OLD-AGE PENSIONS DEPARTMENT (ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE), FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1909.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1909 Session II, H-18

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1909. NEW ZEALAND.

OLD-AGE PENSIONS DEPARTMENT (ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE), FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1909.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 69 of " The Old-age Pensions Act, 1908."

The Commissioner of Old-age Pensions to the Eight Hon. the Minister of Finance. Sir, — Old-age Pensions Department, Wellington, 30th April, 1909. I have the honour to submit herewith my report on the working of the Department during the financial year ended 31st March, 1909. The principal event of the year was the passage through Parliament of an Amendment Act, which widened the scope of former Acts, and thereby added considerably to the number of pensioners. This Act received the Governor's assent on the 10th October, 1908. The main features of this enactment are, — (1.) A provision giving Magistrates power to grant pensions to applicants immediately on their losing their employment who previously were ineligible for the best part of twelve months after ceasing work. (2.) The exemption of life-assurance policies and annuities as accumulated property under the Act. (3.) A reduction in the period of good behaviour before the granting of a pension from five years to twelve months. (4.) The elimination of a provision in the principal Act relating to residence which placed restrictions on the allowance of four years' absence from New Zealand. (5.) An increase from £300 to £650 in the value of property transferable to the Public Trustee in return for a pension. (6.) A provision for payment to the Mental Hospital Department of pensions granted to pensioners admitted to mental hospitals. (7.) An alteration in the due date of the first instalment of a pension, making it one month earlier than previously. (8.) A provision for the suspension of an order of forfeiture during the period a pensioner is being maintained in a charitable institution. It may be mentioned that the former Acts above referred to were consolidated in one Act by Parliament early in the session of 1908. Pensions in Force. A considerable increase in the number of participants in the scheme—the largest in any year since 1901 —has taken place during the past year. On the 31st March last there were 14,396 pensioners on the books, including 691 members of the Native race. This represents an increase of 827 on the figures of the previous year, thus :— New pensions granted .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,113 Deduct, — Deaths .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,112 Cancellations .. .. .. .. .. .. 174 1,286 Net increase .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 827 Not only has the increase been in actual numbers, but also in the percentage of pensioners to the population eligible by age and residence. The following table indicates the rise and the previous fall:— European Population w On 31st March eligible by PenaioCra Percentage. Age and Residenoe. 1901 ... ... ... (Actual) 26,563 11,307 42 1906 ... „ 37,367 11,915 31 1908 ... ... ... (Estimated) 39,336 12,912 32 1909 ... ... ... „ 40,176 13,705 34

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The percentage of pensioners to the population eligible by age only is 30 per cent. Last year it was 29 per cent. These facts are worthy of attention when considering any future amendment of the Act. 11,340 pensioners, or 78 per cent, of the whole, draw the full pension of £26. Pour draw the minimum pension of £1. There are still on the roll 2,173 out of the 7,487 pensioners who were admitted in the first three months of the Act ten years ago. There are 105 European pensioners of the age of ninety and over. Of this number 7 are ninetyfive and over, and 2 are centenarians. New Claims. The number of new claims lodged during the past year was 2,834. These, with the 640 awaiting investigation at the seventy-five agencies of the Department on the 31st March, 1908, made a total of 3,474 claims dealt with. They are accounted for as follows : — Granted 2,113 Rejected .. .. .. .. •• •• •• ..498 Awaiting investigation on 31st March, 1909 .. .. .. .. 863 Total 3,474 The total claims lodged since the Act came into operation on the Ist January, 1899, now number 36,428. Of these, 27,730 have been granted, of which latter 51 per cent, are still on the pension-roll. The new pensioners admitted during the year include 110 Natives. 1,916 of them, or 90 per cent., are of British extraction, including 52 whites born in New Zealand. The percentage of new pensioners to the people who became eligible by age and residence each year, as with the percentage in the case of the total pensioners, shows an upward tendency, thus :— Europeans who New Year ended 31st March became eligible by European Percentage. Age and Residence. Pensioners. 1902 3,537 1,527 43 1906 . 5,900 1,948 33 1908 3,623 1,660 45 1909 3,720 2,003 53 Further particulars relating to the claims made and the new pensions granted appear in the appendix. Annual Payments. According as the number of pensioners increase, so also must the annual payments under the Act. The gross payments passed through the accounts for the past year totalled £336,759 16s. 2d., being a sum exceeding that paid in the previous year by £11,560 13s. The increase last year on the preceding year's figures was also £11,000-odd, and it will no doubt appear strange that, although there has been little variation in this addition to the annual payment in the past' two years, there was last year an increase of 827 pensioners, as against only 312 in the year 1907-8. This seeming disparity is explained by the fact that|the|increase of pensioners in the past year was more pronounced in the closing months of the year, due, no doubt, to the widening of the scope of the Act referred to in my opening remarks. The [full effect of this latter increment in numbers on the annual payments has yet to be felt. After deducting the sum of £227 14s. 7d., representing overpayments of pension refunded, the net charge against the Consolidated Fund is £336,532 Is. 7d. The distribution of the amount in the various postal districts is indicated by the following table :— . Number of Amount. Postal District. Payments. £ a. d. Auckland 34,071 69,644 9 7 Blenheim 1,837 3,779 7 9 Christchurch . • 27,218 55,903 6 0 Dunedin 26,022 52,231 16 5 Gisborne I 1,212 2,281 10 9 Greymouth 6,108 12,926 2 9 Hokitika 6,294 13,271 17 9 Invercargill 10,138 21,012 2 5 Napier 5,912 11,951 13 5 Nelson 3,436 6,956 16 1 New Plymouth 2,975 5,993 8 0 Oamaru 3,524 7,282 16 7 . Thames 6,079 12,731 11 4 Timaru 5,961 11,982 14 11 Wanganui 4.697 9,786 0 5 Wellington 15,656 31,701 1 4 Westport 3,493 7,376 5 6 Total .. .. .. •• •• 164,633 £336,813 1 0 Note. These latter figures include a number of payments which were not passed through the accounts by reason of some slight informality.

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The following table shows the gross amount paid since the Act came into force, together with the cost per head of the population (exclusive of Maoris) in each year : — Gross Payments Population Cost per on Account of at End o£ Head o£ Pensions. Year. Population. £ s. d. Three months ended 31st March, 1899 (at £18) 3,124 746,676 0 1 Year ended 31st March, 1900 (at £18) ... 157,342 758,617 4 1 1901 „ ... 197,292 772,719 5 1 1902 „ ... 207,468 789,994 5 3 • „ 1903 .„ ... 210,140 814,842 5 2 - „ 1904 .; ... 203,164 838,954 410 1905 „ ... 195,475 864,971 4 6 1906* „ ... 254,367 889,968 5 8 1907 (at £26) ... 314,184 - 913,873 6 10 1908 „ ... 325,199 937,587 6 11 1909 „ ... 336,760 968,313 6 11 Total ... ... ... 2,404,515 • Five months at £18; seven months at £26. Eecovebibs. Overpaid pensions refunded and paid to the credit of the Public Account during the year totalled £227 14s. 7d. The following table shows the overpayments recovered in each year since the Act came into operation : — f s . d. Three months ended?3lst March, 1899 .. .. .. .. Nil. Year ended 31st March, 1900 .. .. .. .. ..' 25 15 0 1901 .. .. .. .. .. 63 18 4 . „ 1902 .. .. .. .. 127 1 11 1903 .. .. .. .. ~ 1,039 11 1 1904 .. .. .. .. .. 2,349 14 7 1905 .. .. .. 1,526 10 9 1906 .. . .. .. .. 405 11 0 1907 .. .. .. .. .. 357 16 8 1908 .. .. .. .. .. p!63 0 8 1909 .. .. .. .. .. 227 14 7 Total .. .. .. . .. .. £6,286 14 7 Cost of Administration. The cost of administration during the past year was £9,098 2s. 2d., the details being as follows :— £ s. d. Salaries .. .. ..... .. .. .. 4,251 11 2 Other charges, — Clerical assistance.. .. .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 Contribution to Post Office for paying pensions .. .. 3,990 0 0 Fees for certificates of age, &c. .. .. . . .. 14 16 10 Freight and cartage .. .. . . . . .. 318 5 Interpreters' fees .. .. • .. .. .. .. 28 3 0 Light, firing, and water .. .. .. .. .. 10 14 9 Office-cleaning .. .. '.. .. .. .. 38 18 3 Office requisites .. . . . . .. .. .. 115 5 Payment to E. Abbenseth . . .. .. .. .. 3 10 0 Postage, telegrams, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 507 6 1 Telephones .. .. .. .. .. .. 54 0 0 Travelling-expenses of Commissioner, Stipendiary Magistrates, 75 Registrars, and police constables .. .. .. 157 7 9 Travelling-expenses of pensioners .. .. .. .. 15 0 Contingencies .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 5 6 £9,098 2 2 It will be noted that no less than £4,497 of these charges was paid to the Postal Department, £3,990 as a contribution to pay pensions, and £507 for postages. By deducting this sum from the total, it will be found that the actual cost of administration in salaries, travelling-expenses, and incidentals is reduced to £4,601, being only I*3 per cent, of the total paid away in pensions during the year. The travelling-expenses have, as in former years, been kept at a low figure, the expenditure under this head, embracing the expenses of the Commissioner, Magistrates, Registrars, and the police, being only £157.

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The amount paid for administering the Act in each year since the Act was passed is as follows : — £ Three months ended 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... ... 510 Year ended 31st March, 1900 2,360 1901 2,415 1902 ... ... ... ... ... 2,535 1903 3,805 1904 3,655 1905 ... ... ... ... ... 3,936 1906 4,758 1907 ... ... ... ... ... 5,250 1908 ... ... ... ... ... 5,766 1909 9,098 Total £44,088 The percentage of the total cost of administration to the total payments of £2,404,515 for pensions is 1-8 per cent. Annual Liability. The liability at the end of each year since the Act came into force is as follows : — £ £ s. At 31st March, 1899, 127,319, or an average of 17 2 for 7,443 pensioners. 1900, 193,718, „ 17 3 „ 11,285 1901, 211,965, „ 17 2 „ 12,405 1902, 217,192, „ 17 0 „ 12,776 1903, 211,594, „ 16 19 „ 12,481 1904, 200,915, „ 16 17 „ 11,926 1905, 199,081, „ 16 18 „ 11,770 1906, 313,018, „ 24 17 „ 12,582 1907, 326,084, „ 24 12 „ 13,257 1908, 333,340, „ 24 11 „ 13,569 1909, 353,343, „ 24 10 „ 14,396 The accompanying table shows the number of pensions at each rate at the end of the year 1908-9. Number of Rate. Liability. Number of Rate. Liability. Pensions. £ £ Pensions. £ £ 11,340 26 294,840 77 12 924 403 25 10,075 68 11 748 420 24 10,080 58 10 580 290 23 6,670 51 9 459 225 22 4,950 58 8 464 260 21 5,460 16 7 112 187 20 3,740 37 6 222 163 19 3,097 29 5 145 204 18 3,672 20 , 4 80 108 17 1,836 18 3 54 102 16 1,632 10 2 20 90 15 1,350 4 1 4 75 14 1,050 83 13 1,079 Total 14,396 £353,343 I Forfeited Instalments. The instalments due last year and remaining unpaid on the 31st March amounted to £1,408 9s. lid. £1,330 11s. 7d. of this amount represents absolutely forfeited instalments on which there is no further claim, the balance being instalments the payment of which is in abeyance. The absolutely forfeited instalments in each month are, — Absolutely Forfeited Instalments. 1908. £ „. d . April 103 16 8 May 102 13 4 June 129 16 8 July .. .. .. .. •• •• •• 123 5 0 August .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 148 8 4 September .. .. .. .. .. .. ... 11l 1 8 October 124 13 3 November .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 93 3 4 December .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 102 3 0 1909. January .. .. ' .. .. .. •• •• 105 7 0 February .. .. .. .. •• •■ •• 94 6 8 March .. .. .. .. •• •• •• 91 16 8 Total £1,330 11 7

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Homes and Hospitals. The amount paid to the controlling bodies of the various homes and hospitals in New Zealand during the past year totalled £17,973 10s. 10d. Full details in regard to these payments, which do not carry a Government subsidy, are set out in the appendix. The decrease in the annual expenditure on outdoor relief since the Old-age Pensions Act came into force in 1898 is indicated by the following table :■ — Annual Cost Cost per European of Head of Year ended Population. Outdoor Relief. Population. £ s. d. 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... 746,676 50,850 1 4J 1900 ... ... ... 758,617 41,790 1 i£ 1901 ... ... ... 772,719 42,181 1 1 1902 ... ... ... 789,994 38,934 0 llf 1903 ... ... ... 814,842 43,421 1 Of 1904 ... ... ... 833,954 42,618 1 0£ 1905 ... ... ... 864,971 40,799 0 ll| 1906 889,968 39,547 0 10J 1907 ... ... ... 913,873 38,305 0 10 1908 937,587 33,998 0 8J 1909 ... ... ... 968,313 37,537 0 9| General. . The usual assistance has been rendered by the Department to applicants in securing the necessary evidence of age. Of the total number of applicants during the year — i.e., 2,834 —no less than 812 were unable to prove their ages ; and, as a result of the inquiries made by Head Office in these cases, 498 were enabled to get their pensions, while 157 were found to be short of the pension age. In 92 cases no evidence could be traced, and in the remaining 65 replies from outside the Dominion are still awaited. Now that the Old-age Pensions Department is about to become incorporated with the Post and Telegraph Department, this will be my last report on the working of the scheme, and when the time comes for me to hand over the administration to my successor, it will be with the feeling that I have done my duty alike to the State, to the old-age pensioners, and to myself. J. Eman Smith, Commissioner.

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APPENDIX. Tables embodied in Appendix. Table 1. Number and annual value of pensions (in districts). „ 2. Pensions in North and South Islands. „ 3. Claims received (in districts), and how disposed of. „ 4. Nationalities of pensioners admitted during the year 1908-9. „ 5. Sex and conjugal condition of pensioners admitted during the year 1908-9. „ 6. Ages of pensioners admitted during the year 1908-9. „ 7. Percentage of pensions granted in each year now in force. „ 8. Pensions in foroe and payments in each year. „ 9. New grants, deaths, and cancellations in eaoh year. , 10. Amounts paid to homes and hospitals.

Table 1.—Number and Annual Value of Pensions granted to Europeans and Maoris in Force on the 31st March, 1909.

Table 2. Pensions in Fobce at the 31st March, 1909, in North and South Islands. Europeans. Maoris. Liability. In North Island 5,593 .. 633 .. 152,507 In South Island 8,112 .. 58 .. 200,836 13,705 .. 691 .. £353,343

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Number. Number. District. Annual Value. District. Annual Value. Europeans. Maoris. Europeans Maoris. Auckland .. Coromandel Dargaville .. Hamilton .. Helensville .. Kaitaia Mangonui .. Maungaturoto Otahuhu Raglan Rawene Rotorua Russell Taupo Warkworth Whangarei .. Whangaroa.. Thames Opotiki Paeroa Tauranga Te Aroha .. Whakatane Gisborne Port Awanui Napier Dannevirke Waipawa Wairoa New Plymouth Stratford Wanganui .. Hawera Marton Patea Wellington .. Feilding Carterton .. Masterton .. 1,500 94 84 268 50 18 14 36 99 15 25 15 60 5 75 139 18 273 20 81 32. 54 7 69 6 329 133 59 10 203 40 200 86 99 36 704 104 85 126 11 25 17 44 5 57 17 1 3 18 64 50 81 13 7 7 26 8 21 13 38 2 24 16 12 £ 36,929 3,002 2,532 7,532 1,392 1,913 768 916 2,502 821 2,148 1,651 3,410 468 1,806 3,641 1,070 7,106 1,048 2,343 1,687 1,384 794 1,946 370 8,088 3,234 1,446 521 5,197 1,035 5,035 2,122 2,477 910 17,588 2,660 2,146 3,068 Otaki Pahiatua Palmerston North Nelson Motueka Blenheim .. Havelock Christchurch Akaroa Amberley .. Ashburton .. Culverden .. Kaiapoi Kaikoura Timaru Fairlie Geraldine .. Waimate Greymouth Reefton Hokitika Westport Oamaru Dunedin Balolutha .. Clyde Lawrence .. Milton Naseby Palmerston South Waikouaiti.. Invercargill Gore Queenstown Riverton Chatham Islands 64 55 203 216 81 153 7 1,703 35 14 273 8 333 16 213 17 174 132 448 135 508 242 293 1,392 139 119 193 150 116 55 53 504 144 104 136 6 6 "3 1 "2 4 "7 3 "6 1 £ 1,638 1,135 5,028 5,177 1,952 3,821 180 41,662 1,009 341 6,823 204 8,487 460 5,079 407 4,293 3,224 11,452 3,425 12,867 6,169 7,318 33,145 3,503 3,051 4,860 3,600 2,882 1,310 1,298 12,534 3,660 2,622 3,811 210 1 2 1 2 1 1 15 12 1 1 1 1 "l "4 4 6 3 1 1 'l6 3 Totals 13,705 691 £353,343

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Table 3.—Claims received (in Districts), and how disposed of.

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District. Total Number of Claims received since Act came into Force. Claims awaiting Investigation on 31st Mar., 1908. For Fim 31s ancial Year ending it March, 1909. bliehed. re J eoted - Claims awaiting Investigation on 31st Mar., 1909. Claims received. Auckland ... Coromandel Dargaville ... Hamilton ... Helensville Kaitaia Mangonui ... Maungaturoto Otahuhu ... Eaglan Rawene Eotorua Eussell Taupo Warkworth Whangarei Whangaroa Thames Opotiki Paeroa Tauranga ... Te Aroha ... Whakatane Gisborne ... Port Awanui Napier Dannevirke Waipawa ... Wairoa New Plymouth Stratford ... Wanganui... Hawera ... Marton Patea Wellington Feilding ... Carterton ... Masterton ... Otaki Pahiatua ... Palmerston North ... Nelson Motueka ... Blenheim ... Havelock ... Christchurch Akaroa Amberley ... Ashburton... Gulverden ... Kaiapoi Kaikoura ... Timaru Fairlie Geraldine ... Waimate ... Greymouth Beefton Hokitika ... Westport ... Oamaru 3,73? 352 309 634 454 113 187 105 800 232 316 253 368 111 238 476 128 699 102 262 335 106 117 351 286 806 422 95 262 624 117 543 241 298 93 1,644 251 266 347 163 132 483 660 202 410 27 3,449 127 22 566 24 700 59 425 31 381 259 1,003 370 1,249 641 662 31 11 4 19 20 4 1 6 9 13 2 5 7 2 6 8 27 11 26 24 8 8 15 359 27 30 84 13 19 9 4 14 7 7 32 14 2 9 21 5 62 6 28 24 13 1 18 3 96 23 11 3 31 8 21 22 27 10 167 26 38 44 9 18 41 34 12 20 1 306 6 2 53 3 43 4 38 5 31 28 54 29 78 35 55 244 14 16 60 7 18 9 4 5 3 12 17 11 2 5 14 7 54 10 19 19 13 1 12 88 6 19 4 1 1 3 1 ' 11 2 58 24 12 24 6 17 3 12 12 8 6 6 2 7 3 29 5 31 19 8 7 17 3 18 17 6 4 6 3 6 2 4 10 1 4 47 10 1 4 4 19 9 5 9 5 4 8 7 1 12 9 6 93 13 6 2 22 5 25 17 21 7 118 16 12 27 10 11 35 30 12 20 1 258 4 2 47 1 37 3 33 7 22 22 46 15 57 21 29 "32 3 1 1 1 4 2 5 1 47 7 10 12 3 5 5 4 4 1 12 6 11 12 6 2 11 8 20 13 3 3 1 12 5 5 32 2 1 4 25 1 1 1 "55 3 3 1 3 3 10 7 10 1 20 8 7 2 1 4 1 5 3 6 5 9 6 8 9 2 7 1 4 14 10 12 10 32 16 25 Carried forward 29,125 402 539 2,243 1,683 697

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Table 3. —Claims received (in Districts), and how disposed of— continued.

Table 4. —Original Nationalities of Pensioners to whom new Pensions were granted during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1909. Number. Number. Number. British (English) ... 946 British (Cape-Colonist) ... 1 Bohemian ... •■ ... 2 „ (Irish) ... ... 460 „ (Norfolk-Islander) 1 Polish ... ... 2 „ (Scotch) ... 385 „ (South-Australian) 1 Portuguese ... ... 2 „ (New-Zealander)... 52 German ... ... 26 Swiss... ... ... 2 „ (Welsh)... ... 20 Danish ... ... 15 Finn ... ... ... 1 „ (Tasmanian) ... 15 Swedish ... ... 12 Greek ... ... 1 „ (New South Wales) 13 Norwegian ... ... 6 Eussian ... ... 1 „ (Victorian) ... 7 French ... ... 4 Maoris ... ... 110 „ (Canadian) ... 6 Italian ... ... 4 „ (Channel-Islander) 5 American ... ... 3 Total ... 2,113 „ (Nova-Scotian) ... 3 Austrian ... ... 3 „ (Barbadoes colonist) 1 Prussian ... ... 3 These pensioners are now all British subjects, as required by law. Table 5. —Sex and Conjugal Condition of Pensioners who were admitted during the Year ended the 31st March, 1909. Sex. Single. Married. Widowed. Totals. Males ... 281 646 317 1,244 Females ... 27 389 453 869 Totals ... 308 1,035 770 2,113 Tablk 6.—Ages of Pensioners admitted during the Year ended the 31st March, 1909. Number. Number. Number. At age 65 ... ... 582 At age 75 ... ... 59 At age 85 ... . i 66 ... ... 271 „ 76 ... ... 45 „ 86 ... .. g 67 ... ... 186 „ 77 ... ... 39 „ 87 ... .. 1 68 ... ... 202 „ 78 ... ... 31 „ 88 ... .. 5 69 ... ... 123 „ 79 ... ... 30 „ 89 2 70 ... ... 116 „ 80 ... ... 19 „ 90 ... 2 71 ... .. HI „ 81 ..." ... 10 „ 92 ... 1 „ 72 93 „ 82 12 „ 106" 1 „ 73 73 „ 83 11 „ 74 75 „ 84 7 ■•• Total ... 2,113

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District. Total Number of Claims received Bitioe Act came into Force. Claims awaiting Investigation on 31st Mar., 1908. Claims Cla f ima Claims received. rejected. For Financial Year ending 31st March, 1909. Claims awaiting Investigation on 31st Mar., 1909. Brought forward Dunedin ... 3alclutha ... Dlyde jawrence ... Hilton tfaseby Palmerston South ... iVaikouaiti invercargill 29,125 3,023 323 277 454 306 247 134 80 1,433 55 258 361 14 338 539 23 9 8 4 3 10 4 3 16 12 4 5 2,243 301 21 14 24 35 12 10 4 99 18 17 33 3 1,683 203 19 11 21 32 14 3 5 65 17 16 21 3 402 61 5 2 2 3 2 1 2 9 8 697 60 6 9 5 3 6 10 jore Jueenstown iiverton ... Dhatham Islands Port Chalmers (agency closed) 41 5 5 16 1 36,428 640 2,834 2,113 498 863

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Table 7. —Number of Pensions granted in each Financial Year, together with the Numbers of such Pensions in Force on the 31st March, 1909.

Table 8.—Comparative Statement of Pensions in Force, and Payments made in each Financial Year since the Act came into Operation.

Table 9.—Number of Pensions granted since the Act came into Operation, with Number of Deaths and Cancellations, and Number in Force at End of each Year.

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Pensions granted ia each Year. Number of BuohgPensions ; still in Force, on 31st March 1909. Percentage of Pensions in Force to Pensions granted. Year ended 31st March, 1899 ... 1900 ... 1901 ... 1902 ... „ .1903 ... „ 1904 ... . 1905 ... 1906 ... 1907 ... 1908 ... 1909 ... 7,487 4,699 2,227 1,694 1,391 1,063 1,210 2,075 2,031 1,740 2,113 2,173 1,513 '916 ; J 779 5750 674 834 1,523 1,655 1,525 2,054 29 32 41 45 53 63 68 73 81 87 97 Totals 27,730 14,396

Date. Number of Payments to Pensions in End of Force. Financial Year. Expenditure. Pensions. Increase. Decrease. Inorease. Decrease. £ 3,124 157,342 197,292 207,468 210,140 203,164 195,475 254,367 314,184 325,199 336,760 £ £ .t 31st March, 1899 ... 1900 ... 1901 ... 1902 ... 1903 ... 1904 ... 1905 ... 1906 ... 1907 ... 1908 ... 1909 .. 7,443 11,285 12,405 12,776 12,481 11,926 11,770 12,582 13,257 13,569 14,396 154,218 39,950 10,176 2,672 6,976 7,689 3,842 1,120 371 295 555 156 58,892 59,817 11,015 11,561 812 675 312 827 Total... £2,404,515

Year ending 31st March. Number of Pensions granted. Deaths. Cancellations. In Force at End of Year. Liability each Year. .899 .900 .901 .902 .903... .904... .905... .906 .907 .908 .909... 7,487 4,699 2,227 1,694 1,391 1,063 1,210 2,075 2,031 i;740 2,113 38 786 815 935 1,064 928 890 1,038 1,097 1,189 1,112 6 71 292 388 622 690 476 225 259 239 174 7,443 11,285 12,405 12,776 12,481 11,926 11,770 12,582 13,257 13,569 14,396 £ 127,319 193,718 211,965 217,192 211,594 200,915 199,081 313,018 326,084 333,340 353,343 Totals... 27,730 9,892 3,442

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Table 10.—Number of Old-age Pensioners maintained in Homes and Hospitals throughout the Dominion on the 31st March, 1909, together with the Amounts paid to such Institutions during the Year.

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Controlling Body. Institution. Payments, Year 1908-0. •SS.SS1 a. 2 d -a4 13938 Amount handed t Pensioners after Deduction of Maintenance. Location. Name. iVhangarei Auckland North of Auckland Charitable Aid Board.. Auokland Charitable Aid Board Little Sisters of the Poor Veterans' Home Thames and Coromandel Charitable Aid Board Waikato Charitable Aid Board Cook Distriot Charitable Aid Board Hawke'a Bay United Charitable Aid Board Taranaki Distriot Charitable Aid Board .. Patea and Wanganui Charitable Aid Board Palmerston North Charitable Aid Board.. North Wairarapa Benevolent Society Benevolent Institution Contributors Society for Relief of Aged Needy Sisters of Compassion Wairau Charitable Aid Board Picton Charitable Aid Board Nelson Charitable Aid Board Buller Charitable Aid Board Charleston Hospital Trustees Beefton Hospital Trustees Greymouth Hospital Trustees Westland Hospital Trustees Westland Charitable Aid Board Kumara Hospital Trustees North Canterbury and Ashburton Charitable Aid Board Ditto Samaritan Home Trustees Nazareth House South Canterbury Charitable Aid Board.. North Otago Benevolent Society Otago Benevolent Society Home for Aged and Poor Southland Charitable Aid Board Old Men's Home Costley Home Home £ s. d. 161 19 1 1,789 JO 11 689 18 10 946 2 9 362 17 9 7 83 26 39 17 4s. per month, 6s. 6d. per month. 8s. 2s. 6d. per week. 5s. per month. w • • H ■ • Dhames Old Men's Home Hamilton Jisborne Napier lew Plymouth /Vanganui Palme rston N. tfasterton Wellington Old People's Home Old Men's Home Jubilee Home No institution Solway Home Ohiro Home Home Home for Incurables Old Men's Home Hospital Old People's Home Hospital .. 201 10 0 127 6 2 702 12 6 479 6 6 163 17 7 109 9 9 10 16 8 559 17 6 714 14 1 250 0 9 104 0 0 88 15 3 754 8 4 454 10 8 173 16 5 217 17 9 754 6 11 602 4 2 149 10 0 451 17 1 841 6 7 8 5 29 15 7 4 1 20 29 10 5 3 28 20 7 9 28 19 7 11 35 4s. Is. per week. 10s. 4d. per month. 10s. 5s. » Nil. Blenheim Picton kelson /Vestport Charleston leefton Is. 6d. per week. 7s. 7d. per month. 5s. per month. Is. per week. 6s. per month. 2s. per week. 2a. 11s.4d.per month, 5s. 10s. 7s. 6d. 13s. 4d. 13s. 4d. Is. per week. ■rreymouth .. lokitika loss fumara jhristohuroh .. Jubilee Home Cimaru )amaru )unedin Old Men's Home, Ashburton Samaritan Home Home Old Men's Home 910 5 2 105 6 8 392 13 1 409 0 8 387 16 8 2,102 15 9 361 13 4 35 5 17 18 1G 81 16 I 14 1 16__ 690 24 Is. 4s. per month. 5s. , Is. 6d. per week. 8s. 8d. per month. 13s. 4d. „ 13s. 4d. „ 4s. 6d. 8s. 6d. w • ■ Benevolent Institution Home (Bowmont Street Home } \ Lome Farm .. / 777 7 8 nveroargill .. Hospital Patients only 17,309 13 0 663 17 10 £17,973 10 10 714