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Table No. 24. PENSIONS. Statement of Amounts paid on account of Pensions for the Financial Years ended 31st March, 1926 to 1930.

Table No. 25. EXTERNAL TRADE. Statement showing Imposts and Exports of the Dominion in each Financial Year ended 31st March, 1922 to 1930.

By Authority: W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.—l93o.

Year ended 31st March, 1926. 1927. I 1928. 1929. j 1930. £ £ £ £ £ War .. .. .. 1,179,552 1,122,741 1,146,955 1,178,646 1,204,422 Old-age* .. .. .. 901,256 979,296 1,007,722 1,059,039 1,105,069 Widows' .. .. .. 285,654 301,080 302,766 312,963 322,886 Miners' .. .. .. 40,204 41,947 45.083 48,102 51,676 Maori War .. .. .. 23,087 19,446 16,377 13,673 11,510 Epidemic .. .. .. 14,420 10,935 8,757 7,981 7,309 Civil Service Act, 1908 .. 16,767 16,724 13,206 12,192 10,547 Defence Act, 1909 .. .. 2,898 2,628 2,695 2,715 2,573 Judicature Act, 1908 .. 2,703 3,556 4,204 3,429 3,333 Police .. .. .. 552 406 457 671 789 Blind .. .. .. 8,040 10,304 12,249 13,339 14,716 Family Allowance .. .. .. .. 37,515 54,815 60,876 Sundry .. .. .. 5,022 5,945 6,273 5,698 6,589 Totals .. .. 2,480,155 2,515,008 2,604,259 2,713,263 2,802,295 * Includes payments of old-age pensions paid out of national-endowment revenue.

Year ended 31st March, j Imports. Exports. J Import^ £ £ £ £ 1922 .. .. .. .. 35,986,060 43,794,883 7,808,823 1923 .. .. .. .. 37,112,779 45,548,700 8,435,921 1924 .. .. .. .. 44,401,756 51,652,606 7,250,850 1925 .. .. .. .. 49,821,095 54,771,158 4,950,063 1926 .. .. .. .. 53,025,856 48,697,587 .. 4,328,269 1927 .. .. .. .. 48,192,670 45,682,338 .. 2,510,332 1928 .. .. .. .. 44,419,357 54,962,031 10,542,674 1929 .. .. .. .. 45,105,865 57,154,343 , 12,048,478 1930 .. .. .. .. 49,167,914 49,045,817 j .. 122,097 51,036,809 6,960,698 6,960,698 Totals .. •• 407,233,352 451,309,463 44,076,111