MODEL  RULES.

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ni  the  annual  return  as  to  the  receipts  and  expenditure,
funds  and  effects  of  the  society,  for  supplying  gratuitously
every  member  or  person  interested  in  the  funds  of  the
society,  on  his  application,  with  a  copy  of  the  last  annual
return  of  the  society  or  of  such  balance  sheet  or  other
document  for  the  time  being,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of
the  secretary  to  supply  such  gratuitous  copies  on  application
accordingly.—Friendly  Societies  Act,  1875,  s.  14  (1  h),  and
Friendly  Societies  Amendment  Act,  1876,  s.  9.
XI.—Quinquennial  Returns.
Within  six  calendar  months  after  the  expiration  of  every
live  years  succeeding  the  31st  December,  1880,  the  committee ­
  of  management  shall  cause  a  return,  in  the  form
prescribed  by  the  chief  registrar,  of  the  sickness  (ct)  and
mortality  experienced  by  the  society  during  the  five  years
preceding  the  31st  December  then  last  past  to  be  sent  by
the  secretary  to  the  registrar.—Friendly  Societies  Act,  1875,
e.  14(1  e).

XIJ.—Valuations.
1.  Once  at  least  in  the  five  years  next  following  the
registry  of  the  society,  and  so  again  within  six  calendar
months  after  the  expiration  of  every  five  years  succeeding
the  date  of  the  first  valuation  to  be  made  under  these  rules,
the  assets  and  liabilities  of  the  society  (including  the
estimated  risks  and  contributions)  shall  be  valued  in  manner
provided  by  the  Friendly  Societies  Act,  1875,  s.  14  (1  /).
2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  ot  any  valuer  appointed  by  the
society,  at  the  cost  of  the  society,  to  make  a  report  to  be
signed  by  him,  and  which  shall  also  state  his  address  and
calling  or  profession,  on  the  condition  of  the  society,  and
also  an  abstract  of  the  results  of  his  valuation,  in  the  form
prescribed  by  the  Chief  Registrar.
3.  On  receiving  such  report  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the
committee  of  management  to  call  forthwith  a  special  meeting
of  the  society  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  the  same  ;  and  to
lay  such  report  and  the  abstract  thereof  before  such  meeting;
and  to  cause  the  secretary  to  forward  such  report  and
■abstract  to  the  registrar,  together  with  a  return  containing
■such  information  with  respect  to  the  benefits  assured  and

(a)  If  the  society  does  not  insure  against  sickness  the  words
sickness  and”  to  he  left  out.