142 



Co-operative Societies in the U.K. 



[may, 



These societies employed 2,267 persons, and paid in salaries 

 and wages during the year a total of ^93,639. 



Of these 600 societies, 298 were "productive" societies, 

 employing 1,659 persons, and paying in salaries and wages 

 during the year ,£65,460; their total sales amounting to 

 ,£1,929,540 and their profit to £27,878; while 302 were " dis- 

 tributive " societies, employing 608 persons and paying 

 salaries and wages amounting to £28,179; their total sales 

 amounted to £1,292,503 and their profit to ,£6,080. 



The farming and dairying departments of the 69 industrial 

 societies and of one agricultural distributive society employed 

 884 persons, paid in salaries and wages during the year 

 ,£46,877, and produced goods to the value of £494,889. 

 The profit or loss on these departments was not shown. 



The marked increase in the past three years is largely due 

 to the development of co-operative agricultural distributive 

 societies in England and Wales, resulting from the activities 

 of the Agricultural Organisation Society assisted by the 

 Board of Agriculture. 



Cattle Insurance Societies. — In addition to the co-operative 

 societies engaged in production and distribution there were, 

 in 1908, 57 societies formed specially for the mutual insurance 

 of the cattle, pigs, &c, belonging to their members. 



Cattle Insurance Societies. 



1904. 



1905. 



1906. 



1907. 



1908. 



Numberof Societies making returns 



53 



53 



58 



56 



57 



Total Membership ... ... 



3,505 . 



3,457 



3,7i8 



3,78o 



3,872 



Receipts during Year : — 

 Contributions... 

 Other Receipts 



£ 

 1,369 

 377 



L 

 i,457 

 33i 



£ 

 1,758 

 561 



£ 

 1,665 



454 



£ 

 1,641 

 476 



Total Receipts ... 



1,746 



1,788 



2,3' 9 . 



2,119 



2,117 



Expenditure during Year : — 

 Benefits to Members ... 

 Working Expenses ... 



i,375 

 204 



1,242 

 250 



1,760 

 520 



i,539 

 421 



2,088 

 364 



Total Expenditure 



i,579 



1,492 



2,280 



1,960 



2,452 



Total Funds at end of Year 



7,210 



7,49i 



7,899 



8,091 



7,868 



