WAR PENSIONS.
the fobov. :;;g table, compiled by the Returned Soldiers’ Association, shows tiie amount p-Td out in pensions up to date: From September. 1915--AT rch 31, 1916 £ 33,910 Year 1936-17 1U1,38n Year 1917-1 S 515,115 A’ear 1918-19 3,199.755 Year 1919-20 3,812.419 Year 3920-21 1,886,953 Total £5,608,771 This represents an average of about £1,120.000 a year. a : ’ as the - pi nation of Now Zealand is. ro-gbly, 1.120.000 {exclusive of Maoris) it means that every man. woman, and child in the d- laud- n is subscribing £1 a year through ('■ .- iiimont to the widows and children of deceased soldiers, and to ;h" disabled and their dependents. Surety £1 per annum nor caput is a small enough •■■mtribpion from a thankful nation. £5.732.479 was put through the tota.lis.ator for the year 19i9-20, and probably la-1 year’s inve:--nre ms exceeded this.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3523, 20 September 1921, Page 22
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138WAR PENSIONS. Otago Witness, Issue 3523, 20 September 1921, Page 22
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