COST TO DOMINION.
SOCIAL. SECURITY BENEFITS.
(From Our Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Return* of Social Security benefits for four months, as published in the Abstract of Statistics, gilipw steady increases as follows:—. Uncmploy- Einer--1030. mient. Sickness. iieocy. May 556." 1201 400 .Tune 7080 1510 470 July 8000 2443 033 August .. 8W« 2830 730 Thero was paid oirfc during the Ave months ended August, 1039, the following principal sums;— Aft* £2.507,013 WL&wg 310,442 1 Invalidity 378.101 Unemployment 203,523 ; ~£3,401,070 :The payment for unemployment is for 21 weeks ended August 20, 1039.
■ Other payments are war pensions, £652,908, excluding £55,000 paid in sterling through the High Commissioner iri London. " t'i- ;
Payments iri New Zealand also include benefits to Maori and South African War veterans,, totalling £1351, family, orphans', hospital and maternity allowances. A sum of £75,003 is set down for war veterans' allowances. • •
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 247, 19 October 1939, Page 10
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140COST TO DOMINION. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 247, 19 October 1939, Page 10
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