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three kingdoms is entrusted to a Chief Registrar, 
who has Assistant-Registrars in England, Ireland, 
and Scotland. With the approval of the Trea 
sury, he is authorized to prepare and circulate 
model forms of accounts, balance-sheets, and valu 
ations, and to collect and publish statistics. He 
may circulate, either generally or in any particu 
lar district, information on the statistics of life 
and sickness, and the application thereof to the 
business of Friendly Societies, and other informa 
tion useful to persons interested in societies capa 
ble of registration. 
29. The societies affected by the Act are de 
scribed under five denominations :— 
1. Friendly Societies. 
2. Cattle Insurance Societies. 
3. Benevolent Societies. 
4. Working Men’s Clubs. 
5. Specially authorized Societies. 
30. The purposes for which a Friendly Society 
may be formed are :— 
1. Relief in sickness, or other infirmity, in- 
old age, widowhood, or orphanhood. 
2. Payments on birth or death. 
3. Payments in distress, to seekers for em 
ployment, and in case of shipwreck or 
damage at sea. 
4. Endowments. 
5. Insurance of tools against fire. 
31. Societies having these purposes may adopt 
any of the following varieties of organization :— 
1. As societies having branches. 
2. As societies having collectors.