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2. Summary of Fire Losses, 1926-27.

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

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District. Insured. Uninsured. Totals. £ £ £ Auckland .. .. 72,952 497 73,449 Balclutha .. .. 64 160 214 Christchurch .. 37,166 3,545 40,711 Dannevirke .. 3,577 43 3,620 Dargaville .. .. 2,000 1,125 3,125 Dunedin .. .. 59,272 521 59,793 Eltham .. .. 21 10 31 Feilding .. .. 4,107 937 5,044 Foxton .. .. 660 451 1,111 Gisborne .. .. 17,4-70 6,670 24,240 Greymouth.. .. 23,547 2,585 26,132 Hamilton .. .. 4,084 210 4,294 Hastings .. .. 9,442 397 9,839 Hawera .. .. 2,082 159 2,241 Hokitika .. .. 1,416 806 2,222 Invercargill .. 6,364 565 6,929 Kaiapoi .. .. 6,135 763 6,898 Kaitangata .. .. 1,070 150 1,220 Lawrence .. .. 364 185 549 Levin .. .. 2,075 551 2,026 Masterton .. .. 12,218 2,320 14,538 Milton .. .. 1,000 .. 1,000 Mount Roskill .. 42 1 43 Napier .. .. 14,403 2,051 16,454 New Plymouth .. 8,906 57 8,963

District. Insured. Uninsured. Totals. £ £ £ Oamaru .. .. 552 112 664 Ohakune .. .. 3,940 1,374 5,274 Onehunga .. .. 5,940 492 6,432 Otaki .. .. 1,458 350 1,808 Pahiatua .. .. .. 20 20 Palmerston North .. 28,097 57 28,154 Petone .. .. 145 56 201 Port Chalmers .. 805 155 960 Pukekohe .. .. 1,077 552 1,629 Rotorua .. .. 3,262 202 3,464 Taumarunui .. 1,869 460 2,329 Tauranga .. .. 2,246 975 3,221 Te Aroha .. .. 2,602 285 2,887 Te Awamutu .. 250 65 315 Timaru .. .. 2,382 19 2,401 Waihi .. .. 970 1,120 2,090 Waipukurau .. 4,401 2,766 7,167 Wairoa .. .. 5,072 680 5,752 Waitara .. .. 4,994 50 5,044 Wanganui .. .. 8,967 212 9,179 Wellington .. .. 95,843 111,607 Westport .. .. 70 .. 70 Whangarei .. .. 400 12 412 Totals .. 465,779 50,587 I 516,366 I

n - . . t Year ending Year ending Year ending Year ending Year ending Year ending Nine Months ±«strira. , 30th June> 1922 _ 30th W23 30th Junej 19 24_ 30th June, 1925. 30th June, 1926. 30th June, 1927.1 mmS 1928 £££££££ Auckland .. 18,375 16,325 16,700 18,400 20,000 21,000 15,000 Balclutha .. 350 400 400 500 500 500 425 Christchurch .. 14,113 12,100 12,100 13,000 13,000 12,000 9,000 Dannevirke .. 672 585 739 620 614 636 662 Dargaville .. 675 504 816 600 675 675 450 Dunedin .. 13,500 13,500 13,500 13,500 15,500 15,500 11,625 Eltham .. .. .. .. .. 750 600 500 437 Feilding.. .. 594 648 623 554 639 528 843 Foxton .. .. .. 250 397 626 594 467 388 Gisborne .. 1,517 1,734 2,188 2,200 2,462 3,104 3,346 Greymouth .. 890 887 948 949 1,005 1,483 1,250 Hamilton .. 1,900 2,350 2,650 2,800 2,930 2,650 1,906 Hastings .. 978 837 1,012 ],206 1,120 1,330 1,490 Hawera.. .. 751 837 713 1,241 1,302 1,320 956 Hokitika .. 425 570 570 480 550 500 512 Invercargill .. .. .. 10,300 3,200 4,300 4,755 4,331 Kaiapoi .. .. .. 947 1,279 663 636 535 Kaitangata .. 260 192 175 290 230 186 161 Lawrence .. 80 80 90 100 90 100 75 Levin .. .. 1,086 921 799 803 586 617 600 Masterton .. 2,029 1,880 1,946 1,649 1,790 1,728 1,298 Milton .. .. 250 167 240 340 200 178 110 Mount Roskill .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,264 Napier .. .. 2,190 1,671 2,886 3,522 3,852 3,730 3,335 New Plymouth .. 2,435 2,183 1,965 1,953 2,076 1,960 1,642 Oamaru .. 800 750 800 950 1,050 1,250 1,300 Ohakune .. 462 435 348 420 537 474 500 Onehunga .. .. I .. .. .. .. 1,670 1,334 Otaki .. .. .. .. .. .. 325 399 416 Pahiatua .. .. ■. .. .. ■. 590 320 Palmerston North 2,417 2,100 2,143 2,224 4,502 4,298 3,269 Petone .. .. 1,030 1,306 1,450 1,394 1,484 1,591 1,227 Port Chalmers .. 400 325 310 269 252 214 220 Pukekohe .. .. .. .. •. .. 330 745 Rotorua.. .. 1,424 1,340 1,328 1,356 958 1,000 890 Taumarunui .. 600 640 650 445 530 500 414 Tauranga .. 547 541 499 559 509 659 588 Te Aroha .. 731 683 573 621 778 833 680 Te Awamutu .. ■. .. .. .. .. .. 420 Timaru .. .. 2,400 1,750 1,850 2,250 2,050 2,350 2,400 Waihi .. .. 990 710 822 651 837 583 622 Waipukurau . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 495 Wairoa .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 491 Waitara. . .. 209 200 120 220 234 263 198 Wanganui .. 5,255 4.800 4,450 7,050 7,400 8,150 6,000 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. .. 1S,715 25,400 Westport .. .. .. •. 550 630 570 500 Whangarei .. 680 550 1,000 1,016 1,018 890 800 Totals .. 82,484 74,754 89,052 90,541 98,372 121,412 110,476