OLD-AGE PENSIONS DEPARTMENT (EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE), FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1906.

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Session 11. 1906. NEW ZEALAND.

OLD-AGE PENSIONS DEPARTMENT (EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE), FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1906.

Prese ited to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 62 of " The Old-age Pensions Act, 1898."

The Registrar of Old-age Pensions to the Hon. the Colonial Treasurer. Sir, — Old-age Pensions Department, Wellington, 31st July, 1906. I have the honour to submit herewith my report on the working of the Department for the financial year ended the 31st March, 1906. The principal event of the year was the passing of the Amendment Act increasing the amount of pension to £26 per annum, the immediate result of which has been not only an enlarged expenditure, but also a marked addition to the number of participants. The various provisions of this Act, which have helped to bring about these increases, are as follows : — 1. An increase in the amount of pension from £18 to £26. 2. An increase from £52 to £60 in the amount of income required to disqualify an applicant. 3. An increase from £78 to £90 in the amount of joint income (with pension added) required to disqualify a married couple. 4. An equal division of all property owned between husband and wife. 5. An increase from £50 to £150 in the deduction allowed from property where such property, or part thereof, constitutes a home from which no income is derived. 6. Provision for the private investigation of claims by Magistrates. The Act referred to received the Governor's assent on the 29th July, and, as it decreed that the change in the amount of pension was to take effect immediately— i.e., with the instalment which commenced to accrue on the Ist August and became payable on the Ist September—no time had to be lost in making arrangements for the increased payment on the date named. Despite the fact that the increases of pension in every case had to be sanctioned by the various Magistrates throughout the colony (for no pension or increase of pension can be paid without the authority of a Magistrate), I have to report that on the Ist September there were only four pensions which were not available at the increased rate, and these four were available before the days of grace allowed for collection had expired. I here desire to place on record my appreciation of the readiness with which Magistrates assisted the Department in enabling the increased payment to be made as provided by law. Without their generous assistance the task attempted would not have been consummated. Pensions in Force. On the 31st March last the number of pensioners on the roll stood at 12,582, being 812 more than at the close of the previous year, or 194 less than on the 31st March, 1902, when the number was at its highest since the passing of the original Act—namely, 12,776. Of this number 667 were Maoris. Although the number of pensioners has increased, it is satisfactory to note that the percentage of pensioners to the population eligible by age and residence has not gone up. The percentages fox the past six years are as follows : — ' Estimated European -p On 31st Maroli, Population eligible by Percentage. Age and Residence. Pensioners. 1901 ... ... 26,563 11,307 42 1902 ... ... 27,993 11,721 41 1903 ... ... 29,384 11,589 39 1904 ... .... 30,890 11,197 36 1905 ... ... 32,013 11,138 35 1906 ... ... 35,157 11,915 34 [Note. —The estimated eligible population has been arrived at from figures taken from the last available census returns (1901), after making allowance for the actual number of deaths during the past five years, supplied by the Regi strar-Generai. ]

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Full details regarding the sex, age, and distribution throughout the colony of pensioners on the roll will be found in the appendix of this report, the following items of interest being taken therefrom : — 10,398 out of the 12,582 on the roll, or 82 per cent, of the whole, are in receipt of the full pension of £26. Forty-four per cent, of the pensioners who were admitted in the first year of the Act are still on the books. Of the four chief centres of population, Christchurch has the highest number of pensioners—namely, 1,440, as against 1,210 in Auckland, 1,111 in Dunedin, and 596 in Wellington. The smallness of the pension-roll in Wellington is accounted for by the fact that the population at the pension age in this centre is a comparatively small one, the last available census figures showing the people sixty-five years of age and over in each of the chief centres to be as follows : — 1. Cbristehurch ... ... ... ... ... 3,408 2. Auckland ... ... ... ... ... 3,002 3. Dunedin ... ... ... ... ... 2,901 4. Wellington ... ... ... ... ... 1,771 The male pensioners exceed the female by 1,930, although in Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin the females are in the ascendant. The age which claims the highest number of pensioners is 72, 1,168 Europeans being at that age. Age 73 follows next with 1,112. "There are seventy-six European pensioners of the age of 90 and over, of which number seven are 96 and over, while three are centenarians. The following particulars relate to those who are 96 and over, and were still alive on the Ist July : — No. Distriot. Age. Sex. Address. Born. Conjugal Conditions. 740 Wellington* 96 Male Te Aro 10th February, 1810 Widower. 797 Dunedin 97 Female Outram 14th August, 1808 Widow. 1866 Auckland* 97 Male Onehunga 1809 Widower. 18 Haveloek 102 „ Kenepuru 15th February, 1804 Unmarried. 343 Ashburton* 103 „ Ashburton 24th June, 1803 Widower. 149 Masterton 105 „ Waikanae 1801 The following statement shows the number of pensions on the roll at the end of each month of the year just ended : — Number of pensions at 31st March, 1905 .. .. .. 11,770 Add new grants during April, 1905 .. .. 91 Deduct deaths during April .. .. .. 34 57 increase. Number of pensions at 30th April, 1905 .. .. .. ' 11,827 Add new grants during May .. .. .. 135 Deduct deaths during May .. .. 79 „ cancellations during May .. .. 34 - 113 - 22 increase. Number of pensions at 31st May, 1905 .. .. .. 11,849 Add new grants during June .. .. .. 120 Deduct deaths during June .. ■ .. .. 101 ~ cancellations during June .. .. 38 ' • 139 19 decrease. Number of pensions at 30th June, 1905 .. .. .. 11,830 Add new grants during July .. .. .. 116 Deduct deaths during July .. .. .. 108 ~ cancellations during July .. .. 22 130 14 decrease. Number of pensions at 31st July, 1905 .. .. .. 11,816 Add new grants during August .. .. .. 155 Deduct deaths during August .. .. .. 121 ~ cancellations during August .. .. 20 141 14 increase. • These pensioners draw their own pensions in person.

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Number of pensions at 31st August, 1905 .. .. .. 11,830 Add new grants during September .. .. 201 Deduct deaths during September .. .. 97 ~ cancellations during September .. .. 19 116 85 increase. Number of pensions at 30th September, 1905 .. .. .. 11,915 Add new grants during October .. .. .. 210 Deduct deaths during October .. .. 84 ~ cancellations during October .. .. 18 102 108 increase. Number of pensions at 31st October, 1905 .. .. .. 12,023 Add new grants during November .. .. 178 Deduct deaths during November .. .. 75 ~ cancellations during November .. .. 13 88 90 increase. Number of pensions at 30th November, 1905 .. .. .. 12,113 Add new grants during December .. .. 196 Deduct deaths during December .. .. 84 „ cancellations during December .. .. 11 95 101 increase. Number of pensions at 31st December, 1905 .. .. .. 12,214 Add new grants during January, 1906 .. .. 224 Deduct deaths during January .. .. 96 „ cancellations during January .. .. 11 107 117 increase. Number of pensions at 31st January, 1906 .. .. .. 12,331 Add new grants during February .. .. 218 Deduct deaths during Feburary .. .. 51 „ cancellation during February .. .. 18 - 69 149 increase. Number of pensions at 28th February, 1906 .. .. .. 12,480 Add new grants during March .. .. .. 231 Deduct deaths during March .. .. .. 108 „ cancellations during March .. .. 21 129 102 increase. Number of pensions at 31st March, 1906 .. .. 12,582 Total increase for year, 812. ; New Claims. The number of new claims made throughout the colony during the year was 3,027, being 1,344 in excess of the 1,683 received in the previous year. These, with the 528 outstanding at the beginning of the year, made a total of 3,555 to be dealt with. Of this number, 2,073 were established, 590 were rejected, while there were on hand awaiting investigation at the end of the year 892. The incoming pensioners for the past year, therefore, exceed the 1,210 admitted in the previous year by 863. Although this increase is numerically a large one, the percentage of these new participants to the people who became eligible remains practically the same as last year, the percentage for the two years being 34 in 1905, and 35 in 1906. Eeference to the last available census figures shows that there were in 1901 approximately 5,900 people who were then 60 years of age and over, and twenty years and over in the colony ; and it was from the ranks of these that the 2,073 new pensioners for the past year have been drawn, as against the 3,500 (approximately) who supplied the new pensioners in the previous year. A factor which is to be considered as having some bearing on the increase which now must be looked for each year is the gradual wearing-away of the disinclination on the part of a number of people to apply for the old-age pension. There is abundant evidence that the pension is regarded almost universally in the light that the framer of the Act intended it should be—namely, as a right; and, further, people who did not consider the £18 was worth applying for are now finding that £26 is a very useful sum to be possessed of in their declining years.

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Of the 2,073 new pensions, 125 were Maoris. 1,779 wore born in the British Islands, the rest of the Empire accounting for an additional 54. Of the 1,948 Europeans admitted, 532 only were of the minimum age of 65, there being 73 of the age of 80 and over. Further details regarding the nationality, age, sex, employment, and conjugal condition of these new pensioners will be found in the Appendix, together with a comprehensive return setting out the total number of claims received in each district since the Act came into force, the number made during the past year, and the manner in which these latter have been dealt with. Of the total number of claimants—namely, 28,662 —21,846 have been admitted as pensioners. Annual Payments. As was to be expected, the amount paid by way of pension during the year shows a considerable increase, the actual payments being represented by a total of £254,366 16s. 6d. Deduct from this amount the sum of £404 11s., being overpayments in the early years of the Act recovered by Court proceedings and otherwise, and the net expenditure from the Consolidated Fund on account of pensions is shown to be £253,962 ss. 6d. It is estimated that the sum of £350,000 will meet all requirements for the year now current. The following table shows the payments made in each month during the year :— 1905. £ f. d. April (at £18 rate) ... ... ... ... 16,139 5 3 May „ ... ... ... ... 16,521 16 11 June „ ... ... ... ... 16,431 18 0 July „ " ... ... ... ... 16 364 8 3 August „ ... ... ... ... 16,322 1 5 September (at £26 rate) ... ... ... ... 23,906 8 10 October „ ... ... ... ... 24,455 14 3 November „ ... ... ... ... 24,482 12 1 December „ ... ... ... ... 24,724 7 10 1906. January „ ... ... ... ... 24,660 17 6 February „ ... ... ... ... 25,022 13 3 March ' „ ... ... ... ... 25,334 12 11 £254,366 16 6 A further table is submitted showing the total amount paid since the Act came into force, together with the cost per head of the population (exclusive of Maoris) in each year : —- Gross Payments Population Cost per on Account of at End of Head of Pensions. Year. Population. £ s. d. Three months ended 31st March, 1899 ... 3,124 746,676 0 1 Year ended 31st March, 1900 157,342 758,617 4 1 1901 ... ... 197,292 772,719 5 1 1902 ... ... 207,468 789,994 5 3 1903 ... ... 210,140 814,842 5 2 1904 ... ... 203,164 838,954 4 10 1905 ... ... 195,475 864,971 4 6 1906 ... ... 254,367 889,968 5 8 Total £1,428,372 Recoveeibs. The amount recovered and paid to the credit of the Public Account during the year —namely, £404 11s.—shows a considerable falling-off when compared with the figures of the previous three years. This sum can be taken to represent the balance of the overpayments in the early years of the Act disclosed by the clearing-up under the new system of investigation introduced in 1903. It is only an isolated case that now necessitates the penal clause of the Act being brought into operation. The accompanying table shows the overpayments recovered in each year since the Act came into operation : — £ s. d. Three months ended 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... ... Nil. Year ended 31st March, 1900 ... ... ... ... 25 15 0 1901 ... ... ... ... 63 18 4 1902 ... ... ... ... 127 1 11 1903 ... ... ... ... 1,039 11 1* 1904 ... ... ... ... 2,349 14 7+ 1905 ... ... ... ... 1,526 10 91 1906 ... ... ... ... 405 11 0§ Total ' ... ... ... ... ... £5,538 2 8 • Including £55 fines. f Including £80 flue*. J Indudii g £25 fines. § Including £1 fine.

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Cost of Administration. The cost of administration for the past year stands at £1,758. The following table shows the cost in each year since the Act was passed : — Cost uf Administration. £ Three months ended 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... ... 510 Year ended 31st March, 1900 ... ... ... ... ... 2,360 1901 ... ... ... ... ... 2,415 1902 ... ... ... ... ... 2,535 1903 ... ... ... ... ... 3,805 1904 ... ... ... ... ... 3,655 1905 ... ... ... ... ... 3,936 1906 ... ... ... ... ... 4,758 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... £23,974 The percentage of the total cost of administering the Act to the gross payments of £1,428,372 above set out is, therefore, only 1"67 per cent. The increase in last year's figures is, for the most part, due to the increase by £500 in the annual amount paid to the Post Office, and partly to the reorganization of the work of the Department in the chief centres of population, in each of which the Department now has its own officer investigating all claims for the pension. Annual Liability. % The liability at the end of each year since the Act came into force is as follows :— jg £ 8 At 31st March, 1899, 127,319, or an average of 17 2 for 7,443 pensioners. 1900, 193,718, „ 17 3 „ 11,285 1901, 211,965, „ 17 2 „ 12,405 1902, 217,192, „ 17 0 „ 12,776 1903, 211,594, „ 16 19 „ 12,481 1904, 200,915, „ 16 17 „ 11,926 1905,199,081, „ 16 18 „ 11,770 1906, 313,018, „ 24 17 „ 12,582 The accompanying table shows the number of pensions at each rate at the end of the year just closed :— Pensions. Liability. ■■& a 10,398 at 26 ... ... ... ... ... 270,348 301 „ 25 ... ... ... ... ... 7,525 287 „ 24 ... ... ... ... ... 6,888 199 „ 23 ... ... ... .. ... 4,577 167 „ 22 ... ... ... ... ... 3,674 200 „ 21 ... ... ... ' ... ... 4,200 156 „ 20 ... ... ... ... ... 3,120 130 „ 19 ... ... ... ... ... 2,470 166 „ 18 ... ... ... ... ... 2,988 70 „ 17 ... ... ... ... ... 1,190 69 „ 16 ... ... ... ... ... 1,104 73 „ 15 ... ... ... ... ... 1,095 62 „ 14 ... ... ... ... ... 868 49 „ 13 ... ... ... ... ... 637 41 „ 12 ... ... ... ... ... 492 55 „ 11 ... ... ... ... ... 605 47 „ 10 ... ■ ... ... ... ... 470 25 „ 9 ... ... ... ... ... 225 22 „ 8 ... ... ... ... ... 176 26 „ 7 ... ... ... ... ... 182 15 „ 6 ... ... .. ... ... 90 11 „ 5 ... ... ... ... ... 55 4 „ 4 ... ... ... ... ... 16 5 „ 3 ... ... ... ... ... 15 4 „ 2 ... ... ... ... ...■ 8 0 „ 1 ... ... ... ... ... 0 Totals 12,582 £313,018 Charitable Institutions. The total amount paid to Charitable Aid and Hospital Boards throughout the colony during the past year amounted to £14,350 Bs. 2d., the number of pensioners resident in the institutions controlled by these Boards on the 31st March'being 616. In the various homes visited by me during the year I found the pensioners to be well cared for and happy. Particularly was this the case in the Jubilee Home at Woolston, and the Tuarangi Home at

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Ashburton, both managed by the North Canterbury Charitable Aid Board, where the general arrangements reflect credit on every one concerned. A return showing the distribution of the pensioners in the various Homes and the amounts paid on their account is embodied in the Appendix. Forfeited Instalments. The instalments due last year and unpaid on the 31st March, amounted to £1,350 ss. 3d. £1,330 ss. 3d. of this amount represents absolutely forfeited instalments on which there is no further claim, while the balance of £20 represents instalments the payment of which is in abeyance. The absolutely forfeited instalments in each month are :— Absolutely Forfeited Instalments. 1905. & s. d. April ... ... ... ... ... 115 8 4 May... ... ... ... ... ... 100 5 0 June ... ... ... ... ... 110 6 11 July... ... ... ... ... ... 123 16 8 August ... ... ... ... ... 97 18 4 September ... ... ... ... ... 121 16 8 October ... ... ... ... ... 119 10 0 November ... ... ... ... ... 96 11 8 December ... ... ... ... ... 103 3 4 1906. " * January ... ... ... ... ... 124 6 8 February ... ... ... ... ... 118 13 4 March ... ... ... ... ... 98 8 4 £1,330 5 3 Friendly Societies. Prior to the recent conference of friendly societies' 'representatives, held in Wellington, paragraph appeared in the Press throughout the colony indicating that members of friendly societies were being penalised by the Department, inasmuch as the benefits derived by them from their societies were being applied to reduce their pensions. The Act is perfectly clear on this matter, and I took an early opportunity of refuting the statements by pointing out that friendly society benefits were specially exempted as income. The definition of " income " in section 2 of the original Act of 1898, which holds good to-day, contains the following :' ' Income ' . . . . shall be deemed to include personal earnings, but not any pension payable under this Act, nor any payment by way of sick-allowance or funeral benefit from any registered friendly society." In order, however, to satisfy myself that this section of the Act had not been overlooked by Magistrates, I addressed a circular to every Magistrate in the colony holding Old-age Pension Courts (copy herewith), and the replies received by me, which follow, leave no room for doubt as to the actual position —namely, that old-age pensioners who are members of friendly societies are not penalised on account of any benefits they may derive from their societies. The correspondence is as follows : — Sir, — Old-age Pensions Department, Wellington, 17th May, 1906. A conference of friendly societies is shortly to be held in Wellington, and several newspapers in various parts of the colony have published a statement to the effect that one question to be discussed is " the recent amendment of the Old-age Pensions Act by which recipients of benefits from friendly societies are penalised." This is, 1 understand, embodied in the circular convening the conference. I have, through the Press in the chief centres, denied the existence of any such amendment, and stated that no pension, to my knowledge, had been affected by receipts from friendly societies. As section 2 of the original Act distinctly states that " any payment by way of sick-allowance or funeral benefit from any registered friendly society " shall not be treated as income, I cannot imagine any circumstances under which such an allowance or benefit could be used to reduce a pension, but I shall deem it a favour if you will advise me that members of friendly societies have not been penalised in your Court in respect of such sums. I have, &c, J. Eman Smith, Registrar. Copies of Replies. From Colonel Roberts, Stipendiary Magistrate, Tauranga. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular letter No. F 23, and in reply thereto have to inform you that I have communicated with the Deputy Registrars of Old-age Pensions here at Whakatane and Opotiki, and they inform- me that there are no cases in which old-age pensioners in any of these old-age pension districts have been penalised on account of payments made to them by a registered friendly society by way of sick-allowance or funeral benefit having been treated as income. From R. Acheson, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Hokitika. In reply to your memo of the 17th instant, I beg to state that no applicant for an old-age pension in this district has had the same refused or reduced in consequence of receiving sick-allowance or funeral benefit from any friendly society.

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From W. A. Barton, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Gisborne. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th instant in reference to pensions being affected by receipts from friendly societies, and in reply to inform you that members of friendly societies have not been penalised in any Court over which I have presided. From H. W. Northcroft, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Auckland. Payments by way of sick-allowance or funeral benefit from any registered friendly society would not be treated as income by me. Ido not remember any person that has come before me being the recipient of any sick-allowance, &c. If there had been, their pensions would not be affected by such receipt. From W. G. Riddell, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Auckland. I am in receipt of your circular letter of the 17th instant, asking if in my Court applicants for pension have been affected by the fact that they were in receipt of aid from friendly societies. Section 2of the original Act is clear on the point, and, so far as I can remember, no applicant for pension in my Court, being in receipt of aid from such a society, has had any deduction made on that account. From E. W. Dyer, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Auckland. In reply to your circular letter of the 17th instant, I beg to assure you that members of friendly societies have never been penalised by me in respect of any payment by way of sick-allowance or funeral benefit from any registered friendly society. From W. G. X". Kenriok, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Greymouth. In reply to your memo of the 17th May, F 23, I am not aware of any case in which members of friendly societies have been penalised when granting pension. There has been no complaint to me on the subject by any one. From R. S. Bush, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Thames. Re recipients of benefits from friendly societies : In reply to your circular of 17th instant, I have to state that the Old-age Pensions Act with respect to above is strictly adhered to. From J. McEnnis, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Naseby. I beg to inform you that members of friendly societies in my Courts have not been penalised in consequence of payments from such on account of sick-allowance or funeral expenses. From the Deputy Clerk of Court, Christchurch. Replying to your circular letter of the 17th May instant, I am directed by the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. Bishop) to inform you that he knows of no instance in which members of friendly societies have been penalised in his Courts under the circumstances stated in your letter. From Captain Wray, Stipendiary Magistrate, Timaru. In reply to your circular letter of the 17th instant, I have the honour to inform you that no pension, to my knowledge, has been affected by receipts from friendly societies. From G. Cruickshank, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Lawrence. In reply to your circular letter asking whether any applicant has been penalised by me owing to his receiving aid from a friendly society, I beg to state that I do not know of any such case. I have never, to the best of my present recollection, had any applicant before me either for a new claim or for renewal where this matter has ever been discussed or mentioned in any way. If such a thing has been done in my district, it has been done unwittingly and acquiesced in by the applicant, and so passed through unnoticed, but I do not think it has ever been done. From S. E. McCarthy, Stipendiary Magistrate, Invercargill. Re friendly societies and Old-age Pensions Act: lam in receipt of your circular herein. In reply thereto I beg to state that no old-age pensioners have ever been penalised in this district owing to their connection with friendly societies. In fact, Mr. Poynton, the Magistrate in charge when the pensions first came into vogue, publicly mentioned that receipts from friendly societies could not affect the pension. From Jackson Keddell, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Oamaru. No members of friendly societies have been penalised, to my knowledge, in the districts under my charge. From W. P. James, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Masterton. In reply to your memo of the 17th instant, I beg to inform you that in no instance in my district, extending from Featherston to Dannevirke, has any applicant for old-age pension been penalised owing to being a recipient of benefit from a friendly society. From the Clerk op Court, Hawera. The Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. Turnbull) has handed me your circular letter of the 17th instant, with a request that I should answer it. So far as lam aware, only one pensioner in the Hawera district receives money from a friendly society, and he has also the full pension of £26. Certainly no pension in this district has been reduced in amount owing to the pensioner being a member of a friendly society and receiving benefits therefrom.

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From the Clerk of Court, Napier. I am instructed by the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. Brabant) to reply to your circular letter, F 23 of 17th May, 1906, and have to inform you that I am not aware of any payment by way of sick-allowance or funeral benefit from any registered friendly society having been treated as income. From R. L. Stanford, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Wanganui. In reply to your circular F 23,1 beg to say that no pensions have been reduced or in any way affected by the pensioner's receipt of benefits from friendly societies. From H. Y. Widdowson, Esqf, Stipendiary Magistrate, Dunedin. In reply to your circular letter of the 17th instant, inquiring if members of friendly societies have been penalised in this Court in respect of sick-allowance or funeral benefits, I have the honour to inform you that I certainly have no knowledge of any sick-allowance ever having been taken into account, and I cannot remember any case of a funeral benefit having been treated as income. The Act is explicit that such cannot be done, and I cannot understand the reference to the recent amending Act penalising recipients of friendly society benefits. From H. Eyre-Kenny, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Nelson. (Telegram.) Pensions never been charged with sick-pay or funeral benefits in Nelson and Motueka Districts since I have been here, nor in Wanganui and Hawera in my time. From A. D. Thomson, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Palmerston North. I am in receipt of your circular of the 17th instant, and in reply have to state that I am not aware of any instance in which pensions have been reduced in consequence of the receipt of sick-allowance or funeral benefit from a friendly society. From T. Scott Smith, Esq.. Stipendiary Magistrate, Blenheim. In reply to your circular letter of the 17th instant, I beg to state that no pension in this district has been affected by receipts from friendly societies. In the few cases that have come under our notice in which pensioners have been receiving sick-allowance from such societies, we have carefully excluded the amount so received in computing the pensioner's income. From Victor Grace Day, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Christchurch. Replying to your circular letter, F 23 of the 17th instant, I have to state that in no instance in any application before me has any deduction been made in the amount of the pension by reason of the pensioner being entitled to benefits from any friendly society. From Dr. McArthur, Stipendiary Magistrate, Wellington. In reply to your circular letter of the 17th instant, I beg most emphatically to state that members of friendly societies have never been penalised in any way in this Court. From T. Hutchison, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, New Plymouth. (Telegram.) Regret having overlooked your circular of the 17th May last. My reply is that so far as I know I have had no applicant for an old-age pension who is a member of a friendly society. From F. J. Burgess, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Queenstown. (Telegram.) No old-age pensioner in this district has ever been penalised on account of friendly societies' benefits. Wealth of Pensioners. . A summary of the accumulated property owned by pensioners is as follows : — £ Freehold .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 265,768 Leasehold .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27,055 Life interest .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,375 Cash .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40,364 Stock, furniture, &c. .. .. . . .. .. .. 70,987 421,549 Less mortgages on property .. .. .. .. .. 61,568 Total property owned by pensioners .. .. .. .. .. 359,981 Total property owned by husbands and wives of pensioners (not themselves pensioners) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 141,435 Grand total .. .. .. .. .. .. £501,416 The average amount of pioperty held by each of the 12,582 pensioners on the roll, after the deduction of mortgages, is therefore £28 125., as against an average of £25 2s. held last year. Trn total annual income earned by pensioners is £103,237, being an average of £8 4s. per annum per pensioner, as against £7 13s. per pensioner in the previous year. The particulars which go to make up these figures are set out in detail in the Appendix. J. Eman Smith, Registrar.

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A P P ENDIX. Tables embodied in Appendix. Table 1. Number and annual value of pensions (in districts). „ 2. Pension? in North and South Islands. „ 3. Sex of pensioners (in districts). „ 4. Ages of European pensioners. 5. Claims received in each district and how disposed of. 6. Nationalities of pensioners admitted during year 1905-6. „ 7. Sex and conjugal condition of pensioners admitted during year 1905-6. 8. Occupations of pensioners admitted during year 1905-6. „ 9. Ages of European pensioners admitted during year 1905-6. „ 10. Ages of European pensioners who died during year 1905-6. „ 11. Percentage of pensions granted in each year now in force. „ 12. Pensions in force and payments in each year. „ 13. New grants, deaths, and cancellations in each year. „ 14. Cost of administration for year 1905-6. „ 15. Wealth of pensioners. „ 16. Amounts paid to oharitable institutions.

Table 1.—Number and Annual Value of Pensions granted to Europeans and Maoris in Force on the 31st March, 1906.

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District. Number. 1 Annual Value. Europeans. Maoris. ; Number. District. NunEuropeans Number. Annual Value. Maoris. J Auckland Coromandel Dargaville .. Hamilton .. Helensville .. Kaitaia Mangonui .. Maungaturoto Otahuhu Raglan Rawene Rotorua Russell Taupo Warkworth Whangarei .. Wbangaroa.. Thames Opotiki Paeroa Tauranga Te Aroha .. Whakatane Gisborne Port Awanui Napier Dannevirke Waipavva Wairoa New Plymouth Stratford Wanganui .. Hawera Marton Patea Wellington .. Feilding Carterton .. ' ,201 79 70 165 49 13 14 35 182 11 18 15 61 4 69 134 10 251 16 70 30 37 7 72 5 240 123 54 8 211 28 189 64 84 25 591 97 90 9 35 15 21 43 13 9 26 65 46 75 18 4 5 20 6 22 8 27 1 36 23 13 £ 30,123 2,877 2,164 4,714 1,268 1,257 651 873 4,616 904 1,995 1,559 3,176 536 1,714 3,438 698 6,564 987 1,966 1,419 969 1,118 2,271 435 5,912 3,087 1,311 990 5,373 708 4,813 1,694 2,264 690 15,040 2,435 2,181 Masterton .. Otaki Pahiatua Palmerston North Nelson Motueka Blenheim .. Havelock Christohuroh Akaroa Amberley Ashburton .. Culverden .. Kaiapoi Kaikoura Timaru Pairlie Temuka Waimate Greymouth Reefton Hokitika Westport Oamaru Dunedin Balclutha .. Clyde Lawrence .. Milton Naseby Palmerston South Waikouaiti.. Inveroargill Queenstown Riverton Chatham Islands .. i 92 56 33 166 219 67 130 6 1,438 40 8 234 6 293 19 167 7 133 112 448 136 482 250 233 1,110 132 103 203 118 105 00 36 620 96 123 3 2 7 3 1 2 2 3 4 3 2 £ 2,356 1,517 764 4,177 5,302 1,631 3,415 179 35,744 1,100 200 5,822 152 7,382 564 4,148 170 3,2:-!!) 2,790 11,517 3,403 12,379 0,450 5,866 27,265 3,377 2,619 5,123 2,902 2,660 1,478 1,044 15,526 2,463 3,300 132 2 3 3 1 1 1 34 15 1 3 7 2 5 2 1 5 2 7 3 Totals .. I 11,915 667 £313,018

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Table 2.—Pensions in Force on the 31st March, 1906, in North and South Islands.

Table 3.—Sexes of Pensioners on the Rolls at the 31st March, 1906.

Table 4.—Ages of European Pensioners on the Roll at the 31st March, 1906.

"n North Island n South Island Europeans. .. 4,769 .. 7,146 11,915 Maoris. 44 667 Liability. 133,604 179,414 £313,018

Europeans. Maoris. Europeans. Maoris. District. Male. Female. Ma-le. Female. Male. Female. Male. Female. Auckland .. Coromandel Dargaville .. Hamilton .. Helensville.. Kaitaia Mangonui .. Maungaturoto Otahuhu .. Raglan Bawene Rotorua Russell 600 64 61 90 41 11 9 19 100 8 14 10 43 2 43 94 8 146 7 43 15 26 5 45 5 181 68 32 7 108 9 103 37 49 16 ■206 51 57 601 15 19 75 "8 2 5 10 82 8 4 5 18 2 26 40 2 105 9 27 15 11 2 27 7 21 9 Iβ 6 14 38 22 37 3 2 5 10 4 6 5 9 1 14 12 O 2 14 6 6 19 7 3 12 27 24 38 15 2 Masterton .. .. 54 Otaki .. .. I 38 Pahiatua .. .. 21 Palmerston North .. 96 Nelson .. .. 122 Motueka .. .. 36 Blenheim .. .. 87 Haveloek .. .. 6 Christchurch .. 693 Akaroa .. .. 24 Amberley .. .. 7 Ashburton .. .. 161 Culverden .. .. 4 Kaiapoi .. . 154 Kaikoura .. .. 15 Timaru .. .. I 82 Pairlie .. .. 6 Temuka .. .. j 70 Waimate .. .. 68 G.'eymouth .. 364 Reefton .. .. 112 Hokitika .. .. 362 Westport .. .. 198 Oamaru .. .. j 130 Dunedin .. .. J 547 Balclutha .. .. j 82 Clyde .. .. 81 Lawrence .. . . 135 Milton .. .. 62 Naseby .. .. : 77 Palmerston South .. 37 Waikouaiti .. 15 Invereargill .. 386 Queenstown .. 65 Hivertoii .. ■. 81 Chatham Islands .. 2 38 18 12 70 97 31 52 745 16 1 73 2 139 4 85 1 63 44 84 24 120 52 103 563 50 22 08 56 28 23 21 234 31 42 1 '"2 3 1 1 2 2 5 1 2 1 Taupo Warkworth Whangarei Whangaroa Thames Opotiki Paeroa Tauranga .. Tβ Aroha .. Whakatane Gisborne Port Awanui Napier Dannevirke Waipawa .. Wairoa New Plymouth Stratford .. Wanganui .. Hawera Marton Patea Wellington Carterton .. Feikling 1 3 "3 10 2 16 3 18 1 1 22 11 10 2 2 1 1 2 1 109 55 22 1 103 19 80 27 35 9 325 39 40 1 ■24 7 10 8 1 1 2 1 4 3 4 I 2 a i a i 2 3 2 4 1 Totals .. J 6,913 5,002 343 324

Number. Number. Number At age 65 ... „ 66 ... „ 67 ... „ 68 ... „ 69 ... „ 70 ... „ 71 ... „ 72 ... „ 73 ... ., 7-1 ... 75 ... „ 76 ... „ 77 ... ... 358 597 ... 667 ... 742 ... 770 ... 837 097 ... 1,168 ... 1, 112 ... 808 ... 722 ... 594 ... 462 At age 78 ... „ 79 ... „ 80 ... „ 81 ... „ 82 ... „ 83 ... „ 84 ... „ 85 ... „ 86 ... „ 87 ... „ 88 ... „ 89 ... 350 342 268 228 193 157 116 121 102 59 35' 34 At age 90 ... „ 91 ... „ 92 ... „ 93 ... „ 94 ... „ 95 ... „ 96 ... „ 97 ... „ 102 ... „ 105 ... Total 30 11 11 6 5 6 2 2 2 1 ... 11,915

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Table 5.—Number of Claims received in each District since the Act came into Force, the Number made during the Past Year, and the Manner in which the Latter have been dealt with.

District. Deputy Registrar. Tnfftl For Fir lotal Claims o h Number of awaiting Claims Investiga . received tion 0^ BinceAct 31stMar claima camemto, 1905 . te(Jeived lancial Year ending it March, 1906. Cla ; ms Claims Claims awaiting Investigation on 31st Mar., 1906. Auckland Coromandel ... Dargaville Hamilton Helensville Kaicaia Mangonui Maungaturoto Otahuhu Raglan Rawene Rotorua Russell Taupo Warkworth Whangarei Whangaroa Thames Opotiki Paeroa Tauranga Te Aroha Whakatane Gisborne Port Awanui ... Napier Dannevirke Waipawa Wairoa New Plymouth Stratford Wanganui Hawera Marton Patea Wellington Feilding Carterton Masterton Otaki Pahiatua Palmerston North Nelson Motueka Blenheim Havelock Christchurch ... Akaroa Amberley Ashburton Culverden Kaiapoi Kaikoura Timaru Fairlie Temuka Waimate Greymouth ... Reefton Hokitika Weetport S. Euddock ... J. Mclndoe ... S. Thompson W. Shanaghan G. A. Tapp ... W. Sefton ... W. Drummond J., flemphill... G. Foreman ... J. O'Sullivan G. H. Fry ... A. F. Bent- ... B. J. Parsons W. Bern E. M. Johnson W. J. Eeeve... P. Carmody ... J. Jordan C. O'Reilly ... H. R. Bush ... W. A. Thorn H. R. Bush ... H. S. Willcocks G. J. A. Johnstone C. H. Mellsop R. B. Mathias S. Tansley ... J. Eccleton ... H. H. Carr ... W. A. D. Banks M. Foley C. A. Barton A. Trimble ... H. C. N. Ladley M. O'Brien ... R. S. Stokes W. Matravers H. Salmon ... E. Rawson ... T. O'Rourke J. Fitzgerald C. J. Hewlett E. C. Kelling L. Read J. Terry A. J. Ching ... P. A. Keddell D. Jackson ... M. Roche T. W. Tayler A. S. Bird ... A. G. Ashby... J. P. Clarkson T. Howley ... D. Hyland ... J. Gillespie ... W. Y. Purchase B. Harper ... H. Smith ... J. C. Malfroy E. D. Mosley 2,817 281 238 415 428 52 169 85 748 205 284 204 323 102 198 413 95 547 82 180 264 70 101 304 276 605 342 62 246 534 88 468 177 238 70 1,216 183 206 247 137 84 369 548 157 357 22 2,675 110 15 439 18 576 50 310 22 271 197 849 303 1,011 531 58 10 6 4 12 24 4 4 5 n 5 7 21 4 7 10 4 16 8 6 2 5 2 7 3 1 315 34 40 57 8 17 4 14 51 27 11 35 40 1 16 51 12 48 6 33 20 9 4 22 5 68 29 12 15 46 13 50 26 30 4 175 18 34 30 15 8 41 30 14 28 3 368 8 1 49 2 63 3 41 196 ■2b 23 38 6 14 2 7 30 26 6 14 29 1 16 28 7 32 1 22 5 6 8 14 3 32 17 6 7 34 7 34 12 15 4 124 15 21 16 11 9 35 22 7 22 2 293 6 1 33 2 57 2 34 120 5 18 I 2 5 4 11 1 4 7 1 5 9 2 10 4 1 8 3 16 3 7 8 <) 3 10 6 8 57 14 .10 19 10 2 3 34 S 18 10 26 3 11 5 14 36 6 3 10 3 36 17 5 2 8 5 13 11 8 12 n I 3 6 2 2 8 7 41 6 9 13 4 1 7 6 3 2 22 4 7 7 2 14 7 9 4 18 1 96 1 60 "39 1 5 4 'l7 5 3 8 1 0 3 5 1 7 5 23 9 34 22 78 33 77 57 29 14 50 28 52 42 3 2 14 5 16 8 3 6 21 5 32 16 Carried forward 22,614 426 2,405 1,654 481 696

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Table 5.—Number of Claims received in each District since the Act came into Force, the Number made during the Past Year, and the Manner in which the Latter have been dealt with— continued.

Table 6.— Original Nationalities of Pensioners to whom new Pensions were granted during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1906.

Table 7.—Sex and Conjugal Condition of Pensioners who were admitted during the Year ended the 31st March, 1906.

District. Deputy Registrar. Total Number of Claims received since Act came into Force. Claims awaiting Investigation on 31st Mar., 1905. For Fin; 31st ,ncial Yeai March, 1? c ending 106. Claims awaiting Investigation on 31st Mar., 1906. Claims received. Claims established. Claims rejected. Brought forward ... Oamaru Dunedin Balclutha Clyde Lawrence Milton Naseby Palmerston South Port Chalmers Waikouaiti Invercargill Queenstown ... Eiverton Chatham Islands E. P. Ward ... L. Crow W. A. Matthews F. T. D. Jeffrey A. M. Eyes ... D. McEae ... P. W. Hart ... W. Hilliard... (Agency closed) S. Kidd J. E. Colyer... A. J. Thompson J. M. Adam E. W. Eayner 22,614 486 2,167 262 208 369 231 193 106 338 6 1,155 224 291 12 426 39 4 5 4 1 2 1 2,405 56 265 29 19 38' 29 19 12 1,654 49 155 15 19 32 15 15 10 481 6 62 5 1 5 2 3 3 696 1 87 13 4 5 13 3 31 10 4 1 6 105 18 25 1 6 79 9 14 1 14 3 5 43 16 10 1 28,662 528 3,027 2,073 590 892

Number. English 919 I Irish 456 Scotch ... ... 387 Welsh ... ... 17 Tasmanian ... ... 13 Canadian ... ... 12 New-Zealander ... 10 New South Welsh ... 8 Bast Indian ... ... 2 West Indian... ... 2 Island of Jersey ... 2 South Australian : .. 1 Nuinbe: British Gambian ... 1 Manxman ... ... 1 Norfolk Islander ... 1 Nova Scotian ... 1 American ... ... 4 German ... ... 43 Danish ... ... 24 Norwegian... ... 15 Swedish ... ... 8 Austrian ... ... 5 Italian ... ... 4 Swiss ... ■•• 3 French Bavarian ... Prussian Belgian Eussian Cape de Verde Finn Dutch Maori Moriori Number. 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ... 124 1 Total ... 2,073 These pensioners are now al il British subjects as required by ihe Act.

Sex. lales 'emales Single. 271 39 Married. 623 448 Widowed 285 407 d. Totals. 1,179 894 • 310 1,071 692 2,073

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Table 8.—Occupations of European Pensioners who were admitted during the Year ended the 31st March, 1906.

Males. Apiarist Architect Bailiff Baker Barman Billiard-marker Blacksmith Boardinghouse-keeper ... Boatman Boatbuilder Boilermaker ... Bookbinder Bootmaker Brewer's assistant Bricklayer Brickmaker Builder Bushman Butcher Cabinetmaker Cabman Cane-worker ... Canvasser Caretaker Carpenter Carter Chimney-sweep Civil engineer Clergyman Clerk" Coachbuilder ... Coke-dealer Commercial traveller Commission agent Compositor Contractor Cook Coppersmith ... Dairyman Dealer Debt-collector... Draper Drill-instructor 1 2 £ 1 1 13 1 ! l l 13 1 1 6 r 6 8 I 2 2 4 70 12! I 1 12 3 1 1 8 1 4 12 1 2 3 4 2 1 Driver Dyer Engine-driver ... Engineer Farmer Farrier Fish-canner Fish-dealer ■ Fisherman Fruit-grower ... Gardener Groom Gum-digger Gum-sorter Hawker Hosiery-manufacturer ... Hotelkeeper ... Inspector of Nuisances Ironmonger j Ironworker Labourer Lamplighter Laundry man ... Machinist Mail-carrier ! Malster ! Master mariner Merchant Messenger Miller Missionary Miner Mining agent ... Mining manager Moulder ... Netmaker Packer Painter Paper-runner ... Piano-tuner Plasterer Platelayer Plumber 1 Policeman ... - 2 1 Potter ... ... 1 4 Poultry-keeper ... 1 3 Presser ... '-■■ 1 95 Prospector ... :■..;■. 2 1 Puntman ... ■•■ 1 1 Rabbiter ... ... 4 1 Saddler ... -... 4 11 Sailmaker ... •••• 3 1 Sawmiller ... ... 2 62 Sawyer ... ... 1 5 Seaman ... ... 5 29 Shearer ... ... 1 1 Shepherd ... ... 11 2 Shipwright ... ... 2 1 Signalman ... ... 2 2 Sign writer ... ... 1 1 Soldier ... ... 1 1 Solicitor ... ... 1 1 Station hand :.•• ...... 1 344 Stevedore ... '"... 2 1 Steward ... • • • 1 1 Stock-dealer ... ... 2 1 Stone-breaker ... ... 6 1 Stonemason .... .... 5 1 Storekeeper '.!.' ... 14 6 Storeman ... ... 3 1 Surveyor ... ••■ 1 1 Tailor ... ... 9 3 Teacher ... ... 4 1 Tinsmith ... ... 1 145 Undertaker ... ... 2 1 Veterinary surgeon ... 1 1 Vocalist ... 2 Warder I ... ... 1 1 Watchmaker ... ... 2 1 Weaver ... ... 1 11 Wheelwright ... ... 4 1 Woodcutter ... ... 3 2 Wood-merchant ... 1 2 Wood-turner ... ... 1 5 Wool-classer ... ... 5 4 1,108 Females . Boardinghouse-keeper ... Charwoman Cook... Domestic duties Dressmaker Farmer Gardener Governess -j 5 4 759 3 2 1 1 Housekeeper ... Lady-help Laundress Leather-dresser Machine-knitter Miner Music-teacher ... Needlewoman ... 9 Nurse ... ... 22 1 Pianiste ... ■ ■ ■ 1 6 Secondhand dealer . . 1 1 Shopkeeper ... ... 2 1 Teacher ... ... 2 1 Washerwoman ... 4 5 8 840 Summary. European, males „ females Maoris 1,108 840 125 Total ... ... 2,073

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Table 9.—Ages of European Pensioners admitted during the Year ended the 31st March, 1906.

Table 11.—Number of Pensions granted in each Financial Year, together with the Numbers of such Pensions in Force on the 31st March, 1906.

Table 10.— Ages of European Pensioners who died during the Year ended the 31st March, 1906.

.t age 65 „ 66 „ 67 „ 68 „ 69 „ 70 „ 71 „ 72 „ 73 Number. ... 532 At age 74 ... 283 „ 75 ... 208 „ 76 ... 165 „ 77 ... 127 „ 78 ... 98 „ 79 ... 96 „ 80 ... 97 „ 81 ... 65 „ 82 Ni umber. 64 48 28 28 20 16 13 14 13 At age 83 „ 84 „ 85 „ 86 „ 87 „ 88 „ 89 „ 93 ... 9 ... 6 ... 7 ... 2 ... 2 ... 3 ... 3 ... 1 ;r. Total 1,948

ear ended 31st March, 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 Pensions granted in each Year. 7,487 4,699 2,227 1,694 1,391 1,063 1,210 2,075 Number of such Force Pensions st.ll in Force to Pensions on 31st March, 1906. granted. 3,316 44 2,069 44 1,220 55 1,035 61 972 70 872 82 1,074 89 2,024 98 Totals... ... 21,846 12,582

t age 65 . 66 . 67 „ 68 „ 69 „ 70 „ 71 . 72 . 73 . 74 . 75 t Number. 13 At age 76 22 „ 77 24 „ 78 37 „ 79 39 „ 80 44 „ 81 77 „ 82 75 „ 83 75 „ 84 64 „ 85 81 I „ 86 i Number. 52 48 49 43 34 35 27 24 17 23 25 At age 87 88 ... 89 ... 90 ... 91 ... „ 92 ... 93 ... „ 94 ... , 95 ... 98 ... Number. ... 10 7 ... 11 ... 4 ... 2 ... 6 ... 3 ... 1 ... 1 1 Total ... ... 974

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Table 12.—Comparative Statement of Pensions in Force, and Payments made in each Financial Year since the Act came into Operation.

Table 13. —Number of Pensions granted since the Act came into Operation, with Number of Deaths and Cancellations, and Number in Force at End of each Year.

Table 14.—Cost of Administration for the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1906. £ b. d. £ s. d. Salaries ... ... ... ... ... 3,014 17 1 Other charges— Clerical assistance ... ... 373 0 0 Contribution to Post Office to pay salaries of officers employed on old-age pensions work ... ... ... 1,010 0 0 Travelling-expenses of Registrar, Stipendiary Magistrates, Deputy Eegistrars, police constables; interpreters' fees, &c. ... 156 13 4 Contingencies ... ... ... 203 13 2 1,743 6 6 Total ... ... .. £4,758 3 7

Number of Pensions in Force. Payments to End of Expenditure. Pensions. Date. Financial Year. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. £ 3,124 157,342 197,292 207,468 210,140 203,164 195,475 254,367 £ £ 131st March, 1899 ... 1900 ... 1901 ... 1902 ... 1903 ... 1904 ... 1905 ... 1906 .. 7,443 11,285 12,405 12,776 12,481 11,926 11,770 12,582 154,218 39,950 10,176 2,672 6,976 7,689 3,842 1,120 371 812 295 555 156 58,892 Total ... £1,428,372

Year ending 31st March. Number of Pensions granted. Deaths. Cancellations. In Poroe at End of Year. Liability each Year. ,899... .900. . .901... .902... .903... .904... .905... .906... 7,487 4,699 2,227 1,694 1,391 1,063 1,210 '■% 075 38 786 815 935 1,064 928 890 1,038 6 71 292 388 622 690 476 225 7,443 1L,285 12,405 12,776 12,481 11,926 11,770 12,582 £ 127,319 193,718 211,965 217,192 211,594 200,915 199,081 313,018 Totals ... 21,846 6,494 2,770 • Includes two pensions lancelled in previous year, n> iw reinstated.

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Table 15.—Wealth of Pensioners.

District. l=1 lol a fl M Q Gross Acci imulated Property. if P o Income and Property of Husbands and Wives (not Pensioners). Freehold. Leasehold. Life Interest. Cash. Stock, Furniture, &o. lucome. Property. Auckland Coromandel Dargaville Hamilton Helensville Kaltaia.. Mangonui Maungaturoto Otahuliu Raglan . . Rawene Rotorua Russell .. Taupo.. Warkworth Whangarei Whangaroa Thames Opotiki Paeroa Tauranga Te Aroha Whakatane Gisborne Port Awanui Napier.. Dannevirke Waipawa Wairoa .. New Plymouth .. Stratford Wanganui Hawera Marton Patea Wellington Peilding Cartertun Masterton Otaki Pahiatua Palmerston North Nelson.. Motueka Blenheim Havelook Christchurch Akaroa Amberley Ashburton Culverden Kaiapoi Kaikoura Timaru Fairlie Temuka Waimate Greymouth Reefton Hokitika Westport Oamaru Dunedin Balclutha Clyde Lawrence Milton .. Naseby.. Pttlmerston South Waikouaiti Invercargill Queenstown Riverton Chatham Islands 1,210 114 85 186 49 56 27 35 191 37 83 61 136 22 73 139 30 257 38 78 57 38 43 95 18 240 124 54 42 226 28 190 67 91 27 596 99 91 94 63 33 169 219 67 140 8 1,440 43 8 234 6 297 22 167 133 448 136 484 253 236 1,111 133 103 203 118 105 60 41 622 96 130 6 £ 13,754 681 962 1,537 452 2491 182 431 1,820 197 147 184 813 £ 15,859 2,693 1,197 4,288 687 1,143 716 907 8,739 381 3,755 844 5,031 466 3,107 1,406 1,194 3,235 545 1,812 1,527 1,065 601 3,209 67 2,885 2,672 171 Q.069 4,616 153 1,165 1,798 2,055 551 4,809 2,537 1,998 1,828 829 689 3,080 7,854 1,994 3,641 £ 420 246 128 90 170 130 52 £ 3,830, I 10 205 £ 3,609 23 .83 279 161 195 24 940| £ 7,325 352! 2301 944 92 77 57 167 1,339 29 144 66 433 £ 3,947 130 90 810 163 180 2,782 £ 3,949 62 181 201 87 31 40 115 238 36 53 5 178 30 221 186 £ 10,349 474 303 1,737 148 1,132 447 553 2,177 311 735 18 1,508 300 1,492 576 377 2,164 79 81 . . 531 1,412 . 191 1,251 12 681 199 413 44 1,207 170 3,556 767 473 12 2,005 239 1,873 647 693 276 4,398 607 1,007 1,048 465 388 1,155 1,897 282 1,261 128 7,625 466 60 3,276 60 1,670 97 388 84 921 890 3,174! 1,158 4,170 ■2,613! 1.676 12,209 726i 1,080 1,384 760 986 464 317 4,098 879 1,248 112 26 307 958 243 179 507 558 i',589 282 679 11 973 47 242 100 225 10 398 33 1,646 527 69 4 959 98 780 324 296 32 2,069 408 660 403 351 320 755 1,236 311 1,023 15 9,013 194 101 1,510 10 1,243 145 793 140 340 179 427 10 423 96 375 322 3 79 9 24 4 139 "l34 " 101! 178 138 122 656 428 1,115 100 755 30 90 6! so; 49 60 171 130 638 551! 91 ! 318, "682 813 383 215 253 50 411 79 239 93 31 n 791 97 366 220 156 14 223 434 89 317 D 1,976 161 8 338 1,278 2,650 1,601 350 3,987 1,081 1,676 946 572 108 5,140 1,338 2,74G 1,336 1,224 300 2,429 4,543 2,276 3,718 "l27 1,013 1,350 12 345 278 143 132 1,935 266 51 366 209 96 154 999 199 231 "761 76 70 105 ' 118 78 1,259 118 200 1,944 664 566 594 195 317 313 1,679 598 1,058 "279 175 542 163 380 1,153 665 243 913 84 251 "l81 452 39,684 1,048 i^389 "5I8 597 179 29 11,113 480 125 2,751 15,741 380 20 2,873 1 1 1 I I; J [ 1 i ) ) 7,168 162 9,828 4181 7,639; 55 5,976 3,706 2,123 1,174 5,343' 2,290: 5,877! 22,485, 3,856 945 3,462 4,137 1,819 1,508 1,248 18,973 686 2,290 350 "369 982 70 179 776 28 930 95 707 1,642 88 2,246 567 I ) I ! I i I 3 1 6,677 20 1,166 301 2,660 1,242 1,319 730 1,967 1,148 3,386 14,805 958 555 2,068 1,331 1,794 774 617 10,952 426 371 90 344 255 1,874 424 2,974 1,906 563 1,495 600 739 1,631 300 1,278 104 10 1,880 752 378 "l49 136 130 16 "318 2,037 "670 368 1,762 103 1,587 1,343 1,000 4,198 231 296 1,796 226 1,218 435 48 1,718 447 294 1,773 889 1,438 377 2,249 943 1,927 11,553 739 807 1,499 841 509 444 22b 4,035 525 66C 1,988 167 392 245 1,256 1,389 5,868 1,470 130 517 480 1,108 425 270 4,543 50 256 78 20 328 244 299 260 400 209 435 2,875 242 132 325 298 234 86 40 875 40 264 "lO3 69 298 266 20 45 Totals 12,582 103,237 265,768 27,055 17,375 40,364 70,98'" 61,568 21,396 141,435

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Table 16.—Number of Old-age Pensioners maintained by Charitable Institutions throughout the Colony on the 31st March, 1906, together with the Amounts paid to such Institutions during the Year.

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Controlling Body. Institution. Payments Year 1905-6. illH i|li§| Jg-ssi Amount handed to Pensioners alter Deduction of Maintenance. Location. Name. Whangarei Dargaville Auckland North of Auckland Charitable Aid Board.. Northern Wairoa Hospital Trustees Auckland Charitable Aid Board Little Sisters of the Poor Veterans' Home Coromandel Hospital Board Thames and C romandel Charitable Aid Board Thames Hospital Trustees Waikato Charitable Aid Board Cook District Charitable Aid Board Hawke's Bay United Charitable Aid Board Napier Hospital Trustees Waipawa Hospital Trustees Taranaki District Charitable Aid Board .. Hawera Charitable Aid Board Patea and Wanganui Charitable Aid Board Wanganui Hospital Board .. Palmsrston North Charitable Aid Board.. Carter's Home Trustees Wairarapa Hospital Trustees Wellington Hospital Trustees Benevolent Institution Contributors Society for Relief of Aged Needy Sisters of Compassion Wairau Charitable Aid Board Picton Charitable Aid Board Nelson Charitable Aid Board Buller Charitable Aid Board Charleston Hospital Trustees Reefton Hospital Trustees Greymouth Hospital Trustees Westland Hospital Trustees Westland Charitable Aid Board Kumara Hospital Trustees North Canterbury Hospital Board North Canterbury and Ashburton Charitable Aid Board Ditto Samaritan Home Trustees Nazareth House South Canterbury Charitable Aid Board.. North Ocago Benevolent Society Oamaru Hospital Trustees Otago Benevolent Institution .. Home for Aged and Poor Dunedin Hospital Trustees Dunstan Hospital Trustees Southland Charitable Aid Board Southland Hospital Trustees Wakatipu Hospital Trust Wallace and Fiord Hospital Trust Old Men's Home Hospital Gostley Home Home S, s. d. 214 17 9 1 13 0 1,439 15 4 593 4 8 759 19 7 3 3 10 293 11 3 6 ! I 58 20 35 4s. per month. 6?. 6d. per month. 8s. Coromandel .. Thames „ .. Hospital Old Men's Home 10 5s. per month. Hamilton Gisborne Napier Waipawa New Plymouth Hawera Wanganui Palmerston N. Oarterton Greytown Wellington Hospital Old Men's Home Old People's Home Hospital Hospital (Waipukurau) Old Men's Home Hospital Jubilee Home Hospital No institution Old Men's Home Hospital.. 24 16 8 211 16 4 136 3 4 477 3 1 21 13 4 1 10 0 519 14 5 6 10 0 315 16 6 5 16 8 81 18 3 69 10 0 13 4 115 18 4 420 13 3 567 16 8 240 6 1 55 16 8 99 5 4 724 2 10 400 5 1 3 13 4 275 15 4 695 3 4 462 19 6 10 7 19 25 1 16 2 3 6 18 25 10 2 3 30 16 8* 11 25 21 7* 10* 1 28 J 26 J 2 14 8 1 84 4 4 1 * * • ■ 49. per month. Is. per week. 10s. 4d. per month. 10s. per month. 5s. per month. Blenheim Picton Nelson Westport Charleston Beefton Greymouth . . Hokitika Ohiro Home Home Home for Incurables Old Men's Home Hospital Old People's Home Hospital.. Nil. 7s. 7d. per month 5s. per month. Is. per week. 6s. per month. 2s. per week. 2s. 5s. per month. 10s. per month. 7s. 6d. . Kumara Christchureh .. Hospital (Boss) Hospital 2 3 4 6 13 4 591 15 0 Jubilee Home Old Men's Home, Ashburton Samaritan Home Home Old Men's Home •Is. per week. Timaru Oamaru Hospital Benevolent Institution Home Hospital 735 6 11 80 0 0 195 15 11 233 16 8 190 14 3 33 15 0 2,156 18 2 2 3 4 45 11 8 4 6 8 4s. per month. 5s.' Is. 6d. per week. 8s. 8d. per month. Dunedin 13s. 4d. 13s. 4d. Clyde Invercargill .. Bowmont Street Home Lome Farm Hospital I 752 0 0 30 J 4a. 6d. per month. 8s. 6d. Queenstown .. Kiverton 52 10 0 14 16 8 10 8 2 2 Total .. £14,350 8 2 616 * The pensioners in these institutions drew their own pensions.