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lure,  funds  and  effects  of  the  society,  and  of  the  number  of
inembers  of  the  same,  np  to  the  31st  December  then  last
inclusively,  as  audited  and  laid  before  a  general  meeting,
showing  separately  the  expenditure  in  respect  of  the  several
objects  of  the  society,  together  with  a  copy  of  the  auditor’s
report,  if  any.
2.  Such  return  shall  state  whether  the  audit  has  been  conducted ­
  by  a  public  auditor  appointed  under  the  Friendly
Societies  Act,  1875,  and  by  whom,  and  if  such  audit  has
been  conducted  by  any  persons  other  than  a  public  auditor,
shall  state  the  name,  address,  and  calling  or  profession  of
each  of  such  persons,  and  the  manner  in  which,  and  the  authority ­
  under  which,  they  were  respectively  appointed.
3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  committee  of  management
to  provide  the  secretary  with  a  sufficient  number  of  copies
■of  the  annual  return,  or  of  some  balance  sheet  or  other  document ­
  duly  audited,  containing  the  same  particulars  as  in  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.
XI.—Inspection  of  Boohs.
1.  The  books  and  accounts  of  the  society  shall  be  open
do  the  inspection  of  any  member  or  person  having  an  interest
in  the  funds  of  the  society  at  all  reasonable  hours,  at  the
registered  office  of  the  society,  or  at  any  place  where  the  same
-  are  kept,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary  to  pro-•
  cluce  them.
2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  committee  of  management
to  keep  a  copy  of  the  last  annual  balance  sheet  of  the  so-•
  ciety  for  the  time  being,  together  with  the  report  of  the
auditors,  if  any,  always  hung  up  in  a  conspicuous  place  at
the  registered  office  of  the  society.
XII.—Investment  of  Funds,  holding  of  Land,  <Ie.
1.  So  much  of  the  funds  of  the  society  as  may  not  be
■wanted  for  immediate  use,  or  to  meet  the  usual  accruing
liabilities,  shall,  with  the  consent  of  the  committee  of
management,  or  of  a  majority  of  the  members  of  a  society
present  and  entitled  to  vote  at  a  generel  meeting,  be  invested
by  the  trustees  in  such  of  the  following  ways  as  such  coni-