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Table 4.—Claims received and how disposed of, and also Number of Pensions in Force in each District— continued.

Table s.—Original Nationalities of Pensioners admitted during the Year ended the 31st March, 1910. Number. Number. Number. British (English) ... 1,031 British (Jamaican) ... 1 Dutch ... ... 3 (Irish) ... 486 „ (Newfoundlander) 1 American ... ... 2 (Scotch) ... 424 i German ' ... ... 35 French ... ... 2 (New-Zealander) 66 Danish ... ... 16 Polish ... ... 2 (Australian) ... 58 Swedish ... ... 13 Finn ... ... ... 1 (Welsh) ... 18 Norwegian ... ... 12 Sicilian ... ... i (Canadian) ... 16 Italian ... ... 5 Maori... ... ... 90 „ (Charinel-Islanden 9 Prussian ... ... 5 (Cape-Colonist) 3 \ Swiss ... .... 5 Total ... 2,304 (Barbadoes colonist) 1 Austrian ... ... 3 These pensioners are now all British subjects, as required by law. Tabliß 6.—Sex and Conjugal Condition of Pensioners admitted during the Year ended the 31st March, 1910. Sex. Single. Married. Widowed. Totals. Males ... 826 699 315 1,340 Females ... 46 452 466 964 TW.nle 370 I I*l i7Oi n on i

District. Total _,, . Number of Cla ' m8 Claims awaiting received Inyestigasinoe Act Q1 tl ° n . on came into 31-t Mar., Force. 190J - For Financial Yeai 31st March, 19 • ending . HO Claims awaiting Investigarejected, mo so. Pensions in Force on 31st March, 1910. Claims C1 * ims received. i Brought forward Bltham Hawera Mavton Patea Wellington Carterton ... Feilding Masterton ... Otaki Pahiatua ... Pahnerston North ... Nelson Motueka ... Blenheim ... Havelock ... Christchurch Akaroa Amberley ... Ashburton... Culverden ... Kaiapoi Kaikoura ... Timaru Fairlie Geraldine ... Waimate ... Greymouth Reefton Hokitika ... Westport ... Oamaru Dunedin Balclutha ... Clyde Lawrence ... Milton Naseby Palmerston South ... Waikouaiti Invercargill Gore Queenstovvn Riverton ... Chatham Islands Port Chalmers ... 14,960 3 255 327 100 1,862 290 272 386 181 142 520 696 219 446 29 3,769 130 27 610 26 739 63 489 37 412 I 280 ... 1,070 392 1,321 680 705 ... 3,284 346 297 479 828 256 146 86 .. 1,529 88 285 400 16 338 396 12 ! (i 2 11 20 ! 8 13 3 4 1 12 5 5 55 3 ' 9 2 7 1 4 15 ! 10 12 I 10 ! 32 16 25 60 6 9 5 3 6 10 41 5 5 16 1,021 3 15 29 7 218 25 21 39 18 10 37 36 17 36 2 320 3 5 44 4 64 6 31 21 67 22 72 39 i 43 i 261 23 20 25 22 10 12 6 96 33 27 39 2 755 14 28 7 154 21 16 39 14 11 33 32 11 28 1 279 4 4 39 1 34 4 53 3 38 14 50 24 62 36 44 192 21 13 23 18 7 14 4 79 23 26 30 1 304 1 7 2 68 11 3 4 1 1 4 10 4 1 27 l 1 ' 2 3 e 7 2 * 12 4 19 10 9 69 1 1 1 3 1 7 1 37 9 2 5 358 2 6 5 2 7 13 10 9 6 2 1 6 7 9 "69 1 1 12 " 7 1 8 1 5 6 17 4 23 9 15 60 7 15 6 4 8 1 1 21 6 4 20 1 4,953 19 78 111 41 810 94 115 153 79 60 211 234 79 171 8 1,847 40 15 281 8 342 24 248 18 203 131 450 144 520 258 305 1,468 149 115 203 151 105 58 51 524 155 114 169 8 Closed. Totals ... 39,316 39,316 865 8rj5 2,892 2,892 2,304 2,304 677 776 15,320