§ Mr. BARNESasked if a society that becomes approved under the proposed county pool will be allowed to withdraw from the pool when it has obtained 5,000 members if its expenditure has been less than that of other societies in the pool, and, if so, if any conditions will be attached to such withdrawal; will a society be allowed to withdraw from a county pool for the purpose of amalgamation with another society outside the pool; and will a society be allowed to reimburse itself the cost of medical examination in addition to the amount allowed for ordinary cost of management?
Mr. McKINNON WOODSocieties will not be included in a county pool if they have more than 5,000 members at the time when the valuation takes place. The answer to the second question is in the affirmative. Under the Bill the reply to the last question is in the negative.