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Table No. 3 SOCIAL SECURITY FUND

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Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Estimate for Slst March, 31st March, 31sfc March, 31st March, Year Ended 1946. 1947. 1948. 1949. 31st March, 1950. Receipts £ £ £ £ £ Registration fees .. 585,713 15,287 Social security charge 14,557,460 22,383,884 26,176 j 635 29,378^385 31,600,000 Miscellaneous receipts 143,020 120,993 97,432 58,651 36,000 Balance from previous year 2,389,701 1,716,303 5,410,977 7,241,918 8,681,917 Transfer from Consolidated Fund .. 7,000,000 18,000,000 16,000,000 15,000,000 12,000,000 24,675,894 42,236,467 47,685,044 51,678,954 52,317,917 Expenditure Administration expenses 721,587 704,194 707,883 729,259 792,920 Emergency benefits 121,959 134,287 227,857 251,409 312,000 Hospital benefits, &c. — Maternity benefits 600,209 672,989 800,030 916,120 915,000 Hospital benefits 2,173,460 1,986,288 1,949,489 1,997,375 2,020,000 Medical benefits 1,427,309 1,760,574 2,167,826 2,306,881 2,305,000 Pharmaceutical benefits 1,133,366 1,439,686 1,558,350 1,793,159 1,819,000 Supplementary benefits 229,971 352,043 545,793 861,913 1,000,000 Unauthorized expenditure— Services not provided for 95 Monetary benefits— Age 9,817,615 11,881,119 12,976,286 13,790,971 15,350,000 Widows 1,043,593 1,529,010 1,709,626 1,847,030 2,125,000 Orphans 24,178 22,905 24,187 27,623 27,500 Family 2,611,759 12,680,778 13,798,648 14,242,203 14,796,000 Invalids 1,183,537 1,328,485 1,367,300 1,348,616 1,426,500 Miners 88,359 105,416 110,106 113,659 123,500 Maori War 101 104 111 10 Unemployment 31,661 24,332 8,357 8,948 16,750 Sickness 565,420 853,328 897,093 911,107 1,000,000 Universal superannuation 1,185,508 1,349,689 1,593,757 1,850,079 2,195,500 Social Security Amendment Act, 263 427 580 1943, section 13 (8) (c) : Maintenance moneys Balance .. 1,716,302 5,410,977 7,241,918 8,681,917 6,099,247 24,675,894 42,236,467 47,685,044 51,678,954 52,317,917