It has been suggested that we give a list of the societies at present in
operation. We do so here, though aware that the list is necessarily very
imperfect. The _Freeholder_ aimed to give a list, but it never could
give a correct one. We see Mr. Brooks in his Building Societies
Directory has also made a similar attempt, and in an equally unsuccessful
manner. The societies are so numerous that it is impossible to do more
than chronicle the existence of the more active ones. These are:--1. The
Arundel, 38, Arundel-street, Strand; Manager, Mr. J. Carpenter. 2. The
Birkbeck, Mechanics' Institution, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane;
Secretary, Mr. F. Ravenscroft. 3. The British, 3, Ivy-lane; Secretary,
Mr. H. Brooks. 4. The Britannia; Secretary, Mr. D. W. Ruffy, 1a, Great
George-street, New-road. 4. The Church of England, 22, John-street,
Adelphi; Secretary, Mr. Campbell. 5. The Conservative, 33,
Norfolk-street, Strand; Secretary, Mr. Gruneisen. 6. The Chelsea,
Cheyne-row. 7. The Finsbury, Featherstone-buildings; Secretary, Mr.
Scott. 8. The Home Counties, Chatham-place, Blackfriars-bridge;
Secretary, Mr. Knight. 9. The Lambeth, 90 Blackman-street, Borough;
Secretary, Mr. W. Banks. 10. London District, 10, Leadenhall-street;
Secretary, Mr. F. Redfern. 11. The London and Suburban; Secretary, Mr.
Weale. 12. The Metropolitan, 24, East-cheap; Secretary, Mr. D. R. White.
13. The Marylebone, Great Portland-street; Secretary, Mr. J. W. Knight.
14. The Middle Class, Peele's Coffee House, Fleet-street; Secretary, Mr.
W. Peacock. 15. The National, 14, Moorgate-street; Secretary, Mr.
Whittingham. 16. The North London, British School Room, Denmark-terrace,
Pentonville; Secretary, Mr. Bernard. 17. The St. Pancras; Secretary, Mr.
Spring. 18. The Union. 19. The Westminster, 4, Beaufort-buildings,
Strand; Secretary, Mr. G. Hugget. Most of these societies are in full
operation, and have purchased valuable estates. The probable number of
Freehold Land Societies in the country is 130. In some parts societies
have not flourished, in consequence of their being confounded with
O'Connor's Land Scheme; in others, more especially in the North, there
has been an utter impossibility in the way of getting freehold property;
in others, the management has been languid, and the societies have
decayed. But the number is, we believe, that which we have stated; or at
any rate is as near the truth as it is possible for us to be.