BRITAIN'S PENSIONERS.
COST TO THE COUNTRY. ll* ELECTRIC TELl.OllAi'll.—kOl'lUlCUT. l'Klt U.NITKI) MtI.SS ASSOCIATION. Received Februarv 24. 8.20 a.m. LONDON. Feb. 23. The Supplementary Estimates presented to Parliament add the .stint ol t!)10,()00 to the original estimate ol £1,200,000 tur old age pensions a. the lirst quarter's: payment.
Mr C. E. 11. Hobhouse, Financu.l Secretary to the Treasury, recently declared that a sum ol tiI.dOO.OOO mil'! lie found to finance the old age pen.siot.s scheme. At the beginning of the vomit was estimated that out of 1.2<>2.(K!2 persons over 70 years of age iu the United Kingdom 570.0110 (217.000 male,
and 323,000 females) .would lie entitled to a pension. The estimated cost ol pensions to these person* during I'M) was CCi.oOO.OUO.
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Mataura Ensign, 24 February 1909, Page 3
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120BRITAIN'S PENSIONERS. Mataura Ensign, 24 February 1909, Page 3
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