NRS-13057 | Registered document files of closed Friendly Societies

These are registration files of defunct Friendly Societies. They contain registered documents as required by the Friendly Societies Acts of 1899 (Act No.31, 1899) and 1912 (Act No.46, 1912), and subsequent Acts. Some files also contain correspondence relevant to the regulation of the statutes (e.g. dissolution of a branch or society and the discharge of monetary liability; executive authority to register a branch; statutory requirement of annual returns).The files are arranged chronologically by date of registration of the society or branch. Details recorded on the file cover are registration number, ledger folio number, name of branch and number, name of parent society, usually location, date of registration with the Registrar of Friendly Societies and date of cancellation/closing of branch. The words "Friendly Societies Act of 1899" also appears at the top of the first page of these files, perhaps to distinguish these files from the similar files created under the preceding (1873) Act.