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Table IIIa.—Average Statistics for all Fire Districts which have been in Operation for the Twelve Years 1924-35.

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Insurance Fires per Highest Fire District Population Municipal Kates per : Insurance Prpmimns Number of 1,000 of Loss in any Fi „ T Fire Loss Loss per Fire Brigade , District. Population. Bateg _ Head Premiums. Fires. Popula- Individual Fire Loss. per Head. Fire. Expenditure. *5?? ? er District, per tieaa. j Year Head. £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. ! £ £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. Auckland Metropolitan* 122,940 596,311 4 17 0 175,351 1 8 6 193 I 1-57 114,709 68,039 0 11 1 353 23,119 3 9 Auckland Mtrpltn.* Balclutha .. .. 1,574 3,725 2 7 4 2,047 1 6 0 2. j 1-37 7,090 962 0 12 3 445 351 4 6 Balclutha. Christchurch . . .. 87,747 233,579 2 13 3 114,020 1 6 0 137 j 1-56 96,575 45,943 0 10 6 335 12,446 2 10 Christchurch. Dannevirke .. .. 4,408 11,262 2 11 1 7,821 1 15 6 6 1-47 8,680 1,035 0 4 9 159 696 3 2 Dannevirke. Dargaville .. .. 2,040 12,569 6 3 3 3,643 1 15 9 5 2-53 4,655 2,423 1 3 9 470 553 5 5 Dargaville. DunedinMetropolitan .. 68,548 190,014 2 15 5 80,008 1 3 4 110 1-60 59,793 27,864 0 8 1 254 14,052 4 1 Dunedin Mtrpltn. Feilding .. .. 4,425 16,166 3 12 8 6,830 1 10 11 6 1-43 5,044 1,915 0 8 8 303 718 3 3 Feilding. Foxton .. .. 1,750 4,651 2 13 2 1,869 1 1 4 4 2-14 6,830 2,733 1 11 3 726 467 5 4 Foxton. Gisborne .. .. 13,891 61,734 4 8 11 23,594 1 14 0 ! 22 1 -61 24,240 11,901 0 17 2 531 2,467 3 7 Gisborne. Greymouth .. .. 6,041 16,292 2 13 11 7,446 1 4 8' 9 1-54 32,174 9.667 1 12 0 1,039 1,017 3 4 Greymouth. Hamilton .. .. 14,959 58,802 3 18 8 21,433 1 8 8; 21 1-39 25,746 4,797 0 6 5 231 2,706 3 7 Hamilton. Hastings .. .. 11,246 36,035 3 4 1 16,252 1 8 1.1 ! 19 1-70 24,504 8,234 0 14 8 432 1,709 3 0 Hastings. Hawera .. .. 4,675 15,489 3 6 4 7,931 1 13 11 8 1-71 11,876 2,088 0 8 11 261 , 1.166 5 0 Hawera. Hokitika .. .. 2,492 3,782 1 10 4 2,898 I 3 3 5 2-1.4 8,591 2,727 1 1 11 511 1 578 4 8 Hokitika. Invercargill .. .. 19,338 71,005 3 13 5 23,391 1 4 2 38 1-95 47,221 13,943 0 14 5 370 5,376 5 7 Invercargill. Kaiapoi .. .. 1,727 2,170 I 5 2 2,434 .1 8 2 4 2-51 25,984 4,155 2 8 1 960 679 7 10 Kaiapoi." Kaitangata .. .. 1,483 1,683 1 2 8 1,114 0 15 0 2 1-18 4,343 888 0 12 0 507 163 2 2 Kaitangata. Lawrence .. .. 661 1,271 1 18 6 724 1 1 10 1 2-27 3,770 491 0 14 II 327 90 2 9 Lawrence. Levin .. .. 2,586 6,073 2 7 0 3,866 1 9 2 5 2-06 9,745 2,096 0 16 3 393 ! 640 4 11 Levin. Masterton .. .. 8,543 27,463 3 4 4 12,819 1 10 0 14 1-60 18.539 6,459 0 15 2 473 ! 1,968 4 7 Masterton. Milton .. .. 1,533 3,998 2 12 2 2,216 1 8 .11 1 0-97 1,000 , 177 0 2 1 118 187 4 5 Milton. Napier .. .. 15,945 56,961 3 11 5 27,853f 1 14 11 22} 1-35 24,692 ; 10,096$ 0 12 9 470 3,951 5 0 Napier. New Plymouth .. 15,226 54,549 3 11 8 18,981 1 4 11 17 1-13 9,593 5,220 0 6 10 304 2.019 2 8 New Plymouth. Oamaru .. .. 7,433 26,217 3 10 7 8,066 1 1 8 7 0-96 23,878 4,907 0 13 2 687 1,088 2 11 Oarnaru. Ohakune .. .. 1,483 2,436 1 12 11 1,414 0 19 2 5 j 3-59 11,825 3,663 2 9 5 687 439 5 11 Ohakune. Palmerston North .. 19,918 70,812 3 11 1 31,078 1 11 2 37 1-84 31,637 .14,156 0 14 3 387 3,898 3 11 Palmerston North. Petone .. .. 10,301 25,312 2 9 2 13,191 1 5 7 9 0-92 5,070 1,849 0 3 7 196 1,638 3 2 Petone. Port Chalmers .. 2,578 4,385 1 14 0 2,286 0 17 8 3 1-19 2,135 836 0 6 6 273 244 I 11. Port Chalmers. Rotorua .. .. 4,931 8,870 1 16 0 7,008 1 8 5 9 1-88 7.4.16 2,860 0 11 7 309 1,080 4 5 Rotorua. Taumarunui .. .. 2,467 8,085 3 5 7 3,306 1 6 10 6 2-60 7.942 1,734 0 14 1 270 526 4 3 Taumarunui. Tauranga .. .. 2,823 8,070 2 17 3 4,216§ 1 9 11 4 1-59 5,074 1,957 0 13 10 436 647 4 7 Tauranga. TeAroha .. .. 2,434 6,319 2 11 11 3,805 1 11 3 4 1-81 4,426 1,961 0 16 1 445 618 5 1 Te Aroha. Timaru .. .. 16,401 53,972 3 5 10 18,021 1 2 0 17 1-07 19,457 5,404 0 6 7 309 2,501 3 0 Timaru. Waihi .. .. 3,401 4,696 1 5 8 2,819 0 16 7 10 3-01 5,909 2,913 0 17 1 284 692 4 1 Waihi. Waitara .. .. 1,81.3 4,262 2 7 0; 2,565 1 8 4 2 1-01 5.044 1,756 0 19 4 958 229 2 6 Waitara. Wanganui .. .. 24,497 96,711 3 19 0 35,393 .1 8 II 40 1-62 14,074 8,515 0 6 11 215 7,113 5 10 Wanganui. Whangarei .. .. 6,953 25,124 3 12 3 8,088 1 3 3 8 1-17 36,569 6,406 0 18 5 784 1,059 3 0 Whangarei. All districts .. 521,211 1,830,855 3 10 3 705,797 1 7 1 812 1-56 .. 292,770 0 11 3 361 98,890 3 10 All districts. Eleven years' average, 1,476, 92.3 5,353,225 3 12 6 I 1,883,859 1 5 6 4,620 3 13 1,636,119 1,098,016 0 14 10 238 .. .. Eleven years' whole Dominion - j . average, whole I j I I I ; I | Dominion. * Includes statistics for Onehunga, Mount Koskill, and Newmarket Fire Boards from date of inception to date of incorporation in Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board. f Eight-year average. f Eleven-year average. § Nine-year average.