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duty  (section  15,  sub-section  2);  priority  on  death,  bankruptcy, ­
  &c.,  of  officers  (section  15,  sub-section  7);  copyholds
(section  16,  sub-section  6);  the  amalgamation  or  transfer  of
engagements  or  the  dissolution  of  friendly  societies  (section ­
  24,  part  of  sub-section  8,  and  section  25,  sub-section
1,  e,  and  sub-section  7,  and  part  of  schedule  II.);  the  limitation ­
  of  benefits  (section  27);  payments  on  the  death  of
children  (section  28);  societies  receiving  contributions  by
collectors  (section  30);  cattle  insurance  and  certain  other
societies  (section  31);  and  keeping  separate  accounts  (part
of  schedule  II.);  and  also  to  the  provisions  of  the  Friendly
Societies  Amendment  Act,  1876,  except  so  much  thereof  as
relates  to  Treasury  regulations  (section  2);  the  conversion
of  registered  societies  into  branches  (section  3);  deaths  at
sea  (section  7);  and  certificates  of  births  or  deaths  (section ­
  8).

Rule  to  be  inserted  in  Rules  of  Societies  Registered
under  Special  Authority  of  March  23,  1877  (Promotion ­
  of  Agriculture  or  Horticulture).
This  society  is  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  Friendly
Societies  Act,  1875,  except  so  much  thereof  as  relates  to
dividing  societies  (section  11,  sub-section  4);  the  certification ­
  of  annuities  (section  11,  sub-section  5);  appeals  from
a  refusal  to  register  a  society  or  any  amendment  of  the
rules  thereof  (section  11,  sub-sections  8  and  9,  and  section
13,  sub-section  3);  or  from  cancelling  or  suspension  of
registry  (section  12,  sub-section  4,  and  part  of  sub-section  5);
exemption  from  stamp  duty  (section  15,  sub-section  2);
priority  on  death,  &c.,  of  officers  (section  15,  sub-section  7);
limitation  of  cost  of  certificates  (section  15,  sub-section  9);
societies  receiving  contributions  by  collectors  (section  30);
and  catte  insurance  and  certain  other  societies  (section  31);
and  to  the  provisions  of  the  Friendly  Societies  Amendment
Act,  1876,  except  so  much  thereof  as  relates  to  the  conversion ­
  of  registered  societies  into  branches.

Rule  to  be  inserted  in  Rules  of  Societies  Registered
under  Special  Authority  of  March  23,  1877  (Promotion ­
  of  Temperance  and  Economy  by  Taking
Small  Deposits).
This  society  is  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  Friendly
Societies  Act,  1875,  except  so  much  thereof  as  relates  to  the
certification  of  annuities  (section  11,  sub-section  5);  ajipeals