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BRITISH INDIA - COOPERATION AND ASSOCIATION 



note only. We shall deal here with the progress and working of Rural 

 societies during the year ending June 30th, 1912, as shown in the statistical 

 statements and described in the I'rovincial Registrars' reports. 



§ I. Generai, progress. 



The general progress of Rural societies is shown in the tables below. 

 In this, as in all of the tables, the figures relating to Mysore are omitted 

 for the first time in 1911-12. 



TabIvE II. — Progress of Rural Societies, 1909 to 1912. 



Number of Societies 

 Membership : 



Aggregate . . . 



Average .... 

 Working Capital: 



Aggregate . . . 



Average .... 

 I^oans Outstanding : 



Aggregate . . . 



Average .... 



1909 



1910 



X913 



1,761 



116,907 



66 



Rupees, (i) 



40,71,868 



2,312 



36,69,533 

 2,082 



3,145 



165,592 



53 

 Rupees. 

 66,54.035 

 2,116 



61,61,971 

 1,959 



4.957 



238,978 



48 



Rupees. 



1,10,18,863 



2,223 



1.03,89,674 

 2,096 



7.562 



324,860 



43 

 Rupees. 

 1,82,29,061 

 2,410 



1,74,67,950 

 2,309 



(1) A rupee is equal to is. ^d. or i fr. 68. The figures arc divided so as to show the 

 number of lakhs, a lakh being 100,000 rupees. 



The most striking fact revealed by the above figures is the unpre- 

 cedented increase in the number of Rural societies during the year under 

 review, in which no less than 2,605 new societes were registered. Part 

 of the increase is due undoubtedly to the breaking up of large societies ex- 

 tending over a number of villages into several one-village societies, and this 

 at the same time helps to explain the decrease in the average membership; 

 but on the whole it is due to the fact that the year was regarded as favour- 



