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Table IIIb.— Average Statistics for other Fire Districts.

Table IV.— Areas protected by Fire Boards.

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|g££ Population. 1 pe f^ d . £=. |= ' 3tt SF | ISEsT "» *-• !&&£ !^! j. I * ears.; j pei jae<tu.. | tion. Year. tun. ncdU - £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. Birkenhead .. 6 3,432 12,706 3 ]4 0 3,986 1 3 2 2 0-48 802 204 0 1 2 123 527 3 1 Birkenhead. Cambridge .. 7 2,206 7,579 3 8 9 3,109 1 8 2 3 1-18 3,175 1,142 0 10 4 439 472 4 3 Cambridge. Eltham .. .. 14 2,009 6,517 3 4 11 2,451 1 4 5 3 1-60 2,672 921 0 9 2 287 453 4 6 Eltham. Hikurangi .. 10 1,173 2,283 1 18 11 1,084 0 18 6 1 1-18 1,204 342 0 5 10 246 209 3 7 Hikurangi. Morrinsville .. 2 1,885 8,529 4 10 6 2,311 1 4 6 1 0-27 149 75 0 0 10 150 581 6 2 Morrinsville. Nelson .. .. 5 11,282 37,115 3 5 10 16,064 1 8 6 11 0-94 3,924 1,896 0 3 4 179 2,169 3 10 Nelson. Opotiki .. .. 9 1,362 3,950 2 18 0 1,362 1 9 4 3 2-29 3,609 732 0 10 9 235 521 9 5 Opotiki. Otaki .. .. 13 1,645 4,619 2 16 2 1,840* 1 2 4* 3 1-82 6,659 1,242 0 15 1 414 348 4 3 Otaki. Pahiatua .. .. 12 1,565 4,145 2 12 11 3,339 2 2 8 3 1-86 11,775 2,456 1 11 4 844 405 5 2 Pahiatua. Pukekohe.. .. 12 2,528 12,462 4 18 7 3,080 1 4 4 3 1-13 5,680 748 0 5 11 262 694 5 6 Pukekohe. Taihape .. .. 8 2,355 9,084 3 17 1 3,601 1 10 7 1 0-53 856 174 0 1 6 139 522 4 5 Taihape. Te Awamutu .. 11 1,972 10,087 5 2 3 3,285 1 13 4 3 1-52 4,510 980 0 9 6 327 501 5 1 Te Awamutu. Waipukurau .. 12 1,985 6,438 3 4 5 3,023 1 10 6 4 1-81 7,167 1,534 0 15 5 427 350 3 6 Waipukurau. Wairoa .. .. 12 2,481 10,372 4 3 7 4,035 1 12 6 5 1-91 101,707f 10,874f 4 7 8 2,289 570 4 7 Wairoa. Wellington .. 12 111,283 477,972 4 5 11 184,311 1 13 1 176 1-58 294,070 77,973 0 14 0 444 28,789 5 2 Wellington. Westport .. .. 14 4,014 9,352 2 6 7 4,247 1 1 2 5 1-35 11,989 3,058 0 15 3 563 647 3 2 Westport. Whakatane .. 1 1,860 .. .. 2,211 1 3 10 2 1-08 49 49 0 0 6 25 .. .. Whakatane. Woodville .. 7 1,085 2,861 2 12 9 1,365 1 5 2 2 2-24 4,116 1,053 0 19 5 433 369 6 10 Woodville. * Bight-year average. f Fire-loss figures corrected in accordance with returns supplied subsequently.

! j AT oa • | Insured Fire Uninsured District. Population. of Fire T 1Sr™ Protected by Remarks. | * j CalJs. ot Property. Contents . Contents. | j | ] | I ! £ £ £ £ Belfast (works only) .. .. .. 1 1 16,779 .. 16,779 Christchurch Fire Board .. .. Payment for attendances. Fairfield.. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. • ■ Hamilton Fire Board .. .. County pays £25 p.a. plus £5 for every call in excess of five. Feilding (works only) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . • Feilding Fire Board .. .. Payment for attendances. Hamilton (hospital only) .. .. .. .. .. .. . • • ■ Hamilton Fire Board .. .. Nominal payment. Hawera .. .. .. 605* 210,000 .. .. .. • • • ■ Hawera Fire Board .. .. County pays £75 p a. to Fire Board. Mangere.. .. .. 765* 522,000 .. .. .. •• •• Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board .. County pays £75 p.a. plus £5 for every call in excess of ten. New Lynn .. .. 3,570 .. .. .. . - • • • • Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board .. Borough pays £100 p.a. plus £5 for every call in excess of ten. Cashmere .. 1 f County pays £300 p.a. to Fire Board. Fendalton .. .. J>12,000* .. 45 11 7,105 127 7,232 Christchurch Fire Board .. .. County pays £450 p.a. to Fire Board. Riccarton .. .. J pays £450 p.a. to Fire Board. West Harbour (works only) .. .. •. • • • ■ • - • • Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board .. Payment for attendances. 46 12 23,884 127 24,011 * Estimated.