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Weekly Incomes of Families. Number. Number. £1 and under .. . . 42 Over £4 and up to £5 .. 41 Over £1 and up to £2 .. 162 Over £2 and up to £3 .. 264 1,004 Over £3 and up to £4 .. 495 Cost of Administration. The cost of administration for the year amounted to £76,755, the principal items of expenditure being £35,863 for salaries of officers of the Department, who numbered 171 as at 31st March, 1930 ; £15,476 and £2,689 paid to the Postal Department respectively for payment of pensions and postage and telegrams ; £6,756 for medical fees ; £4,488 for salaries and other expenses of the War Pensions Appeal Board ; and £2,357 for salaries of the War Pensions Board. The percentage of cost of administration to the total payments made of £3,031,784 was 2-53.

WAR PENSIONS. Total Claims lodged and Annual Value or all Pensions granted to Date.

Summary of Annual Liability as at 31st March, 1930.

Claims lodged. Pensions granted. Year. I . , . Soldiers. Dependants. Number. Annual Average - | j j Value. Pension. £ £ 1915-16 .. .. .. 798 681 1,214 56,488 46 1916-17 .. .. .. 3,958 2,017 5,316 285,707 53 1917-18 .. .. .. 8,148 3,754 10,587 780,057 73 1918-19 .. .. .. 14,749 5,292 16,954 1,167,081 68 1919-20 .. .. .. 11,493 3,990 15,183 872,627 57 1920-21 .. .. .. 1,081 1,878 2,207 163,713 .66 1921-22 .. .. •• 367 891 945 63,685 67 1922-23 .. .. .. 198 635 625 43,867 70 1923-24 .. .. .. 160 550 551 40,836 74 1924-25 .. .. .. 197 505 432 31,241 72 1925-26 .. .. 161 379 353 26,046 74 1926-27 .. .. .. 218 378 350 26,369 75 1927-28 .. .. .. 180 368 330 24,502 74 1928-29 .. .. .. 231 407 398 30,545 77 1929-30 .. .. 223 411 347 26,633 77 Totals .. .. 42,162 22,136 55,792 3,639,397 65 Note.—-The number of pensions granted as shown herein does not include children's pensions, the value of which, however, form part of the pensions payable to parents (or guardians), and are included in the annual value totals.

„ _ Number of Number of , , T7 , Average Class of Pension. Pensioners. Children. j Annud Value Pension. I i I £ " £ Soldiers (permanent) .. .. . ■ 1 9,285 13 ] 472,864 51 Soldiers (temporary) .. .. . • 3,368 32 248,811 74 Dependants of disabled soldiers . .. 1.102 2,260 101,543 92 Widows (without children) .. . . 740 .. 67,210 91 Widows (with children).. .. ... 657 996 96,550 147 Other dependants of deceased soldiers — Parents .. .. ■■ 4,920 6 176,437 36 Other adult dependants . . . . 116 8 4,074 35 Guardians of children .. .. 551 743 I 20,085 36 Totals, &c I 20,739 4,058 | 1,187,574 57_