Records relating to the regulation of friendly societies. Friendly societies are mutual insurance societies in which the members subscribe for provident benefits, in particular sickness, endowment and old age benefits.
Statutory documents of friendly societies submitted to or inherited by the Registry are in FS 1, FS 3, FS 15, FS 16 and FS 21, with indexes in FS 2 and FS 4. Files relating to rules, etc, of orders, branches and districts are in FS 5 and FS 10