The Chronical PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. SATURDAY,AUGUSR 28,1913

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 August 1915, Page 2

The Chronical PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. SATURDAY,AUGUSR 28,1913

Jhe sev eiiLvcnLli annual iepoit 01 tlie i'ciiiiuiib .Department 1(5 lu hand 1 ruin Liie Government lrinter. it is ruli ol detail. JixpeiiuiLures arc bliuuu l<j bo on tiie increase, die total excess lor iaol year by comparison Willi iUlil having been J. 00,/1!.), and iur tlie two years reierreu to trie aggregate increase was i lie

cost per head ol I'-jiiropcan population was Do yd lor all pensions 111 iiJll-io.

jLMirmg Liie year a snort amending act wais passed by Liie legislature, liie n>ain lealure ol whicli is the provision lor an allowance ol Xo per annum lor cacn cuild of a widow under 1-1 yeans oi age,—aim there its sucn a one on Liie roll—is entitled to claim a pension ol JUUIi per anniidii. 'liie immediate result 01 the amendment was to increase the annual value ol widows' peudiyius 'Awn 111 1 orce iry £1,100, Liie liability in regard to thcay at the close ol tlie year war> £'<il,\)io, The report givcfc lull details ol tne widows' pensions scheme, oi tno number ol pensions now in lorce, and oho claims lodged and investigated. Ihe number oi pens ioiiers under Una head 011 the Jlst

jMarcli, including 2(J .U a uric, -was pension payable being XJiy lis 2d. lire cancellations include 2 deaths. There were, however, ID deutiis during Liie year, the pension being continued to Liie guardian oi liie children 111 b cases. Mie total deatlib since ine Act caine

into operation in 11/il now number 3U, and die number oi guardians appointed 24. (Seventy pensioners remarried during the year, and in (ju cases the youngest child reached the age oi il. ihe claims lodged duung 'the year numbered being an increase ol 3D on the iigures ol the previous year. 'J law, with the 81 a waiting investigation at the close oi me proceeding year, made a. total ol 020 dealt with, which were accounted lor as follows:— Granted 158; KejecLcd (including with<3; Awaiting investigation on the 31st March, 89. 01' the new pensioners, -1-113 were JJriti^li-born, including j\ew Zealanders; 8 were .Maoris; and the remaining 4 ol foreign extraction. Thirty-lour had been previously on the roll. The ages oi the new pensioner.* varied ironi 111 to O'Jj the ages claiming the greatest number being 35 and 39 although lor all pensioners age 44 heads the list. The total claims lodged now number 2/JOl, including 421 at Auckland, 854 at Christchurch, 320 at L)uncdiii, and 28(3 at Wellington. 2,327 oi these have been established, /(i per cent/, being still on the roll. Ol the 73 rejected claims, 27 were nyt established on account ol : excess of income and property. In 7 cases the children were born out of New Zealand. The total families of the new pensioners ranged from 1 to 15, and the number of children under 14 m one family from 1 to 10, the average being: Total family, 4.3 (last year " 4-4) ; family under 14, 2.5 (la6t year 2.5). Details will be found in the appendix. The total number of children on whoso account the pension has now been granted to date is 6*775,.