HIGHER PENSIONS BILL
LAST (YEAR'S INCREASE TOTAL NOW £3,149,895 WAR AND OLD AGE PAYMENTS [BY TELEGRAI'II —SPECIAL REPORTER] WELLINGTON, Thursday A further increase in New Zealand's annual pensions bill is shown in tho annual report of the department tabled in tho House of Representatives today. War and old-age pensions account for over two-thirds of the total payments, which amounted to £3,149,895 for the year ended March 31 last, compared with £3,031,781 in tho preceding year. In tho following table, payments iq the past two years are compared, in each case:—
193'3-31 1932-33 War £],2<1G,441 £1,200,408 Olcl ftgo 1.350,982 1.30"),772 Widows 302,0:0 ;i07.*J2i; M nori War . . ,. 4,522 5.194 Miners 50,810 50,(118 Epidemic 3,290 3,090 Blind 19,300 18,4-22 Boer War . 2.1G3 2,157 Sundry pensions and annuities 11,678 10,030 Civil Service Act, 1908 5,917 0,112 Family allowances , . 14G.7GG 131.118 The cost per capita of the European population was £2 2s 8d in 1933-31 and £2 Is 4d in 1932-33.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21845, 6 July 1934, Page 12
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