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2. Summary of Fire Losses.

3. Cost of Fire Brigades (Capital Expenditure included). As taken from the Estimates for the respective Years.

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District. Insured. Uninsured. ! Totals. District. Insured. \ Uninsured. Totals. I ; J I £ £ £ I £ £ £ Auckland .. .. 25,939 674 26,613 Milton .. .. 325 180 505 Balclutha .. .. 200 2 202 Napier .. .. 6,928 3,432 10,360 Christchurch .. 31,378 4,535 35,913 New Plymouth .. 9,573 20 9,593 Dannevirke .. .. 1,207 80 1,287 j Oamaru .. .. 1,205 1,595 2,800 Dargaville .. .. 4,246 1,687 5,933 j Ohakune .. .. 2,685 1,225 3,910 Dunedin .. .. 56,806 2,825 59,631 Otaki .. .. .. 112 112 Eltham .. .. 1,974 375 2,349 Palmerston North .. 24,362 7,275 31,637 Feilding .. .. 15 3 18 Petone .. .. 2,780 453 3,233 Foxton .. .. 4,170 2,230 6,400 Port Chalmers .. 1,965 170 2,135 Gisborne .. .. 10,177 5,227 15,404 Rotorua .. .. 2,848 1,168 4,016 Greymouth .. .. 18,009 7,218 25,227 Taumarunui .. 662 .. 662 Hamilton .. .. 4,798 140 4,938 Tauranga .. .. 1,869 200 2,069 Hastings .. .. 11,829 5,218 17,047 Te Aroha .. .. 1,535 425 1,960 Hawera .. .. 735 3 738 Timaru .. .. 6,745 3,368 10,113 Hokitika .. ... 6,270 2,321 8,591 Waihi .. .. 3,768 1,695 5,463 Inveroargill .. .. 17,479 365 17,844 Waitara .. .. 1,270 500 1,770 Kaiapoi .. .. 2,005 816 2,821 Wanganui .. .. 5,187 1,508 6,695 Kaitangata .. .. .. 3 3 Westport .. .. 140 60 200 Lawrence .. .. .. .. .. Whangarei .. .. 1,405 2,295 3,700 Levin .. .. 2,209 .. 2,209 Masterton .. .. 8,920 9,617 18,537 Totals .. 283,618 69,020 352,638

I n . . . - ! Year ending Year ending Year ending Year ending Year ending Year ending. Year fending 130th June, 1921. 30th June, 1922. 30th June, 1923. 30th June, 1924. 30th June, 1925. 30th June, 1926 30th June, 1927. £££££££ Auckland .. 17,000 18,375 16,325 16,700 18,400 20,000 21,000 Balclutha .. 140 350 400 400 500 500 500 Christehurch .. 9,650 14,113 12,100 12,100 13,000 13,000 12,000 Dannevirke .. 617 672 585 739 620 614 636 Dargaville .. 523 675 504 816 600 675 675 Dunedin.. .. 11,500 13,500 13,500 13,500 13,500 15,500 15,500 Eltham .. .. .. .. .. .. 750 600 500 Feilding .. .. 568 594 648 623 554 639 528 Foxton .. .. .. .. 250 397 626 594 467 Gisborne .. 1,586 * 1,517 1,734 2,188 2,200 2,462 3,104 Greymouth .. 943 890 887 948 949 1,005 1,483 Hamilton .. 1,449 1,900 2,350 2,650 2,800 2,930 2,650 Hastings.. .. 1,024 978 837 1,012 1,206 1,120 1,330 Hawera.. .. 764 751 837 713 1,241 1,302 1,320 Hokitika .. 550 425 570 570 480 550 500 Invercargill •• .. .. ..* 10,300 3,200 4,300 4,755 Kaiapoi.. .. .. .. 947 1,279 663 636 Kaitangata .. .. 260 192 175 290 230 186 Lawrence .. 80 80 80 90 100 90 100 Levin .. .. 660 1,086 921 799 803 586 617 Masterton .. 1,536 2,029 1,880 1,946 1,649 1,790 1,728 Milton .. .. 232 250 167 240 340 200 178 Napier .. .. .. 2,190 1,671 2,886 3,522 3,852 3,730 New Plymouth .. 1,500 2,435 2,183 1,965 1,953 2,076 1,960 Oamaru .. .. 800 800 750 800 950 1,050 1,250 Ohakune .. 468 462 435 348 420 537 474 Onehunga .. .. ■ • ■. .. .. .. 1,670 Otaki .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 325 399 Pahiatua .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 590 Palmerston North 1 2,055 2,417 2,100 2,143 2,224 4,502 4,298 Petone .. .. 893 1,030 1,306 1,450 1,394 1,484 1,591 Port Chalmers .. 400 400 325 310 269 252 214 Pukekohe •• •• •• •• •• •• .« 330 Rotorua .. 875 1,424 1,340 1,328 1,356 958 1,000 Taumarunui .. 510 600 640 650 445 530 500 Tauranga .. 414 547 541 499 559 509 659 Te Aroha .. 500 731 683 573 621 778 833 Timaru .. . .. 1,750 2,400 1,750 1,850 2,250 2,050 2,350 Waihi .. . • 930 990 710 822 651 837 583 Waitara .. .. 143 209 200 120 220 234 263 Wanganui .. 4,505 5,255 4,800 4,450 7,050 7,400 8,150 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18,715 Westport .. .. .. .. .. 550 630 570 Whangarei .. 576 680 550 1,000 1,016 1,018 890 Totals .. 66,433 82,484 74,754 89,052 90,541 98,372 121,412