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Table II.—Miscellaneous Statistics for Fire Districts.

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Insurance Number inv™- Insurances Insured Uninsured Expend'^.. District Popula- Kateable Companies of ing Loss t> . 5 Si ' ' Total Fire for Year District. Hon Ca p ital Value . Prel U m Fire i Property Buildings Buddings Income. Calls. Pro- | i nv ®, 1 1 ved „ a ? d . „ a ? d 4 ' S t in Fires. Contents. Contents. P er V- | 1940. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Auckland Metro- 181,800 67,946,317 201,925 1,114 232 3,090,968 80,149 21,238 101,387 42 000 politan Balelutha .. 1,730 322,547 1,683 9 1 .. .. 30 30 434 Birkenhead .. 3,470 779,131 3,639 13 3 1,250 825 207 1 032 590 Cambridge .. 2,330 652,320 3,070 5 2 6,450 27 .. '27 390 Christchurch .. 94,300 27,790,977 96,704 431 101 540,034 76,018 1,526 77,544 20 600 Dannevirke .. 4,470 1,411,665 5,446 9 2 2,025 1,925 5 1 930 '602 Dargaville .. 2,290 516,632 2,899 12 7 7,175 1,193 265 l'458 615 Duncdin .. 77,780 20,830,895 78,394 598 96 242,585 17,375 674 18,049 20 350 Eltham .. .. 1,910 376,895 1,853 4 1 450 25 25 '630 Feilding.. .. 4,740 1,477,609 4,916 14 3 6,670 811 .. 811 760 Foxton .. .. 1,580 247,336 1,324 8 5 5,385 1,084 342 1,426 420 Gisborno .. 13,950 4,043,037 19,257 26 12 24,987 3,823 700 4*523 2 599 Greymouth .. 8,490 1,463,010 7,963 18 5 4,200 164 .. 'l64 1*310 Hamilton .. 17,850 5,486,242 17,541 101 23 22,925 3,199 113 3,312 5'700 Hastings .. 13,550 3,825,516 15,143 43 19 52,570 969 115 1,084 2'575 Hawera .. 4,790 1,388,362 6,580 34 6 8,100 1,139 67 1,206 2*019 Hikurangi .. 1,020 123,100 824 6 .. .. .. ' '208 Hokitika .. 2,770 409,162 3,422 2 2 400 250 20 270 647 Invercargill .. 22,600 5,930,858 23,672 111 37 46,242 4,898 797 5,695 6 810 Kaiapoi .. 1,630 302,590 1,935 6 1 2,000 2,000 700 2,700 '530 Kaitangata .. 1,330 102,192 * * * * * * * 201 Lawrence .. 660 57,830 590 .. .. .. .. .. ,. 100 Levin .. .. 2,770 764,209 3,241 7 1 100 10 .. 10 683 Masterton .. 9,500 2,670,104 11,082 80 16 47,890 2,610 133 2 743 3 891 Milton .. .. 1,390 241,638 2,024 5 3 2,825 1,145 617 K762 '210 Morrinsvillo .. 2,000 506,998 2,602 9 1 380 50 50 516 Napier .. .. 15,950 4,384,138 22,956 54 14 17,805 1,390 132 1,522 5 190 Nelson .. .. 11,550 3,143,142 15,065 57 15 46,960 5,447 1,530 6 977 2*760 New Plymouth .. 17,400 5,005,821 15,874 53 10 23,435 13,303 628 3*638 Oamaru .. 7,610 1,567,738 7,165 8 3 975 846 200 1 046 '975 Ohakune .. 1,390 100,641 901 10 3 940 2 25 27 350 Opotiki.. .. 1,510 363,111 1,825 4 .. .. Otaki .. .. 1,820 305,170 1,503 4 2 6,000 2 20 22 471 Pahiatua .. 1,760 399,526 3,124 1 1 725 6 6 541 Palmorston North 23,400 6,715,596 26,919 147 26 123,746 3,967 1,036 5 003 9 200 Petone .. .. 11,150 3,144,670 12,999 37 6 2,600 945 70 l'oi5 2'335 Port Chalmers .. 2,080 304,411 1,683 2 1 1,500 10 ' 10 223 Pukekohe .. 2,690 855,524 2,709 10 3 2,125 290 10 300 790 Rotorua .. 6,610 1,504,212 7,289 41 11 6,105 649 336 985 1253 Taihape .. 2,210 415,788 3,229 7 4 9,590 389 10 399 's27 Taumarunui .. 2,770 597,167 2,735 10 1 750 5 5 541 Tauranga .. 3,860 1,068,337 4,655 23 21 8,325 200 .. 200 691 TeAroha .. 2,470 778,845 4,141 8 3 1,090 860 1 861 422 TeAwamutu .. 2,560 787,733 3,359 10 2 .. 108 108 567 Timaru.. .. 17,850 5,023,339 15,673 53 7 45,115 2,071 12 2,083 4 034 Waihi .. .. 4,010 309,615 2,578 28 6 5,655 4,677 .. 4,677 '690 Waipukurau .. 2,120 477,711 2,549 14 5 1,710 511 83 594 450 Wairoa .. .. 2,600 570,657 3,476 9 4 9,840 3,019 113 3,132 656 Waitara .. 2,040 334,522 2,215 2 1 .. .. 2 2 303 Wanganui .. 23,500 6,062,279 26,669 147 29 27,330 6,179 1,041 7,220 8 561 Wellington .. 119,700 45,077,480 161,953 947 137 1,881,132 124,464 38,391 162,855 42*400 Westport .. 4,310 573,730 4,381 13 6 1,845 1,213 12 1 225 '700 Whakatane .. 1,920 459,197 2,594 18 .. .. .. .. 550 Whangarei .. 7,550 2,437,713 8,534 17 5 2,650 46 .. 46 892 Woodville .. 1,060 175,317 1,177 1 .. .. .. .. 342 786,150 242,610,302 887,659 4,400 905 6,343,559 370,288 71,201 441,489 205,811 * Figures not available.