11

F.—9.

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.

3—F. 9.

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