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Table 5.—Number of Claims received in each District since the Act came into Force, the Number made during the Past Year, and the Manner in which the Latter have been dealt with— continued.

Table 6.— Original Nationalities of Pensioners to whom new Pensions were granted during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1906.

Table 7.—Sex and Conjugal Condition of Pensioners who were admitted during the Year ended the 31st March, 1906.

District. Deputy Registrar. Total Number of Claims received since Act came into Force. Claims awaiting Investigation on 31st Mar., 1905. For Fin; 31st ,ncial Yeai March, 1? c ending 106. Claims awaiting Investigation on 31st Mar., 1906. Claims received. Claims established. Claims rejected. Brought forward ... Oamaru Dunedin Balclutha Clyde Lawrence Milton Naseby Palmerston South Port Chalmers Waikouaiti Invercargill Queenstown ... Eiverton Chatham Islands E. P. Ward ... L. Crow W. A. Matthews F. T. D. Jeffrey A. M. Eyes ... D. McEae ... P. W. Hart ... W. Hilliard... (Agency closed) S. Kidd J. E. Colyer... A. J. Thompson J. M. Adam E. W. Eayner 22,614 486 2,167 262 208 369 231 193 106 338 6 1,155 224 291 12 426 39 4 5 4 1 2 1 2,405 56 265 29 19 38' 29 19 12 1,654 49 155 15 19 32 15 15 10 481 6 62 5 1 5 2 3 3 696 1 87 13 4 5 13 3 31 10 4 1 6 105 18 25 1 6 79 9 14 1 14 3 5 43 16 10 1 28,662 528 3,027 2,073 590 892

Number. English 919 I Irish 456 Scotch ... ... 387 Welsh ... ... 17 Tasmanian ... ... 13 Canadian ... ... 12 New-Zealander ... 10 New South Welsh ... 8 Bast Indian ... ... 2 West Indian... ... 2 Island of Jersey ... 2 South Australian : .. 1 Nuinbe: British Gambian ... 1 Manxman ... ... 1 Norfolk Islander ... 1 Nova Scotian ... 1 American ... ... 4 German ... ... 43 Danish ... ... 24 Norwegian... ... 15 Swedish ... ... 8 Austrian ... ... 5 Italian ... ... 4 Swiss ... ■•• 3 French Bavarian ... Prussian Belgian Eussian Cape de Verde Finn Dutch Maori Moriori Number. 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ... 124 1 Total ... 2,073 These pensioners are now al il British subjects as required by ihe Act.

Sex. lales 'emales Single. 271 39 Married. 623 448 Widowed 285 407 d. Totals. 1,179 894 • 310 1,071 692 2,073