PENSIONS DEPARTMENT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3178, 31 August 1917, Page 5

PENSIONS DEPARTMENT

ANNUAL REPORT. The annual report of the Pensions Department gives the following information regarding the number and annual value'of the pensions in'force on. March til, 1917:-- 1 Niunbqi'. Value. £ Old a»e 19.697 • * 80 > 559 Widows 2,024 39.356 Military (Maori War) 1,232 44,352 Miners »« War 5,169 207,nl • Totals 28,360 .£'832,052 The cost per head of population for 191617 was 13s. Bd., as against 10a. 6d. tor 1915-16. A summary relating to war pensions shows that pensions (permanent and upwards of 12 months] wero granted to-1003 soldiers and. 2#<a <I ®R® T J dn "|®; temporary pensions were ant ™ tO . soldiers and 258 dependants; GB7 claims were declined, and 237 remained on hand on March 31. The gross annual value ot the 6530 pensions granted is £34-,,19 a, giving an average pension of £5... 'in" the 1018 children, the average ot the orand total of 754S pensions granted to Marcb 31, 1917, is .£ls per annum, ine total number of old-age pensions _ claims lodged to date is G0,631; total claims established, 47,392; total deaths 21,(32; total cancellations, 59G3; grand total paid since 189 S. JE5,809,550; total credit, from National Endowment.' .E172.373. _ During tho year the staff of the Pensions Department increase in number from 40 In GO and tho cost of administration, increased from £9883 in 1915-16 to .£15,300 in 1916-17.