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(c.) £200 lent on mortgage not disclosed when pension applied for. Refund of £51 obtained from nxecutor of pensioner's estate. (d.) Receipt of insurance money. £202. not disclosed at the proper time. Refund of £43 by husband and wife. (c.) Land sold, and proceeds, £360, invested in a private company. Not disclosed when pension applied for. and refund of £53 obtained from husband and wife. (/.) Bank account of £200 in name of daughter not disclosed. Refund from husband and wife. £41 The following table shows the amounts recovered in each year since iB9K ; C s. d. Three months ended 31st March. 1899 .. Nil. Year ended 31st March, 1900 5 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 .. 163 0 s 1909 . . 227 14 7 1910 319 11 '.i 1911 653 2 8 Total . . . . £7.259 9 0 Cost of Administration. The cost of administration during the year was £3,802 14s. 10d., the percentage of this uuttt no the gross payments on account of pensions heiny 0-99 per cent. The details are as follows : £ s. d. Salaries .. .. 3,219 8 4 Lodging-allowances .. I*2o Non-permanent Postmasters, for paying pensions . 275 19 6 Fees for certificates of acre .. .. 37 3 9 Interpreters' fees 13 7 9 Travelling-expenses 58 13 6 Miscellaneous 15000 £3,802 14 10 The amount paid for administering the Act since it oame into operation is as follows :— £ Three months ended 31st March. 1899 510 Year ended 31st March. 1900 2,360 1901 2,415 19(12 .. .. 2,535 1903 3,805 1904 3,655 1905 3,936 1906 4,758 1907 5,250 1908 . .. 5.766 1909 9,098 1910 3,290 1911 3,803 Total .. .. .. £51,181 The percentage of the total cost of administration to the gross payments since 1898—namely. £3,150,404--is 1-62 per cent., as against 1-8 per cent, at the end of 1909. and 1-71 per cent, at the end oM9]O. Forfeited Instalments. The instalments due last year and remaining unpaid at the 31st March amounted to £1,388 136' Of this amount, £1,305 13s. represents absolutely forfeited instalments on which there is no further claim, the balance of £83 being instalments the payment of which is in abeyance.