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War Pensions payable outside New Zealand as at 31st March, 1933.

Economic Pensions payable at 31st March, 1933.

War Pension Appeals. Appeals outstanding on 31st March, 1932 .. .. .. .. 229 Appeals lodged during 1932-33 .. .. .. .. ..608 837 Appeals dismissed during 1932-33 .. .. .. .. .. 306 Appeals upheld during 1932-53 .. .. .. .. ..324 Appeals withdrawn and struck out, 1932-33 .. .. .. ..27 —- 657 Appeals outstanding on 31st March, 1933 .. .. .. 180 Percentage upheld, l'.K'i per cent. The total number of appeals dealt with to the 31st March, 1933, was 4,871, the percentage upheld being 48 per cent. Of the 657 cases dealt with during the past year, 358 were heard nt Auckland, 56*1 percent, being upheld ; 107 at Wellington, 32-7 per cent, being upheld : 112 at Christchurch, 35-7 per cent, being upheld : and .SO at Dunedin, 60 per cent, being upheld.

Medical treatment of war pensioners during 1932-33 cost £71,077. Railway concessions to war pensioners cm maximum permanent disablement pension and those with locomotive disabilities on permanent pension in excess of 50 per cent, cost £1,482 during the year. The Loading paid on life-insurance policies of war pensioners due to war-service disability amounted to £182 for the year. Temporary war pensions to soldiers increased by 143 and permanent pensions to soldiers increased by 44 during the year. The 400 deaths among war pensioners are made up as follows : Soldiers. 139 ; widows of soldiers, 8 : other dependants, 253. Discharged Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment Act, 1930. During the year ended .'list March. 1933, the committees and employment officers appointed in terms of the provisions of the above mentioned Act found it increasingly difficult to place disabled ex-soldiers in employment, owing to the large number of fil men and boys able to undertake continuous and arduous labour being available to fill vacant positions, but, notwithstanding this handicap, were

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Wives and Soldiers. Parents of Dependants. Soldiers. . . _ ,... Annual Liability Permanent. Temporary. Temporary. Widows. Dependants. Great Britain.. .. 256 91 26 147 495 52,539 Australia .. .. 257 202 .11 50 156 40,674 Other countries ..51 21 .. 5 30 4,458 Totals .. 564 314 57 202 681 97,671

Average Class. Number. Annual Value, Annual Grant. £ £ Soldiers with permanent pensions .. .. .. : 1,071 55,680 52 Soldiers with temporary pensions .. .. .. 1,242 65,490 53 Widows with children .. .. .. .. 91 2,275 25 Widows without children .. .. .. .. 153 4,708 31 Widowed mothers .. .. .. .. .. 169 3,830 23 Totals 2,726 131,983 48