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I ' I I I ] I ] 4w?^w f Population I Municipal Kates Insurance | p™f™ e a Number Losalnimy ji re Loss Hre Loss ; Loss 6 tareper District District. Average. Populatlon ' ! Rates. per Head. Premiums. j of Fires. Popula- Individual Fire Loss. per Head. per Fire. jure Head! District. £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. Auckland Metropolitan 1 183,140 879,489 4 16 0 208,986 1 2 10 145 0-79 72,417 72,417 0 7 11 499 30,400 3 4 Auckland Metropolitan. Birkenhead .. 2 3,430 12,926 3 14 10 4,404 1 5 8 1 0-29 802 401 0 2 4 401 492 2 11 Birkenhead. Cambridge .. 3 2,173 7.950 3 13 5 3,309 1 10 6 4 1-68 1,084 725 0 6 8 198 496 4 7 Cambridge. Eltham .. .. 10 2,044 6,539 3 4 0 2,743 1 4 2 3 1-66 2,672 1,021 0 10 0 297 466 <4 7 Eltham. Hikurangi.. .. 6 1,238 2,103 1 14 0 1,217 0 19 8 1 1-21 1,000 364 0 5 11 242 230 3 9 Hikurangi. Mosgiel .. .. 1 2,120 5,465 2 11 7 2,005 0 18 11 .. .. .. .. •• .. 105 1 0 Mosgiel. Nelson .. .. 1 11,200 35,949 3 4 2 16,448 1 11 7 15 1-34 3,924 3,924 0 7 0 262 2,505 4 6 Nelson. Opotiki .. .. 5 1,304 4,132 3 3 5 2,125 1 12 7 3 2-61 3,609 1,121 0 17 2 329 586 9 0 Opotiki. Otaki .. .. 9 1,608 4,660 2 18 0 1,982* 1 4 8 3 1-87 2,855 1,040 0 12 11 347 340 4 3 Otaki. Pahiatua .. .. 8 1.518 4,130 2 14 5 3,301 2 3 6 3 1-89 11,775 3,092 2 0 9 1,077 385 5 1 Pahiatua. Pukekohe .. .. 8 2,505 12,855 5 2 8 3,317 1 6 6 3 1-10 5,680 937 0 7 6 343 647 5 2 Pukekohe. Taihape .. .. 4 2,462 9,552 3 17 7 3,923 1 11 11 2 0-91 856 306 0 2 6 136 532 4 4 Taihape. TeAwamutu .. 7 1,820 9,737 5 7 0- 3,406 1 17 5 2 1-33 4,510 1,096 0 12 0 432 477 5 3 Te Awamutu. Waipukurau .. 8 1.946 5,850 3 0 1 3,228 1 13 2 4 2-31 7,167 2,090 1 1 6 465 326 3 4 Waipukurau. Wairoa . 8 2,466 9,799 3 19 6 4,251 1 14 6 5 2-23 140,742 20,834 8 8 11 3,788 519 4 2 Wairoa. Wellington .. 8 108,775 453,851 4 2 9 193,610 1 15 7 195 1-79 294,070 103,744 0 18 11 536 27,325 5 0 Wellington. Westport .. 10 3.935 9,123 2 6 4 4,266 1 1 8 5 1-37 | 11.989 2,766 0 14 1 518 638 3 3 Westport. Woodville .. .. 3 1,123 2,567 2 5 9 1,482 1 6 5 4 3-26 | 2,105 988 0 17 7 270 399 7 1 Woodville. * Four-year average.

Wnmlier Tfiroa in Insured Fire Uninsured District. Population. Ca^^i e . ! ™ volvmgLo B To^£ n j Protected by Remarks. tans. oi Property. Con t e nts. Contents. ! I I ; | £ £ £ £ Belfast (works only) .. .. .. 2 2 25,410 .. 25,410 Christchurch Fire Board .. .. Payment for attendances. Feilding (works only) .. .. •. • • .. .. • • • • Feilding Fire Board .. .. Payment for attendances. Green Island .. .. 2,450 384,700 i 21 7 9,953 9 9,962 Dunedin Fire Board .. .. Borough pays £750 p.a. to Fire Board. Hawera .. .. .. 600* 210,000* I 1 .. .. .. .. Hawera Fire Board .. .. County pays £75 p.a. to Fire Board. Mangere .. .. 750* 522,000 i 1 1 247 150 397 Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board .. County pays £75 p.a. plus £5 for every call in excess of ten. New Lynn .. .. 3,300 648,406 1 .. .. .. .. Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board .. Borough pays £100 p.a. plus £5 for every call in excess of ten. Cashmere .. .. \ ' | f Christchurch Fire Board .. .. County pays £300 p.a. to Fire Board. Fendalton .. .. )>11,150 j 3,795,757 34 16 2,877 507 3,384<J Christchurch Fire Board .. .. County pays £450 p.a. to Fire Board. Riccarton • • • • J I ! I Christchurch Fire Board .. .. Borough pays £450 p.a. to Fire Board. St. Kilda .. .. 8,370 1,774,021 15 1 5 j 5 Dunedin Fire Board .. .. Borough pays £550 p.a. to Fire Board. West Harbour (works only) ! .. .. .. .. .. .. Dunedin Fire Board .. .. Payment for attendances. 26,620 I 7,334,884 | 75 27 38,492 666 39,158 j ' i j * Estimated.