IRISH OLD AGE PENSIONS.
.;.v\.\ vMAf<V CANCELIiBD. W Tplcctapb.-i'rcjs Avnriattnn.-rCotiirlrtJ,! ' v . ' . ■'. London, Ogtober 11. ; f rjio Jxjcg.l Government Board has disallowed 12 per cent, of old ago pensions granted in. the Connty Mayo, and has nqtified that it wi|J .discontin™,many pepsjons jn'.pther" districts in fteland.;:.;. ■.'•■..■'""'
•. .SOME COMPARATIVE 'FIGURES.; 'It was stated in the House of Cpmmons last MSr* 1 ,&Hnfy;Mayp, with'a population, of 199,000, was receiving .£165,000 por.annum in old ago pensipos.;.. -.■'J : ••.-.• • At, the end-of last/FebruaryVthe number of pensions payable, and the. ' ijppnUtW,' in' Ire, Itt M and ijcotland respectively; wore':-n . "■','• V _ ; ' ■'.': Number of, • T , , .■.-:• Population. Pensions. . Ireland ,„.,„.. 4,459,000 , 182,000 gcptlani'..,; , 4,472,000 :-'6(l,000 TJp.tp_the end of 1908 the number of appliqatiqna for pensions, and the. septuagenarian population, in Ireland ,and Great Britain respectively were:— : "'.••■■■, •
. Septuagenarian Number of "■•t.i j- ' Population, .Applications. ™ ,••: 200,000- .231,000 Great Britain...: ■:. 1,080,000 510,000 The .above, figures! are taken from "The . V row.' which, at the same. time* admits that the.difficulty of obtaining in .Ireland direct evidence of ago, is very groat' for old people, because the registration pf births is of comparatively recent introduction there; and consequently a number of: applications Kayo been made ,n pood faith which have broken upwn : qn investigation. ■ While acquitting such anZ ? invesSgatV 8 iro P 9r,lt !J 0 on »? Government
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 636, 13 October 1909, Page 7
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211IRISH OLD AGE PENSIONS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 636, 13 October 1909, Page 7
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