MAJORITY REPORT. 7] Unemployment. Year Employer. Worker. Total. 1925 =... i ra 1926. an ha 10d. Sd. 9d. 7d. 1s. 7d. 1s. 3d. WoMEN. Health and Pensions. Health Pensions. Total Year 1925 i 1926 ae Em- ployer. 5d. 41d | Worker. 44 4d. Em- plover: | Worker. Pid. “dd. Em- ployer. 5d. Td. Worker. 4d. 6d. Total. 9d. 1s..94d. Unemployment. Year 1925 mi... “ve 1926 ...; oA Bi Employer. 8d. 7d. Worker. 7d. [A Total. 1s. 3d. ls. 14d. 149. The National Confederation of Employers’ Organisations go on to urge that a substantial measure of relief could be obtained by a reconsideration of the finances of the Health Insurance Scheme, which they maintain is over-financed for the normal purposes contemplated in the Act of 1911. With this aspect it will be more appropriate to deal in the following chapter. At present we are only concerned to submit a conspectus of the burdens thrown upon the Exchequer, the local rates and upon industry, by the operation of the various schemes for promoting the public welfare. 150. We have given prominence to this evidence because of the important part that employers as a class play in the collection of the insurance funds and the large financial contribution which they make to the Scheme. But we have also received a certain amount of evidence from parties less interested financially, directed to the view that, however desirable expansion may be, the rates of contribution should not in present circumstances be increased. For instance, the Ancient Order of Foresters (Q. 4168-4176) express the view that any increase in the rate of contribution for the purpose of meeting the cost of a statutory dental benefit would not be favourably received. The National Conference of Industrial Assurance Approved Societies (Q. 5074)