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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