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1 j I j ~*j [ j j ~ I . ~j i I I j District Average' Population 1 Municipal Rates Insurance Premfums Number 1,000 of Loss in any „. L Fire Loss Loss District District. j Average. Population. , Kates per Head Premiums. j of Fires. Popula- Individual llre Loss ' per Head. ; per Fire. ' ) He a d district. j tion. i Y"ear. j j £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. Birkenhead.. .. 3 3,437 12,534 3 12 11 4,209 1 4 6 1 0-19 802 267 0 1 7 401 498 2 11 Birkenhead. Cambridge.. .. 4 2,185 8,017 3 13 4 3,251 1 9 9 3 1-51 3,175 1,337 0 12 3 405 495 4 6 Cambridge. Eltham .. .. 11 2,040 6,584 3 4 7 2,641 1 5 11 3 1-65 2,672 973 0 9 7 290 462 4 6 Eltham. Hikurangi .. .. 7 1,234 2,181 1 15 4 1,181 0 19 2 2 1-38 1,204 484 0 7 10 285 225 3 8 Hikurangi. Nelson .. .. 2 11.250 35,678 3 3 6 16,164 1 8 9 11 1-02 3,924 2,643 0 4 8 230 2,278 4 0 Nelson. Opotiki .. .. 6 1,313 3,964 3 0 4 2,081 1 11 9 3 2-54 3,609 997 0 15 2 299 579 8 10 Opotiki. Otaki .. .. 10 1,615 4,647 2 17 9 1,920* 1 3 10 3 2-04 2,855 941 0 11 8 285 342 4 3 Otaki. Pahiatua .. .. 9 1,525 4,107 2 13 11 3,280 2 3 0 3 1-82 11,775 2,828 1 17 1 1.021 378 5 0 Pahiatua. Pukekohe .. .. 9 2,513 12,733 5 1 4 3,237 1 5 9 3 1-23 5,680 908 0 7 3 338 656 6 0 Pukekohe. Taihape .. .. 5 2,460 9,422 3 16 8 3.799 1 13 4 2 0-73 856 245 0 2 0 136 530 4 4 Taihape. TeAwamutu .. 8 1,845 9,845 5 6 9 3,379 1 16 8 3 1-49 4,510 1,017 0 11 0 285 483 5 3 Te Awamutu. Waipukurau .. 9 1,958 6,007 3 1 5 3,148 1 12 2 4 2-10 7,167 1.858 0 19 0 452 332 3 5 Waipukurau. Wairoa .. .. 9 2,464 10,034 4 1 5 4,187 1 14 0 5 2-03 101,707t 14,197f 5 15 4 2,839 532 4 4 Wairoa. Wellington .. 9 109,461 459,415 4 3 11 190,420 1 14 10 189 1-73 294,070 94,472 0117 3 499 27,492 5 0 Wellington, Westport .. .. 11 3,949 9,182 2 6 6 4,271 1 1 8 6 1-41 11,989 2,807 0 1 14 3 506 634 3 3 Westport. Woodville .. .. 4 1,122 2,693 2 8 0 1,453 1 5 11 3 2-90 2,105 814 j 0,14 6 250 384 6 10 Woodville. , . * Five-year average. t Fire-loss figures corrected in accordance with returns supplied subsequently.

! Nrnnhpr ! Trims in Insured Fire Uninsured District. Population. Protected by Eemarks. y ' Contents. Contents. Ill i I • I i I I | " " | £ | £ £ £ Belfast (works only) .. .. .. 1 1 1,950 50 2,000 Christchurch Fire Board .. .. Payment for attendances. Feilding (works only) . . . . . . ' * * ■ • ' • • • • Feilding Fire Board . . . . Payment for attendances. Green Island .. .. 2,450 385,880 14 i 3 239 20 259 Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board .. Borough pays £750 p.a. to Fire Board. Hawera . . . . .. 600* 210,000* . . . . . . . . .. Hawera Fire Board . . .. County pays £75 p.a. to Fire Board. Mangere .. .. 760* 522,000* 2 1 377 .. 377 Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board .. County pays £75 p.a. plus £5 for every call in excess of ten. New Lynn . . .. I 3,210 644,969 8 i 2 500 1 501 j Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board . . Borough pays £100 p.a. plus £5 for every call in excess of ten. Cashmere .. .. |"j i f | Christchurch Fire Board .. County pays £300 p.a. to Fire Board. Fendalton .. .. 1,280 3,824,638* 42 11 457 135 592 <J Christchurch Fire Board .. .. County pays £450 p.a. to Fire Board. Riccarton .... J ' (J Christchurch Fire Board .. .. Borough pays £450 p.a. to Fire Board. St. Kilda .. .. | 8,390 1,776,261 30 j 4 813 20 833 Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board .. Borough pays £550 p.a. to Fire Board. West Harbour (works only) .. . . j .. . . .. .. Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board .. Payment for attendances. 26,690 7,363,748 97 [ 22 4,336 226 4,562 * Estimated.