H.—6a.

3. Brigades (Capital Expenditure included). As taken from the Estimates for the respective Years.

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District. Auckland Christchurch .Dannevirke J)unedin . . .. (risborne. . Greymouth Hamilton Hastings Hawera Hokitika Lawrence Maori Hill Masterton Milton New Plymouth Oamaru .. Palmerston North. . Petone .. Rotorua .. Tftuianga Timaru .. Whangarei Year ending 30th Year ending 30th Juno, 1912. Juno, 1913. £ s. d. I £ s. d. 8,174 0 0 8,1.90 0 0 6,645 0 0 7,830 0 0 592 9 4 : 685 6 0 6,500 0 0 6,500 0 0 590 0 0 (i00 0 0 1,159 4 0 382 19 10 850 6 0 950 0 0 1,096 0 0 ; 1,051 0 0 496 0 0 509 15 9 500 0 0 433 6 8 75 2 6 75 6 2 242 0 0 225 0 0 1,023 19 0 1,136 14 0 140 0 0 i 120 0 0 559 2 0 1,058 0 3 500 0 0 360 0 0 1,699 14 0 1,724 1 4 762 6 7 1,247 7 6 697 0 0 300 0 0 550 0 0 Year ending 30 th Juno, 1914. Year ending 30th j Year ending 30th Juno, 1915. June, 1916. ] £ s. d. 10,110 0 0 9,000 0 0 881 3 5 7,000 0 0 612 10 0 789 10 3 964 0 0 300 0 0 1,146 0 0 617 16 0 433 6 8 75 0 0 200 0 0 I, 150 0 0 120 0 0 1,098 1 3 340 0 0 1,842 9 1 847 16 10 419 10 0 1,500 0 0 480 0 0 £ s. d. i' £ s. d. 10,256 0 0 10,811 0 0 8,000 0 0 7,210 0 0 612 0 9 639 16 I 7,000 0 0 7,000 0 0 683 11 0 544 I I 2 763 0 0 1,125 0 0 864 0 0 844 0 0 850 0 0 600 0 0 1,105 0 0 1,287 0 0 767 0 0 I 647 5 10 433 6 8 460 0 0 60 0 0 SO 0 0 200 0 0 130 0 0 1,151 1 4 ' 1,246 18 0 100 0 0 110 0 0 1,098 1 3 1,200 0 0 370 0 0 477 0 0 1,939 3 4 1,685 19 0 1,076 11 9 880 13 7 614 0 0 752 7 0 <>. r >r> 6 8 2,825 0 0 ! .1,450 0 0 600 0 0 500 0 0 Totals .. 31,905 3 11 34,325 17 6 14,325 17 6 17 6 39,927 3 6 41,368 2 1 40,336 17 4 Cause 4. Summary I 1 ! ! a » S 1 J & o -c a s s * & S to I :. Summary hary of Causes. § n cub 1 Iμ 1111 lb <£ M W 111 j IS11 I if 1i I J M W lt] w p t p< y, o Ph p-' M hh I 3 I I 1 3 P t I i 1 2 2 £_ Ashes, live Benzene in proximity to lights ,, vapour, in proximity to lights ,, upsetting, explosions Birds' nests Candles, drapery, &c, in contact ,, left burning Clothes airing before fire Defective building .. ,, chimneys, hearths .. Eleotrio lighting, fusing of wires ,, iron left standing Fireworks Gas, defective fittings ,, explosion ,, jets in contact.. ,, rings, stovos Ignition, picture-films Incendiarism, or suspected .. Kerosene-lamp explosions ,, lamps knocked over „ stovos or heaters overheated Matches, children playing with „ rats gnawing .. j ,, thrown down alight Motors, buck-firing .. .. Overheating beeswax, fat, &c. „ incubator tar .. „ wood in proximity tofurnaces ,, wood in proximity to boilers Painters burning off paint .. Phosphorus Smoking .. „ cigarette, butts thrown down Sparks from chimneys „ copper-fires „ fireplaces ,, furnaces „ engines „ stoves, ranges .. „ other fires Spontaneous combustion Vagrants Unknown 1 I 1 3 .. 1 1 .... 2 .. 1 1 .... I .. 1 3 1 2 1 5 4 I I I . . 3 2 .. 2 1 1 .. .. I .. 1 .... I 2 2 r> 1 53.. i .. .. 3 1 .. I I 1 1 1 .. 1 .. .. '.'. '.'. "1 '.'. '.'. "1 '.', ,'i 2 2 1 .... 1 4 1 1 5 2 1 1 .. .. 2 .... 1 .... 1 j .. 1 4 .. 4 .. 1 1 ... 1. 1 1 9 ,, 4 1 1 1 .. .. 3 6 4 .. 4 I 2 I .. 2 3 .. .. I 2 .. , 1 .. , ..! 1 •■ .. 1 ,.... 3 3 1 .. .. 2 1 2 6.. 4.. 4.. 1 1 1 •• 1 3 2 .... 1 1 2 3 1 11 1 1 .. 1 50 15 3 41 3 18 8 7 18 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 13 5 4 1 1 1 .. 3 5 2 4 2 I 1 •• 1 I 3 1 .. ] 1 .. 1 .. '"!:: 3 3 14 11 5 3 23 (I I 2 3 3 I I 2 I I 1 l I I 2 5 1 I I .. .. .. 1 ...'.. 1 .. .. 1 2 .. i J .. .. 1 2 1 5 I :: i 1 I 1 1 I 1 .... 1 1 '.'. i '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'.\ '.'. .. 1 1 .. 1 I I i i 1 1 i '.'. 1 .. 3 7 5 12 2 4 3 2 4 1 2 I 5 J 1 2 "2 2 1 11 1 1 1 .1 1 I - - l o 1 1 j 1 ... 1 1 i 1 1 4 4 1 4 1. .. 1 .. 1 " "1 " 14 I 1 r> 5 I 22 4 1 9 1 1 1 I i I 3 1 1 i t n 1 1 I I L 2 ■ ■ I 6 3 4 i 2 .. 2 1 1 2 2 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .. .. .. 5 ■2 1 ■* 1 1 3 3 i .... I 2 I 1 '.. "1 1 .. 1 .. io 3 5 22 2 G 8 4 5 7 1 211 6 2 4 1 4 i 1 1 I 1 i _ 1 3 1 1 • • "2 ] 2 2 i i 2 1 1 1 i l 1 ] 1 1 15 1 50 3 41 Q 18 8 7 IS '2 3 3 "\ 7 i 3 4 6 2 1 2 Totals 100 75 8 97 9 35 13 12 27 100 75 8 97 9 35 13 12 27 4 7 3 3 14 1 6 9 ■ 16 10 4 20 6 484