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Table No. 11. Return showing the Number and Amount of Old-age Pension Payments made each Month for the Two Years ended 31st March, 1912.

Return for same Period of Number of Payments and Amounts in each Postal District.

1910-11. 1911-12. Month. Number of Payments. Amount. Number of Payments. Amount. April May June July August September October ... November December 15,218 15,402 15,477 15,455 15,575 15,579 15,589 15,657 18,693 12,566 15,763 15,883 £ s. 31,008 18 31,389 15 31,539 1 31,483 3 31,714 4 31,669 7 31,743 9 31,844 13 38,307 6 26,331 7 33,063 18 33,297 5 d. 1 2 4 6 8 5 6 2 6 7 0 9 15,907 16,152 16,011 16,145 16,181 16,152 16,184 16,307 20,147 12,578 16,399 16,460 £ s. d. 33,328 12 11 33,774 6 4 33,482 16 10 33,744 15 0 33,798 18 5. 33,706 10 11 33,742 5 4 34,002 1 2 42,039 6 7 26,146 16 2 34,169 17 0 34,319 9 8 January ... February... March Totals 186,857 383,392 10 8 194,623 406,255 16 4

Postal District. Number of Payments. 1910-11. 1911-12. Amount. Number of Payments. Amount. Auckland... Blenheim... Christchurch Dunedin ... Gisborne ... Greymouth Hokitika ... Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru ... Thames ... Timaru ... Wanganui Wellington Westport... 39,219 2,252 31,044 27,965 1,429 6,349 6,473 11,516 6,,972 3,742 3,343 3,737 6,608 7,333 5,856 19,646 3,373 £ s. a. 79,770 18 7 4,634 13 4 63,893 14 9 56,867 15 6 2,761 16 8 13,280 1 2 13,742 15 3 23,658 13 11 14,333 18 2 7,796 10 6 6,745 9 3 7,700 15 11 13,722 2 6 14,985 10 5 12,255 1 5 40,211 8 7 7,031 4 9 41,091 2,368 32,591 28,864 1,490 6,304 6,292 11,866 7,448 3,827 3,572 3,822 6,684 7,730 6,485 20,928 3,261 S, s. d. 85,157 11 3 4,971 15 2 68,159 10 1 59,996 10 0 2,973 4 11 13,392 9 8 13,384 4 5 24,834 15 8 15,534 8 3 8,100 7 1 7,309 15 1 7,990 3 1 14,111 3 11 16,285 9 8 13,688 12 0 43,435 18 6 6,929 17 7 Totals 186,857 383,392 10 8 194,623 406,255 16 4