DENMARK. 



RECENT PROGRESS 

 OF THE CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTIVE ASSOCIATIONS (i). 



With reference to the detailed account published by us in the number 

 of this Bulletin for September, 1911, on the development and situation of 

 the Danish co-operative distributive societies, we shall give below the es- 

 sential results of the work of the Common Union of these co-operative so- 

 cieties in the year 1912, (the corresponding information for the year 1911 

 is pubUshed in our number for September, 1912). 



On December 31st., 1911, 1,286 associations (2) or almost all those exist- 

 ing in Denmark, belonged to the Common Union. The number of their mem- 

 bers was 181,326. 



A year later, on December 31st., 1912, 23 other associations had united 

 with these. It will be seen from the following few figures, what advance 

 this movement has made since 1896. 



Number Total 



1896 



1903 



1905 



I9IO 



I9II 



I9I2 



Their reserve funds, which on December 31st., 1910 amounted to 

 2,775,000 crowns, on December 31st., 1911 amounted to 3,250,000 crowns 

 and on December 31st, 1912 to 3,657,000 crs. 



The Common Union is not exclusively engaged in commerce ; the atten- 

 tion it gives to industry is fairly considerable. The following table gives 

 an idea of the importance of the business operations of its various de- 

 partments : 



(i) These notes have been forwarded to us by our Copenhagen Correspondent. 



(2) Figures given by the Common Union. These figures do not quite correspond with 

 the resuUs of the census of 1910 {Statistixk Aarbog, 1912. p. 136) owing merely to a differ- 

 ent standard being taken. 



