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TABLE III.—PENSIONS GRANTED, DEATHS, AND CANCELLATIONS IN EACH YEAR, ETC.—continued.

,. . r [ N " mb f o: I Cancella- In Force at T !, iear ended olst March. ! tensions Deaths. .. increase. Decrease. granted, i tlons ' End of Year. Widows'. 1912 .. .. .. 791 .. 3 788 I I 1913 .. .. .. 657 3 129 1,313 i 525 1914 .. .. .. 421 1 193 1,540 227 1915 .. .. .. 458 2 208 1,788 248 1916 .. .. .. 444 4 338 1,890 102 1917 .. .. .. 421 2 285 2,024 134 1918 .. .. .. 509 6 335 2,192 168 1919 .. .. .. 1,349 11 319 3,211 1,019 1920 .. .. .. 767 18 516 3,444 233 1921 .. .. .. 627 8 642 3,421 .. 23 1922 .. .. .. 523 3 598 3,343 .. 78 1823 .. .. .. 616 12 536 3,411 68 1924 .. .. .. 730 8 607 3,526 115 192) .. .. .. 602 6 524 3,598 72 Totals .. .. 8,915 84 5,233 Maori War. 1913 .. .. .. 577 9 .. 568 1914 .. .. .. 747 74 1 1,240 672 1915 .. .. .. 256 108 .. 1,388 148 1916 .. .. .. 6C 124 1 1,323 .. 65 1917 .. .. 10 101 .. 1,232 .. 91 1918 .. .. .. 24 103 .. 1,153 .. 79 1919 .. .. .. 12 125 .. 1,040 .. 113 1920 .. .. .. 5 106 .. 939 .. 101 1921 .. .. .. 2 130 .. 811 . 128 1922 .. .. .. 1 72 .. 740 .. 71 1923 .. .. .. 1 71 1 669 .. 71 1924 .. .. .. 1 80 1 589 .. 80 1925 .. .. 1 71 .. 519 .. 70 ; Totals .. .. 1,697 1,174 4 Miners'. 1916 .. .. ■■ 120 .. .. 120 1917 .. .. 153 35 .. 238 118 1918 .. .. .. 91 34 25 270 32 1919 .. .. .. 82 41 71 240 .. 30 1920 .. .. .. 237 23 39 415 175 1921 .. .. .. 107 43 5 474 59 1922 .. .. .. 78 38 8 506 32 1923 .. .. .. 96 52 6 544 38 1924 .. .. .. 88 48 4 580 36 1925 .. .. .. Ill 70 14 607 27 Totals .. .. 1,163 384 172 War. 1916 .. .. .. 1,214 1 22 1,191 1917 .. •• 5,316 44 1,294 5,169 3,978 1918 .. .. 10,587 86 1,173 14,497 9,328 1919 .. •• 16,954 531 3,493 27,427 12,930 1920 . .. 15,183 291 7,748 34,571 7,144 1921 .. .. 2,207 358 4,656 31,764 .. 2,807 1922 ' .. •• 945 369 3,249 29,091 .. 2,673 1923 .. 625 358 2,898 26,460 .. i 2,631 1924 .. .. .. 551 361 3,484 23,166 .. ! 3,294 1925 .. .. .. 432 334 1,946 21,318 .. , 1,848 Totals .. .. 54,014 2,733 29,963