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Table No. 20. PENSIONS. Statement of Amounts paid on Account of Pensions for the Financial Years ended 31st March, 1927 to 1931.

Table No. 21. EXTERNAL TRADE. Statement showing Imports and Exports of the Dominion in each Financial Year ended 31st March, 1922 to 1931.

By Authority: W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.—l93l.

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Year ended 31st March, 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. 1931. £ £ £ £ £ War .. .. .. 1,122,741 1,146,955 1,178,646 1,204,422 1,245,499 Old-age* .. .. .. 979,296 1,007,722 1.059,039 1,105,069 1,158,788 Widows' . .. .. 301,080 302,766 312,963 322,886 j 325,998 Miners' 41,947 45,083 48,102 51,676 58,441 Maori War .. .. .. 19,446 16,377 13,673 11,510 9,101 Epidemic 10,935 8,757 7,981 7,309 6,322 Civil Service Act, 1908 .. 16,724 13,206 12,192 10,547 9,251 Defence Act, 1909 .. .. 2,628 2,695 2,715 j 2,573 2,620 Judicature Act, 1908 .. 3,556 4,204 3,429 3,333 2,285 Police 406 457 671 789 1,741 Blind 10,304 12,249 13,339 14,716 15,796 Family Allowance 37,515 54,815 60,876 63,608 Sundry 5,945 6,273 5,698 6,589 6,588 Totals .. .. 2,515,008 2,604,259 2,713,263 2,802,295 2,906,038 * Includes payments of old-age pensions paid out oil national-endowment revenue.

xr i l «, i. nr i t i ci 4 Excess of Excess of Year ended 31st March, Imports. Exports. Exports. Imports. £ £ £ £ 1922 .. .. .. .. ' 36,123,256 43,802,326 7,679,070 1923 .. .. .. .. 36,975,583 45,548,700 8,573,117 1924 .. .. .. .. 44,401,756 51,652,606 7,250,850 1925 .. .. .. .. 49,821,095 54,771,158 4,950,063 j 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 .. 122,097 1931 .. .. .. .. 38,300,807 39,527,784 1,226,977 52,271,229 6,960,698 6,960,698 Totals .. 1445,534,159 490,844,690 45,310,531