948 Census of Production. [feb., 



Ireland, 7*7 per cent, to Scotland, and 7*5 per cent, to England and 

 Wales. 



The live stock insurance societies are formed specially for the mutual 

 insurance of the cattle, pigs, &c, belonging to the individual members, 

 who are mainly small holders in England and Wales. The number 

 of such societies making returns was 57 in 1909, or the same as in 

 1908, but the membership had increased from 3,872 in 1908 to 3,954 

 in 1909. 



Co-operative Credit Societies. — Returns furnished to the Board of 

 Trade by Co-operative Credit Societies show that in 1909 there were 

 35 such societies at work in England, with a total membership of 

 3,783, and one, with 353 members, in Scotland. Nineteen of the 

 societies (18 in England and one in Scotland) were in urban districts, 

 the remaining 17 English societies being in agricultural districts. 



Part VI. of the Preliminary Tables summarising the results of the 

 returns received under the Census of Production Act has now been 

 issued (Cd. 5463, price 6d.), and contains, 

 Census of among other particulars, information relating 



Production. to the bacon-curing, butter, cheese, and mar- 



garine industries. 

 Bacon-curing Factories and Workshops. — The following particulars 

 as regards output are based on returns received from factories and 

 workshops engaged in the curing of bacon and hams, and the manu- 

 facture of lard, sausages, and kindred products for the wholesale 

 trade. The curing of bacon or hams, or the making of sausages by 

 farmers and others for their own retail trade, has been, as far as 

 possible, excluded from the tables. 





England 

 and 

 Wales. 



Scotland. 



Ireland. 



England 



and 

 Wales. 



Scotland. 



Ireland. 



Output. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



Bacon 

 Hams 



Pork, salted, other than 

 bacon and hams 



Lard 



Sausages 



Heads ... 



Sausage casings 



Preserved meats (includ- 

 ing brawn, tinned 

 meats, &c. ) ... 



Offals 



Other products ... 



Total value of output ... 

 Cost of materials used ... 



Cwts. 

 748,000 

 215,000 



10,000 

 463,000 



y {Recor c 



5 



Cwts. 

 103,000 



i56 ; ooo 

 10,000 



7 ed by vah 



Cwts. 

 865,000 

 86,000 



8,000 



1 14,000 

 f 



ee only) - 



£ 



2,423,000 

 803,000 



20,000 



1, 12 1, OOO 

 542,000 

 66,O0O 

 224,000 



315,000 

 103,000 

 99,O0O 



£ 



361,000 

 519,000 



26,00c 

 167,000 

 2,000 

 44, 000 



44,000 

 9,000 

 37,coo 



£ 



2,58l,000 

 336,COO 



11,000 

 267,000 



42,000 

 114,000 



22,000 



24,000 

 l66,000 

 2I.OOO 









5,716,000 



1,209,000 



3,584,000 









5,020,000 



1,059,000 



3,372,000 



Value of output less cost 

 of materials used 









696,000 



150,000 



212,000 



