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Table 23 —War Pensions (Disablement and Dependants): Number in Force and Annual Value, 31st March, 1950

The number of widows and wives receiving mother's allowance at 31st March, 1950, was 2,080.

Table 24—War Pensions Paid Outside of New Zealand: Number in Force, and Annual Value, at 31st March, 1950

ECONOMIC PENSIONS Economic pensions subject to a means test may be granted to disablement pensioners whose disabilities are such that their ability to undertake employment is seriously impaired and to dependants of deceased servicemen. The number of applications granted and declined during the year ended the 31st March, 1950, was as follows :

The total number of economic pensions being paid at 31st March, 1950, was 6,888 r compared with 7,126 at 31st March, 1949.

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Number of Pensioners. Number of Children. Annual Value. 1914 War. 1939 War. Total. 1914 War. 1939 War. Total. 1914 War. 1939 War, Total. Disablement pension— Permanent Temporary Sub-total .. Dependant's pension— Dependants of disabled serviceman Widows Other dependants of deceased servicemen Sub-total .. Total 13,585 230 10,065 13,011 23,650 13,241 £ 1,595,266 25,314 £ 699,473 773,074 £ 2,294,739 798,388 13,815 23,076 36,891 1,620,580 1,472,547 3,093,127 2,509 2,377 275 923 1,582 956 3,432 3,959 1,231 936 180 55 463 683 927 1,399 863 982 200,048 415,996 19,320 85,678 350,635 48,870 285,726 766,631 68,1905,161 3,461 8,622 1,171 2,073 3,244 635,364 485,183 1,120,547 18,976 26,537 45,513 1,171 2,073 3,244 2,255,944 1,957,730 4,213,674

Class. Number of Pen siona. Annual Value, 31st March. 1914 War. 1939 War. Total. 1914 War. 1939 War. Total. Disablement — Ex member on permanent war pension .. Ex member on temporary war pension .. Dependant— Widows Wires and other dependants 848 1 138 301 986 302 £ 89,947 194 £ 10,845 20,439 £ 100,792 20,633244 180 125 104 369 284 36,504 11,043 25,065 6,577 17,620Total 1,273 668 1,941 137,688 | 62,926 ! 200,614

— 1914 War. 1939 War. Total. Applications granted 344 1,085 1,429 Applications declined 114 317 431