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Table IIIa.—Average Statistics for all Fire Districts which have been in Operation for the Fourteen Years 1924-37.

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! i i ■ I I I I ! Tnmiranr»#» Fires per Highest Fire PYnp „ (1i Di«fnVt Pnnnlfltinn I Municipal Rates per Insurance p' 1 ®" Number of 1,000 of Loss in any ... T Fire Loss Loss per Fire Brigade r»i *. District. Population. Rate8 . Head. Premiums. Fires. Popula- Individual Fire Loss. per Head. Fire. Expenditure. er District - per neaci. tjon Year Head. £ £ £ s. d. I £ £ s. d. j £ £ ! £ s. d. £ £ s. d. Auckland Metropolitan* ! 130.304 639,203 4 18 1 179,597 1 7 7 191 1-46 114,709 62,949 0 9 8 330 24,268 3 9 Auckland Mtrpltn.* Balclutha .. .. 1,570 3,721 2 7 5 2,031 1 5 11 2 1-32 7,090 841 0 10 9 406 322 4 1 Balclutha. Christchurch .. .. 88,417 234,638 2 13 1 112,031 1 5 4 131 1-48 95,575 41,329 0 9 4 316 12,596 2 10 Christchurch. Dannevirke .. .. 4,406 11,300 2 11 3 7,535 1 14 2 6 1-39 8,680 1,055 0 4 9 172 692 3 2 Dannevirke. Dargaville .. .. 2,061 12,455 6 0 10 3,573 1 14 8 5 2-29 4,655 2,107 I 10 5 447 549 5 4 Dargaville. Dunedin Metropolitan 69,032 194,056 2 16 2 80,388 1 3 3 106 1-53 59,793 26,568 0 7 8 251 14,068 4 1 Dunedin Mtrpltn. Feilding .. .. 4,447 16,219 3 12 11 6,630 1 9 10 6 1-30 5,044 1,672 0 7 6 289 720 3 3 Feilding. Foxton .. .. 1,729 4,820 2 15 9 1,822 111 4 2-15 6,830 2,451 1 8 4 661 460 5 4 Fox ton. Gisborne .. .. 13,855 62,010 4 9 6 23,077 1 13 4 22 1-56 24,240 11,093 0 16 0 516 2,455 3 6 Gisborne. Greymouth .. .. 6,337 17,301 2 14 7 7.510 1 3 8 9 1-41 32,174 8,524 1 6 11 951 1,022 3 3 Greymoutb. Hamilton .. .. 15.396 59,072 3 16 9 20,792 1 7 0 20 0-80 25,746 4,260 0 5 6 345 2,737 3 7 Hamilton. Hastings .. .. 11.478 36,272 3 3 2 16,080 1 8 0 18 1-56 24,504 7,179 0 12 6 402 1,817 3 2 Hastings. Hawera .. .. 4,676 15,576 3 6 7 7,781 1 13 3 8 1-66 11,876 1,808 0 7 9 232 1,189 5 1 Hawera. Hokitika .. .. 2,523 3,907 1 11 0 2,921 1 3 2 5 1-96 8,591 2.465 0 19 6 498 591 4 8 Hokitika. Invercargill .. .. 19,647 71,361 3 12 8 23,477 1 3 11 36 1-83 47.221 13,533 0 13 9 377 5,270 5 4 Invercargill. Kaiapoi .. .. 1,708 2,238 1 6 2 2,393 1 8 0 4 2-30 25,984 3,567 2 1 9 910 649 7 7 Kaiapoi. Kaitangata .. .. 1.467 1,690 1 3 0 1.115 0 15 2 2 1-22 4,343 883 0 12 0 493 159 2 1 Kaitangata, Lawrence .. .. 663 1,297 1 19 1 714 1 1 7 1 1-93 3,770 421 0 12 8 329 92 2 9 Lawrence. Levin .. .. 2,599 6,255 2 8 1 3,782 1 9 1 5 1-90 9,745 2,047 0 15 9 416 617 4 9 Levin. Masterton .. .. 8,630 27,405 3 3 6 12,668 1 9 4 13 1-51 18,539 5,899 0 13 8 454 2,048 4 9 Masterton. Milton .. .. 1,517 4,040 2 13 3 2.198 1 9 0 1 0-94 1,000 155 0 2 0 109 184 2 5 Milton. Napier .. .. 15,868 57,666 3 12 8 27,146t 1 14 31 21 1-30 32,161 11.407J 0 14 3 551 4,014 5 1 Napier. New Plymouth .. 15.446 55,674 3 12 1 18,750 1 4 3 16 1-04 9,593 4,901 0 6 4 306 1.987 2 7 New Plymouth. Oamaru .. .. ! 7,442 26,495 3 11 2 7,974 1 1 8 7 0-92 23,878 4,221 Oil 4 616 1,077 2 11 Oamaru. Ohakune .. .. i 1,470 2,353 1 12 0 1,374 0 18 9 5 3-54 11,825 3,191 2 3 5 612 413 5 7 Ohakune. Palmerston North .. 20,268 71,659 3 10 9 30,633 1 10 3 35 1-73 31,637 12,759 0 12 7 365 4,039 4 0 Palmerston North. Petone .. .. 10,396 26,383 2 10 9 13,385 1 5 9 9 0-88 5,070 1,794 0 3 6 196 1.689 3 3 Petone. Port Chalmers .. 2,516 4,538 1 16 0 2,227 0 17 9 3 1 12 2,135 735 0 5 10 260 245 1 11 Port Chalmers. Rotorua .. .. 5,143 9,358 1 16 5 7,026 1 7 4 9 1-71 7,416 2,519 0 9 10 287 1,065 4 2 Rotorua. Taumarunui .. .. 2,494 8,274 3 6 4 3,235 1 5 II 6 2-61 7,942 2,249 0 18 0 345 520 4 2 Taumarunui. Tauranga .. .. 2,915 7,926 2 14 3§ 4,213§ 1 8 11 4 1-49 11,457 2,506 0 17 2 576 647 4 5 Tauranga. TeAroha .. .. 2,427 6,347 2 12 4 3,823 1 11 5 4 1-74 4,426 1.774 0 14 7 419 596 4 11 Te Aroha. Timaru .. .. 16,553 54,533 3 5 11 17,845 I 1 9 17 1-03 19,457 4,873 0 5 11 285 2,516 3 0 Timaru. Waihi .. .. 3,476 4,796 1 7 7 2,795 0 16 1 10 2-85 5.909 2,761 0 15 11 278 688 4 0 Waihi. Waitara .. .. 1,838 4,306 2 6 10 2,513 1 7 4 2 0-86 5,044 1,568 0 17 1 992 232 2 6 Waitara. Wanganui .. .. 24,309 97,688 4 0 5 34,591 1 8 6 37 1-53 14,074 7,964 0 6 7 214 7,044 5 10 Wanganui. Whangarei .. .. 6,987 25,413 3 12 9 8,052 1 3 0 8 111 36,569 5,683 0 16 3 723 1,009 2 11 Whangarei. 532,010 1,888,245 3 11 0 703,697 1 6 7 787 1-48 .. 271,711 0 10 2 346 100,286 3 9 Thirteen years' average, 1,491.813 5,383,290 3 12 2 1,848,152 1 4 9 4,715 3-16 1,636,119 1,016,124 0 13 7 216 .. .. Thirteen years' averwhole .Dominion age, whole Dominion. * Includes statistics for Onehunga, Mount Koskill. and Newmarket Tire Boards from date of inception to date of incorporation in Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board. t Ten-year average. J Thirteen-year average. § Eleven-year average.