XXV. & XXVI.—Workmen's Co-Operative Societies.

The first of these Charts shows for 1904 (1) the. Sales of Wholesale and Retail Distributive Societies; and (2) the value of goods produced by Productive Co-operative Societies, classified (a) according to class of society and (b) according to the class of articles produced.

In the second Chart the growth of Co-operation since 1862 is shown, the amount of the Sales, the Share and Loan Capital, and the Membership being represented for each year during the period 1862-1904.

The figures for sales relate to the value of the goods sold by the Wholesale Societies to Retail Societies, and by the Retail Societies to their customers. They also include the value of goods sold by Societies for Production (including Corn Milling Societies), but not the value of goods produced by the Productive Departments of the Wholesale and Retail Distributive Societies and transferred to their Distributive Departments, the figures not being available for the entire period.