H.—lB.

Table II.—Number of Military Pensions in Force on the 31st March, 1913.

Table III.—Number of Pensions at each Rate on the 31st March, 1913.

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Postal District. Number. Postal District. Number. Auckland Thames .. j-isborne Napier .. New Plymouth Wanganui Wellington Nelson Blenheim 238 52 10 57 61 46 47 4 3 Brought forward Christchurch Timaru .. Greymouth Hokitika Westport Oamaru. . Dunedin Invercargill 518 20 2 5 4 4 4 7 4 Forward.. 518 Total . . 568

Old-age. Widows'. Military. Rate. Number. Liability. Number. Liability. Number. - Liability. £ 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 ' 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 21 I 3 1 1 3 1 1 14,017 345 282 238 179 202 175 126 136 87 101 73 69 71 63 62 68 35 47 19 25 19 18 9 6 5 £ 819 38 111 36 34 99 30 28 364,442 8,625 6,768 5,474 3,938 4,242 3,500 2,394 2,448 1,479 1,616 1,095 966 923 756 682 680 315 376 133 150 95 72 27 12 5 224 1 1 2 239 2 3 5 £ 6,720 27 26 50 5,736 46 66 105 457 7 9 1 6 6 10 2 1 7 2 5 2 2 5 6 3 £ 16.452 245 306 33 :i92 186 300 58 28 189 52 125 48 46 110 126 60 4 346 11 3 8 4 4 406 6 5 7 8 5 3 2 9 1 4 76 6,228 187 48 120 56 52 4.872 66 50 63 64 35 18 10 36 3 8 7 1 6 3 2 2 3 7 1 126 17 96 42 26 24 33 70 9 1 2 1 7 12 5 1 3 Totals 16,509 412,408 1,313 24,768 568 19,026 .verage pension £24 9s. 7d. £18 17s. 3d. £33 10s.