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Table IIa.—Average Statistics for all Fire Districts which have been in Operation for the Fifteen Years 1924-38.

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, r • ■ , , Insurance I Fires P er Highest Fire District. Population. ! Municipal Rates per Insurance SI, Number of 1.000 of Loss in any FirpTniiS Fire Loss Loss per Fire Brigade Kates. Head. ! Premiums. j "eimums | Fires. Popula- Individual Fire Loss - per Head. Fire. Expenditure ? er District. 1 ' tion. Year. Head. 1 * i I I I i £ j £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ £ £sd £ £ s d Auckland Metropolitan* 133,496 659,023 4 18 9 180,587 1 7 1 191 1-43 114,709 61,246 0 9 2 320 25,128 3 9 Auckland Mtrrm * Balclutha .. .. 1,579 3,746 2 7 5 2,002 1 5 4 2 1-34 7,090 827 0 10 6 376 316 4 0 Balclutha Christchurch .. .. 88,749 235,020 2 12 11 110,818 1 5 0 129 1-43 95,575 39,193 0 8 10 305 13,227 3 0 Christchureh Dannevn-ke .. .. 4,408 11,422 2 11 10 7,385 1 13 6 3 0-69 8,680 1,037 0 4 8 340 692 3 1 Dannevirke ' Dargaville .. .. 2,073 12,421 5 19 10 j 3,532 1 14 1 5 2-28 ' 5,993 2,366 1 2 10 500 555 5 4 Darsa^lle Dunedm Metropolitan 69,591 197,661 2 16 10 | 80,185 1 3 0 105 1-51 59,793 25,400 0 7 3 242 14 450 4 2 TWrHn Mtmltn Eeilding .. .. 4,497 16,258 3 12 3 6,522 1 9 0 6 1-23 5,044 1,638 0 7 3 296 '717 3 2 TVildi™ Foxton •• 4,859 2 16 6 1,789 1 0 10 4 2-21 6,830 2,590 1 10 1 682 455 5 3 Foxton Gisborne .. .. 13,855 62,338 4 10 0 22,779 1 12 11 21 1-52 24,240 10,747 0 15 6 510 2,492 3 7 Gisborne Greymouth .. .. 6,471 17,760 2 14 11 7,514 1 3 2 9 1-36 32,174 8,065 1 4 11 913 1,025 3 2 Greymouth. Hamilton .. .. 15,533 59,336 3 16 5 j 20,482 1 6 4 19 1-24 25,746 4,426 0 5 8 230 2 832 3 8 Hamilton Hastings .. .. 11,599 36,698 3 3 3 15,958 1 7 6 17 1-51 24,504 6,868 0 11 10 393 1,854 3 2 Hasting Hawera .. .. 4,682 15,802 ! 3 7 6 ; 7,699 1 12 11 8 1-69 11,876 1,715 0 7 3 216 1 230 5 3 Hawera Hokitika .. .. 2 > 5^ 7 3,972 1 11 4 2,935 1 3 1 5 1-85 .8,591 2,302 0 18 1 491 591 4 8 Hokitika Invercargill .. .. 19,824 71,965 3 12 7 23,428 1 3 8 36 1-80 47,221 13,453 0 13 7 378 5,279 5 4 Invercargill Kaiapoi .. .. 1,701 2,272 1 6 9 2,357 1 5 9 4 2-23 25,984 3,335 1 19 4 882 640 7 6 K^noi Kaitangata .. .. 1,459 1,706 .1 3 5; 1,109 0 15 2 2 1-23 4,343 931 0 12 7 517 157 2 2 Kaitansmta Lawrence .. .. 663 1,307 ] 1 19 5 706 1 1 3 1 1-79 3,770 393 0 11 10 330 93 2 10 Lawrence Levin .. .. 2,607 6,396 2 9 0 3,739 1 8 8 5 1-81 9,745 1,945 0 14 11 411 612 4 8 Le^n Masterton .. .. 8,678 27,541 3 3 6 12,553 1 8 11 13 1-51 18,539 5,867 0 13 6 447 2,125 4 11 Masterton Milton .. .. 1,509 4,071 2 13 11 2,178 1 8 10 2 1-01 1,000 152 0 2 0 99 184 2 5 Milton Napier .. lo,8o7 58,375 3 13 7 26,769| 113 9f 20* 1-27 32,161 10,657} 0 13 5 531 4,060 5 1 Napier' New Plymouth .. 15,o60 06,438 3 12 6 18,528 1 3 10 16 1-01 9,593 4,700 0 6 0 300 2,023 2 7 New Plymouth Oamaru .. .. 7,450 26,609 3 11 5 7,914 1 1 3 7 0-89 23,878 4,088 0 11 0 614 1 090 2 11 Oamaru Ohakune .. .. 1,465 2,349 j 1 12 0 1,342 0 18 4 5 3-37 11,825 2,978 2 0 8 604 405 5 6 Ohakune Palmerston North .. 20,443 72,477 3 10 11 30,342 1 9 8 35 1-73 31,637 12,643 0 12 4 358 4,228 4 1 Palmerston North Petone .. .. 10,540 27,001 2 11 2 13,413 1 5 5 9 0-89 5,070 1,784 0 3 5 190 1 713 3 3 Petone Port Chalmers .. 2,488 4,622 1 17 2 2,191 0 17 7 3 1-06 2,135 686 0 5 6 260 245 2 0 Port Chalmers Rotorua .. .. 5,229 9,716 1 17 2 7,002 1 6 10 8 1-66 7,416 2,442 0 9 4 289 1,067 4 1 Rotorua Taumarunui .. .. 2,510 8,403 3 6 11 3,190 1 5 5 6 2-44 7,942 2,116 0 16 10 345 520 4 1 'I'lumaninui Tauranga .. .. 2,965 8,078 2 14 6 4,228§ 1 8 5§ 4 1-41 11,457 2,395 0 16 2 571 647 4 4 Tauranga TeAroha .. .. 2,427 6,380 2 12 7 3,829 111 7 4 1-71 4,426 1,718 0 14 2 414 587 4 10 TeAroha' Timaru .. .. 16,62b 54,756 3 5 10 17,662 1 1 3 17 1-01 19,457 4,600 0 5 6 275 2,569 3 1 Timaru Waihi .. .. 3,510 4,899 1 7 11 2,767 0 15 9 10 2-77 5,909 2,857 0 16 3 294 682 3 11 wShi Waitara .. .. 1,850 4,309 2 6 7 2,471 1 6 9 2 0-82 5,044 1,470 0 15 11 974 232 2 6 Wa tara Wanganui .. .. 24,24o 97,629 4 0 6 34,066 1 10 1 38 1-55 14,074 7,773 0 6 5 207 7 114 5 10 Wanaanui Whangarei .. .. 7,011 25,643 3 13 2 8,037 1 2 11 8 1-15 36,569 5,500 0 15 8 682 1,007 2 11 Whangarei. 537,407 1,919,258 3 11 5 j 700,008 1 6 0 776 1-44 ~ 262,903 (TT~9 339 102,843 3I0 " Fourteen years'average, [1,499,861 j 5,424,028 3 12 4 1,825,673 1 4 4 t U 1,636,119 980,750 0 13 3 «T Fourteen whole Dominion j j 11 "" uullccn y^a average, whole ! __J I Dominion. * Includes statistics for Onehunga, Mount Eoskill, and Newmarket Fire Boards from date of inception to date of incorporation in Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board. f Eleven-year average. j Fourteen-vear average 5 Twelve vear average Figures not available. - ° 8 nvwvc-jtau d,veid.ge.