§ Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether, to the knowledge of the Health Insurance Commissioners, any of the large affiliated orders and, if any, which, are providing in their new rules for the financial segregation, under Section 40, of the National Insurance Act, of their rural district branches, so as to enable such branches to apply the whole of their future surpluses within their districts instead of paying one-third thereof into the central fund to meet the deficits of other branches?
§ Mr. MASTERMANI understand that the large affiliated orders are proceeding actively with the preparation of their rules with a view to forwarding them to the Commission, but I am at present without information as to the proposals which they intend to make for the government of their branches.