POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT: OLD-AGE PENSIONS BRANCH (FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1912.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1912 Session II, F-09

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Session 11. 1912. NEW ZEALAND.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT: OLD-AGE PENSIONS BRANCH (FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1912.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 69 of the Old-age Pensions 9ict, 1908.

The Commissioner of Olb-age Pensions to the Hon. the Minister of Finance. Sir, — Old-age Pensions Office, General Post Office, Wellington, 14th June, 1912. I have the honour to submit, for the information of Parliament, the results of the operation of the Old-age Pensions Acts for the year ended the 31st March, 1912. Points of interest at the close of the year are as follows, a comparison being shown with the figures of the previous year : — At 31st March, 1912. At 31st March, 1911. European population of New Zealand ... 1,031,500 1,008,468 Maori population of New Zealand ... ... 49,844 49,844 European population, sixty-five years and over... 48,294 47,700 European population, sixty-five years of age and twenty-five years in New Zealand "... 42,772 41,990 Number of pension-claims lodged since Act came into operation on Ist January, 1899 ... 45,243 42,271 Number of pensions granted since Act came into operation on Ist January, 1899 ... ... 34,751 32,433 Number of European pensioners on the roll ... 15,984 15,336 Number of Maori pensioners on the roll ... 665 684 Percentage of European pensioners to total European population ... ... 154 152 Percentage of European pensioners to European population sixty-five years and over ... 330 320 Percentage of European pensioners to European population eligible by age and residence ... 370 360 Percentage of Maori pensioners to total Maori population ... ... ... ... 1"33 P3B Number of pensioners in receipt of pension of £26 14,209 13,936 Percentage of these to total number of pensioners 85"3 870 Amount paid in pensions during year... ... .£406,256 £383,393 Cost per head of European population ... 7s. lOd. 7s. 7d. Total amount paid in pensions since Act came into operation ... ... ... £3,556,660 £3,150,404 Cost of administration during year ... ... £4,382 £3,803 Percentage of cost of administration to annual payments ... ... ... ... PO7 099 Cost of administration since Act came into operation ... ... ... ... £55,563 £51,181 Percentage of total cost of administration to total payments ... ... ~, 156 1"62

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Amendment of Act. During the year a short amending Act was added to the statute-book, the main features being— (1.) A variation in the age-limit, whereby males at age 60, and females at age 55, who are the parents of two or more children under the age of 14 dependent upon them for their support, and who can comply with the residential and other qualifications of former Acts, are eligible for admission to the roll with a maximum pension of £39 per annum. The applications lodged under this provision to the end of March numbered 33, of -which 24 were granted and 9 rejected. The annual increase to the appropriations for these new pensions is represented by the sum of £871. (2.) The exemption from inclusion in the computation of a pensioner's income of sums expended from capital in maintenance and other necessary expenses. The number of pensioners who had benefited by this provision to the close of the year was 56, the annual amount due to these, in addition to that previously payable, being £779. (3.) A widening of the scope of the Act by providing for the treatment of certain classes of life-interests as income instead of property. A limited number of pensioners has received increased pensions as a result of this provision. (4.) A provision making for uniformity of interpretation in regard to the treatment of money received from the sale or other conversion of real property. A further amendment in the form of a separate Act entitled the Military Pensions Act, which received the Governor's assent on the 28th October, 1911, provides for the payment of a militarypension in lieu of an old-age pension to any person who has served as a soldier in any war under the Crown, and who can comply with the various qualifications imposed by the Old-age Pensions Acts. Under this Act 23 pensions have been granted, 12 being to original applicants and 11 representing conversions from old-age pensions. Pensions in Force. The number of pensions in force on the 31st March, including 665 Maoris, totalled 16,649, being an increase of 629 on the figures of the previous year, thus : — European. Maori. Total. New pensions granted ... .... ... 2,237 81 2,318 Deduct deaths ... ... ... ... 1,391 78 Deduct cancellations ... ... ... ... 198 22 1,689 Increase ... ... ... ... ... 629 The liability in regard to these is represented by the sum of £416,530 per annum, being an average of £25 per pension. The liability for the number of pensions on the books at the end of each year since the Act was passed is shown by Table XI of the appendix. As.pointed out in previous reports, with the population of the Dominion gradually increasing there must of necessity be a proportionate increase each year in the number of persons of the required age and residence from whose ranks the army of pensioners is drawn, and it should therefore be looked upon as a certainty that the number of participants will go on increasing at a fairly high rate without any aid in the way of extended benefits. The number now being admitted each year would almost seem to have settled down to a fixed average of something like 200 a month, the figures for the past three years being—l9lo, 2,304; 1911, 2,399; 1912, 2,318. The net average increase, after allowing for deaths and cancellations, works out at 697 for the past seven years. The fluctuations since the Act came into operation in 1899 are shown in Table XII of the appendix. The percentage of pensioners to the population eligible by age and residence, which has remained stationary for two years, now shows a slight upward tendency, the rate at the end of the year just closed being 37 per cent., as against 36 per cent, in the previous year. The liberalizing provisions of the amendments of more recent years can be held to be in part responsible for this. Where previously these were effecting only an increase in the amount of the average pension payable, and thereby in the gross payments under the Act, now the number of participants is beginning to be affected; and another factor operating to. this end, due no doubt to the added benefits referred to, is the evident desire of our old colonists to take advantage of the State's benefaction at the earliest possible opportunity. The number of people who have applied for and obtained pensions immediately they were qualified by age or residence has been quite a feature of the year's operations, considerably over one-third of the number admitted coming under this head.

The following table shows the percentages from 1906 onwards of the European pensioners to (a) the population eligible by age, and (b) the population eligible by age and residence : —

At 31st March. (a.) European Population eligible by Age. (6.) European Population eligible by Age and Residence. European Pensioners. Percentage to (a). Percentage to (6). 1906 (actual) 1907 (estimated).. 1908 1909 1910 1911 (actual) 1912 (estimated).. 40,788 42,337 43,371 44,562 44,838 47,700 48,294 37,367 38,611 39,336 40,176 40,238 41,990 42,772 11,915 12,597 12,912 13,705 14,626 15,336 15,984 29 29 29 30 32 32 33 31 32 32 34 36 36 37

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In regard to these figures, it may be noted that the estimate of the population eligible by age and residence at 31st March, 1911, quoted in my last year's report at 41,556, and based on the 1906 census figures in conjunction with the mortality rate for the intervening years, shows a variation of only 434 from the actual figures disclosed by the census taken on the 2nd April, 1911. The distribution of the pensioners, European and Maori, in the various districts throughout the Dominion, together with the annual amount payable in these districts, is embodied in Table I of the appendix. Of the total number of pensioners, 14,209, or 85 per cent., were in receipt of the £26 pension, as against 87 per cent, in the previous year. The number payable at each rate is set out in Table II of the appendix. Those pensioners who were admitted to the roll during the first three months of the Act, thirteen years ago, are rapidly passing away, only 1,351, or 18 per cent., of the total of 7,487 remaining. The death-rate amongst these during the past year reached the high rate of 17 per cent., the previous year's percentage being only 14 per cent. The numbers remaining on the roll of the various groups admitted year by year, together with the percentages, are shown in Table 111 of the appendix. The total deaths of pensioners during the past year numbered 1,469, the percentage of these to the total pensioners who were on the roll during the same period being 8 per cent. —a rate which has obtained now for two years. For five years previously the rate was 7 per cent. The pensioners of an advanced age continue to bear a high proportion to the whole, those who had reached 90 and upwards numbering 114. Seventeen were 95 and over, and one had topped the century. Table IV of the appendix contains details of the ages of all the pensioners. There were 1,737 married couples drawing pensions at the end of the year. The conjugal conditions of the pensioners admitted since the Act came into force are as follows: Married, 16,139; single, 6,186; and widowed, 12,426. Particulars of the occupations, original nationalities, sexes, and conjugal conditions of all pensioners now on the roil are embodied in Tables V, VI, and VII of the appendix. New Claims. The total claims lodged during the year numbered 2,975, being an increase of 14 on the number made during the previous year. These, with the 671 awaiting investigation at the seventythree agencies of the office on the 31st March, 1911, made a total of 3,646 dealt with, which were accounted for as follows :— Granted ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,318 Rejected (including deaths, withdrawals, etc.) ... ... ... 638 Being investigated on 31st March, 1912 ... ... ... ... 690 3,646 Of those granted, 191 represent applicants who were previously on the roll. The total claims lodged since the Act came into operation now number 45,243, of which number 34,751 have been established, 47 per cent, of these still being on the books. The new pensioners include 81 members of the Native race. Of the remainder, all but 100— i.e., 2,137 —are of British extraction, including 88 whites born in New Zealand. There has now been a total of 343 New Zealand whites admitted to the roll, of whom 299 are still alive. Of the 2,975 who applied during the year, 928 Europeans were unable to produce any documentary evidence of their ages, and the usual assistance was rendered to these, inquiries being made by Head Office in all quarters of the globe, with the following results : — Proved to be eligible ... ... ..-. ... ... ... 574 Proved to be under age ... ... ... ... ... ... 140 No proof obtainable ... ... ... ... ... ... 146 Replies outstanding ... ... ... ... ... ... 68 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 928 In 114 of those cases where no proof was obtainable the Magistrate exercised the discretion allowed by section 23 of the original Act and granted pensions. In only 18 of the 81 Maori claims established during the year was documentary evidence of age available. The total number of applicants who have been proved to be short of the pension-age during the past six years is 932. Searches were made for verification of date of arrival in 597 cases, in 9 of which the applicant was found to be disqualified by insufficient residence. The number of claims lodged in each district during the year, and how dealt with, are shown in Table VIII of the appendix. Tables IX and X contain particulars of the nationality, sex, and conjugal condition of the new pensioners. The number of pensions granted in each year since 1898, and the deaths and cancellations over the same period, are set out in detail in Table XI of the appendix. Annual Payments. The gross payments made on account of pensions during the year totalled £406,255 16s. 4d., an increase of £22,863 ss. Bd. on the figures of the previous year. The previous year's increase was £20,896 19s. Bd., the average annual increase over the past five years being £18,414. The fluctuations since the Act came into operation are embodied in Table XII of the appendix.

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After deducting the sum of £581 Os. 4d., representing refund of pensions overpaid, and making allowance for a limited number of payments held up on account of some informality, the net charge against the Consolidated Fund for the year stands at £405,672, to which has been applied a credit of £18,709 lis. 6d., being revenue from the national-endowment lands. The total amount credited to old-age pensions from the endowment-lands revenue to date is as follows : — £ g# ,j 1910 ... ... ... ... ... 20,142 12 7 1911 ... ... ... ... ... 16,758 9 8 1912 ... .... ... ... ... 18,709 11 6 £55,610 13 9 This amount just exceeds by a few pounds the total cost of administering the Act since its inception. The grand total paid in pensions since the Act came into operation now stands at £3,556,660. The distribution of last year's payments in the various parts of the Dominion is indicated in ■the table following, to which has been added a column showing the distribution over the whole period of the Act : — Number of Payments Amount paid during Amount paid since Postal District. during Year. Year. Act passed. £ s. d. £ Auckland ... ... ... 41,091 85,157 11 3 742,500 Thames ... ... ... 6,684 14,111 311 137,300 Gisborne ... ... ... 1,490 2,973 4 11 28,800 Napier ... ... ... 7,448 ' 15,534 8 3 128,400 New Plymouth ... ... 3,572 7,309 15 1 66,400 Wanganui ... ... 6,485 13,688 12 0 107,400 Wellington ... .., 20,928 43,435 18 6 336,300 Nelson ... ... ... 3,827 8,100 7 1 82,600 Blenheim ... ... ... 2,368 4,971 15 2 43,100 Christchurch ... ... 32,591 68,159 10 1 560,600 Timaru ... ... ... 7,730 16,285 9 8 121,800 Greymouth ... ... 6,304 13,392 9 8 143,600 Hokitika ... ... ... 6,292 13,384 4 5 143,500 Westport ... ... ... 3,261 6,929 17 7 79,100 Oamaru ... ... ... 3,822 7,990 3 1 71,500 Dunedin ... ... ... 28,864 59,996 10 0 540,300 . Invercargill ... ... 11,866 24,834 15 8 223,400 Totals ... ... 194,623 £41)6,255 16 4 £3,556,600 The total payments and the cost per head of the population in each year are as follows : — Gross Payments , ~ Cost per on Account of P #) 10 ? Head of Pensions. at ILnd ot Popu i at i on . £ lear ' 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 4 10 1905 „ . ... 195,475 864,971 4 6 1906 (at £18 and £26)... 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 1910 „ ... 362,496 987,480 7 4 1911 „ ... 383,393 1,008,468 7 7 1912 „ ... 406,256 1,031,500 7 10 Total ... ... y ... £3,556,660 Recoveries. The amount recovered and paid to the Public Account during the year totalled £581 os. 4d., included in which are two sums of £69 and another of £61 recovered from the estates of deceased pensioners. The total refunded since the scheme was brought into operation now stands at £7,840. Cost of Administration. The cost under this head during the year amounted to £4,381 15s. lid., the details being as follows:— £ s _ d . Salaries ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,819 6 1 Lodging-allowances ... ... ... ... ... 50 6 8 Non-permanent Postmasters, for paying pensions ... ... 256 4 0 Fees for certificates of age ... ... ... ... 3143 Interpreters' fees ... ... ... ... ... ... 3-16 Travelling-expenses ... ... ... ... ... 71 10 5 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... ... ... 150 0 0 £4,381 15 11

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The increase on the figures of the previous year is £579, of which amount a sum approximating £50, being a proportionate part for three months, is chargeable to the administration of the Widows' Pensions Act, which came into operation on the Ist January, 1912. The proportion of this cost to the payments on account of pensions during the year is I'o7 per cent. The total cost of administering the Act since it was passed is £55,563, the percentage to the gross payments of £3,556,660 being 156 per cent., as compared with 162 in 1911, and I'7l in 1910. Forfeited Instalments. The instalments due last year and remaining unpaid on the 31st March totalled £1,629 15s. Bd., of which amount £1,4-82 17s. 4d. represents absolutely forfeited instalments on which there is no further claim, the balance of £146 18s. 4d. being instalments the payment of which is in abeyance. 1911. £ s. d. April ... ... ... ... ... 102 4 5 May ... ... ... ... ... 91 6 4 June ... ... ... ... ... 120 19 5 July ... ... ... ... ... 162 16 10 August ... ... ... ... ... 154 9 0 September... ... ... ... ... 136 0 5 October ... ... ... ... ... 132 l'O 4 November ... ... ... ... ... 123 1 8 December ... ... ... ... ... 151 12 7 1912. January ... ... ... ... ... 144 2 2 February... ... ... ... ... 101 15 9 March ... ... ... ... 61 18 5 £1,482 17 4 The instalments not collected within the time allowed by law, but subsequently specially authorized and paid during the year, numbered 874, representing a total of £1,728 2s. lid. The absolutely forfeited instalments for the past seven years are as follows : — £ 1906 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,330 1907 ... ... ... ... ... " ... 1,363 1908 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,199 1909 ... ... ... ... 1,330 1910 ... ... ... ... ... ... 938 1911 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,305 1912 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,483 Homes and Hospitals. The amount paid to the controlling bodies of the various homes and hospitals during the year totalled £21,412 4s. 2d., an increase of £199 on the amount paid in the previous year. £1,494 2s. 3d. of the total represents the charge made for the medical treatment of pensioners in hospitals. The number of pensioners paying for maintenance at the end of the year was 818, being an increase of 7on the number at the end of the previous year. Full particulars regarding these payments, including the amount allowed to pensioners out of each month's instalment, appear in Table XIII of 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 : — European Annual Cost of Cost per Head Year ended Population. Outdoor Relief. of Population. £ s. a. 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... 746,676 50,850 1 4} 1900 ... ... ... 758,617 41,790 1 1J 1901. ... ... ... 772,719 42,181 1 1 1902 ... ... -.. 789,994 38,934 0 llf 1903 ... ... ... 814,842 43,421 1 Of 1904 ... ... ... 838,954 42,618 1 0J 1905 ... ... ... 864,971 40,799 0 11J 1906 ... ... ... 889,968 39,547 0 10^ 1907 ... ... ... 913,873 38,305 010 1908 ... ... ... 937,587 33,998 0 8f 1909 ... ... ... 968,313 37,537 0 9J 1910 ... ... ... 987,480 38,988 0 9i 1911 1,008,468 33,051 0 7f 1912 ... ... ... 1,031,500 (figures not available). Mental Hospitals. The number of old-age pensioners maintained in the mental hospitals of the Dominion during the year was 105, the percentage to the total number of pensioners whose names appeared on the

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roll during the same period — i.e., 18,338 —being 057 per cent. The instalments paid to the Mental Hospital Department on account of these totalled £1,577 6s. Bd., and the number still being maintained at the end of the year was 64. Wealth of Pensioners. The following particulars relate to the amount of accumulated property owned by the 16,649 pensioners who were on the roll at the end of the year, and by the husbands and wives of these who were themselves not pensioners : — Owned by pensioners— £ Homes (including furniture and personal effects) ... ... 706,227 Land (not used as a home), stock, &c. ... ... ... 139,264 Cash ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 100,440 945,931 Less mortgages on this property ... ... ... ... 138,063 Total net property owned by pensioners ... ... ... 807,868. Owned by husbands or wives of pensioners— Homes ... ... ... ... ... 134,599 Land and other property ... ... ... 34,128 Cash :.. ... ... 17,271 185,998 Less mortgages on this property ... ... 44,783 Total net property owned by husbands or wives of pensioners (not themselves pensioners) ... ... 141,215 Grand total ... ... ... ..'. £949,083 The total income earned by these pensioners, exclusive of the amount exempted in terms of the 1908 Amendment Act by reason of the loss of employment, was £130,253, and by their husbands or wives (not themselves pensioners), £28,118. The average amount of income earned by each pensioner was £7 165., and the average amount of property held, after the deduction of mortgages, £48 10s. The averages in 1906, when the exemption from property on account of the home was £150 instead of £340 as now, were —Income, £8 45.; property, £28 12s. WIDOWS' PENSIONS. During the year the responsibilities of the staff were considerably increased by the passing of the Widows' Pensions Act, which received the Governor's assent on the 28th October, 1911, and came into operation on the Ist January following. This Act provided for its administration beingconducted by the officers controlling old-age pensions, and, as the system in operation under the Old-age Pension Acts was readily adaptable to the new measure, the inauguration of the scheme was carried out without any hitch. Copies of the Act were distributed to the various Registrars on the 16th November, and regulations under the Act, which were gazetted on the 23rd November, were issued in the first week of December. In the second week of December forms of application were available from one end of the Dominion to the other, with the result that pensions were being granted within a few days of the Act coming into force. No difficulties presented themselves, and the seventy-three Registrars, with whom rests so much in pension matters, are to be complimented on the manner in which they seconded the efforts of the Head Office in giving effect to the mandate of Parliament. The main features of the Act are, briefly, as follows : — The pension is available to a widow of any age with one or more children under the age of fourteen born in New Zealand, and dependent upon her for their support, who is a British subject either by birth or naturalization, who has been resident in New Zealand for a period of six months prior to the birth of any child to whom the Act applies, and who can comply with the qualifications as to income and property, as well -ers to character. Magistrates alone are authorized by the Act to grant or refuse pensions, and each grant is for a period of twelve months, at the end of which the circumstances of the pensioner are reviewed. The maximum pensions payable are £12 per annum where there is one child, £18 for two, £24 for three, and £30 for more than three children. These amounts are subject to reduction according as the annual income of the applicant and her children under fourteen exceeds £30. Income is deemed to include an amount equal to 5 per cent, of the capital value of all property owned where the actual income from such property does not reach that sum; but personal earnings which with any pension payable do not exceed £100 in any year are exempted. The pension ceases on the remarriage of the pensioner; but the fact of any child reaching the age-limit during the currency of any pension-certificate does not in itself preclude the collection of the remaining instalments due on that certificate. Payment is made monthly through the Post Office, and facilities are provided for collection by an agent where occasion requires it. It is as yet early to express any definite opinion as to how far the originally estimated cost of the scheme —viz., £55,000 per annum —will be realized, but it may be said that at the present rate of progress the actuality will not exceed the expectations. The 1911 census figures show that there are approximately 25,700 widows of all ages in the Dominion, of which number 8,500 are between the ages of 20 and 55, 6,300 between the ages of 55 and 65, and 10,900 65 and over. These last, who are qualified by age for the old-age pension, may safely be left out of consideration

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in endeavouring to arrive at the possibilities in the way of a pension roll, by reason of the qualification relating to the parentage of children under fourteen; so also may the group between the ages of 55 and 65, which in the light of the experience already gained is not likely to provide many participants, particularly as the Old-age Pensions Act now provides for a pension in excess of the maximum available as a widow's pension to women at 55 and over who have young children. Those, therefore, who will be likely to receive the benefits of the Act are limited to the 8,500 below the age of 55, in regard to whom no statistics whatever are available to indicate what percentage is able to fulfil the necessary qualifications. [Note. —The number of widows aged 65 and over on the Old-age Pension Roll is 4,896.] Taking the figures of the past five months, showing applications to have been lodged at the rate of about 250 per month, the number of applicants for twelve months would work out at close on 3,000; but, with the knowledge that there has been a marked decline in the number applying during the latter portion of the period mentioned, I do not anticipate that the first year's working will provide more than 2,000 claims, which, if all established at the amount of the average pension now payable, would represent an annual liability approximating £36,000. This estimate, however, is subject to considerable reduction if the present percentage of rejections, about 16 per cent., is maintained. The number of claims recorded at Head Office to date is 1,334, of which number 990 have been granted and 200 rejected for various causes. The number granted to the 31st March w r as 791, on whose behalf the sum of £1,963 6s. sd. was paid during the financial year ending on that date. In the same period there was one refund of £1 6s. Bd., making a net charge against the Consolidated Fund of £1,961 19s. 9d. There were three pensions cancelled, leaving 788 pensions in force at the close of the year. The annual liability in regard to these was £14,863, being an average of £18 17s. per pension. The total families of pensioners range in number from 1 to 17, and the number of children in one family under fourteen years of age from 1 to 8, the averages being — Total family, 5 children; family under fourteen years, 243 children. Full details regarding the distribution of the pensioners throughout the Dominion at the close of the year, together with the number payable at each rate of pension, are embodied in Tables XIV and XV of the appendix. The ages, nationalities, and occupations of those who were admitted to that date appear in Tables XVII, XVIII, and XIX. The income and property of the beneficiaries at the end of the year are as follows : — Income — £ From property ... ... ... ... ■ ... ... 5,051 From other sources (including personal earnings) ... ... 28,374 Total ... ... ... ... ... 33,425 Average income per pensioner ... ... ... ... £42 Property — Homes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 57,588 Furniture... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31,732 Cash ... ... ... ... ... .. ... 17,242 Other property ... ... ... ... .. ... 14,709 121,271 Less mortgages ... ... ... ... 25,183 96,088 Average amount of property per pensioner ... ... ... £121 D. Robertson, Commissioner. y ■

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APPENDIX.

OLD-AGE PENSIONS. Table I. Number and annual value of pensions (in distriots). ~ 11. Pensions at each rate. ~ 111. Percentage of pensions granted in each year now in force. ~ IV. Ages of European pensioners. ~ V. Occupations of pensioners. ~ VI. Nationalities of pensioners. ~ VII. Sex and oonjugal condition of pensioners. ~ VIII. Claims received, and how disposed of (in districts). ~ IX. Nationalities of pensioners admitted during 1911-12. ~ X. Sex and conjugal condition of pensioners admitted during 1911-12. ~ XI. Pensions granted, deaths, and cancellations; also annual liability and average pension. ~ XII. Pensions in force and payments in each year. ~ XIII. Amounts paid to homes and hospitals. WIDOWS' PENSIONS. Table XIV. Claims lodged, and number and annual value of pensions (in districts). ~ XV. Pensions at eaoh rate. ~ XVI. Number of children in families of pensioners. ~ XVII. Ages of pensioners. ~ XVIII. Nationalities of pensioners. ~ XIX. Occupations of pensioners.

Table I. —Number and Annual Value of Pensions granted to Europeans and Maoris in force on the 31st March, 1912.

Europeans. Maoris. Annual Value. £ North Island ... ... ... 6,930 600 187,663 South Island ... ... ... 9,054 65 228,867 15,984 665 £416,530

Number. Annual District. Europeans. Maoris. Value. Auckland Coromandel Dargaville . . Hamilton Kaitaia Mangonui Eaglan Eawene Eotorua Eussell Taupo Waipu Warkworth Whangarei Whangaroa Thames Opotiki Paeroa Tauranga Whakatane Gisborne Port Awanui ... Napier Dannevirke Waipawa Wairoa New Plymouth Stratford Wanganui Eltham Hawera Marton Patea Taihape Wellington Chatham Islands Feilding . 2,030 98 93 333 25 18 18 31 30 61 13 41 65 190 18 259 21 151 30 6 113 6 398 147 80 21 231 64 257 29 81 89 42 51 1,078 3 137 20 23 14 50 57 18 6 38 60 68 8 5 4 4 34 13 19 30 44 22 9 6 5 £ 50,955 3,105 2,710 9,575 2,015 877 600 1,688 2,181 3,199 526 1,175 1,715 4,850 1,232 6,949 1,025 4,550 1,859 658 2,962 264 10,173 3,676 2,073 703 5,897 1,632 6,535 717 2,121 2,266 1,041 1,276 26,999 96 3,435 2 11 9 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 Carried forward 6,358 592 173,310

Number. Distriot. Annual Value. Europeans. Maoris. Brought forward Masterton Otaki Pahiatua Palmerston N. Nelson ,.. Motueka Blenheim Havelock Christchurch ... Akaroa Amberley Ashburton .. , Culverden Kaiapoi Kaikoura Timaru Fairlie Geraldine Waimate Westport Greymouth Eeefton Hokitika Oamaru Dunedin Balclutha Clyde Lawrence Milton Naseby Palmerston S. ... Waikouaiti Invercargill Gore... Queenstown Eiverton 6,358 183 73 65 251 234 86 187 8 2,083 31 19 313 11 356 17 288 21 199 146 244 421 131 520 318 1,587 158 120 188 164 104 54 48 568 162 121 147 592 4 4 4 "i 4 *8 3 8 1 2 £ 173,310 4,540 1,925 1,564 6,324 5,950 2,144 4,827 208 52,106 881 452 8,045 286 9,237 490 7,228 536 5,252 3,670 6,286 10,768 3,353 13,342 8,064 39,166 4,064 3,089 4,730 3,978 2,630 1,322 1,252 14,135 4,121 3,103 4,152 1 2 3 2 2 5 19 Totals 15,984 665 416,530

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Table II.—Number of Pensions at each Rate at End of the Year 1911-12.

Table III.—Number of Pensions granted in each Financial Year, together with the Number of such Pensions in force on the 31st March, 1912.

Table IV. —Ages of European Pensioners on the Roll on the 31st March, 1912.

Number. Number. Number. At age 55 ... ... 2 At age 76 ... ... 824 At age 90 ... ... 28 , 60 1 „ 77 884 „ 91 31 , 61 ... ... 3 „ 78 ... ... 877 „ 92 ... ... 31 „ 65 ... ... 412 „ 79 ... ... 759 „ 94 ... ... 7 „ 66 ... ... 742 „ 80 ... ... 552 „ 95 ... ... 5 67 ... ...1,181 „ 81 ... ... 457 „ 96 ... ... 5 68 ... .. 894 „ 82 ... ... 339 „ 97 ... ... 2 69 ... ...1,034 „ 83 ... ... 262 „ 98 ... ... 2 70 ... ...1,074 „ 84 ... ... 179 „ 99 ... ... 2 71 ... ...1,114 „ 85 ... ... 166 „ 100 ... ... 1 72 ... ...1,062 „ 86 ... ... 126 „ 73 ... ... 965 „ 87 ... ... 95 Total ... 15,984 74 ... ... 912 „ 88 ... ... 65 , 75 ... ... 850 „ 89 39

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Number. Rate. Liability. Number. Rate. Liability. 11 1 2 1 1 2 14,209 328 298 204 212 206 177 141 132 83 £ 39 37 34 33 32 30 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 £ 429 37 68 33 32 60 369,434 8,200 7,152 4,692 4,664 4,326 3,540 2,679 2,376 1,411 93 74 71 53 59 46 63 47 50 20 30 11 10 6 8 £ 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 0 5 4 3 2 £ 1,488 1,110 994 689 708 506 630 423 400 140 180 55 40 18 16 16,649 £416,530 Average pens! i, £25 0s. 4d.

Pensions granted in eaoh Year. Number of such Pensions still in Force on 31st March, 1912. Percentage of Pensions in Force to Pensions granted. ear ended 31st March, 1899 1900 1901 . 1902 „ 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 . 1909 . 1910 n it j. y j. x . 1912 7,487 4,699 2,227 1,694 1,391 1,063 1,210 2,075 2,031 1,740 2,113 2,304 2,399 2,318 1,351 1,013 641 546 546 499 639 1,168 1,262 1,192 1,589 1,837 2,121 2,245 18 22 29 32 39 47 53 56 62 69 75 80 88 97 Totals... 34,751 16,649

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Table V.—Occupations of European Pensioners on the Roll on the 31st March, 1912.

Males. Occupation. Number. Occupation. Number. Occupation. Number. Labourer ... ... 3,101 Eailway employee ... 17 Artist ... ... 4 Miner ... ... 1,144 Saddler ... ... 17 Barman ... ... 4 Farmer ... ... 685 Sawyer ... ... 17 Clergyman ... ... 4 Carpenter ... 463 Soldier ... ... 17 Confectioner... ... 4 Gardener ... ... 403 Draper ... ... 15 Hatter ... ... 4 Gum-digger ... ... 261 Plasterer ... ... 15 Horse-trainer ... 4 Bootmaker ... ... 160 Fireman ... ... 14 Laundryman ... 4 Carter ... ... 125 Waterman ... ... 13 Solicitor ... ... 4 Cook ... ... 122 Inspector ... ... 12 Upholsterer ... ... 4 Blacksmith ... ... 105 Porter ... ... 12 Asphalter ... ... 3 Clerk ... ... 96 Wharf labourer ... 12 Auctioneer ... ... 3 Farm labourer ... 86 Hotelkeeper ... ... 11 Bookbinder ... ... 3 Shepherd ... ... 80 Waiter ... ... 11 Caneworker ... ... 3 Seaman ... ... 76 Grocer ... ... 10 Customhouse officer ... 3 Agent ... ... 73 Bopemaker ... ... 10 Flaxmiller ... ... 3 Bushman ... ... 71 Boardinghouse-keeper 9 Lamplighter... ... 3 Baker ... ... 67 Brewer ... ... 9 Librarian ... ... 3 Fisherman ... ... 64 Cooper ... ... 9 Millwright ... ... 3 Painter ... ... 62 Fellmonger ... ... 9 Prospector ... ... 3 Butcher ... ... 61 Moulder ... ... 9 Slater ... ... 3 Storekeeper ... ... 58 Sexton ... ... 9 Steward ... ... 3 Bricklayer ... -... 56 Tinsmith ... ... 9 Assay er ... ... 2 Tailor ... ... 52 Watchmaker ... 9 Dentist ... ... 2 Custodian ... ... 48 Miller ... ... 8 Dyer ... ... 2 Engineer ... ... 46 Music-teacher ... 8 Herbalist ... ... 2 Engine-driver ... 40 Banger ... ... 8 Linguist ... ... 2 Driver ... ... 35 Sailmaker ... ... 8 Paper-bag maker ... 2 Hawker ... ... 35 Weaver ... ... 8 Shoeblack ... ... 2 Coachbuilder ... 33 Chemist ... ... 7 Taxidermist ... ... 2 Contractor ... ... 33 Dairyman ... ... 7 Warder ... ... 2 Fruitgrower... ... 33 Hairdresser ... ... 7 Well-sinker ... ... 2 Stonemason ... ... 33 Nightwatchman ... 7 Blindmaker ... ... 1 Storeman ... ... 33 Post Office employee ... 7 Brushmaker... ... 1 Shipwright ... ... 32 Surveyor ... ... 7 Civil engineer ... 1 Sfconebreaker ... 28 Boilermaker... ... 6 Cordialmaker ... 1 Eabbiter ... ... 27 Chimney-sweep ... 6 Corkmaker ... ... 1 Teacher ... ... 27 Police officer... ... 6 Fancy fish-scale worker 1 Drover ... ... 26 Ironmonger ... ... 6 Glass-blower ... 1 Groom ... ... 26 Machinist ... ... 6 Lighthouse-keeper ... 1 Platelayer ... ... 25 Messenger ... ... 6 Matchmaker... ... 1 Dealer ... ... 22 Photographer ... 6 Naturalist ... ... 1 Poultry-farmer ... 22 Tanner ... ... 6 Soapmaker ... ... 1 Sawmiller ... ... 22 Veterinary surgeon ... 6 Sugarwoiker... ... 1 Plumber ... ... 21 Architect ... ... 5 Umbrella-maker ... 1 Wool-classer... ... 21 Gunsmith ... ... 5 No occupation ... 1 Printer ... ... 19 Journalist ... ... 5 News agent ... ... 18 Mail-carrier ... ... 5 8,730 Brickmaker ... ... 17 Females. Domestic duties ... 6,703 Caretaker ... ... 6 Corsetmaker... ... 1 Nurse ... ... 205 Servant ... ... 6 Hatinaker ... ... 1 Seamstress ... ... 80 Housekeeper... ... 5 Herbalist ... ... 1 Charwoman... ... 80 Postmistress... ... 6 Lacemaker ... ... 1 Laundress ... ... 54 Fruiterer ... ... 5 Leatheiworker ... 1 Cook ... ... 25 Machinist ... ... 3 Eegistry-office keeper ... 1 Boardinghouse-keeper 17 Hotelkeeper... ... 2 Saleswoman... ... 1 Shopkeeper ... ... 15 Presser ... ... 2 Taxidermist ... ... 1 Music-teacher ... 11 Stewardess ... ... 2 Teacher ... ... 10 Artist ... ... 1 7,254 Sisters of Mercy ... 7 Boxmaker ... ... 1

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Table VI. —Original Nationalities of all Pensioners on the Roll on the 31st March, 1912.

Number. Number. Number. British (England) ... 7,479 British (NewFoundland) 7 Eussian ... ... 8 (Ireland) ... 3,671 German ... ... 291 Finn ... ... 7 (Scotland) ... 3,057 Dane ... ... 149 Greek ... ... 7 (New Zealand) 299 Swede ... ... 98 Belgian ... ... 5 (Australia) ... 262 Norwegian ... ... 89 Pole ... ... 5 (Wales) ... 147 French ... ... 43 Hungarian ... ... 3 (Canada) ... 94 ikistrian ... ... 42 Spanish ... ... 2 (Channel Islands) 42 American ... ... 36 Chilian ... ... 1 (India) ... 24 Italian ... ... 34 Maori ... ... 665 (West Indies)... 17 Swiss ... ... 21 (Isle of Man) ... 11 Dutch ... ... 12 16,649 (South Africa) 10 Portuguese ... ... 11 These pensioners are now all British suhjeots, as required by law.

Table VII. —Sex and Conjugal Condition of Pensioners on the Roll on the 31st March, 1912.

Mabch, 1912. Sex. Single. Married. Widowed. Totals. Male ... 2,405 3,824 2,807 9,036 Female ... 269 2,448 4,896 7,613 Totals ... 2,674 6,272 7,703 16,649

Table VIII.—Claims received and how disposed of during Year 1911-12.

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Total Number of Claims received since Act came into force. Claims awaiting Investigation on 31st Mar., 1911. For Fir 31i uncial Yeai it March, 1! ending H2. Claims awaiting Investigation on 31st Mar., 1912. District. Claims received. Claims established. Claims rejected, &o. Auckland ... Coromandel Dargaville ... Hamilton ... Kaitaia Mangonui ... Raglan Rawene Rotorua Russell 4,925 394 378 839 151 200 247 357 319 425 134 130 272 591 156 815 130 384 376 138 427 298 1,065 513 128 276 ',64 170 681 16 285 365 112 19 6 8 15 12 1 4 18 3 6 8 1 1 4 2 28 9 29 10 1 18 3 14 7 9 398 21 18 72 12 11 5 12 23 18 2 12 13 44 11 36 13 45 13 16 25 3 70 36 9 6 50 23 47 8 17 11 5 298 16 14 49 9 8 6 7 16 8 2 10 9 38 6 30 6 25 14 96 3 10 20 2 1 23 8 2 18 13 3 3 3 8 12 7 1 Taupo Waipu Warkworth Whangarei... W hangaroa Thames Opotiki Paeroa 20 2 4 1 2 5 9 3 7 2 13 1 1 3 3 23 8 3 2 12 1 16 1 4 27 14 36 8 16 19 1 10 11 Tauranga ... Whakatane Gisborne ... Port Awanui Napier Dannevirke Waipawa ... Wairoa New Plymouth Stratford Wanganui ... Eltham Hawera Marton Patea 12 1 22 21 2 51 24 15 4 36 16 45 7 11 11 5 14 7 8 1 14 3 8 5 2 2 2 Carried forward 16,461 286 1,105 819 277 295

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Table VIII.—Claims received and how disposed of during year 1911-12 — continued.

Table IX. -Original Nationalities of Pensioners admitted during the Year ended the 31st March, 1912.

Number. Number. Number. British (England) ... 1,045 German ... ... 31 Dutch ... ... 1 „ (Ireland) ... 493 Dane ... ... 18 Austrian ... ... 1 (Scotland) ... 422 Norwegian ... ... 16 Greek ... ... 1 „ (New Zealand) 88 Swede ... ... 14 Swiss ... ... 1 "„ (Australia) ... 52 French ... ... 5 Bohemian ... ... 1 (Wales) ... 17 Italian ... ... 4 Finn ... ... 1 "„ (Canada) ... 12 Eussian ... ... 2 Maori ... ... 81 (Channel Islands) 6 American ... ... 2 (Jamaica) ... 2 Spanish ... ... 2 2,318 These pensioners are now all British subjects, as required by law.

Total Number of Claims received since Act came into Force. Claims awaiting Investigation on 31st Mar., 1911. For Fin: 3lBt incial Yeai March, P9 [ ending 112. Claims awaiting Investigation on 31st Mar., 1912. District. Claims received. Claims established. Claims rejected, &c. Brought forward ... Taihape Wellington... Carterton ... Chatham Islands Feilding Masterton ... Otaki Pahiatua ... Palmerston North ... Nelson Motueka Blenheim ... Havelock ... Christchurch Akaroa Amberley ... Ashburton ... Culverden ... Kaiapoi Kaikoura ... Timaru Fairlie Geraldine ... Waimate ... Westport ... Greymouth Reefton Hokitika ... Oamaru Dunedin ... Balclutha ... Clyde Lawrence ... Milton Naseby Palmerston South ... Waikouaiti Invercargill Gore Queenstown Riverton ... Agencies closed 16,461 8 2,388 316 16 325 448 201 169 622 757 247 511 29 4,491 139 33 702 31 840 72 599 46 465 330 762 1,191 419 1,429 808 3,847 389 335 521 375 279 165 108 1,733 125 322 468 1,721 286 "l2 9 7 6 1 1 1 rr I 5 13 "ioi 1 9 7 1 10 1,105 8 286 5 25 32 9 12 40 26 16 27 371 7 2 44 3 60 4 41 5 30 23 50 66 13 43 56 273 21 21 20 22 16 5 13 102 15 15 43 819 5 181 5 16 29 7 13 30 24 11 25 325 7 2 43 2 57 4 35 5 22 22 39 38 13 44 44 218 21 18 17 19 9 5 7 82 11 14 30 277 1 100 9 3 7 2 8 5 2 2 43 3 1 3 1 295 2 17 Agency closed. 13 2 1 3 4 8 13 104 1 7 7 1 15 1 9 13 8 6 21 14 70 5 3 4 4 3 2 13 18 1 8 8 70 3 6 8 11 18 5 12 18 55 2 6 5 3 1 2 4 20 3 3 15 4 2 13 3 5 9 2 4 6 2 4 13 4 3 7 Totals ... 45,243 671 2,975 2,318 638 690 y

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Table X.—Sex and Conjugal Condition of Pensioners admitted during the Year ended

THE 31st Maech, 1912. Sex. Single. Married. Widowed. Totals. Males ... 254 690 312 i,256 Females ... 43 492 527 1,062 Totals ... 297 1,182 839 2,318

Table XI.—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, together with Annual Liability and Average Pension.

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

Year ending 31st March. Number of Pensions granted. Deaths. Cancellations. In Foroe at End of Year. Annual Liability. Average Pension. .899 .900 .901 .902 .903 .904 .905 .906 .907 .908 .909 .910 .911 .912 7,487 4,699 2,227 1,694 1,391 1,063 1,210 2,075 2,031 1,740 2,113 2,304 2,399 2,318 38 786 815 935 1,064 928 890 1,038 1,097 1,189 1,112 1,169 1,423 1,469 6 71 292 388 622 690 476 225 259 239 174 211 276 220 7,443 11,285 12,405 12,776 12,481 11,926 11,770 12,582 13,257 13,569 14,396 15,320 16,020 16,649 £ 127,319 193,718 211,965 217,192 211,594 200,915 199,081 313,018 326,084 333,340 353,343 374,699 403,020 416,530 £ s. d. 17 2 0 17 3 0 17 2 0 17 0 0 16 19 0 16 17 0 16 18 0 24 17 0 24 12 0 24 11 0 24 10 0 24 9 0 25 3 0 25 0 4 Totals 34,751 13,953 4,149

Number of Pensions in Foroe. Payments to End of Financial Year. Payments. Pensions. Date. Inorease. Decrease. Increase. Deorease. £ 3,124 157,342 197,292 207,468 210,140 203,164 195,475 254,367 314,184 325,199 336,760 362,496 383,393 406,256 £ £ 131stMarch, 1899 ... 1900 ... 1901 ... 1902 ... 1903 ... 1904 ... 1905 ... 1906 ... 1907 ... 1908 ... 1909 ... 1910 ... 1911 ... 1912 ... 7,443 11,285 12,405 12,776 12,481 11,926 11,770 12,582 13,257 13,569 14,396 15,320 16,020 16,649 154,218 39,950 10,176 2,672 58,892 59,817 11,015 11,561 25,736 20,897 22,863 6,976 7,689 3,842 1,120 371 812 675 312 827 924 700 629 295 555 156 Total... 3,556,660

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Table XIII.—Number of Old-age Pensioners maintained in Homes and Hospitals on the 31st March, 1912, together with the Amounts paid to such Institutions during the Year.

Table XIV.—Widows' Claims lodged and how disposed of to the 31st March, 1912, together with Number and Annual Value of Pensions in force on the 31st March, 1912.

Location. Institution. Payments, Year 1911-12. O J4 P ton v. «s; h . « 2S9il .o 3,5° o y a) _ o ra gfcaas Amount handed to Pensioners after Deduction ol Maintenance. Whangarei Auckland Thames Hamilton Gisborne Napier New Plymouth Wanganui Wellington Masterton Nelson Blenheim Christohuroh .. Old Men's Cottage Home] Costley Home Ponsonby Home (Little Sisters) Veterans' Home Old Men's Home Refuge, Parke Island Old People's Home Jubilee Home Ohiro Home Home for Aged Needy Home for Incurables Renall-Solway Home Alexandra Home Old Men's Home Jubilee Home Samaritan Home Nazareth House Mount Magdala Home.. Tuarangi Home Old Men's Home Old People's Home Hospital £ s. d. 297 0 8 2,769 18 11 953 14 7 882 13 11 341 4 10 227 3 4 200 8 10 606 14 7 437 0 6 313 9 4 576 5 9 773 13 4 250 0 9 136 1 4 713 12 5 203 6 1 837 9 8 13 19 7 847 0 10 26 0 0 832 10 1 537 7 6 549 12 3 280 10 4 859 3 10 522 18 1 165 8 0 519 9 11 577 7 2 1,767 16 10 1,204 6 4 12 105 38 36 11 5 8 27 17 12 21 32 10 7 28 7 34 4s. per month. 6s. 6d. 8s. 2s. per week. 5s. per month. 4s. Is. per week. 7s. id. per month. 10s. 5s. 2s. to 6s. „ 7s. 7d. 6s. Nil. 2s. per week. 8s. 8d. per month. Is. per week. 15s. lOd. per m'th. 5s. Nil. Is. per week. 6s. 6d. per month. 8s. 10s. 10s. 10s. 13s. 4d. „ 13s. id. „ 6s. 2s. per week. 13s. 4d. per m'th. (4s. 6d. [8s. 6d. Ash burton Timaru Westport Reefton Greymouth Hokitika Ross Kumara Oam aru Dunedin 33 2 27 19 21 8 32 22 6 19 24 66 47 Victoria Home Otago Benevolent Institution .. Home for Aged Poor Invercargill Lome Farm 694 12 4 25 Hospital Patients only .. 19,918 1 11 1,494 2 3 761 57 £21,412 4 2 818 Note.—The hospitals includei in the above list serve the purpose of old people's hoi les in thi districts named.

Claims. Pensi ions. District. Esta- Rejected, blished. &c. Lodged. " Outstanding. In Annual Value. force. Luckland ... loromandel )argaville ... lamilton ... [aitaia 146 8 3 18 6 3 1 9 2 1 1 3 99 5 2 6 1 2 1 3 35 1 3 12 2 1 9 5 1 99 5 2 6 1 2 1 3 £ 1,576 120 30 144 24 35 12 72 langonui ... fcaglan ... lawene lotorua Uissell 2 2 1 4 'aupo Vaipu 1 3 Carried forward 201 119 44 38 119 2,013

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Table XIV.—Widows' Claims lodged and how disposed of to the 31st March, 1912, etc.— continued.

Clai ims. Peni lions. District. Lodged. blis s n *- d _ Rejeoted, &c. Outstanding. In foroe. Annual Value. Brought forward ... 201 1 14 4 18 1 21 2 119 44 38 1 4 1 5 1 9 119 2,013 Warkworth Whangarei... Whangaroa Thames Opotiki Paeroa 9 2 11 1 1 2 9 2 11 186 57 222 9 1 3 1 9 1 192 24 Tauranga ... Whakatane Gisborne ... Port Awanui Napier Dannevirke Waipawa ... Wairoa New Plymouth Stratford ... Wanganui ... Eltham 7 34 9 3 4 25 4 2 5 1 1 3 4 4 4 25 4 2 84 468 84 36 24 5 32 5 6 4 4 3 124 9 4 26 4 1 2 3 3 75 2 13 1 1 9 4 26 4 1 2 3 3 77 168 90 510 90 30 30 46 78 1,438 5 1 Hawera Marton Patea Taihape Wellington... Chatham Islands Feilding Masterton ... Otaki Pahiatua ... Palmerston North ... ... Nelson Motueka ... Blenheim ... Havelock ... Christchurch Akaroa Amberley ... Ashburton ... Culverden ... Kaiapoi Kaikoura ... Timaru Fairlie Geraldine ... Waimate ... Westport ... Greymouth Reefton Hokitika ... Oamaru Dunedin Balclutha ... Clyde Lawrence ... Milton Naseby Palmerston South ... Waikouaiti... Invercargill Gore Queenstown Riverton 5 2 1 40 9 15 12 4 2 18 20 6 17 11 8 4 2 14 16 4 12 2 1 2 3 11 8 4 2 14 16 4 12 213 144 79 46 224 238 84 222 1 1 3 3 2 5 'l83 5 132 5 "l2 " - 39 132 5 2,365 95 22 1 11 1 19 3 17 I 6 22 25 3 6 22 126 11 9 7 14 19 1 10 1 12 2 7 4 12 12 1 6 13 88 11 6 5 13 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 " 6 1 2 8 11 1 18 1 10 1 12 2 7 4 12 1 6 11 13 86 10 6 5 13 386 30 180 30 271 42 120 71 234 21 122 236 250 1,607 222 156 102 258 2 27 7 11 1 1 3 1 4 3 1 3 '"75 43 16 2 13 32 10 2 3 4 8 2 32 10 2 666 186 42 "l3 Totals... 172 234 788 14,863 1,197 791

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Table XV.—Widows' Pensions at each Rate as at 31st March, 1912.

Table XVI.—Number of Children in Families of Pensioners to the 31st March, 1912.

Table XVII. — Ages of Widows who have been granted Pensions to the 31st March, 1912.

Age. Number. Age. Number. Age. Number. Age. Number. 21 ... ... 1 32 ... ... 28 43 ... ... 30 53 ... ... 8 22 ... ... 3 33 ... ... 25 44 ... ... 34 54 ... ... 6 23 ... ... 2 34 ... ... 25 45 ... ... 36 55 ... ... 7 24 ... ... 4 35 ... ... 31 46 ... ... 36 56 ... ... 7 25 ... ... 11 36 ... ... 28 47 ... ... 22 57 ... ... 8 26 12 37 36 48 29 58 2 27 ... ... 10 38 ... ... 38 49 ... ... 24 62 .. ... 1 28 ... ... 16 39 ... ... 38 50 ... ... 25 66 ... ... 1 29 ... ... 16 40 ... ... 29 51 ... ... 17 30 ... ... 12 41 ... ... 41 52 ... ... 22 Total ... 791 31 ... ... 22 42 ... .. 48

Table XVIII.—Original Nationalities of Widows who have been granted Pensions to the 31st March, 1912.

Number. Number. Number. British (New Zealand) ... 501 British (Wales) ... ... 5 Dane ... ... ... 2 „ (England) ... 137 „ (Channel Islands)... 4 Italian... ... ... 1 „ (Ireland) ... 54 „ (Isle of Man) ... 1 (Australia) ... 47 German ... ... 7 791 „ (Scotland) ... 30 American ,.,. ... 2

Number. Rate. Liability. Number. Rate. Liability. 132 3 1 2 1 2 141 2 5 3 4 202 6 4 3 £ 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 18 17 16 15 £ 3,960 87 28 54 26 50 3,384 46 110 63 . 80 3,636 102 64 45 2 5 228 7 6 5 6 2 1 3 5 2 3 2 £ 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 £ 28 65 2,736 77 60 45 48 14 6 15 20 6 6 2 788 £14,863 Average peni don, £18 17s.

Number of Pensioners. Number of Children in Family. Total Family. | ȣ&*%, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 77 108 117 120 82 69 46 41 37 248 221 163 85 ' 47 22 3 - 2

Number of Pensioners. Number of Children in Family. Total Family. | "S, 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 33 29 18 7 2 4 1 Totals 791 791

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Table XIX.—Occupations of Widows who have been granted Pensions to the 31st March, 1912.

Occupation. Number. Occupation. Number. Oooupation. Number. Domestic ... ... 504 Cook ... ... ... 7 Fruiterer ... ... 1 Charwoman ... ... 76 Factory hand ... ... 6 Companion ... ... 1 Dressmaker ... ... 44 Storekeeper ... ... 5 Proprietress tea-rooms ... 1 Laundress ... ... 29 Waitress ... ... 4 Fishmonger ... ... 1 Boardinghouse-keeper ... 27 Confectioner ... ... 4 Boot-finisher ... .. 1 Nurse ... ... 25 School-teacher... ... 3 Tobacconist ... ... 1 Tailpress ... ... 14 Caretaker ... ... 3 Manufacturer of polishes 1 Machinist ... ... 10 Postmistress ... ... 2 Poultry-farmer... ... 1 Dairy-farmer ... ... 9 Music-teacher ... ... 2 Shop-assistant... ... 7 Milliner ... .... 2 791

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