PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION BOARD (NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE), WITH ACCOUNTS, FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1916.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1917 Session I, H-26

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PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION BOARD (NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE), WITH ACCOUNTS, FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1916.

Presented to Parliament pursuant to the Provisions of the Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908.

KEPOET. The Board has the honour to submit the following report upon the transactions in connection with the Public Service Superannuation Fund. The Eevenue Account, balance-sheet, and statements regarding membership and retiring and other allowances will be found appended. The Board. —An extraordinary vacancy occurred during the year owing to the resignation of Mr. H. E. Combs, representing contributors belonging to the Post and Telegraph Department. Mr. E. J. L. Whiting was elected unopposed to fill the vacant seat, Contributors. —The number of new contributors who joined the scheme during the year, and other particulars, are contained in the following table : —

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Rate per Cent, of Contribution as provided by tho Act. Number. Male. Female. Total. I Annual Salai £ s. Annual Salary. «. 7d. Annual Contributions. 5 6 7 8 9 10 Transfers from otherfunds Totals ... j 1,011 248 1,259 124 23 147 85 19 104 27 .10 37 27 3 30 6 1 7 9 ... 9 1,289 304 1,593 I _j 84,154 11 19,628 2 14,368 6 4,667 1 4,437 10 710 0 1,662 0 129,627 12 £ s. d. 84,154 11 8 19,628 2 6 14,368 6 8 4,667 1 8 4,437 10 0 710 0 0 1,662 0 0 I I I I I i i i i i a. 8 6 8 8 0 0 0 6 I £ s. d. 4,207 14 7 1,177 13 9 1,005 15 8 373 7 4 399 7 6 71 0 0 91 11 0 7,326 9 10

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The following table contains particulars of the public servants who were contributing to the fund at the end of the year 1916 (after allowing for deaths, retirements, and withdrawals), grouped according to their respective rates of contribution : —

Full information regarding contributors, including those who have retired from the Government service and are now.on the fund will be found in the statements appended. Retiring and other Allowances. — Pensions for £13,950 2s. per annum were granted during the year as follows : For age or length of service, £11,692 lis. per annum to sixty-seven members (sixty-two male and five female members) ; for medical unfitness for duty, £750 lis. to fourteen members (ten male and four female members); to widows and children of deceased members, £792 per annum to forty-four widows, and £715 per annum to fifty-five children. The largest retiring-allowance granted during the year to a contributor was £629 9s. and the smallest £2 9s. per annum, while the average was £153 12s. 4d. Those officers who retired during the year would have been entitled to receive the sum of £24,288 lis. 9d. accrued compensation under the Civil Service Act, 1866, had they not become participants in the benefits of the Superannuation Fund. The total amount saved to the Consolidated Fund in this manner since the initiation of the superannuation scheme has been £215,209 Bs., which may fairly be set against tbe subsidies paid to the fund, amounting to £300,500. Forty-one retiring-allowances were discontinued by death, and thirty-two for other causes— viz., nine widows remarried, twenty-one children reached the age of fourteen, and two allowances granted to officers were discontinued on their re-employment. The annual amount payable at the close of the year was £88,391 18s., as shown in the statement attached. Income. —The total income for the year was made up as follows : — £ Members'ordinary contributions ... ... ... ... 140,120 Transferred from other funds .. ... ... ... ... 481 Contributions from Government ... ... ... ... 48,000 Fines, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 200 Interest ... ... ... .. ... ... ... 42,314 Total income for year ... ... ... ...£231,115 Outtjo. —The pensions paid to contributors who have retired and to dependants of deceased contributors during the year amounted to £84,791 10s. 7d.—viz., £77,088 15s. 6d. to members, and £7,702 15s. Id. to widows and children. Refunds of contributions to contributors who have left the service amounted to £13,919 9s. 5d., while the refunds under section 42 to personal representatives of deceased contributors amounted to £4,327 16s. lid. Four contributors who were retired elected to accept a refund of their contributions under section 38, amounting to £636 4s. 5d., in lieu of retiring-allowances. Refunds of contributions under section 32 tee), owing to the death of contributors while in the Public Service and who were entitled to compensation from the Consolidated Fund, amounted to £1,478 18s. lid. during the year. Twenty contributors were transferred to other funds in accordance with the provisions of section 48 of the Amendment Act of 1908, and their contributions, amounting to £741 13s. Id., were accordingly transferred to such other funds. The salaries of the staff (excluding that of the Secretary, paid out of the Consolidated Fund, as provided under section 25 of the Act) and other office expenses were £775 Bs. 3d. and £409 12s. respectively. The Public Trustee's commission on interest collected amounted to £1,057 17s. Id. Medical foes for reports under section 36 amounted to £48 6s. The travelling-expenses of the elected members of the Board amounted to £22 10s. 2d. The total outgo for the year was £110,500. Accumulated Funds. —These amounted at the end of tho year to £896,568 os. 3d., being an increase of £120,615 os. 4d. as compared with the previous year. Balance-sheet. —On the 3lBt December the total assets of the fund, which include provision for the outstanding accounts, amounted to £904,638. The balance-sheet appended gives full particulars as to the assets and liabilities.

Rate per Cent, of Contribution as provided by the Act. Number. Total. Annual Salary. Annual Contributions, Male. Female. 5 6 7 8 9 10 7,763 1,370 1,009 711 559 438 1,076 153 97 79 34 24 8,839 1,523 1,106 790 593 462 £ s. d. 1,210,462 8 4 325,567 5 10 257,213 6 8 199,977 12 1 165,361 5 0 129,008 14 2 £ s. d. 60,523 2 5 19,534 0 9 18,004 18 8 15,998 4 2 J4,882 10 3 12,900 17 5 Totals 11,850 1,463 2,287,590 12 1 13,313 141,843 13 8

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Investment of the Fund. —The Public Service Classification and Superannuation Amendment Act, 1915, which came into operation on Ist January, 1916, authorized the Board to invest the moneys of the fund in the following classes of security : — Securities of the Government of New Zealand ; Debentures issued by local authorities ; First mortgage of freehold land to an amount not exceeding three-fifths of the estimated value of such land according to a valuation approved by tho Board. Special valuations by the Valuation Department are used for this purpose ; Deposits in any bank of issue in New Zealand or in the Post Office Savings-bank ; Any other securities that may from time to time be authorized by the Governor-General in Council on the recommendation of the Board. The Act also provides that all interest on the invested fund shall be collected by the Public Trustee, who is to receive for his services a commission not exceeding 2$ per cent, on the amount collected. Securities representing the total amount of the Fund in the hands of the Public Trustee at the date when the Act came into force have been taken over by the Board. The selection of the securities transferred was made in terms of subsection (3) of section 4 of the Act, which provided that the securities to be taken over should be selected from all the common-fund investments of the Public Trust Office, the selection to be so made that a due proportion of the investments at each separate rate of interest should be taken over. The amounts of the several securities transferred to the Board by the Public Trustee, classified according to rate of interest, were as follows :— Debenture Securities. — £ 4 per cent. ... ... ... ... ... 9,000 41 per cent. ... ... ... ... ... 37,350 5 per cent. ... ... ... ... ... 50,195 5i per cent. ... ... ... ... ... 11,423 5| per cent. ... ... ... ... ... 6,100 —-— 114,068 Mortgage Securities.-- £ per cent. ... ... ... ... ... 134,505 4f per cent, ... ... ... ... ... 43,285 5 per cent ... ... ... ... 143,304 5£ per cent. ... ... ... ... ... 330,597 6 per cent. ... ... ... ... ... 3,875 — 655,566 Total ... £769,634 As the result of the change in the method of investment, the rate of interest earned on the mean funds was £5 Is. 2d. per cent., compared with a return of £4 ss. 4d. for the previous year. Progress of the Fund. —The following table illustrates the position of matters in relation to the fund since its inception : —

Legislation. —Section 17 of the War Legislation Amendment Act, 1916, provides that any person who was a contributor to the fund on 4th August, 1914, and who has voluntarily retired from the Public Service for the purpose of joining the New Zealand Expeditionary Force or any other portion of His Majesty's Forces for service beyond New Zealand in connection with the present war, and is subsequently reappointed to any position in the Service from which he so retired, may have the period between his retirement and reappointment counted as continuous for superannuation purposes if within twelve months from the date of his reappointment he repays to the fund the amount of the contributions refunded to him, together with the amount that would have been payable by him by way of contributions to the fund if he had been granted leave of absence for the period during which he was out of the Service. The Board may allow the payment to be made by instalments extending over a period not exceeding three years. G. W. Russell, Chairman.

Year ended 31st Deci :mber, 1908. 1910. 1912. 1914. 1916. Total number of contributors Total amount contributed annually ... Interest received ... Number of pensions and allowances payable Annual value of retiring and other allowances payable Total amount of contributions refunded Expenses of administration Total amount of accumulated fund ... 7,235 £54,833 £1,295 122 8,371 £90,215 £10,212 487 10,027 £107,409 £16,257 683 11,803 £127,044 £25,607 959 11,80. 27,044 25,607 95£ 3 13,313 4 £141,844 7 £42,314 9 1,233 £8,881 £39,944 £53,385 £70,399 70,398 9 £88,392 £484 £890 £71,481 £5,745 £1,657 £263,948 £10,749 £1,144 £423,556 £12,790 £933 £655,811 12,790 £933 55,811 D £22,649 3 £2,318 1 £896,568

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Public Sekvice Supekannuation Fund. Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1916. £ s. d. j Retiring-allowances— £ s. d. Amount of fund at beginning of year .. 775,952 19 11 | To members .. .. .. 77,088 15 6 Members'contributions— To widows and children .. .. 7,702 15 1 Under section 29 (ordinary) .. .. 140,119 17 7 | Contributions returned— Transfers from other superannuation Under section 46, Amendment Act funds .. .. .. .. 481 7 1 (left sorvioe) .. .. .. 13,919 9 5 Government contribution .. .. 48,000 0 0 Under seotion 42 or 43 (death) .. 4,327 16 11 Interest .. .. .. .. 42,314 6 3 Under seotion 32 (cc) .. .. 1,478 18 11 Fines, &c. .. .. .. .. 199 9 5 Under seotion 32 (c) .. .. 427 13 1 Under seotion 32 (/) .. .. 1,858 16 1 Under section 38 (retirement) .. 636 4 5 Transfers to other superannuation funds (seotion 48) .. .. .. 741 13 1 Expenses— Salaries .. .. .. .. 775 8 3 Office expenses .. .. .. 281 10 6 Publio Trustee's charges .. .. 1,057 17 1 Election expenses .. .. .. 4 4 0 Post Office oharges .. .. 50 0 0 Medical fees .. .. .. 48 6 0 Advertising .. .. .. 78 1 6 Board members' travelling-expenses 22 10 2 Amount of fund at end of year .. 896,568 0 3 £1,007,068 0 3 £1,007,068 0 3 Balance-sheet as at the 31st December, 1916. Liabilities. £ s d. Assets. £ s> Fund as per Rovenue Aocount .. 896,568 0 3 Amount invested by the Board .. 834,341 2 3 Retiring and other allowanoes due, in Contributions due, in course of transcourse of payment— mission— Members .. " .. .. ■• 1,342 14 11 Under section 29 (ordinary) .. 4,216 10 3 Widows and children .. • .. 139 9 2 Transfers from other superannuation Refunds of contributions due, in course funds .. .. .. .. 0 7 8 of payment— Interest due and accrued .. .. 14,223 17 3 Under seotion 46, Amendment Aot Bank balanoo .. .. .. 15,078 10 6 (left servioe) .. .. ■• 1,024 4 8 Balance in hands of Postal Department 20,831 14 7 Under seotion 42 or 43 (death) .. 1,314 0 5 Balance in hands of Publio Trustee .. 15,946 510 Under seotion 32 (cc) .. .. 337 2 4 Transfers to other fundß due, in course of payment (seotion 48) .. 2 9 2 Expenses due, in course of paymentSalaries .. .. .. .. 459 6 7 Offioe expenses .. .. • • 13 7 6 Medioal fees .. .. ■ • 8 8 0 Post Offioe charges .. .. .. 50 0 0 Publio Trustee's charges .. .. 637 13 11 Valuation fees due to Valuation Department 38 17 6 Unclaimed Account (contributions, &o.) 417 4 8 Contributions paid in advance and in error 2,285 9 3 £904,638 8 4 £904,638 8 4 William M. Weight, Secretary to the Public Service Wellington, 21st August, 1917. Superannuation Board. Examined and found correct.—Bobeet J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. Note to Balance-sheet. —On 31st December, 1916, the investments of the Fund were as follows :— „ Debenture Securities. *> ~_.„. ...... 46,350 *4P eroB ? b 49,135 5 per cent. .. •• •• •• •• •• 11 423 5J per cent ■• •■ ■• ;; ' 5$ per cent. .. ■ • • • • • • • • • '• ' Mortgage Securities. 49 540 4| per cent, •■ •• u > 4_P°r° e1 ' 1 ■' " 108,387 sP eroont ; 545,519 5* par cent .. .. 3 637 6 per oent. Total £834,341

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Public Service Superannuation Fund. Statement, of Contributors for the Year ending 31st December, 1916.

Particulars of Contributions discontinued during the Year.

Progress of Contributors since Date of Establishment of the Fund to 31st December, 1916.

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M. N Number. pumboi P. r. Total. Annual Salary. Annual Contributions, Contributors at beginning of tho year New contributors entered during the year Contributors transferred from other funds .. Increase by promotion during the year 11,371 1,280 9 1,409 304 12,780 1,584 9 £ s. d. 2,168,545 2 6 127,965 12 6 1,662 0 0 120,531 15 10 £ a. d. 136,223 13 2 7,234 18 10 91 11 0 0,711 0 1 Total .. 12,660 1,718 14,373 2,418,704 10 10 150,261 3 1 Contributions discontinued during the year .. 810 250 1,060 131,113 18 9 8,417 9 5 Total contributors at end of year .. 11,850 1,463 13,313 2,287,590 12 1 141,843 13 8 •

Number. Amount paid on Retirement, Annual Salary. Annual Contributions. Retiringallowance granted. How discontinued. M. P. Total. £ s. d. .£ _. a. £ 8. d. 4,056 9 9 £ s. d. 1,260 0 0 !y death boforo retiring-allowance entered upon (seos. 42 and 43) ly ditto (sec. 32 (ee)) ly retirement before retiring-age (sec. 46) !y retirement medically unfit (sec. 36) .. ly retirement at retiring-age or for length of service (sec. 35) ly retirement (sec. 38) ly transfers to other funds ly reduotion 1 126 8 134 22,602 19 7 1,429 2 8 ■ 1,478 18 11 13,919 9 5 592 10 62 229 4 5 821 14 67 79,717 6 8 2,699 10 0 21,866 13 4 4,482 16 5 169 16 4 2,089 14 8 750 11 0 11,692 11 0 4 16 4 4 20 941 5 0 2,465 0 0 821 4 2 91 7 6 • 147 13 0 56 18 10 636 4 5 741 13 1 Total 810 250 1,060 131,113 18 9 8,417 9 5 20,832 15 T 13,703 2 0

Number. M. Fj Total. Annual Salary. Annual Contributions. Dotal entered Dotal discontinued 16,406 4,556 11,850 2,815 1,352 1,463 19,221 5,908 £ s. d. 3,087,842 15 5 800,252 3 4 £ s. d. 197,932 15 1 56,089 1 5 Dotal existing at 31st December, 1916 13,313 2,287,590 12 1 141,843 13 8

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Public Service Superannuation Fund. Statement of Retiring and other Allowances for the Year ending 31st December, 1916.

Section 33: On Attainment of Retiring-age or for Length of Service. Section Medically Section 36: Medically unfit. n36: ,- unfit. ...... Section 29, Amendment . Act, 1909: ' Police injured on Duty. Section 42: Widows. Sections 42 (c) and 43 (a): Children. Total Retiring and other Allowances. .. . Number. Annual M F. t Amount. Number. M. P. | EH Annual Amount. ; Number. Annual NumAmount. ber. M. Annual Amount. Number. _\nnual M ! F I I Amount. C ' EH Number. M. F. J o EH Annual Amount. Retiring and other allowances — Existing at beginning of year Granted during year at retirement.. Granted during year after retirement 528 62 _____ £ s. d. 26 554 63,258 10 5 103 5 67 11,692 11 0 10 !. I 7 110 | 4 14 £ s. d. 8,550 2 4 750 11 0 4 £ s. d. 413 3 6 219 31 13 £ s. d. 3,942 0 0 122 117 239 558 0 0 26 ! 28 54 234 0 0 1 .. 1 £ s. d. 3,107 0 0 702 0 0 13 0 0 757 369 1126 98 68 166 1 13 14 £ s. d. 79,270 16 3 13,703 2 0 247 0 0 Total Discontinued during year 590 28 31 621 74,951 1 5 113 i 11 124 2 30 3,726 3 9 8 1 9 9,300 13 4 595 16 6 4 413 3 6 263 13 4,734 0 0 149 145 294 234 0 0 10 11 21 3,822 0 0 273 0 0 856 450 1306 46 27 73 93,220 18 3 4,829 0 3 Existing at end of year 562 29 591 71,224 17 8 105 ,224 17 8 105 10 115 8,704 16 10 j . 413 3 6 250 4,500 0 0 139 134 273 3,549 0 0 i 10 115 8,704 16 10 4 413 3 6 250 810 423 1233 88,391 18 0 II I I II il II II II I - II Particulars of Retiring and other Allowances discontinued during the Year. I i i How discontinued — By death By expiry Total .. 28 2 ' 30 .. 28 2 30 3,726 3 9 3,726 3 9 ,726 3 9 6 117 573 7 6 .. .. 4 72 0 0 2 .. 2 22 9 0 .. 9 162 0 0 10 11 21 273 0 0 34 I 7 41 4,371 11 3 12 , 20 32 457 9 0 2 j 30 3,726 3 9:8-1 9 i 595 16 6 ] .. .. 13 234 0 0 10 11 8 | 1 9 595 16 6 I *21 . 273 0 0 46 27 73 4,829 0 3 I _ll __ I ._. Progress of Retiring and other Allowances since Establishment of the Fund to 31st Decemb, :r, 1916. I 1 Total granted .. .. .. 719 34 753 87,979 14 1 170 13 183 ; 13,626 1 7 Total discontinued .. ..157 5 ,162 16,754 16 5 65 3 68 j 4,921 4 9 Total existing at 31st December, 1916 562 29 j591 71,224 17 8 105 10 115 j 8,704 16 10 ; . 1 > i L 5 1 4 ■ 531 16 0 : 286 j 5,148 0 0 178 Il74 118 12 6 ! 36 648 0 0 39 40 413 3 6 250 4,500 0 0 139 134 352 79 273 4,576 0 0 1072 507 1579 111,861 11 1,027 0 0 262 84 346 23,469 13 3,549 0 0 810 423 1233; 88,391 18 413 3 6 250 4,500 0 0 139 134 Wellington, 16th July, 1917. William '. William M. Wright, Secretary and Accountant.

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PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION FUND. List of Retiring and other Allowances current on 31st December, 1916. Under Section 35 (Age or Length of Service).

Pension No. Name. Annual Amount. I Pension No. Name. Annual Amount. 758 397 389 626 880 85 827 122 729 64 531 247 830 379 673 193 238 390 723 222 774 911 647 463 125 224 254 208 6 367 903 497 730 921 40 926 66 273 194 558 699 917 852 840 790 521 787 471 126 661 674 496 770 752 128 539 239 259 610 841 916 9 i Absolum, A. ... j Achison, William ... Aickeu, William Airey, Jane Aitken, Thomas ... | Alfrey, Alfred ... Algie, John A. Allingham, Eobert... Ammunson, John ... Anderson, Joseph J. Anderson, Louisa E. Anderson, Robert C. Anderson, Sidney F. Andrews, John ; Andrews, William D. Annand, William ... Arden, Francis G. ... Armit, Joseph Ashton, William M. Atkinson, James Atkinson, Reginald... Bagshaw, Robert H. Baker, Frederick ... j Bamford, Edwin ... I Barclay, W. M. de R. Barr, James ... Barron, Alexander... Barron, David Barron, John Barrowman, Fergus Barton, Charles A Bates, Henry D. ... Batkin, Louis R, ... Baxter, Harrild Beasley, Kate Bedwell, Edward ... Bell, James Bell, John Bellett, Thomas D. Bellingham, William Benner, Albert Bennett, Albert Berg, Arnold Berridge, William C. Bertbelsen, .\nders... Beswick, Charlotte M. Bew, Eliza Biddle, Hannah Biggs, Margaret D. Birch, George A. ... Birchall, William T. Bird, John Bishop, James Black, Denis Black, John Black, Patrick Blackmore, John C. Blake, Francis Blake, John Blakley, William J. Blow, Horatio J. II. Bloxam, Andrew R. £ s. d. 170 4 0 125 5 6 57 10 0 39 11 0 283 7 0 17 13 10 182 3 0 20 8 8 45 15 0 74 10 8 23 7 0 58 6 0 45 1 0 30 9 0 60 12 0 34 16 9 17 6 0 71 19 0 177 16 0 40 18 9 153 2 0 203 12 0 217 4 0 403 3 0 82 8 0 31 12 0 533 6 8 350 0 0 96 5 0 42 12 0 306 17 0 163 7 0 87 0 0 193 17 0 12 9 9 97 14 0 46 7 2 120 9 0 45 4 9 84 8 0 182 11 0 119 8 0 73 7 0 16 13 0 153 8 0 ■ 52 16 0 21 5 0 18 5 0 10 11 2 29 9 0 30 8 0 87 10 0 97 8 0 16 19 0 199 5 3 205 1 0 69 14 0 58 13 0 51 4 0 154 14 0 629 9 0 207 16 8 702 191 724 597 940 635 807 627 131 564 713 382 10 694 651 732 270 748 675 746 391 11 775 808 733 734 135 424 522 13 857 780 676 465 487 589 550 232 767 501 598 540 507 136 918 49 908 603 593 811 919 721 882 137 934 885 70 638 488 671 207 Brought forward... Blundell, Arthur K. Blundell, Henry Bonner, Charles Bonner, Thomas W. Boulcott, Margaret... Bowley, Edward 3. ... Boyne, Robert Brame, John W. Bratby, John H. Bray, George E. Bree, James Brennan, John M. ... Brock, Sarah Brown, Ellen H. ... Brown, William Brown, William W. , Buckeridge, Thomas Bunting, William ... Burgess, Samuel ... Burnes, Alexander P. Burns, Ellen G. Burrows, Pierre E. M. Butler, Albert Butters, John W. ... Buttle, Henry Buttle, Matilda C. ... Bybles, Albert E. E. Calder, William B. ... Cameron, Archibald Campbell, Duncan ... Campbell, Sophia ... Campbell, William ... Card, Henry Carkeek, Morgan ... Carlyon, Percy E. ... Carman, Philip J. ... Carpenter, Robert ... Carr, Henry Hyde ... Carr, John Carroll, Laurence ... Chandler, William... Chaney, Walter J. ... Charlton, James M. Chilton, Thomas Chisholm, Walter E. Christie, Walter Christophers, Sarah Clapham, George J. Clark, Henry Clark, Johnson Clarke, Edmund W. Clarke, John C. Clarkson, George H. Cleary, Mathew M. Clifton, Edmund ... Climie, Jas. D. Clough, Thomas E. Collerton, William T. Cook, George L. Corbett, Edward J.... Corbett, Lorimer ... £ a. d. 7,333 13 7 123 11 0 247 1 11 103 5 0 63 7 0 45 15 0 80 15 0 173 7 0 185 11 0 212 16 9 100 16 0 107 1 0 93 8 0 66 9 2 44 16 0 36 11 0 86 1 0 9 10 0 108 12 0 49 12 0 151 13 0 20 1 0 47 13 4 35 7 0 9 16 0 53 6 0 37 4 0 84 14 3 26 16 0 31 12 0 77 13 8 40 13 0 165 1 0 22 16 0 81 17 0 99 19 0 120 14 0 86 10 0 88 3 6 74 19 0 110 10 0 106 8 0 295 2 0 62 3 0 111 3 9 337 1 0 126 13 4 26 1 0 322 4 0 72 13 0 62 7 0 82 18 a .1.8 0 0 120 2 0 266 13 4 424 8 0 306 13 0 142 9 3 104 9 0 325 0 0 102 15 0 79 12 0 Carried forward ... 7, ,333 13 7 Carried forward ... 14,283 13 10 7,333 13 7

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List of Retiring and other Allowances current on 31st December, 1916— continued. Under Section 35 (Age or Length of Service) —continued.

Pension No. Name. Annual Amount. Pension J No. Namo. Annual Amount. 677 523 568 636 260 711 860 489 283 478 949 394 633 256 371 781 448 595 654 812 268 395 587 594 831 645 923 365 867 83 100 875 791 753 138 896 479 809 67 502 139 848 140 704 621 898 630 909 286 886 204 646 269 736 887 293 912 655 805 861 574 936 842 Brought forward... Coutts, John Covil, Robert Craig, Andrew Craig, John Tait Craig, William L. ... Crawford, Andrew W. Crawford, Robert ... Crowther, Herbert J. Crozier, Alexander... Cullen, Francis Cullen, John Cumine, John Cummins, Thomas D. Cunningham, C. A.... Curel, Edwin Curtis, Walter S. ... Daly, James Dansey, Roger D. ... Darby, Robert Davidson, Mary E.... Davis, John W. Davy, Charley Dawson, Henry W.... Day, George F. Day, Henry A. Dean, John H. de Castro, William W. Dee, Daniel Denton, John H. ... Dick, John Dickson, James Dinnie, Walter Dixon, Charles H. W. Dodd, Frederick H. Dodd, Montague M. Dommett, Wm. H. Donovan, Michael ... Donovan, Timothy... Douglas, Thomas ... Drake, Walter C. ... Driscoll, John Driver, Richard Drummond, John ... Dumbell, William D. Duncan, George Dunne, Patrick J. ... Dwyer, Michael J.... Eberlet, Francis F. W. Eccleton, Joseph ... Ellison, John W. ... Erecson, John F. ... Evans, Joseph Evans, Robert Evatt, Richard Eves, John D. Farmer, John Ferens, William H. Ferguson, Graham... Field, Henry Fielding, Alfred P. ... Findlay, James A. ... Fisher, Thomas W. Fitzgibbon, Edward £ s. d. 14,283 13 10 32 7 0 77 6 0 171 19 0 118 12 0 59 13 3 156 0 0 131 5 0 207 19 0 104 0 6 124 8 0 468 10 0 30 8 0 18 17 0 102 11 0 58 8 0 220 4 0 58 5 0 212 16 0 155 7 0 33 13 0 165 14 0 68 7 0 204 2 0 172 16 0 14 18 0 200 9 0 308 16 0 42 14 0 106 8 0 20 18 0 125 6 8 27 5 0 247 10 0 242 13 0 30 2 5 173 7 0 129 12 0 104 18 0 92 11 2 210 0 0 18 0 0 33 7 0 186 6 1 253 7 0 159 19 0 136 11. 0 36 12 0 151 13 0 78 0 4 342 4 0 104 0 3 272 10 0 94 8 0 241 13 0 14 16 0 98 11 0 206 10 0 37 8 0 131 17 0 66 19 0 88 6 0 255 5 0 135 5 0 662 393 678 851 617 144 292 51 432 750 195 854 853 227 639 228 295 656 715 541 475 477 412 837 793 929 480 553 725 784 199 709 605 78 773 437 737 262 914 776 524 17 18 578 759 ' 534 450 611 472 451 145 907 888 481 363 466 701 147 376 930 660 229 196 Brought forward... Fitzpatrick, Thomas Forbes, James B. ... Ford, George Foreman, George ... Forrester, John Frankham, Walter... Fraser, Charles Fullarton, Blair Fuller, Walter Fuller, William J. ... Furniss, John B. Fynmore, Charles ... Gale, William T. .. Galvin, Patrick Gannaway, Edward C Gardner, Robert Geerin, Michael J. ... George, Henry Gibbs, William H. ... Gilbert, William ... Gillespie, John Gillies, David W. ... Gillies, Robert J. ... Glasgow, James M. Godfrey, Robert H.... Gordon, Alex F. Gordon, Henry Gordon, William ... Gordon William F.... Gossagc, Richard I. Gould, Eleanor S. ... Gourley, Hugh Gow, John Graham Grant, John Greatbatch, John R. Green, Henry Griffith, Thomas ... Grix, Julian J. D. ... Gvton, George S. ... Haddrell, Walter H. ! Harding, William A. Hargood, Horace H. Harlow, William B. Harrington, W. J. ... Harris, Harry C. Harvey, James Hastie, Thomas Hatchard, Henry ... Hazelwood, Alfred W. Heath, Joseph H. R. Heidenstrom, C. P. S. , Henaghan, Patrick... Hennah, William H. Henry, Richard ... Heywood, James B. Hickman, Thomas ... Hickson, Richard J, S. Hill, George Hill, Silvanus C. Hill, William Halliard, William ... Hird, William J. ... Hodge, John G. ... £ a. d. 22,657 17 6 64 15 0 64 2 0 77 11 0 134 14 0 57 7 0 88 12 6 113 15 2 120 9 11 139 14 0 118 13 0 19 6 7 229 5 0 74 0 0 67 6 0 272 8 0 61 10 0 1.18 18 7 24 12 0 45 4 0 140 18 0 118 3 0 205 0 0 272 3 0 79 4 0 132 1 0 103 5 0 112 8 0 28 9 0 190 0 0 147 14 0 8 8 10 146 13 0 90 0 0 76 4 7 139 18 0 189 12 0 117 11 0 152 17 0 97 8 0 166 12 0 160 11 0 36 5 8 42 0 0 142 12 0 132 19 0 143 3 0 58 7 0 71 15 0 96 13 0 90 6 0 44 19 7 115 3 0 .143 9 0 45 15 0 521 13 0 115 12 0 112 4 0 20 10 1 159 8 0 38 16 0 115 5 0 27 18 0 57 8 0 Carried forward ... 22,657 17 6 Carried forward ... ;29,757 3 0

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List of Retiring and other Allowances current on 31st December, 1916 — continued. Under Section 35 (Age or Length of Service) —continued.

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'ension No. Name. Annual Amount. Pension No. Name. Annual Amount. 800 431 932 234 149 679 628 878 152 698 883 82 452 664 253 303 153 749 154 386 255 415 453 267 665 789 243 573 581 666 509 738 261 722 387 113 606 306 455 155 499 600 79 212 559 710 680 681 383 533 385 308 640 716 682 485 905 820 529 700 392 467 667 Brought forward. . Hogg, Robert Holloway, Luke H. Hughes, Richard ... Hume, Arthur Humphries, Thomas Hunter William Hyams, Isaac Ingpen, Francis A.B. Ironside, Alexander Isbister, William ... Israel, Ernest A. ... Jacobs, Nathaniel ... Jamieson, Charles ... Jamieson, John Jeffries, Henry Jeffries, John Johnson, Henry D. Johnston, Robert A. Jones, Edmund Jones, Lucy M. Jordan, George Joslin, Daniel Kahi, Hoani Kavanagh, Henry P. Kelling, Ernest C. ... Kelly, William Kennaway, Sir Walter Kennedy, James Kepple, William Kerr, Alexander Key,'John Philip ... Keys, George A. Kidson, Charles B.... King, John M. King, Joshua King, William J. ... Kirker, Thomas Knapp, Charles Knight, Frederick ... Knowles, Walter ... Knowles, William W. Landers, John Larchin, Thomas ... Laseron, Edward W. Law, George Levy, Mark J. Lewis, Henry J. Liddell, James W. ... Lindesay, Thomas ... Lindsay, John Livingstone, Thomas Lloyd, David Logan, Samuel F. ... Lomas, John Lopas, John B. Lord, John Owen ... Lucas, Alfred Lynch, John Lynch, Robert.F. ... Lyons, William Maben, Thomas Macalister, Robert ... Macdermott, William £ s. d. 29,757 3 0 29 6 0 183 12 0 158 3 0 339 5 11 466 13 4 88 3 0 155 13 0 183 1 0 115 8 10 226 1 0 159 16 0 47 11 7 58 1 0 36 0 0 152 8 11 98 11 0 119 8 0 254 3 0 59 4 5 17 4 0 106 4 0 84 5 0 94 6 0 8.1 13 4 198 5 0 127 18 0 474 15 0 97 2 0 112 17 0 31 5 0 79 18 0 162 18 0 72 5 0 297 13 0 145 5 0 3 13 0 173 7 0 104 0 6 101 13 0 55 5 4 77 9 0 57 9 0 204 16 2 44 6 7 60 10 0 129 7 0 119 11 0 19 18 0 56 17 0 36 5 0 160 7 0 78 0 4 161 10 0 217 7 0 52 13 0 29 6 0 100 10 0 132 1.7 0 257 3 0 130 13 0 41 15 0 64 2 0 167 1 0 101 22 925 739 890 740 217 862 913 942 Brought forward... Macdonald, John S. MacGoun, DuncanM. Mackay, John Mackay, William J. Mackenzie, James ... Mackley, John C. ... Maclean, Alex. H. ... Maher, Fanny Mann, Arnold W. ... Mansfield, Frederick W. £ s. d. 37,708 19 3 90 19 11 48 0 0 265 3 0 92 4 0 519 9 0 45 17 0 178 15 11 80 4 0 274 9 0 290 14 0 158 863 214 215 205 257 877 359 583 717 741 821 87 399 742 801 88 765 788 202 57 21 683 81 607 538 315 316 223 796 163 554 641 162 720 444 445 591 618 696 264 323 832 797 915 910 89 548 377 864 456 246 Marr, Beaton Martin, Edwin Martin, George Martin, Henry Martin, William Medland, Robert H. Melton, John Menzies, George G. Menzies, Walter W. Millais, Henry W. H. Millar, Thomas L. ... Miller, David Mills, Alfred Mills, Ann Mills, Clara Mitchell, Alfred J. ... Mitchell, James Moloney, Matthew... Monds, Robert Moore, George Moore, John Morcom, George Moroney, Peter M.... Morrow, Arthur Mouat, Barbara J Mowbray, Ernest L. Mulholland, Hugh... Mulville, William N. Munro, Donald Murphy, John Murphy, Stephen ... Murray, Patrick Murray, Roderick ... Murray, W. D. B, ... McCallion, Patrick... McDonald, Don alii... McDonald, Elizabeth McDoueall, Hugh A. McGill/William ... McGilp, Alexander McGonagle, Robert McGovern, Francis McGrath, James ... McGrath, Patrick ... Mclntyre, John M elver, Robert McKay, Alexander ... McKay, Angus McKay, John M. ... McKay, William ... McKearney, William McLaren, James 53 15 0 109 6 0 101 9 5 110 5 10 51 2 4 106 9 0 206 10 0 103 13 0 172 10 0 181 3 0 153 7 0 454 3 0 61 5 4 5 17 0 36 6 0 272 19 0 77 11 7 143 2 0 122 19 0 103 6 10 125 0 0 81 15 7 32 7 0 199 10 9 117 15 0 281 19 0 104 0 6 91 5 0 ' 17 5 0 41 8 0 32 19 4 70 15 0 102 18 0 222 0 8 65 2 0 22 14 0 15 2 0 58 1 0 136 1 0 115 12 0 21 11 0 240 0 0 39 17 0 148 10 0 112 15 0 120 0 0 240 4 5 84 9 0 37 15 0 78 1 0 95 8 0 45 1 0 Carried forward ... Carried forward ... 45,418 17 8. 37,708 19 3

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List of Retiring and other Allowances current on 31st December, 1916 — continued. Under Section 35 (Age or Length of Service) —continued.

tension No. Name. Annual Amount. Pension No. Name. Annual Amount. 164 582 624 869 894 384 856 642 206 747 884 868 865 937 684 899 822 879 815 420 512 75 500 631 823 571 555 565 786 779 634 25 590 484 165 658 118 697 766 726 855 362 756 623 802 167 332 442 833 532 596 668 613 526 103 551 653 920 26 27 643 503 686 Brought forward... McLeod, William A. McNab, Alexander A. McNeil, Donald ... McRae, Duncan Nagle, John Nalder, John V. Nancarrow, John H. Nattrass, Luke N. ... Neale, John Nettlefold, William Ninnis, Fannie Niven, Robert C. Norman, Horatio F. Norris, .\rthur S. ... Norris, Henry F. ... Northcroft, Henry W. Norton, Chas. J. Nugent, John S. O'Brien, Matthew ... O'Brien, Patrick F. O'Brien, William W. O'Callaghan.W.G.P. O'Connor, Michael ... Olsen, John O'Neill, James Orchiston, M. J. O'Reilly, Charles ... Osborne, Thomas ... Otterson, Henry Owens, John Parker, Charles Paflane, William ... Patrick, Charles J.... Patterson, Adam ... Pearson, Alfred M. ... Peck, George Perry, John Peterson, Johanne M. Pipe, James S. Pointon, Thomas R. Poll, Gustav Pollen, Hugh S. ... Pollock, John Poole, Frederick W. Potter, Samuel Poynter, James B. ... Pratt, James M. Price, James H. Proctor, Alexander... Purcell, William K. Purdey, George B.... Purdie, David R. ... Quinn, James Rabbits, Edward ... Rafter, Thomas Ramsbottom, Samuel Rasmussen, Hans P. Rasmussen, John F. Read, Ezekiel K. ... Reade, George A. ... Rearden, John W. Redgrave, Andrew J. Redmond, Thomas ... £ s. d. 15,418 17 8 49 1 7 195 15 0 107 18 0 104 4 0 9 12 0 90 8 0 225 5 0 61 6 0 105 19 11 63 8 0 96 8 0 312 2 0 151 14 0 78 16 0 18 17 0 415 14 0 240 6 0 162 12 0 125 3 0 92 19 0 8 5 0 210 10 0 87 9 0 68 10 0 85 19 0 46 3 0 112 11 0 65 3 0 433 7 0 210 0 0 112 5 0 86 17 10 40 0 0 92 9 0 81 11 7 93 12 0 16 11 4 38 4 0 89 1 0 210 8 0 173 16 0 172 15 0 213 7 0 171 14 0 146 8 0 31 13 9 76 13 0 70 10 0 44 12 0 69 5 0 37 15 0 176 17 0 18 16 0 19 11 0 79 19 0 42 1 0 96 4 0 81 8 0 75 12 10 233 6 8 112 16 0 175 8 0 69 7 0 474 824 28 687 458 584 440 169 439 755 170 688 171 335 336 388 825 98 870 858 881 172 547 806 Brought forward... Reid, Thomas Remer, Alfred E. ... Revell, Frederick W. Richards, Arthur H. Richdale, William ... Riddick, William ... Rides, Charles V. ... Roberts, James M— Roberts, Vernon Robertshaw, F. J. ... Robertson, Andrew... Robinson, Charles ... Robinson, George F. Roche, Maurice Roche, Michael Rosie, Sinclair B. ... Ross, David Ross, George Ross, Robert G. Rowe, George Rowe, John Runcie, William G. Rushbrook, Charles T. Rutherford, William G. Rutherfurd, Alexander J. Rutledge, Charles ... Sage, Clifford Sax ton, Henry Scanlen, Winslow .... Scott, Charles Scott, James C. Scott, John Scott, Nixson Seager, Edward W. Seddon, Edward Sessions, William E. Seth-Smith, Hugh G. Seward, William H. Shanaghan, James ... Shanks, Charles B. Shannon, George V. Sheppard, Robert H. Sheridan, Patrick ... Shine, John H. Shirley, Thomas E. Shoard, Edward H. Shrimpton, Sydney M. Silver, Frederick Simms, James Sinclair, David Smale, Arthur C. Smart, Elijah Smart, William W.... Smith, Amelius M.... Smith, Charles E. O. Smith, Frank S. ... Smith, Henry Smith, James Smith, Llewellyn ... Smith, Peter Smith, Richard T. ... £ s. d. 52,704 18 2 133 12 0 144 16 0 41 14 8 90 17 0 95 8 0 78 4 0 46 10 0 186 5 4 129 13 0 224 3 0 41 10 0 29 5 0 218 15 6 68 8 9 87 12 0 79 5 0 223 2 0 24 10 3 141 14 0 69 17 0 40 6 0 215 15 3 178 8 0 173 16 0 648 257 2 0 351 31 866 527 585 777 743 341 175 615 108 220 575 588 33 176 459 94 803 32 859 760 659 556 576 426 561 378 669 689 486 114 482 46 829 906 131 8 0 89 8 11 165 11 0 32 9 0 104 7 0 79 15 0 129 8 0 84 17 3 58 15 6 24 2 0 228 17 10 51 13 5 98 0 0 107 16 0 231 5 0 275 10 2 90 12 0 335 4 3 57 13 0 77 12 6 96 8 0 36 0 0 165 16 0 40 7 0 40 12 0 34 17 0 27 13 0 127 9 0 181 9 0 69 10 0 282 2 0 81 18 4 134 3 0 246 13 4 34 5 0 122 7 0 Carried forward .... {52,704 18 2 Carried forward ... |59,901 3 5

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List of Retiring and other Allowances current on 31st December, 1916— continued. Under Section 35 (Age or Length of Service) —continued.

'ension No. Name. Annual Amount. Pension No. Namo. Annual Amount. 517 530 892 177 761 493 764 543 364 871 608 343 690 762 846 804 719 271 778 560 845 672 494 542 179 691 375 180 181 468 670 36 695 110 828 Brought forward... Smith, Sidney Smith, William H.... Smyth, Joseph M. ... Snodgrass, John Somerville, George... Speight, William J. Spihnan, Daniel Stanley, Joseph Stephens, Thomas T. Stephenson, Hy. Stevens, James H. ... Stewart, George Stockman, Charles... Stokes, Frederick S. Stott, Louis Stowell, David Strauchon, John Strauchon, Thomas H. Strude, Louisa Swensson, Adolph R. Symonds, Henry ... Tansley, Samuel Tapp, George A. Taylor, Frederick T. Taylor, James Taylor, Robert J. C. Taylor, Thomas M. Tennent, Robert Thom, William A. ... Thomas, Henry Thomas, Henry Thompson, Henry .. Thompson, James ... Thompson, Samuel... Thomson, Archibald B. £ s. d. 59,901 3 5 109 3 0 124 14 0 92 14 0 171 4 0 137 10 0 201 16 0 69 18 0 102 12 0 154 1 0 87 12 0 283 7 0 101 2 8 53 17 0 255 17 0 159 13 0 22 4 0 516 13 0 55 18 2 18 3 0 26 13 0 48 17 0 131 17 0 84 2 0 76 18 0 29 19 8 24 9 0 227 10 0 71 15 0 98 12 3 87 11 0 23 12 0 170 0 0 29 0 0 248 17 10 84 16 0 i 616 409 506 258 111 518 460 184 104 535 427 549 692 185 763 744 345 745 818 188 693 552 757 435 895 632 356 872 537 251 189 586 476 483 771 241 190 63 889 972 411 572 231 751 105 528 619 Brought forward... Vickerman, Charles R. Vincent, Richard B. Vine, Charles Waddell, Edward ... Wadie, Henry T. ... Waldegrave, F. G. B. Walmsley, Edward C. Walmsley, F. J. M. D Walsh, David Walters, Stanley A. Walton, John Ward, Frank Ward, Newman, L. Ward, Thomas L. F. Watson, George Weathered, John J. Weatherley, James Webb, George Webb, John Welch, Joseph S. ... West, Matthew Wetherilt, Henry ... White, Frank Whitehouse, Abel ... Wickman, Adolph ... Wilby, Amos B. Wild, Frederick A. ... Wilkin, Phillis I. ... Williams, Lyonel C. Williamson, George M. Wilson, Frederick J. Wilson, John A. Wilson, Sophia G. ... Winterburn, Arthur A. Wiren, Isaac E. Withers, William ... Wolff, Bernard Wood, Charles Woon, James R. Wright, Adam Wright, Charles Wright, George R. N. Wright, John Yorston, Elizabeth... Young, Robert A. ... Young, Robert H. ... Young, Walter B. ... £ s. d. 65,352 9 9 433 7 0 350 19 0 146 13 0 103 14 0 212 4 6 521 14 0 56 13 0 236 14 2 101 10 7 65 6 0 95 14 0 175 16 0 38 18 0 42 18 7 29 0 0 94 13 0 89 11 6 197 1 0 119 18 0 214 9 7 110 12 0 97 7 0 13 6 0 41 19 0 31 4 0 44 2 0 98 11 0 21 12 0 80 7 0 25 11 0 200 12 6 323 18 0 32 10 0 132 15 0 154 4 0 59 11 0 50 5 5 67 10 0 238 18 0 79 11 0 17 19 0 248 7 0 35 4 10 112 1 0 72 4 3 76 11 0 79 0 0 60 263 182 935 511 446 644 183 562 826 847 Thomson, James E. Thomson, John Thorburn, John Townsend, Stephen Toy, Charles Tregear, Edward ... Trimble, Alfred Tuckey, Henry E. ... Turner, Arthur J. ... Vause, John P. Vear, Edward J. 75 0 0 102 14 0 25 12 4 87 0 0 114 13 0 306 3 0 160 2 0 27 0 5 81 10 0 180 17 0 108 6 0 Carried forward ... 65,352 9 9 Total ... 71,224 17 8

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List of Retiring and other Allowances current on 31st December, 1916— continued. Under Section 36 (Medically Unfit).

Under Section 29 (Injured on Duty).

Ponsion No. Name. Annual Amount. Pension No. Namo. Annual Amount. 816 360 366 41 447 609 785 939 834 277 931 275 132 393 278 279 505 544 614 637 283 282 735 810 922 904 792 96 836 795 901 291 902 405 290 289 84 663 580 296 266 209 850 242 404 413 414 421 712 772 298 299 754 843 235 875 93 301 Anderson, Christina M. Avery, Alfred Barrer, Thomas R.... Beasley, Robert T. N. Berry, Alfred J. Bethune, Arthur A. Black, James Boardman, Lillie ... Boucher, William A. Brosnahan, Denis ... Browne, Albert L. ... Browne, James U.... Buckle, Edward Childerhouse, John R. Christie, Andrew Chrystal, William L. Church, Hubert N.W. Coffey, Edward Coffey, Michael J. ... Colgan, Peter Cook, John Costin, Patrick Crow, Robert Curtis, Henry F. ... Dart, John W. M. ... Donaldson, Eric M. Donovan, Albert J. Dow, David Duncan, Samuel ... Eastgate, Henry ... Elliott, Flossie V. ... Finnerty, James Fitzgerald, Patrick J. Fowler, Robert G. ... Franklin, James Fretwell, Henry Gentles, James Girling-Butcher, G. Goodger, Frances ... Gray, Archibald Greene, Francis Grey, Thomas F. ... Hardman, William... Hargood, James D. Harrington, Ernest J. Heron, James Herron, James Hervey, Peter J. Hill, Thomas Holland Sarah A. ... Howard, Thomas ... Hughes, Edwin C. ... Hughes, Thomas W. Hunter, Roger C. ... Ibbetson, G. R. H.... Innes, David T. C Jackson, Etheridge... Joyce, Michael £ a. d. . 60 7 0 113 3 0 92 15 0 98 16 4 154 10 0 112 15 0 104 5 0 21 7 0 109 17 0 86 13 9 70 12 0 49 2 5 88 5 8 75 11 0 54 15 0 140 10 6 167 13 0 125 19 0 41 17 0 6 9 0 90 12 0 49 2 6 134 9 0 55 13 0 75 1 0 85 13 0 12 5 0 74 16 2 37 8 0 64 2 0 4 12 0 82 2 6 82 12 0 127 15 0 71 3 6 73 0 0 83 11 5 67 1 0 35 2 0 75 2 7 49 2 0 157 6 0 17 16 0 65 15 0 163 5 0 118 5 0 20 19 0 86 6 0 25 16 0 30 14 0 54 15 0 60 4 6 115 15 0 68 18 0 179 18 0 213 14 0 123 4 9 68 8 9 555 924 304 900 307 309 429 876 768 490 312 418 250 313 311 240 71 216 579 707 408 891 23 1 325 839 331 358 928 567 115 813 73 838 119 650 Brought forward... Keaney, Patrick ... Kelly, Gertrude M.... j Kelly, Joseph S. ... King, Lawrence, N. Latimer, David Law, Edward H. ... Leslie, Alexander ... Liddell, Thomas R. Liston, John MacLeod, John W. II. Maddern, William ... Madigan, James J ; Manley, N. B. K. ... Miller," William H.... Moon, Alfred M. ... Mooney, Thomas ... Mundy, Edward J.... Murphy, Edward ... McCulloch, Arthur S. McGilvray Malcolm McGrath, Patrick ... Mclndoe, Andrew ... Mclsaac, William R. McKellar, Marion J. Neill, Robert Nicholls, Charles B. O'Brien, Michael ... Ogston, Frank Oliver, Frederick ... Osborn, Charles S. ... Pickford, Thomas H. > Randell, Edward ... Ready, Lizzie Robertson, Thomas R. Rogers, Charles P.... Rossbotham, Henry J. £ s. d. 4,776 9 4 17 6 0 2 9 0 118 18 7 94 19 0 105 17 0 104 0 6 110 12 0 13 10 0 35 1 0 18 13 0 63 11 5 65 19 0 103 4 0 49 2 5 105 7 10 30 7 0 55 8 3 60 16 0 34 17 0 105 3 0 96 13 0 52 13 0 71 11 2 34 0 0 101 8 10 70 13 0 86 13 9 76 17 0 131 10 0 34 17 0 53 17 3 112 19 0 28 3 4 15 18 0 28 18 9 42 13 0 396 430 599 338 340 2 938 941 77 434 342 835 492 355 423 348 897 347 566 504 357 Rowe, William Rowles, Denis Russell, Alexander... Ryan, John Salmon, Henry Samuel, Frederick ... Scott, W. A. Shannon, Joseph W. Smyth, James R. ... Sowerby, John 11. ... Stanley, Joseph Straubel, Carl B. M. Wakefield, Horace A. Walker, Maxwell ... Walsh, William J.... White, Thomas Williams, Stella M.... Williams, Walter ... Williams, William E. Winter, Elizabeth ... Young, William F. ... j 64 6 0 79 15 0 42 17 0 68 8 9 84 17 3 153 0 0 49 12 0 50 15 0 119 12 7 16 1 0 73 18 3 47 3 0 79 13 0 93 13 8 184 3 0 80 3 0 8 0 0 87 8 11 62 18 0 23 4 0 124 10 0 Carried forward ... 4,776 9 4 Total ... 8,704 16 10 i

J ension No. Name. Annual Amount. Pension No. • Name. Annual Amount. £ s. d. 352 354 Brought forward... Watt, John Willoughby, William £ 8. 194 3 125 18 93 1 d. 6 6 6 285 872 Dillon, John Warner, Sidney H.... 104 0 90 3 6 0 Carried forward ... 194 3 6 Total ... 413 3 413 3 6 6

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List of Retiring and other Allowances current on 31st December, 1916 — continued. Under Section 42 (Widows and Children).

Kegd. No. Name. Annual Amount. Eegd. No. Name. Annual Amount. W. 123 W. 76 W. 146 W. 266 W. 316 W. 256 Abbott, Mrs. A. E., and 3 children Adams, Mrs. E. J. Ahern, Mrs. C. Aitken, Mrs. M. J., and child ... Akroyd, H. M. (child) Alexander, Mrs. R. G., and 3 children Amos, Mrs. A. G., and child Anderson, Mrs. C, and 2 children Anderson, Mrs. L., and child ... Armstrong, Mrs. E. ... Armstrong, M. E. (child) Austin, Mrs. R. Bagshaw, Mrs. E., and child ... Barron, Mrs. M. T., and 3 child- £ 57 18 18 31 13 57 s. d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. 295 W. 131 W. 170 W. 122 W. 102 W. 253 W. 23 W. 304 W. 177 W. 231 W. 81 W. 26 W. 29 W. 254 W. 229 W. 299 W. 28 W. 273 W. 228 W. 233 W. 293 W. 171 W. 246 W. 205 W. 75 W. 184 W. 154 W. 118 W. 267 W. 188 W. 237 W. 270 W. 222 W. Ill W. 235 Brought forward ... Downard, Mrs. A., and child ... Doyle, Mrs. E., and 2 children Duckworth, Mrs. M. A. Duff, Mrs. C. A. B., and child .. Dunbar, Mrs. M. J. ... Dunham, Mrs. M. ... Edger, Mrs. A. A. Ellis, Mrs. E. C. Ellis, Mrs. L. E. Emerson, Mrs. L. A., and child Evans, Mrs. E. C. Fannin, Mrs. G. R. ... Featon, Mrs. S. A. ... Flannery, Mrs. H. Flower, Mrs. M. I., and child ...' Ford, Mrs. ... Fountain, Mrs. J. M., and child Fowler, Mrs. A. I. Franklin, Mrs. E. Fraser, Mrs. M., and 5 children Erissell, Mrs. H. Galloway, Mrs. W. C. Gar lick, Mrs. A. Gee, Mrs. E. L. Gill, Mrs. M. M. Gilmore, Mrs. E., and child Gordon, Mrs. M., and 2 children Gorrie, Mrs. A. M., and child ... Graham, Mrs. J. F. ... Grant, Mrs. M. R. ... Grant, Mrs. M. T. ... Gray, Mrs. D., and child Gray, Mrs. E. Gray, Mrs. M., and child Greally, Mrs. M. E., and 2 child- £ 1,659 31 44 18 31 18 18 18 18 18 31 18 18 18 18 31 18 31 18 18 83 18 18 18 18 18 31 44 31 18 18 18 31 18 31 44 s. d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. 292 W. 68 W. 303 W. 281 W. 289 W. 125 W. 139 W. 234 31 44 31 18 13 18 31 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. 114 W. 145 W. 186 W. 219 W. 200 W. 1 W. 301 W. 213 W. 80 W. 12 W. 298 W. 86 W. 220 ren Beath, Mrs. P. T., and child ... Beattie, Mrs. H. Beattie, Mrs. M. A., and 2 children Bentley, Mrs. M. Benzoni, Mrs. A. Biddell, Mrs. S. Bingham, Mrs. R. A.... Black, Mrs. J. Blackmore, Mrs. N. ... Blandford, Mrs. E. ... Bolton, Mrs. CM. ... Boulton, K. M. F. (child) Bradshaw, Mrs. E. J., and 2 children Bray, Mrs. B., and 2 children ... Bronberger, Mrs. F. A. S. Burgess, Mrs. M. M., and child Burnes, Mrs. F. S. ... Burrows, Mrs. K. E. ... Butler, Mrs. M. A. ... Callcott, Mrs. L. W. ... Campbell, Mrs. H. A. Carmody, J. F., I. M., and M. M. (children) Carmody, Mrs. E. C, and 2 child31 18 44 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 13 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. 194 W. 195 W. 2 W. 250 W. 313 W. 10 W. 71 W. 282 W. 129 44 18 31 18 18 18 18 18 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. 176 W. 308 W. 107 W. 130 W. 226 W. 238 W. 287 W. 263 W. 212 W. 258 W. 285 W. 218 W. 141 W. 207 W. 239 W. 135 W. 225 W. 95 ren Carrick, Mrs. M. Caverhill, Mrs. A. L. ... Chalmers (2 children) Claridge, Mrs. E., and 2 children Clark, Mrs. L. E. Clarke, Mrs. E. E. M., and child Clarke, Mrs. F. K., and 6 children Clarke, Mrs. L. M. ... Colyer, M. and E. C. (children) Connell (3 children) ... Coogan, Mrs. I., and child Cormack, Mrs. A., and 3 children Creed, Mrs. M. A. Cribb, Mrs. N. Dandy, Mrs. M., and 3 children Dean, Mrs. E. M. ... Devanny, Mrs. M., and 2 child- ' 44 18 18 26 44 18 31 96 18 26 39 31 57 18 18 57 18 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. 32 W. 185 W. 142 W. 117 W. 36 W. 66 W. 175 W. 94 W. 240 W. 112 W. 214 W. 278 W. 224 W. 3 W. 4 W. 147 W. 169 W. 31 W. 18 ren Greatbatch, A. A. C. (child) ... Grimstone, Mrs. M. S., and 5 children Hackett, Mrs. J. A. A. Harris, Mrs. E. M. ... Harrison, Mrs. L. Harriss, Mrs. K., and 3 children Harvey, Mrs. E. L. ... Hawkins, Mrs. E. E. S. Hay, Mrs. S. W., and child ... Hepworth, Mrs. E. A. Hey wood, K. M. (child) Ho'bbs, Mrs. A. K., and 3 children Holz, Mrs. B. Horwood, Mrs. F. E., and child Houchen, Mrs. M. Howe, Mrs. E. Hull, Mrs. A. E. Hume, Mrs. J. Hunter, A. J. S. and R. H. (children) Hurrell, Mrs. S. C Hustwick, Mrs. E, ... Jackson, Mrs. K. W., and child Jackson, Mrs. L.,and 2 children Jacobson, Mrs. E. E., and 2 children 13 83 18 18 18 57 18 18 31 18 13 57 18 31 18 18 18 18 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. 38 W. 203 W. 133 W. 137 ren Devereux, Mrs. M. P. Dickie, Mrs. M. E. ... Dickson, Mrs. I. J. B. Dixon, Mrs. D. E., and child ... 18 18 18 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. 8 W. 315 W. 40 W. 45 W. 312 18 18 31 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carried forward ... Carried forward ... |3,213 0 0 1,659 0 0

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List of Retiring and other Allowances current on 31st December, 1916 — continued. Under Section 42 (Widows and Children) —continued.

Regd. No. Name. Annual Amount. Regd. No. Name. Annual Amount. I W. 126 W. 151 W. 150 W. 11 W, 324 W. 72 W. 291 W. 198 W. 138 W. 269 W. 159 W. 307 Brought forward ... Jarman, Mrs. N. ..., and child ... Jenkins, Mrs. F. A. ... Johnson, Mrs. S. M. ... Johnstone, Mrs. M. ... Jones, Mrs. H. L., and 2 children Jones, Mrs. L. M. Kallender, Mrs. J. Kelly, Mrs. M. W. ... Kemp, Mrs. E. A., and 3 children Kenney, Mrs. E. M. ... Kent, Mrs. K. Kibblewhite, Mrs. R. B., and child Kilvington, Mrs. N., and child ... Kissel (4 children) Lambert (2 children) ... Lammas, Mrs. N., and 2 children Lawton, Mrs. S. A. ... Leeden, Mrs. E. M. ... Lewis (2 children) Livick, Mrs. L. Lloyd, Mrs. K. Lock, Mrs. A. F. Loveday, Mrs. A. Mackenzie, Mrs. J. ... Macinullen, Mrs. G. H., and 3 children Madden. Mrs. M. A. ... Mahoney, Mrs. M., and 4 children Man, Mrs. J. C. Maitland, Mrs. B. March, Mrs. S. E. Marr (4 children) Masterson, Mrs. E. E., and 3 children Matthews, Mrs. G. A. Mellsop, Mrs. F. I., and child ... Miller, Mrs. K. T. ... Milne, Mrs. M. Montgomery, Mrs. R. L., and child £ s. 3,213 0 31 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 44 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 57 0 18 0 18 0 31 0 d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. 113 W. 63 W. 251 W. 202 W. 91 W. 79 W. 30 W. 187 W. 41 W. 223 W. 206 W. 199 W. 201 W. 221 Brought forward ... McKenzie, Mrs. M. A., and child McKittrick, Mrs. F. R., and child McLardy, Mrs. E., and 2 children McLaughlin (4 children) McMahon, Mrs. E. ... McMahon, M. E. (child) McPhail, Mrs. M. F. ... McVeigh, Mrs. M. M., and child Newby, T. I. and R. G. (children) Nisbet, Mrs. J. J. Noble, Mrs. B. M., and child ... Nutting, Mrs. C. O'Brien, Mrs. M. O'Donnell, Mrs. B., and 2 children O'Mallev, Mrs. M. ... O'Neill, Mrs. G: S. ... O'Shea, Mrs. M. F., and 4 children Pachnatz, Mrs. E. M. T., and child Page, Mrs. J. L., and child Palmer, Mrs. K. O. ... Palmer, Mrs. L. H., and 2 children Parata, Mrs. U. D. ... Park, Mrs. I). A., and 3 children Parker, Mrs. M. E., and 2 children Parslow, Mrs. L. A., and 5 children Partridge, Mrs. A.M.E.,andchild Pascoe, Mrs. J. Pearso (4 children) Peterson, Mrs. E. S. ... Philp, Mrs. I., and 2 children ... Porteous, Mrs. C., and child ... Power, Mrs. E. Poynton, Mrs. A., and child Price, Mrs. E. M. Pyper, Mrs. A. M., and 5 children Quirk, Mrs. A. M., and 3 children Rae, Mrs. M., and 4 children ... Ramsay, Mrs. E., and 2 children Ransley, C. A. C. (child) Reeve, Mrs. E. Reeve, Mrs. M. E. W. Reeves, Mrs. F. E., and 2 children Reid, Mrs. C. M., and 5 children Reid, Mrs. M. Richardson, Mrs. A. M. Riesop, Mrs. A. Roberts, Mrs. A. M., and child... Rodger, Mrs. C. J. ... Ross, Mrs. A. T. Ross, Mrs. F. L., and child Rout, Mrs. 0., and child Rule, Mrs. J. J Russell, Mrs. M. Rutland, Mrs. E. P., and 2 children Sampson, Mrs. M. J Schoch, Mrs. A. R. ... Scott, Mrs. M. L. Seon, Mrs. E. M. E. ... Sloan, Mrs. E., and 2 children... Smart, Mrs. H, S., and 3 children £ s. d. 4,841 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 44 0 0 52 0 0 18 0 0 13 0 0 18 0 0 31 0 0 26 0 0 18 0 0 31 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 44 0 0 W. 34 W. 286 W. 302 W. 158 W. 96 W. 156 W. 60 W. 35 W. 77 W. 116 W. 296 W. 148 W. 243 31 0 52 0 26 0 44 0 18 0 18 0 26 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. 310 W. 140 W. 110 W. 155 W. 309 W. 121 W. 149 W. 208 W. 321 W. 124 W. 244 18 0 0 18 0 0 70 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 18 0 0 44 0 0 18 0 0 57 0 0 44 0 0 83 0 0 W. 46 W. 180 W. 119 W. 55 W. 280 W. 255 W. 227 W. 24 W. 284 W. 157 W. 277 W. 153 W. 245 W. 305 W. 162 W. 108 W. 62 W. 179 W. 143 W. 1.60 Mooney, Mrs. F. M., and child Moore, Mrs. D. A., and 2 children Morgan, Mrs. F. M., and 4 children Morice, Mrs. A. McK. Moss, Mrs. J., and child Mould, Mrs. M., and child Murray, Mrs. E. M., and child... McAlpine, J. S. and J. L. (children) McConnachie, Mrs. E., and 2 children McDonald, Mrs. M., and2 children McGie, Mrs. E. M., and 2 child18 0 70 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 52 0 57 0 18 0 31 0 18 0 18 0 31 0 31 0 44 0 70 0 18 0 31 0 31 0 31 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. 210 W. 37 W. 279' W. 67 W. 152 W. 242 W. 106 W. 193 W. 168 W. 87 W. 101 W. 134 W. 5 W. 172 W. 51 W. 20 W. 97 W. 192 W. 21 W. 42 W. 314 W. 144 W. 90 W. 275 W. 132 W. 217 W. 288 W. 236 W. 264 31 0 0 18 0 0 52 0 0 18 0 0 44 0 0 31 0 0 18 0 0 31 0 0 18 0 0 83 0 0 57 0 0 70 0 0 44 0 0 13 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 44 0 0 83 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 31 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 44 0 0 W. 103 44 0 0 W. 230 W. 260 44 0 44 0 0 0 W. 306 ren McGoun, Mrs. A.M., and 2 child44 0 0 W. 182 W. 120 W. 57 W. 204 W. 272 W. 311 ren McGovern, Mrs. M.... McGuire, Mrs. C. McGuire, Mrs. M. McKay, Mrs. E. M., and child... McKee, Mrs. A. L. ... McKee, Mrs. C. U. V., and child 18 0 18 0 18 0 31 0 18 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. 271 W. 99 W. 215 W. 136 W. 276 W. 261 18 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 1.8 0 0 44 0 0 57 0 0 Carried forward ... 4,841 0 0 Carried forward ... 6,793 0 0

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Regd. No. Name, Annual Amount. Regd. No. Name. Annual Amount. W. 191 W. 300 W. 47 W. 259 W. 257 W. 165 W. 6 W. 249 W. 262 W. 173 W. 232 Brought forward ... Smith, G. W. (child) ... Smith, Mrs. J. Smith, Mrs. L. E. ... Spencer, Mrs. M. Stewart, Mrs. M. Stokes, Mrs. N., and child Summers, Mrs. E. M.... Syrns, Mrs. A. F., and 2 children Tait, A. N. (child) ... Thwaites, J. W. (child) Thwaites, R. G. and M. E. (children) Tillman, Mrs. E. Timmins, Mrs. M., and child Tole, Mrs. C. Toohey, Mrs. J., and 3 children Trent, Mrs. A. Trout, Mrs. E., and 2 children... Turnbull, Mrs. A. Turnbull, Mrs. B., and child ... Turner, Mrs. Jane Dpham, Mrs. E., and 3 children Ussher, Mrs. J. £ s. d. 6,793 0 0 13 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 31 0 0 18 0 0 44 0 0 13 0 0 13 0 0 26 0 0 W. 25 W. 33 VV. 88 W. 183 W. IOO W. 50 W. 247 W. 181 W. 248 Brought forward ... Waddell, Mrs. E. Wall, W. E. (child) ... Walton, Mrs. M. L., and child... Wareham, Mrs. E., and 3 children Warne, Mrs. M. A., and child ... Watkis, Mrs. E. M. ... Weaver, Mrs. E. A. ... Webb, Mrs. M. C. ... Webster, Mrs. E. R. E., and 3 children White, Mrs. R., and 2 children Wiekstead, Mrs. S. ... Williams, Mrs. E. E.... Williams, Mrs. J. Wilson, Mrs. E. H., and 5 children Winter, Mrs. M., and 4 children Withers, Mrs. I. Wolner, Mrs. R, Wood, Mrs. 0. H., and 2 children Wormald, Mrs. A., and 4 children Worthy, Mrs. E. 0., and child... Wyatt, Mrs. M. L. ... £ a. 7,338 0 18 0 13 0 31 0 57 0 31 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 57 0 d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. 43 W. 290 W. 61 W. 268 W. 209 W. 161 W. 44 W. 105 W. 39 W. 17 W. 283 18 0 0 31 0 0 18 0 0 57 0 0 18 0 0 44 0 0 18 0 0 31 0 0 18 0 0 44 0 0 18 0 0 W. 294 W. 241 W. 93 W. 274 W. 166 W. 252 W. 265 W. 84 W. 297 W. 211 W. 115 W. 78 44 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 83 0 70 0 18 0 18 0 44 0 70 0 31 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carried forward ... 7,338 0 0 Total ... 8,049 0 0 We: ilin lington, 16th July, 1917. WlLLIA ,m M. Weight, Secretary and Acc< ountant.