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(6.) Total number of claims granted to the 23rd September, 1902, 29; total number received, 35. (7.) No recommendations from Medical Board in these cases. (8.) See above. (9.) See No. 7. Pensions and allowances under the Act are paid from date when approved, and quarterly in advance. Temporary allowances are paid monthly when due. Defence Office, Wellington, 9th September, 1903. T. F. Grey, for Under-Secretary for Defence. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,250 copi es), £4 Bs. 6d.

New Zealand Contingents to South Africa.— Pensions, Gratuities, or Allowances applied for by Relatives of Men of the above Contingents, up to the 30th September, 1902, not Granted by the New Zealand Government.

Pensions, Gratuities, or Allowances granted by the New Zealand Government to Relatives of Men, &c.— continued.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1903. Price, 3d.]

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Name. Relation to Deceased. If Widow. Pension, Gratuity, or Allowance awarded by the New Zealand Government. Date from which granted. Amount paid to date, 30th Number of New Zealand Contingent, Regimental September, Number, Rank, and Name of Deceased. 1902. Roddick, Helena Brown Mother .. Widow £26 per annum (temporary allowance) Feb. 24, 1902.. £ s. d. 15 11 1 Seventh New Zealand Contingent, No. 4439, Lance-Corporal David W. L. Roddick. Seventh New Zealand Contingent, Lieutenant Harold Lis;;aman Dickinson. Seventh New Zealand Contingent, No. 4321, Private Robert O. K. McLean. Seventh New Zealand Contingent, No. 4266, Private Frederick C. Brown. Seventh New Zealand Contingent, No. 4523, Private Peter Fletcher. Eighth New Zealand Contingent, No. 6317, Private John Bourke. Ninth New Zealand Contingent, Lieutenant Robert McKeich. Tenth New Zealand Contingent, No. 9578, Sergeant John Hawksworth. Dickinson, Maria Kelsey Mother .. No £40 per annum (ceased on 23rd February, 1903) „ 24,1902.. 23 18 7 McLean, Margaret.. Mother .. No £26 per annum (temporary allowanoe) June 25, 1901.. 32 18 8 Brown, Eliza Mother .. Widow £26 per annum for five years Jan. 31, 1902.. 17 8 1 Fletcher, Kate Mother .. No £26 per annum for one year (temporary allowance).. Feb. 24, 1902.. 15 11 1 Bourke, Annie Mother .. No 10s. per week from 19th August, 1902, to 31st March, 1904 (temporary allowance) £60 per annum, also a gratuity of £273 15s. for self, and £91 5s. for each child 10s. per week from 2nd September, 1902, to the 31st March, 1903 Aug. 19, 1902.. 3 15 McKeich, Emily Harriet (3 children) Hawksworth, Harriett Widow June 4, 1902.. 19 10 0 Mother .. No Sept. 2,1902.. 2 1 5

Name of Applicant. Relation to Deceased. If Widow. 'Number of New Zealand Contingent, Regimental Number, Rank, and Name of Deceased. Wynyard and Purchas, Solicitors, Auckland Moeller, Elizabeth Smith, Annie Ellen Forsythe, Charlotte Monahan, Hugh Turner, Caroline Sarah .. On behalf of Relatives of Private Jenks .. .. Mother .. Mother (claim not completed) .. .. Mother .. Father .. Mother Widow Widow No.. First New Zealand Contingent, No. 53, Private James Jenks. Second New Zealand Contingent, No. 363, Private John Isaac Moeller. Sixth New Zealand Contingent, Sergeant Major Sidney Smith. Seventh New Zealand Contingent, Lieutenant William George Forsythe. Seventh New Zealand Contingent, No. 4424, Private William Gibb Monahan. Eighth New Zealand Contingent, No. 5398, Private B. E. Turner. No.. 1