26 REGENCY OF TUNIS - CO-OPERATION AND ASSOCIATION 



to half the sum of the centimes additional to taxes which they have col- 

 lected as assessments. Since these resources may be insufficient, the same 

 decree of 26 January 191 1 authorizes the societies to open current credit 

 accounts in quarters approved bj' the Director of Finances. It also deter- 

 mines the procedure for the realization of long or short term loan operations, 

 whether secured by a mortgage or not. 



The relief given by Tunisian thrift societies should be noted. It is 

 limited in its scope and may not be granted directly. Article 10 states that 

 in the case of a famine the societies may make advances, which are repay- 

 able, to the necessitous ; and that it will subsequently be the part of the 

 government to remit to the borrowers, at the request of the societies, all 

 or part of the advances so made. 



The amount of the assessments of centimes additional to the native 

 taxes varies in the different societies from 5 to 17 per cent, of such taxes. 



§ I. Receipts 



The receipts of the native thrift societies which have increased their 

 credit were in 1915 as follows : 



i) Recoveries on the credit of former societies Fr. 1,441.61 



2) Additional centimes on mediba tax 6,746.53 



3) Quota of the recoveries of temporar^'^ assess- , 



menta due to the native thrift societies 118,058.60 



4) Additional centimes on canoiin tax on olive 



and date trees: 



Years prior to igio 3i4-i3 



Years 1910 and later 72,351.08 



5) Additional centimes on achonr tax : 



Years prior to 1910 748-37 



1910 and later 87,692.05 



6) Additional centimes on djerba tax 9,328.42 



7) " " " mradjas " 2,561.21 



8) Recover^' of costs of management and commissions: 



a) for loans of seeds 2,806.58 i 



72,665.21 



5,440.42 



b) for mortgage loans 53,362.67 - 56,951.54 



c) for advances to affiliated societies. . . 782,29 ) 



Total . . . Fr. 356,193-54 



