (section  18);  the  accumulation ­
  of  surplus  of  contributions  for  members’  use  (section ­
  19);  the  amalgamation,  transfer  of  engagements,  and
dissolution  of  friendly  societies  (section  24,  proviso  to  subsection ­
  8,  and  section  25,  sub-section  1,  c,  and  sub-section  7);
payments  on  the  death  of  children  (section  28);  societies
receiving  contributions  by  collectors  (section  30);  cattle
insurance  and  certain  other  societies  (section  31);  and  the
four  last  heads  of  schedule  II.;  and  to  the  provisions  of  the
Friendly  Societies  Amendment  Act,  1876,  except  so  much
as  relates  to  conversion  of  registered  societies  into  branches
(section  3);  deaths  at  sea  (section  7);  and  fees  on  certificates
of  death  (section  8).

Rule  to  be  inserted  in  Rules  op  Societies  Registered
under  Special  Authority  op  July  3,  1878  (Promotion ­
  op  Literature,  Science,  and  the  Fine
Arts).
This  society  is  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  Friendly
Societies  Act,  1875,  except  so  much  thereof  as  relates  to
dividing  societies  (section  11,  sub-section  4);  the  certificat
  ion  of  annuities  (section  11,  sub-section  5);  appeals  from  a
refusal  to  register  a  society  or  any  amendment  of  the  rules
thereof  (section  11,  sub-sections  8  and  9,  and  section  13,
sub-section  3),  or  from  cancelling  or  suspension  of  registry
(section  12,  sub-section  4,  and  part  of  sub-section  5);  quinquennial ­
  returns  and  valuations  (section  14,  sub-section  1,
e,f);  certificates  of  death  (section  14,  sub-section  2,  and
section  15,  sub-section  9);  exemption  from  stamp  duty
,(section  15,  sub-section  2);  nomination  and  distribution
.(section  15,  sub-sections  3,  4,  and  5);  priority  on  death,
bankruptcy,  &c.,  of  officers  (section  15,  sub-section  7);
■  copyholds  (section  16,  sub-section  6);  loans  to  members
,  (section  18);  the  accumulation  of  surplus  of  contributions