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REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT. The register compiled in accordance with the Act by the Post and Telegraph Department contained the names of some 481,000 males aged twenty years or over at the 31st March, 1933. This figure excludes those removed from the register owing to death or departure from the Dominion since the Act came into force, and represents an increase of 6,300 registrations during the year. CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FUND. The number of persons contributing to the Unemployment Fund by way of the general unemployment levy may be gauged by the following figures representing individual instalments of the levy received by the Post and Telegraph Department up to the 31st March, 1933 : —

Making allowance for the fact that considerable numbers of contributors fail to effect payment within one month of the due dates of instalments, and in the light of records of payments of the above instalments effected since 31st March, 1933, it is estimated that at least 425,000 males are paying the general unemployment levy. This is also borne out by the receipts from the levy during the financial year ended 31st March, 1933, which totalled £429,004. During the period covered by the above-mentioned instalments (i.e., from December, 1930, to March, 1933) a sum of approximately £1,196,500 has been received into the Unemployment Fund on account of the general unemployment levy. Apart from contributions to the Fund by way of the levy, almost every person in receipt of salary, wages, and other income has paid a direct tax towards the relief of unemployment by means of the emergency unemployment charge. The amounts credited to the Fund from these sources during the financial year ended 31st March, 1933, were as follow : — £ Charge on salary or wages .. .. .. .. .. 2,471,028 Charge on other income .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,120,404 £3,591,432 EXEMPTIONS AND POSTPONEMENTS. (a) General Unemployment Levy. There has been a marked increase in applications for postponement of, or exemption from, payments of levies. Exemptions recorded since the inception of the levy up to 31st March, 1933, are shown in the following statement: — Total exemptions (including Maoris, old-age pensioners, and other aged males with small means, persons suffering from permanent physical or mental incapacity, &c.).. 28,750

Partial Exemptions.

The value of instalments not collected because of partial exemption as indicated above, represents a sum of approximately £33,000. In lieu of granting exemption from payment of the levy on the grounds of hardship, the Board has exercised its power in extending the time of payment, without penalty, in 3,065 cases.

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,, , , » t i i . Number of Instalments Instalment Date. Amount of Instalment. paid by Contributor8 . 8. d. December, 1930 .. .. .. •• 7 6 428,016 March, 1931 .. .. .. •• 7 6 424,495 June, 1931 .. .. .. •• •• 7 6 423,336 August, 1931 .. .. .. • • • • 5 0 425,674 November, 1931 .. .. .. •• 5 0 424,588 February, 1932 .. .. .. .• 5 0 425,024 May, 1932 .. .. .. .. •• 5 0 425,709 August, 1932 .. .. .. .. .. 5 0 424,246 November, 1932 .. .. .. .• 5 0 ! 412,229 February, 1933 .. .. .. •• 5 0 1 385,027

Instalments. i' ]. December, March, June, August, November, February.! May, August, November, February, 1930. 1931. 1931. 1931. 1931. j 1932. j 1932. 1932. 1932. 1933. Inmates of mental hospitals .. .. 3,344 3,578 3,613 3,668 3,682 3,734 3,738 3,790 3,844 3,883 Inmates of prisons, reformatories, &c... 1,091 1,155 1,228 1,486 1,410 1,151 1,158 1,179 1,200 1,082 Inmates > of hospitals, charitable institu- 1,105 712 884 529 484 590 453 389 308 243 tions, &c. Students .. .. .. •• 917 993 1,220 697 805 663 889 836 667 409 Cases of mental and physical disability,&c. 4,468 3,631 3,336 2,962 2,942 2,798 2,669 2,576 1,937 1,373 Hardship .. .. .. .. 1,998 2,741 3,103 3,183 3,537 2,729 2,050 1,219 626 222 Totals .. .. .. 12,923 12,810 13,384 12,525 12,860 11,665 10,957 9,989 8,582 7,212