PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION BOARD (TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE), WITH ACCOUNTS, FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1932.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1932 Session I-II, H-26

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1932. .NEW ZEALAND.

PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION BOARD (TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE), WITH ACCOUNTS, FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1932.

Presented to Parliament pursuant to the provisions of the Public Service Superannuation Act, 1927.

REPORT.

The Board has the honour to submit the following report upon the transactions in connection with the Public Service Superannuation Fund :— The Revenue Account, balance-sheet, and statements regarding membership and retiring and other allowances will be found appended. The Board. —At the triennial election of members of the Board, held February, 1932, Messrs. J. T. Carr and H. A. Lamb were elected unopposed to represent contributors belonging to the Post and Telegraph Department. Mr. H. M. Tremewan withdrew his nomination, thus obviating the expense of an election. Mr. W. G-. Wolhmann was elected unopposed to represent contributors belonging to the Police Department, and Messrs. Jerram, Macdonald, and Sinel were re-elected unopposed to represent contributors belonging to Departments other than the above. Contributors. —The number of new contributors who joined the scheme during the year, and other particulars, are contained in the following table :—

The following table contains particulars of the public servants who were contributing to the fund on 31st March, 1932 (after allowing for deaths, retirements, and withdrawals), grouped according to their respective rates of contribution : —

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Number. Rate per Gent, of Annual Contribution as provided Annual Salary. Contributions. by the Act. Female. Total. . . £ s. d. £ s. d. 5 24 230 254 27,363 1 8 1,368 3 1 6 8 11 19 3,170 4 2 190 4 3 7 2 5 7 1,489 11 8 104 5 5 8 1 .. 1 342 1 8 27 7 4 Transferred from other 36 .. 36 3,312 0 0 165 12 0 funds — Totals .. 71 246 317 35,676 19 2 1,855 12 1

. Number. per Genfc. of Contribution as — - Annual Salary. ,, provided by Contributions, the Act; Male. Female. | Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. 5 12,319 1,994 14,313 3,502,345 0 0 175,117 5 0 6 1,389 151 1,540 470,460 0 0 28,227 12 0 7 887 101 988 302,605 0 0 21,182 7 0 8 444 51 495 154,052 1 8 12,324 3 4 9 137 17 154 48,409 3 4 4,356 16 6 10 23 3 26 7,579 6 8 757 18 8 Totals .. 15,199 2,317 17,516 4,485,450 11 8 241,966 2 6

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Retiring and other Allowances.—Pensions for £90,063 lis. per annum were granted during the year as follows: For age or length of service, £73,388 18s. to 364 members (311 male and 53 female members) ; for medical unfitness for duty, £3,037 16s. to 31 members ; to 59 contributors belonging to the Defence Department retired under the provisions of section 39, Finance Act, 1930 (No. 2), £8,747 14s. per annum ; to 19 contributors retired under the provisions of section 14, Finance Act, 1931, £1,849 3s. per annum ; to widows and children of deceased members, £1,922 per annum to 62 widows, and £1,118 per annum to 43 children. Under section 114 of the Public Service Superannuation Act, 1927, the statutory allowances to widows and children were increased from £18 to £31 per annum, and from ss. per week to 10s. per week respectively. The additional expenditure on this account is recovered from the Consolidated Fund. Those officers who retired during the year and who possessed compensation rights under the Civil Service Act, 1866, would have been entitled to receive the sum of £532, the amount of compensation accrued to the date when they joined the Superannuation Fund had they not become participants in the benefits of the fund. The total amount of such compensation for which'the fund became liable since the initiation of the scheme is £559,771. To this amount must be added accretions to the date of retirement, approximately £138,000, for which the Consolidated Fund would otherwise have been liable, and the whole may be fairly set against the total subsidies paid to the fund during the past twenty-four years, amounting to £1,820,500. Seventy-six retiring or other allowances were discontinued by death, and seventy-six for other causes —viz., one annuitant retired medically unfit recovered and was reappointed to the service, four widows remarried, and seventy-one children reached the age of fourteen. The annual amount payable at the close of the year was £458,434 4s. 2d., as shown in the statement attached. Income. —The total income for the year was made up as follows : — . £ Members'ordinary contributions .. .. .. .. .. 190,585* Subsidy, Cook Islands and Samoa Administration .. .. .. 674 Contributions from Government . . .. . . .. .. 102,082 Fines, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 486 Interest .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 168,453 Total income for year .. .. .. .. £462,280 * After allowing rebates amounting to £52,079, section 8 (2), Finance Act, 1931. Outgo.—The pensions paid during the year to contributors who have retired and to dependants of deceased contributors amounted to £431,921 14s. 9d. —viz., £395,890 2s. to members, and £36,031 12s. 9d. to widows and children. Refunds of contributions to contributors who have left the Service amounted to £30,064 3s. Id,, while the refunds under section 42 to personal representatives of deceased contributors and annuitants amounted to £13,217 7s. Bd. Fourteen contributors who were retired elected to accept a refund of their contributions under section 34, amounting to £5,270 Is. 10d., in lieu of retiring-allowances. Two contributors were transferred to another fund in accordance with the provisions of section 120, and their contributions, amounting to £385 Bs. 5d., were accordingly transferred to such fund. The salaries of the staff and other office expenses were £2,297 12s. Id. and £1,828 18s. lid. respectively. The total outgo for the year was £491,400 lis. Id. Accumulated Funds. —These amounted at the end of the year to £2,888,033 14s. lOd. Balance-sheet. —On the 31st March the total assets of the fund, which include provision for the outstanding accounts, amounted to £3,018,824 15s. The balance-sheet appended gives full particulars as to the liabilities and assets. Investment of the Fund. —The total investments of the fund at each rate of interest were as follows : — Inscribed stock— £ s. d. £ s. d. 5 per cent. .. .. .. 46,000 0 0 5J per cent. .. . . . . . 30,000 0 0 5J per cent. .. .. .. 236,000 0 0 5| per cent. .. .. .. 232,350 0 0 544,350 0 0 Rural advances bonds — 5 per cent. .. .. .. .. 236,155 10 0 Rural intermediate credit bonds — SJ-per cent. .. .. .. .. 29,000 0 0 Debenture securities. £s. d. 4i per cent. .. .. . 15, 000 0 0 5 per cent. .. .. .. 34,102 12 7 5\ per cent. .. .. .. 17,523 0 0 5§ per cent. .. .. .. 7,700 0 0 5f per cent. .. .. .. 1,750 0 0 6 per cent. .. .. .. 496,025 0 0 572,100 12 7 Mortgage securities — 5 per cent. .. .. .. 2,134 12 4 5 J per cent. .. .. .. 7,448 0 6 6 per cent. .. .. .. 1,511,782 2 6 6i-per cent. .. .. .. 28,161 10 3 — 1,549,526 5 7 £2,931,132 8 2 The above total includes £23,371 12s. 4d. invested on Stipendiary Magistrates' account.

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The average rate of interest earned for the financial year on the mean funds was £5 19s. 6d. per cent. Progress of the Fund. The following table illustrates the position of matters in relation to the fund since its inception :—

General.—lmportant legislation affecting the fund lias been passed by Parliament. 1. Section .39, Finance Act, 1930 (No. 2), provides special provision with respect to retiringallowances out of the fund to certain members of the Defence Force and clerical officers of the Defence Department. These contributors are entitled to receive such annual retiring-allowances as is certified by the Government Actuary to be the actuarial equivalent of a deferred pension commencing at the earliest date on which they would have been entitled pursuant to notice of their intention in that behalf to retire voluntarily, of an amount calculated in the manner prescribed by section 26 of the Public Service Superannuation Act, 1927, in respect of their continuous service at the date of their compulsory retirement. 2. Section 8 of the Finance Act, 1931, provides as follows : Every person whose rate of salary is reduced by Part I of this Act, and who is a contributor to the Public Service Superannuation Fund, may, by in writing to the Secretary of the Board charged with the administration of the fund or before the 30th day of September, 1931, elect to continue to contribute to the fund as if his salary had not been so reduced, and every person so electing and contributing shall be entitled on retirement to a retiring-allowance (if any) of the same amount as that to which he would have been entitled if his salary had not been reduced by this Act: Provided that ill the case of any such person who, at the 31st day of March, 1931, is, pursuant to an election made by him pursuant to subsection (1) of section 11 of the Public Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1921-22, contributing to the fund on the basis of a higher rate of salary than that actually being received by him on that date, such person may elect, pursuant to this section, to continue to contribute to such fund on the basis of such higher rate, and on retirement his retiring-allowance (if any) shall be calculated accordingly. Where a contributor does not make an election pursuant to this section, the amount of contributions deducted (whether before or after the passing of this Act) from his salary, in respect of the difference between the rate of his salary as reduced by this Act and any higher rate of salary to which he may have been theretofore entitled, or on the basis of which he had theretofore been contributing to the fund, shall he held by the Superannuation Board, and shall be credited to the contributor in satisfaction to the extent thereof of contributions thereafter becoming payable. 3. Section 14 of the Finance Act, 1931, as amended by section 42 of the Finance Act, 1931 (No. 4), provides as follows : Any person, being a contributor to the Superannuation Fund, who at any time after the passing of this Act (11th April, 1931) is compulsorily retired through no fault of his own from the Government service, and who at the date of such retirement would, if not more than five years were added to his age or length of service, be entitled as of right, or with the consent or approval of the Minister in Charge of the Department in which he is employed, to give notice for the purpose of section 26 of the Public Service Superannuation Act, 1927, of his intention to retire voluntarily shall on nis being compulsorily retired as aforesaid be entitled to receive from the Superannuation Fund an annual retiring-allowance which shall not in any case be of an amount greater than the maximum amount which the Government Actuary certifies can be granted by way of such retiring - allowance without imposing on the Superannuation Fund any additional liability by reason of such retiring-allowance being granted before the earliest date on which the contributor would have been entitled as of right to receive a retiring-allowance on his voluntary retirement. 4. Section 20 of the.Finance Act (No. 2), 1931, reads as follows : On and after the Ist day of April, 1931, no person shall be entitled to have his length of service in the Cook Islands Public Service or the Samoan Public Service computed for the purpose of any Superannuation Act in the manner provided by section 28 of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, or section 23 or section 43 of the Samoa Act, 1921, or subsection (4) of section 47 of the Public Service Superannuation Act, 1927, unless after his having served for ten years in either such service the Minister for the Cook Islands, or the Minister of External Affairs, as the case may require, directs that such person's length of service shall be so computed : Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the right of any person to have computed as aforesaid any period so served by him before the Ist day of April, 1931. 5. Subsection (6) of section 7 of the Public Service Superannuation Act, 1927, has been amended by section 41. of the Finance Act, 1931 (No. 4). For his services under the Public Service Superannuation Act, 1927, the Public Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the fund such amount as may be prescribed by regulations. As from the Ist November, 1931, an amended scale of charges has been agreed to, to the advantage of the fund. A. T. Ngata, Chairman,

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Year ended 31st December, Year ended 3] st March, 1908. 1916. 1924. 1931. 1932. Total number of contributors .. .. 7,235 13,313 15,021 18,197 17,516 Total amount contributed annually .. £79,831 £141,844 £217,692 £270,316 £241,966 Interest received .. .. .. £1,295 £42,314 £113,608 £162,888 £168,453 Number of pensions and allowances payable 122 1,233 2,362 2,953 3,379 Annual value of retiring and other allow- £8,881 £88,392 £251,894 £383,923 £458,'434 ances payable Total amount of contributions refunded .. £484 £23,391 £53,303 £40,754 £48,552 Expenses of administration .. .. £890 £2,318 £6,229 £8,418 £8,650 Total amount of accumulated fund .. £71,481 £896,568 £2,039,043 £2,917,154 £2,888,034

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PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION EUND. Revenue Account foe the Yeas ended 31st March, 1932. £ s. d. Retiring-allowances— £ s. d. Amount of fund at beginning of year .. 2,917,153 15 10 To members .. .. .. 395,890 2 0 Members' contributions — To widows and children .. .. 36,031 12 9 Under section 19 (ordinary)* .. 190,054 0 1 Contributions returned— Transferred from other superannua- Under section 37 (left service) .. 30,064 3 1 tion funds .. .. .. 293 6 7 Under section 42 (death) .. .. 13,217 7 8 Interest on arrears of contributions.. 237 14 4 Under section 34 (retirement) .. 5,270 1 10 Government subsidy— Contributions transferred to other Statutory .. .. .. 86,000 0 0 superannuation funds (section 120) .. 385 8 5 Section 114, Public Service Super- Loss on realization of securities .. 1,501 9 4 annuation Act, 1927 (widows and Interest (section 38, Public Service children) .. .. .. 16,082 6 4 Superannuation Act, 1927) .. 79 9 1 Interest on investments .. .. 168,452 14 1 Unclaimed moneys recovered .. 310 19 4 Pines, fees, and sundries .. .. 397 15 4 Expenses— Stipendiary Magistrates' Account—• Medical fees .. .. ■ ■ 64 1 0 Administration expenses recovered.. 88 5 9 Salaries.. .. .. 2,297 12 1 Subsidy, Cook Islands and Samoa .. 674 7 7 Audit fees .. .. .. 50 0 0 Heating and lighting .. .. 8 3 1 Rent 184 12 0 Cleaning .. .. .. 55 3 11 Messenger service .. .. 39 14 3 Public Trustee's charges .. . . 4,523 6 7 Contingencies .. .. .. 3 9 6 Printing and stationery .. .. 129 2 10 Typewriters and other machines (upkeep) .. .. .. 4 9 3 Postages, telegrams, and services .. 338 8 6 Post and Telegraph charges . . 913 1 6 Removal expenses .. .. 38 13 1 Balance as at 31st March, 1932 .. 2,888,033 14 10 £3,379,434 5 II £3,379,434 5 11 » Total amount of rebate allowed under section 8 (2), Finance Act, 1931, £57,388 2s. 10d., of which £62,079 Bs. 3d. has been set against contributions for the year ending 31st March, 1932. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1932. Liabilities. Assets. Superannuation Fund Account— £ s. d. Balance due from Revenue £ s. d. £ s. d. Amount invested by the Board . . .. 2,907,760 15 10 Account .. .. 2,888.033 14 10 Contributions due in course of transmission .. 16,100 17 10 Add value of office furni- £ s. d. ture, fittings, and ma- Interest overdue .. .. 37,351 310 ehinerv .. 409 9 0 Interest due and accrued .. 34,242 8 8 ' 2,888,443 3 10 71,593 12 6 Retiring and other allowances due in course of Subsidy—■ payment—■ Cook Islands and Samoa .. .. .. 59 19 11 To members .. .. .. .. 3,260 14 3 Section 114, Public Service Superannuation To widows and children .. .. .. 305 0 4 Act .. .. .. .. • • 180 0 1 Refund of contributions due in course of pay- Cash in hand, Public Trustee .. .. 20,405 19 1 ment Cash in bank .. .. .. .. 325 14 4 Under section 37 (left service) .. .. 763 12 7 Rates, fees, premiums paid on account of mortUnder section 42 (death) .. .. .. 853 15 6 gagors (recoverable) .. .. . . 483 10 0 Expenses due in course of payment— Assets in Suspense.. .. .. •• 1,501 9 4 Heating and lighting .. .. . . 012 5 Office furniture, fittings, and machinery .. 409 9 0 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 711 10 Cost-of-living bonus (recoverable) .. .. 3 7 1 Cleaning .. .. .. .. 4 17 2 Post and Telegraph charges .. .. 218 0 0 Public Trustee's charges ...... 2,333 4 5 Contributions paid in advance or in error .. 4,595 5 1 Balance, Government subsidy* .. .. 64,500 0 0 Unclaimed account (contributions, &c.) .. 129 5 9 Writing-off, Suspense Account .. .. 1,50194 Post Office Account .. .. .. 51,908 2 6 £3,018,824 15 0 £3,018,824 15 0 * The Government subsidy is paid in January of each year; to show the true position of the fund it is necessary to state this item as a liaTbility, owing to the change in the date of the financial year. Subsidiary Account. Cost-of-living Bonus paid to Annuitants of the Public Service Superannuation Fund on behalf of the Treasury. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Amount disbursed for period Ist April, 1931, to By Balance, Ist April, 1931 .. .. .. 212 6 31st March, 1932 .. .. .. 3,509 2 4 Amount received from Treasury .. .. 3,503 2 9 Balance due from Treasury .. .. .. 3 7 1 £3,509 2 4 £3,509 2 4

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PUBLIC SEE VICE SUPERANNUATION FUND —continued. Stipendiaby Magistbates' Account. Bevenue Account for the Year ending 31st March, 1932. £ s. d. £ s. d. Amount of fund, Ist April, 1931 ... .. 23,022 8 7 Retiring-allowances .. .. .. .. 2,775 14 0 Members' contributions, section 63, Public Service Administration expenses .. .. .. 88 5 9 Superannuation Act, 1927 .. .. .. 1,872 0 0 Balance, as at 31st March, 1932 .. .. 23,377 18 4 Interest on investments .. .. .. 1,347 9 6 £26,241 18 1 £26,241 18 1 Balance-sheet as at 31st Mabch, 1932. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. dAccumulated fund .. .. .. .. 23,377 18 4 Contributions due in course of transmission .. 6 6 0 Amount invested by the Board .. .. 23,371 12 4 £23,377 18 4 £23,377 18 4 R. S. Wogan, 5.F.A.1., Acting-Secretary. Wellington, 7th June, 1932. Public Service Superannuation Board. I hereby certify that the Bevenue Account and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby.— J. H. Fowleb, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

Statement of Contributors for the Year ended 31st March, 1932.

Particulars of Contributions discontinued during the Year.

Progress of Contributors since Date of Establishment of the Fund to 31st March, 1932.

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Number. Annual Salary. Contributions. M. F. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. Contributors at beginning of the year .. 15,825 2,372 18,197 4,960,186 12 6 270,316 9 3 New contributors entered during the year .. 35 246 281 32,364 19 2 1,690 0 1 Contributors transferred from other funds .. 36 .. 36 3,312 0 0 165 12 0 Increase by promotion during the year .. .. .. .. 51,217 5 10 2,588 6 0 Total .. .. .. 15,896 2,618 18,514 5,047,080 17 6 274,760 7 4 Contributions discontinued during the year .. 697 301 998 561,630 5 10 32,794 4 10 Total contributors at end of year 15,199 2,317 17,516 4,485,450 11 8 241,966 2 6

Number. ! Amount KetiringHow discontinued. - , Annual Salary. Contributions . R P^ t £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By death before retiring-allowance en- 58 8 66 22,002 3 4 1,27817 1 12,665 11 2 1,364 0 0 tered upon (sees. 42 and 43) By retirement before retiring age (sec. 37) 206 237 443 90,834 7 6 4,975 3 1 30,064 3 1 By retirement (sec. 34) .. .. 14 14 4,664 1 8 399 6 5 5,270 1 10 By retirement medically unfit (sec. 32) 30 1 31 9,920 15 0 549 8 8 .. 3,037 16 0 By retirement at retiring age or for length 311 53 364 140,035 6 8 9,559 8 3 .. 73,388 18 0 of service (sec. 26) By retirement (sec. 14, Finance Act, 1931) 17 2 19 6,397 11 8 363 17 9 .. 1,849 3 0 By retirement (sec. 39, Finance Act, 59 59 23,984 10 0 1,436 14 5 .. 8,747 14 0 1930 (No. 2) By transfer to other funds (sec. 120) .. 2 2 710 0 0 46 4 0 385 8 5 By reduction .. .. .. .. .. .. 263,081 10 0 14,185 5 2 Total .. .. ..697 301 998 561,630 5 10 32,794 4 10 48,385 4 6 88,387 11 0

Number. j Annual Salar y- Contributions. M. j P. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. Total entered .. .. .. .. 32,599 8,521 41,120 9,397,528 15 0 549,081 8 7 Total discontinued .. .. -■ 17,400 6,204 23,604 4,912,078 3 4 307,115 6 1 Total existing at 31st March, 1932 .. 15,199 2,317 17,516 4,485,450 11 8 241,966 2 6

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E. S. Wogan, 5.F.A.1., Acting-Secretary, Public Service Superannuation Board.

PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION FUND— continued. Statement of Retiring and other Allowances for the Year ended 31st March, 1932.

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1 0 \fteS f ofeo g e Age MeSyunk īlSI ""W?' '' ™ 'ISSSASS *"* I Number. Number. *35?" Number. : Number. Number. _ Annual . Annual • Annual !_ Annual J_L Annual Annual ___!_ Annual I Annual Annual Amount. Amount. Amount. Amount. Amount. 73 Amount. Amount Amount Amount. M. F. Total. M. F. -g M. M. M. M. F. ■§ F. M. F. Total. M. F. Total. • H J H 1 __ I Retiring and other allowances — j £ s. d. I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ £ £ s. d. Existing at beginning of year 1,301 178 1,479 319,921 9 8 190 34 224 20,036 3 0 12 1,760 1 6 .. .. 43 7,014 18 0 .. 824 25,544 208 163 371 9.646 1,754 1,199 2,953 383,922 12 2 Granted during year at retire- 311 53, 364 73,388 18 0 30 1 31 3,037 16 0 .. .. 59 8,747 14 0 .. .. 17 2 19 1,849 3 0 18 558 16 15 31 806 433 89 522 88,387 11 0 ment Granted during year after re- .. .. I .. .. j .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ■ 44 1,364 8 4 12 312 8 48 56 1,676 0 0 tirement — *— — ■—• — ■— ■— —- — ■—• — —- —- —. —. — —- — ■ —. —. — —.—. —. — —. — — —. — —. — _—. ——. —. — —.. . . . — _—. — . . , Total .. .. 1,612 231 1,843 393,310 7 8 220 35 255 23,073 19 0 12 1,760 1 6 59 8,747 14 0 43 7,014 18 0 17 2 19 1,849 3 0 886 27,466 232 182 414 10,764 2,195 1,336 3,531 473,986 3 2 Discontinued during year .. 48 3 51 11,973 6 0 13 1 14 1,195 12 0 .. 1 77 1 0 .. .. 14 434 40 32 72 1,872 102 50 152 15,651 19 0 Existing at end of year .. 1,564 228| 1,792 381,337 1 8| 207 34 241 21,878 7 0 12 1,760 1 6 58 8,670 13 0 43 7,014 18 0 17 2 19 1,849 3 0 872 27,032 192 150 342 8,892 2,093 1,286 8,379 458,434 4 2 Pabticulabs of Betibing and otheb Allowances discontinued dubing the Yeab. How discontinued — By death .. .. .. 48 3 51 11,973 6 0 12 1 13 1,191 19 0 .. 1 77 1 0 .. .. 10 310 1 .. 1 26 62 14 76 13,578 6 0 By expiry .. .. .. 1 .. i 3 13 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 124 39 32 71 1,846 40 36 76 1,973 13 0 Total .. .. 48 3 51 11,973 6 0 13 1 14 1,195 12 0 .. 1 77 1 0 .. .. 14 434 40 32 72 1,872 102 50 152 15,551 19 0 Pbogbess of Retiring and otheb Allowances since Establishment of the Fund to 31st Mabch, 1932. Total granted .. .. 2,477 267 2,744; 521,290 9 0 440 45 485 40,745 5 5 15 2,097 14 0 59 8,747 14 0| 49 7,688 8 0 17 2 19 1,849 3 0 1,196 34,866 664 609 1,273 27,131 3,721 2,119 5,840 644,415 13 5 Total discontinued .. .. 913 39 952' 139,953 7 4 233 11 244 18,866 18 5 3 337 12 6 1 77 1 0l 6 673 10 0 .. 324 7,834 472 459 931 18,239 1,628 833 2,461 185,981 9 3 Total existing at 31st March, 1932 1,564 228! 1,792 381,337 1 8 207 34 241; 21,878 7 0 12 1,760 1 6 58 8,670 13 0 43 7,014 18 0 17 2 19 1,849 3 0 872 27,032 192 150 342 8,892 2,093 1,286 3,379 458,434 4 2 1 . i ' II