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Table IIIb.— Average Statistics for other Fire Districts.

Table IV.— Areas protected by Fire Boards.

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District. Average? I Population. I M^ t °'P al Insurance Premiums Number | «MOtf j _. , Fire Loss Loss Fire Brigade Expendi(Years.) i Sates. per Head. Premiums. of Fires. ■ Popula- Individual Fire Loss. ™ Hmd perHre Expendi- ture per District. _ [ I I J | tion. Year. ' ture. Head. Birkenhead .. 4 3 497 f -ti a*too f £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. Cambridge .. 5 2*188 7*973 3 19 n 3'207 1 Q 4. s ?'qq q ?2? 279 0 1 8 187 508 3 0 Birkenhead. Eltham .. .. 12 2 028 «*2« til 5'52J J ? f 3 1-39 3 ' 175 1>638 0 14 1 506 480 4 5 Cambridge Hikurangi.. .. 8 īao 2'228 1 16 !0 fllfi n 1« ,? ? ī"2f 2 ' 672 071 0 10 7 314 454 4 6 Eltham 8 Nelson 8 .. .. 3 iS 36'040 3 4 2 ie's2q ? q , 1,204 424 0 7 0 284 219 3 8 Hikurangi. Opotiki .. .. 7 1 331 4 012 t n i 0™« , 12 1-04 3 ' 924 2,262 0 4 0 194 2,194 3 11 Nelson Otaki .. .. li x'g24' I'fii I 17 n *?'««, Ī 2 2 I 36 3 ' 609 908 0 13 8 289 551 8 3 Opotiki. Pahiatua .. .. 10 l'ō39 2 13 1 3'95 8 2 <> 4 3 T"? I n'w? o'kqo ? ° 435 344 4 3 0taki " Pukekohe.. .. 10 2 515 12 578 5 0 0 3 184 ill I i'S 2 ' 638 1 14 3 981 387 5 0 Pahiatua. Taihape .. .. 6 2 414 9 366 3 17 7 I'm 1 ,n ,'ao 5 836 0 6 8 317 672 5 4 Pukekohe. TeAwamutu .. 9 1 887 9 811 5 4 0 Alt ] }2 I ?'«? 8 ?® 204 0 1 8 136 527 4 4 Taihape. Waipukurau .. 10 1,967 e'l42 3 9 5 .»'aoq , ! 3 !' 7 i 4 1 > 161 0 12 4 362 489 5 2 TeAwamutu. Wairoa .. .. 10 2 469 10 18? 1 9 « !'?oo ī I 4 X ' 93 7 > 167 1 > 755 0 17 10 462 339 3 5 Waipukurau Wellington .. 10 ll 0 |080 464''955 4 4 6 lst'sw % !'° 8 1 '™ 7 + 12 ' 853 5 4 1 2 > 571 546 4 5 Wairoa. Westport .. .. 12 3 973 9 237 2 \ « « f I 18 * II 2 ??'°™ 86 > 642 0 15 9 471 27 - 97 5 5 1 Wellington. Woodville .. 5 1,104 2 8 6 HI I Vul l'$l 1 1 8 tit f 7 2 J I * Six-year average. f Fire-loss figures corrected in accordance with returns supplied subsequently.

I I ī ; 1 j — ; J ,, , .. Number Fires in- I Insured Fire Uninsured strict * Population. of Fire volving Loss L 9 SS > Fire Loss, Total Fire _ , Capital Value. calls. of Property mgs and Buildings and Loss. Protected by Remarks. * * Contents. Contents. Belfast (works only) .... Fairfield .. .. . # '' ' * '' ' ' • • Christchurch Fire Board .. .. Payment for attendances. Hamilton Fire Board .. .. County pays £25 p.a. plus £5 for every call in Feilding (works only) .... ... excess of five. Green Island .. . . 2 277 385 730 22 9 9n '' '* Feilding Fire Board .. .. Payment for attendances. Hamilton (Hospital only) '. / zu • • 20 Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board .. Borough pays £750 p.a. to Fire Board. Hawera .. .. .. 600* 210 000* *" Hamilton Fire Board .. .. Nominal payment. Mangere .. .. 760* 522 000* " Hawera Fire Board .. .. County pays £75 p.a. to Fire Board. Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board .. County pays £75 p.a. plus £5 for every call in New Lynn .. .. 3 491 030 425 excess of ten. ' " " " " ' • Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board .. Borough pays £100 p.a. plus £5 for every call in Cashmere .. • • 1 excess of ten. Fendalton .. >>11,786 3,824,638* 40 9 1 200 561 1 7fii / r " bounty pays £300 p.a. to Fire Board. Riccarton j ' Christchurch Fire Board .. .. County pays £450 p.a. to Fire Board. St. Kilda .. .. 7 752 1 782 066 fa 7 i 1 -a 1 n I Christchurch Fire Board .. .. Borough pays £450 p.a. to Fire Board. West Harbour (works only) ' ' " ' 0 1,159 Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board .. Borough pays £550 p.a. to Fire Board. ' ' " • ■ ■ ■ • ■ Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board .. Payment for attendances. 26,666 7,360,859 90 18 2,379 561 2,940 *Estimated.