Table V.—Statistics for all Fire Districts which have been in Operation for the Ten Years 1924-33.

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All figures are averages over that period except those in column 8. r 2. i sT i. 5. , 6. 7. 8. ~ 9. la IT 12. lit , Fires per Highest Fire Finendi District ,, , „ Municipal Rates per Insurance pJ™,,,™ Number' of 1,000 of Loss in any F ir( .r n «. Fire Loss Loss per Fire Brigade , District. uiamci. population. Ratea Head. Premiums. Fires. Popula- Individual lire Loss. per Head. Fire. Expenditure. "XJf 1 per Head. tlon Year aeaa. £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. Auckland .. 97,927 497,356 5 1 7 158,836 1 12 7 188 1-92 114,709 65,002 0 13 6 345 20,065 4 1 Auckland. Balclutha .. .. 1,559 3,743 2 8 0 2,064 1 6 6 3 1-92 7,090 1,153 0 14 10 461 I 375 4 10 Balclutha. Christchurch .. 86,792 232,526 2 13 7 116,989 1 7 0 146 1-68 96,575 50,853 0 11 9 348 12,385 2 10 Christchurch. Dannevirke .. 4,370 10,678 2 8 10 8,108 1 18 2 7 1-60 8,680 1,994 0 9 1 307 695 3 2 Dannevirke. Dargaville.. .. 2,044 12,588 6 3 0 3,739 1 16 7 6 2-94 4,125 3,896 1 18 1 696 574 5 7 Dargaville Dunedin .. .. 68,009 187,397 2 15 0 82,058 1 4 2 122 1-79 59,793 30,565 0 9 0 250 14,502 4 3 Dune din. Feilding .. 4,403 16,345 3 14 2 7,178 1 12 7 7 1-59 5,044 2.219 0 10 1 322 703 3 2 Feilding. Foxton .. .. 1,752 5,044 2 17 7 1,993 1 2 10 4 2-28 6,830 2,419 1 7 8 605 479 5 6 Foxton. Gisborne 13,745 61,809 4 10 0 24,248 1 15 2 24 1-75 24,240 13,157 0 19 2 548 2,580 3 9 Gisborne. Greymouth" .. 5,835 15,659 2 13 7 7,543 1 5 10 10 1 -71 32,174 10,983 1 17 8 1,156 1,031 3 6 Greymouth. Hamilton .. .. 14,771 58,079 3 18 7 22,412 1 10 5 22 1-49 25,746 5,120 0 6 11 232 2,708 3 8 Hamilton. Hastings .. .. 11,005 35,243 3 4 0 16,356 1 9 10 20 1-82 24,504 9,343 0 17 0 467 1,525 2 9 Hastings. Hawera .. .. 4,655 15,244 3 5 5 8,022 1 14 5 9 1-93 11,876 2,675 0 11 6 297 1,183 5 1 Hawera. Hokitika .. .. 2,469 3,731 1 10 3 2,952 1 4 0 6 2-43 8,591 2,852 1 3 1 475 572 4 8 Hokitika. Invercargill .. 18,936 71,747 3 15 9 23,846 1 5 2 38 2-01 47,221 14,835 0 15 8 391 5,443 5 9 Invercargill. Kaiapoi .. .. 1,724 2,086 1 4 2 2,571 1 9 10 5 2-90 25,984 4,855 2 15 11 1,033 716 8 4 Kaiapoi. Kaitangata .. 1,510 1,672 1 2 2 1,118 0 14 10 2 1-32 4,343 1,065 0 14 1 532 181 2 5 Kaitangata. Lawrence . .. 664 1,243 1 17 5 744 1 2 5 2 3-01 3,770 592 0 17 8 348 93 2 10 Lawrence. Levin . .. 2,539 5.984 2 7 2 3,932 1 11 0 5 1-97 9,745 2,394 0 18 11 435 663 5 2 Levin. Masterton .. .. 8,474 27,404 3 4 7 13,306 1 11 5 15 1-77 18,539 7,134 0 16 10 485 1,834 4 4 Masterton. Milton .. .. 1,521 4,015 2 12 10 2,254 1 9 8 2 1-31 1,000 211 0 2 9 132 195 2 7 Milton. Napier .. .. 15,839 55,436 3 10 0 28,430* 1 15 11 23 1-45 24,692 11,330 0 14 4 493 3,899 4 11 Napier. New Plymouth .. 14,936 52,035 3 9 8 19,268 1 5 10 18 1-21 9,593 5,783 0 7 9 323 2,052 2 9 New Plymouth. Oamaru .. .. 7,382 25,385 3 8 10 8,149 1 2 0 7 0-95 23,878 5,579 0 15 1 786 1,117 3 Q Oamaru. Ohakune .. .. 1,505 2,519 1 13 5 1,478 0 19 8 6 3-99 11,825 4,082 2 14 3 704 453 6 0 Ohakune. Palmerston North .. 19,482 70,223 3 12 0 31.212 1 12 0 40 2-05 31,637 16,277 0 16 8 405 3,815 3 9 Palmerston North. Petone .. .. 10,120 24,514 2 8 5 13,744 1 7 2 10 0-99 5,070 2,004 0 4 0 191 1,603 3 2 Petone. Port Chalmers .. 2,581 4,227 1 12 9 2,307 0 17 10 3 1-16 2,135 888 0 6 11 278 237 1 10 Port Chalmers. Rotorua .. .. 4,867 8,477 1 14 10 7,103 1 9 2 10 2-05 7,416 2,909 0 11 11 285 1,095 4 6 Kotorua. Taumarunui .. 2,440 7,868 3 4 6 3,478 1 8 7 7 2-87 7,942 2,061 0 16 11 290 541 4 5 Taumarunui. Tauranga .. .. 2,734 7,924 2 18 0 4,291f 1 11 5 5 1-83 5,074 2,269 0 16 7 473 663 4 10 Tauranga. Te Aroha .. .. 2,409 6,076 2 10 5 3,808 1 11 7 5 2 08 4,426 2,211 0 18 4 461 649 5 4 Te Aroha. Timaru .. .. 16,161 53,225 3 5 10 18,142 1 2 5 18 Ml 19,457 6,253 0 7 8 338 2,495 3 1 Timaru. Waihi .. .. 3,411 4,632 1 7 2 2,887 0 17 0 11 3-22 5,909 3,336 0 19 7 301 705 4 1 Waihi. Waitara .. .. 1,789 4,197 2 6 11 2,521 1 8 2 2 1-13 5,044 2,090 1 3 4 995 229 2 7 Waitara. Wanganui .. .. 24,427 98,464 4 0 7 36,935 1 10 4 42 1-72 14,074 9,671 0 7.11 229 7,238 5 11 Wanganui. Whangarei .. 6,756 24,849 3 13 7 7,901 1 3 5 9 1-33 36,569 7,564 1 2 4 813 1,080 3 2 Whangarei. All districts .. 491,543 1,719,644 3 10 0 701,923 1 8 7 856 1-75 .. 317,624 0 12 11 371 96,373 3 11 All districts. Nine years'average, 1,438,058 5,321,728 3 14 0 1,913,073 1 6 7 4,569 3-17 1,636,119 1,283,582 0 17 10 .. Nine years' average whole Dominion whole Dominion. * Average for six years only. t Average for seven years only.