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BRITISH INDIA - INSURANCE AND THRIFT 



to which they are annexed, by the staffs of society paid and government 

 auditors, supervision being done by the inspectors maintained by unions 

 of credit societies. 



It is 3^et early to gauge results or to prophesy, but it may be said that 

 the principles of insurance appeal to the Burnian and that in the districts 

 where a commencement has been made the co-operative idea has taken 

 firm hold. Thus in the Kyaukse district there is one agricultural co-oper- 

 ative society (credit) for every 1050 acres of cultivated land, while, in ad- 

 dition to co-operative credit, considerable progress with co-operative pro- 

 duction and sale has been made in the districts of Mandalay, Sagaing and 

 Shwebo. If the high premium rate do not act as a deterrent, and if minor 

 difficulties connected with remittance can be eliminated, there is no reason 

 apparent why co-operative insurance of cattle should not become firmly 

 and widely established. 



Operations of Cattle Insurances Societies in Burma, 



II. 



Oferations of the Upper Burma Central Cattle Insurcmce Society. 



