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TABLE II.—PENSIONS GRANTED, DEATHS, AND CANCELLATIONS IN EACH YEAR, ETC.—continued.

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Year ended 31st March. Pensions Deaths. Cancella- J n ' or ®? a ' Increase. ' Decrease. granted. tlona ' End of Year. Miners'. 1916 .. .. .. , 120 I .. 120 1917 .. .. .. 153 35 .. 238 118 1918 .. .. .. 91 34 25 270 32 1919 .. .. .. 82 41 71 240 .. 30 1920 .. .. .. 237 23 39 415 175 1921 .. .. .. 107 43 5 474 59 1922 .. .. .. 78 38 8 506 32 1923 .. .. .. 96 52 6 544 38 1924 .. .. .. 88 48 4 580 36 1925 .. .. .. Ill 70 14 607 27 1926 .. .. .. 96 50 13 640 33 Totals .. .. 1,259 434 185 .. War. 1916 .. .. .. 1,214 1 22 1,191 1917 .. .. .. 5,316 44 1,294 5,169 3,978 1918 .. .. .. 10,587 86 1.173 14,497 9,328 1919 .. .. .. 16,954 531 3,493 27,427 12,930 1920 .. .. .. 15,183 291 7,748 34,571 7,144 1921 .. .. .. 2,207 358 4.656 31,764 .. 2,807 1922 .. .. .. 945 369 3,249 29,091 .. 2,673 1923 .. .. .. 625 358 2,898 26,460 .. 2,631 1924 .. .. .. 551 361 3,484 23,166 .. 3,294 1925 .. .. .. 432 334 1,946 21,318 .. 1,848 1926 .. .. .. 353 369 586 20,716 .. 602 Totals .. .. 54,367 3,102 30,549 Epidemic. Number of pensions taken over 939 from Public Health Department on 1st April, 1920 1921 .. .. .. 27 4 113 849 .. 90 1922 .. .. .. 6 .. 172 683 .. 166 1923 .. .. .. .. 2 112 569 .. 114 1924 .. .. .. .. 1 111 457 .. 112 1925 .. .. .. .. .. 92 365 .. 92 1926 .. .. .. .. 1 51 313 .. 52 Totals .. .. 972 8 651 Blind. 1925 .. .. .. 114 ! 114 1926 .. .. .. 92 9 1 196 82