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partly to the fact that in districts where mining is the chief industry a large majority of those who have reached the pension-age are unable to earn a living. Additional regulations under the Act were gazetted on the 14th December, 1899. Edmund Mason, The Eight Hon. the Colonial Treasurer. Begistrar of Old-age Pensions.

Table I.—Number of Pensions in Force, at each Rate, on the 31st March, 1900.

Table II.—Number of Pensions in Force in each Old-age Pension District on the 31st March, 1900.

early Pension. £ 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Numl ber of Pensions. 9,656 199 209 195 138 134 164 115 97 65 81 58 42 47 38 19 18 10 Amount. £ 173,808 3,383 3,344 2,925 1,932 1,742 1,968 1,265 970 585 648 406 252 235 152 57 36 10 Totals 11,285 £193,718

District. Number of Pensions. Amount. District. Number . of Pension. Amount. Akaroa ... Amberley Ashburton Auckland Balclutha Blenheim Chatham Islands... Christchurch Clyde ... Coromandel Uulverden Dannevirke Dargaville Dunedin Fairlie ... Feilding Geraldine Gisborne Greymouth Greytown Hamilton Havelock Hawera Helen sville Hokitika Invercargill Kaiapoi Kaikoura Lawrence Marton... Masterton Maungaturoto Milton ... Mongonui Motueka Napier Naseby ... 32 6 ... 170 ... 986 122 141 4 ... 1,076 95 112 4 109 63 ... 843 6 68 ... 115 ... 100 ... 407 68 170 8 45 ... 208 ... 451 ... 469 ... 256 26 ... 183 90 68 47 ... 106 52 74 ... 202 78 £ 542 108 2,949 16,508 2,070 2,364 72 18,334 1,688 1,998 60 1,830 1,114 14,559 108 1,160 1,984 1,779 7,250 1,181 2,905 134 755 3,606 7,984 8,100 4,308 431 3,118 1,579 1,186 771 1,792 921 1,202 3,357 1,355 Nelson New Plymouth ... Oamaru Onehunga Otaki ... Paeroa Pahiatua Palmerston North Pahnerston South Patea ... Port Awanui Port Chalmers ... Queenstown Eaglan Eawene Eeefton Eiverton Eotorua Eussell Stratford Taupo ... Tauranga Te Aroha Thames Tim am Waimate Waipawa Wairoa Wanganui Warkworth Wellington Westport Whakatane Whangarei Whangaroa £ ... 277 4,611 ... 216 3,633 ... 220 3,848 ... 302 5,019 49 850 36 615 30 506 ... 135 2,302 53 895 26 467 47 846 177 2,983 91 1,628 ... 119 1,995 ... 109 1,878 ... 123 2,188 97 1,697 64 1,149 89 1,499 30 527 32 572 78 1,375 26 455 ... 250 4,357 ... 131 2,231 66 1,143 17 303 ... 109 1,670 ... 168 2,894 74 1,206 ... 441 7,726 ... 215 3,795 ... 135 2,394 ... 161 2,746 32 553 Total ...11,285 £193,718