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TABLE II.—PENSIONS GRANTED, DEATHS, AND CANCELLATIONS IN EACH YEAR, WITH NUMBER IN FORCE.

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, r , , iNumberof |„ „ In Force „ , , 'Number of „ In Force Q1 e f ® n e , c Pensions Deaths, i -*® 00 a " at End of 1 Pensions' Deaths. a - Ilu at End of 31st March, | granted _ I tions. j Year> 31st March, j grant ed. | I tl0ns ' Year. Old-age. Maori War. 1913 .. 577 9 .. 568 1899 .. 7,487 38 6 7,443 1914 .. 747 74 1 1,240 1900 .. 4,699 786 71 11,285 1915 .. 256 108 .. 1,388 1901 .. 2,227 815 292 12,406 1916 .. 60 124 1 1,323 1902 .. 1,694 935 388 12,776 1917 .. 10 "101 .. .1,232 1903 .. 1,391 1,064 622. 12,481 1918 .. 24 103 .. 1,153 1904 .. 1.063 928 690: 11,926 1919 .. 12 125 .. 1.040 1905 .. 1,210 890 476 11,770 1920 .. 5 106 .. 939 1906 .. 2,075 1,038 225 12,582 1921 .. 2 130 .. 811 1907 .. 2,031 1.097 259 13,257 1922 .. 1 72 740 1908 .. 1,740 1,189 239 13,569 1923 .. 1 71 1 669 1909 .. 2,113 1,112 174 14,396 1924 .. 1 80 1 589 1910 .. 2,304 1,169 211 15,320 1.925 .. 1 71 519 1911 .. 2,399 1,423 276 16,020 1926 .... 74 1 444 1912 .. 2,318 1,469 220 16,649 1927 .... 70 374 1913 .. 2,072 1,569 643 16,509 1914 .. 3.320 1,4-79 300 18,050 Totals.. 1,697 1,318 5 1915 .. 3,158 1,582 274 19,352 ! 1916 .. 2,268 1,539 277 19,804 1917 - 1,823 1,610 320 19,697 War. 1918 .. 2,146 1,535 348 19,960 1916 .. I 1,214 1 1 22 1.191 1919 .. 2,235 2,013 310 19,872 1917 .. ! 5,316 44 1,294 5,169 1920 .. 2,289 1,798 370 19,993 1918 .. I 10,587 86 1,173 14,497 1921 .. 2,152 1,880 428 19,837 1919 .. 16,954 531 3,493 27,427 1922 .. 2,553 1,578 321 20,491 1920 .. 15,183 291 7,748 34,571 1923 .. 2,781 1,763 328 21,181 1921 .. 2,207 358 4,656 31,764 .1924 .. 2,549 1,870 392 21,468 1922 .. 945 369 3,249 29,091 1925 .. 2,654 1,635 425 22,062 1923 .. 625 358 2,898 26,460 1926 .. 3,100 1,839 418 22,905 1924 .. 551 361 3,484 23,166 1927 .. 3,302 2,049 407 23,751 1925 .. 432 334 1,946 21,318 1926 .. 353 369 586 20,716 Totals.. 73,153 39,692 9,707 .. 1927 .. 350 353 88 20,625 Totals.. 54,717 3,455 30,637 Widows'. 1912 .. 791 .. 3 788 Miners'. 1913 .. 657 3 129 1,313 1916 .. 120 .. .. 120 1914 .. 421 1 193 1,540 1917 .. 153 35 .. 238 1915 .. 458 2 208 1,788 1918 .. 91 34 25 270 1916 .. 444 4 338 1,890 1919 .. 82 41 71 240 1917 .. 421 2 285 2,024 1920 .. 237 23 39 j 415 1918 .. 509 6 335 2,192 1921 .. 107 43 5 474 1919 .. 1,349 11 319 3,211 1922 .. 78 38 8 506 1920 .. 767 18 516 3,444 1923 .. 96 52 6 544 1921 .. 627 8 642 3,421 1924 .. 88 48 4 580 1922 .. 523 3 598 3,343 1925 .. Ill 70 14 607 1923 .. 616 12 536 3,411 1926 .. 96 50 13 640 1924 .. 730 8 607 3,526 1927 .. 84 51 5 668 1925 .. 602 6 524 3,598 1926 .. 684 2 447 3,833 Totals.. 1,343 485 190 1927 .. 705 6 562 3,970 Totals.. 10,304 92 6,242 .. Epidemic. 1920 .. 939 i 1921 .. 27 '4 113 ' 849 1922 .. 6 .. 172 683 1923 .. .. 2 112 569 Blind. 1924 .. .. 1 111 457 1925 .. 114 ... .. 114 1925 .. .. .. 92 365 1926 .. 92 9 1 196 1926 .. .. 1 51 313 1927 .. 46 6 4 232 1927 .. .. 2 52 ! 259 I I l_ I Totals.. 252 15 5 Totals.. 972 i 10 703 I ' ' _ 6. C. Fache, Commissioner of Pensions.