STATISTICS.

In general readers do not care much for statistics, but no record of the Society would be complete which did not give in some statistical form the growth which the Society has made during fifty years. The table given is not long, however, nor is it difficult to follow. It gives the position of the Society at the end of the first year, and at the end of each tenth year thereafter. In addition there are given the first balance-sheet issued by the Society and that issued for the 200th quarter. Readers can thus see for themselves the marvellous growth which we have tried, however inadequately, to picture.

Statistical Statement showing the development of the Federation during the Jubilee Period.
Ten-year Periods. No. of Federated Societies. Shares Held. Shares and Deposits. Sales. Profits. Reserve Fund. Depreciation. Paid for Educational Purposes. Paid for Charitable Purposes.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1869 (Commencement of Society) 8
1869 (January 1870) 8 193 12 0 5,081 13 6 23 3 1 30 15 8
1878 (January 1879) 23 4,217 6,251 6 7 27,433 6 10 1,850 5 5 696 11 5 440 1 3 8 2 0 5 5 0
1888 (January 1889) 39 10,037 33,209 9 10 55,699 15 9 3,313 0 5 1,352 10 0 913 9 9 6 0 0 21 0 0
1898 (January 1899) 94 80,231 143,681 12 3 327,328 3 4 26,845 0 2 7,400 0 0 8,890 6 1 474 3 8 309 9 4
1908 (January 1909) 169 155,915 356,254 19 3 567,604 19 5 43,561 9 0 37,400 0 0 13,967 4 9 876 13 10 907 3 10
1918 (January 1919) 211 241,643 556,841 16 6 1,251,224 5 9 62,615 15 5 89,500 0 0 29,845 12 6 1,424 13 1 643 13 9
Dr. CAPITAL ACCOUNT
Liabilities.
To Members’ Claims, as per Share Ledger £193 12 0
„ „ Building Fund 145 0 0
„ Owing Messrs Penman £104 0 0
„ „ Gibson & Walker 150 15 0
„ „ Scottish Wholesale Society 86 19 7
„ „ R. Geddes & Sons 18 7 6
„ „ M. Muir & Sons 34 15 0
„ „ R. Taylor 6 14 0
„ „ P. Bertram 1 5 9
402 16 10
„ Profit 64 4 10
£805 13 8
Dr. CAPITAL ACCOUNT
Liabilities.
241,643 Shares at 20 each £241,643 0 0
Less Unpaid 703 10 0
£240,939 10 0
Societies’ Deposits at 12 Months’ Notice of Withdrawal 93,571 6 1
Societies’ Deposits at Call 104,462 6 6
Surplus Credited to Societies’ Deposits Account 31,837 4 0
£470,810 6 7
Deposits (Private) at 12 Months’ Notice of Withdrawal £55,838 7 8
Deposits (Private) at Call 30,193 2 3
86,031 9 11
Societies Overpaid 5,980 1 1
Bonus for Half-year 4,770 0 4
Rents 12 15 0
St Mungo Hall Rents Paid in Advance 5 0 0
Balance of Taxes, Insurance, and Telephones 4,974 13 5
Goods Account 13,075 14 0
Expenses Account 1,863 9 2
Total Liabilities £587,523 9 6
Reserves—
Reserve Fund £89,500 0 0
Insurance Fund—
Fire and Marine £24,900 0 0
Employers’ Liability 5,680 0 0
Third Party 2,180 0 0
32,760 0 0
Educational and Benevolent Fund 2,337 8 4
Balance to next Half-year 1,845 15 4
126,443 3 8
£713,966 13 2
1869 (January 1870). Cr.
Assets.
By Cash in Bank and on hand £118 2 10
„ Flour, etc., in Stock £87 10 7
„ Rent Due 1 10 0
„ Owing by Societies 244 5 1
„ Fixed Stock 243 15 8
„ New Buildings, Paid to Account 110 9 6
687 10 10
£805 13 8
1918 (January 1919). Cr.
Assets.
Investments, as per Investment Account—
Shares £33,812 18 7
Deposits 348,257 18 6
£382,070 17 1
Goods in Stock—
M‘Neil Street £28,384 13 9
Clydebank Branch 7,255 16 8
Rothesay Branch 278 15 4
Belfast Branch 5,922 15 8
Camp 18 0 0
Purvey Department 413 11 1
St Mungo Halls 17 7 4
42,290 19 10
Stock of Provender in Stables—
Glasgow £445 0 7
Clydebank 101 17 5
546 18 0
Goods Account Prepaid 47,236 8 5
Goods Account £27,841 1 1
Sundries Account 242 7 9
Bread Delivery, Hire, and Shoeing Account 16 17 0
Manure and Hayseed 33 4 10
28,133 10 8
Rents—
Tenements—Govan Street £87 7 6
M‘Neil Street East 96 10 0
Belfast 29 5 0
St Mungo Halls 46 1 3
259 3 9
Land and Buildings 201,500 0 0
Cash in Banks £11,764 14 11
Cash on hand 164 0 6
11,928 15 5
£713,966 13 2