INDUSTRIAL : ASSOCIATIONS OF WORKERS. 
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Since it is this group of Co-operative Societies in which Profit- 
sharing and Co-partnership play the most prominent part, the 
leading facts in relation to them will he stated in somewhat greater 
detail. 
The nature of the industries in which the Societies comprised 
in this group are engaged, their Membership, Capital, Sales, and 
Profits or Losses are shown in the Table which follows: — 
Productive Associations of Workers—Summary by 
Industries, 1910. 
[ Compiled from Returns made to the Labour Department and to the Chief 
Registrar of Friendly Societies.] 
So- 
Membership. 
Capital. 
Industries. 
ties 
at 
end 
of 
Year 
In 
divid 
uals. 
So 
cie 
ties. 
Share. 
Loan. 
Re 
serve 
and 
Insur 
ance. 
Sales. 
Profit(+) 
or 
Loss( - )** 
Building 
No. 
£ 
£ 
£ 
£ 
£ 
4 
674 
7 
4,208 
3,564 
1,051 
25,709 
+ 1,530 
Quarrying 
1 
392 
526 
27,467 
12,245 
3.313 
- 1,243 
Metal, Engin- 
12 
923 
190 
19,195 
8,526 
10,130 
64,972 
+ 4,038 
eering, &c. 
Textile 
13 
5,881 
1,317 
140,337 
116.719 
27,191 
471,252 
+ 21,070 
Boot and Shoe 
19 
3,947 
719 
65.646 
51,264 
13,377 
372,767 
+ 9,487 
Other Clothing 
4 
1,652 
538 
36,889 
26,166 
5,288 
178,477 
+ 14,173 
Frinting and 
19 
2,666 
457 
57,295 
34,101 
16,899 
150,805 
+ 11,150 
allied trades. 
Woodworking 
and Furnish- 
4 
-236 
95 
11,049 
30,398 
3,282 
30.391 
+ 534 
in^. 
Food Prepara- 
3 
4,378 
207 
32,725 
12,752 
6,149 
119,445 
+ 5,020 
tion. 
Bassdressing, 
2 
109 
1 
414 
182 
1,515 
5,022 
+ 313 
Mat and 
Brushmaking. 
1,452 
+ 26 
Leather 
2 
34 
1 
344 
42 
118 
Miscellaneous 
3 
139 
15 
695 
350 
18 
2,578 
+ 41 
Total 
86 | 
21,031 
4,073 
396,264 
296,309 
85,018 
1,426,183 
+ 66,139 
* The amounts in this column are the amounts of the profits (or losses) before 
dividend on the share capital has been paid. 
It will be seen that the industries in which this branch of 
co-operative production prevails to the greatest extent are the 
clothing and the textile trades, the printing and allied trades, 
the food preparation trades, and the metal and engineering trades. 
Profits and Profit-sharing. 
In these Societies the profits realised are devoted in the first 
instance to paying a fixed rate of interest (frequently 5 per cent.) 
on the shares; out of the balance sums are usually added to Reserve