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Of the 1,180 Europeans, 390 only were of the minimum age of 65, as many as 34 being of the age of 80 and over. Further details as to the nationality, age, sex, and conjugal condition of the new participants will be found in the Appendix. A comprehensive return is submitted, showing the total number of claims made in each district since the Act came into force, together with the number of claims made during the past year, and the manner in which these latter have been dealt with. Of the total number of claims made, altogether 19,771 have been established and pensions granted to the applicants.

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District. Deputy Registrar. Total Number of Claims received since Act came into Force. Claims awaiting Investigation on 31st Mar., 1904. For Fir 31. lancial Year ending ._,. . 3t March, 1905.' Claims awaiting — Investiga- „. . . tion on es'ta 8 Claims ! 31stMat " Wished. re J eoted - ; 1905 - Claims reoeived. Auckland Coromandel ... Dargaville Hamilton Helensville Eaitaia 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 S. Ruddock ... J. Mclndoe ... S. Thompson W. Shanaghan G. A. Tapp ... W. Sefton ... J. Henry J. Hemphill... G. Foreman ... W. McCarthy F. A. Moore... W.Bern B. J. Parsons J. Ryan B. M. Johnson J. Fitzgerald A. G. Douthet J. Jordan C. O'Reilly ... H. R. Bush ... W. A. Thorn H. R. Bush ... William Bccles G. J. A. Johnstone C. H. Mellsop R. B. Mathias S. Tansley ... J. Bccleton ... H. H. Can- ... W. A. D. Banks M. Foley ... C. A. Barton A. Trimble ... J. E. Patrick M. O'Brien ... F. W. Mansfield W. Matravers H. Salmon ... E. Rawson ... T. O'Rourke W. J. Reeve... C. J. Hewlett E. C. Kelling L. Read J. Terry H. McArdle... L. C. Williams D. Jackson ... M. Roche ... T. W. Tayler A. S. Bird ... A. G. Ashby... J. P. Clarkson T. Howley ... S. Kidd " ... J. Gillespie ... 1 2,502 247 198 368 420 35 165 71 697 178 273 169 283 101 179 362 83 499 76 147 244 61 97 282 271 537 313 50 231 488 75 418 151 208 64 1,041 165 167 217 122 76 328 518 143 329 18 2,307 102 14 391 15 513 44 269 20 237 71 7 6 4 1 8 1 12 5 4 1 2 9 5 24 17 7 6 4 6 5 2 5 178 17 16 16 5 11 5 1 26 4 5 10 1 9 19 3 25 2 16 8 6 8 13 2 31 28 11 3 48 11 36 14 12 7 89 15 8 18 10 5 19 18 3 22 132 8 13 11 3 3 5 2 11 4 1 5 1 3 12 2 25 1 14 3 2 2 7 1 16 18 3 3 42 7 22 11 15 6 61 9 5 10 6 4 11 14 3 8 58 6 3 6 3 4 3 5 5 1 3 4 1 19 1 7 1 2 1 5 3 2 59 10 6 3 "l2 "24 4 4 5 12 1 5 7 21 4 5 10 4 16 12 6 2 7 2 7 3 1 9 3 5 4 2 16 3 1 1 18 1 2 5 4 2 2 2 3 2 1 4 7 12 7 3 6 2 2 8 8 4 3 6 6 14 32 2 201 6 3 44 1 29 1 21 1 12 162 7 2 34 1 25 1 18 1 13 11 1 1 8 "60 3 5 2 1 5 1 1 3 5 3 1 Carried forward 17,579 313 1,133 809 239 388