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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