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Return showing the Amount paid as Pensions, and the Amount of the Allowances paid, to Officers and Men on their retirement from the Public Service; also, the Amount paid by way of Bonus to Officers and Men, or as Compassionate Allowance to their Relatives, from the 31st March, 1883, to the 31st March, 1892.

The Treasury, 13th September, 1892. Jas. B. Hbywood, Secretary to the Treasury. Eobert J. Collins, Accountant to the Treasury. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation (not given); printing (1,300 copies), .£1 Is.

By Authority: Geobgf. Didsecby, Government Printer, Wellington,— 1892. Price 3d.]

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1883-84. 1884-85. 1885-86. 1886-87. 1887-88. 1888-89. 1889-90. 1890-91. 1891-92. Pensions Compensation for loss of office ... Bonuses Compassionate allowance £ s. d. ... 129,06110 8 ... \ 5,117 16 9 ... 4,39112 7 £ s. d. 30,01111 9 8,97518 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. 27,37614 4 28,466 9 9 9,668 6 6 7,74815 6 5,3931611 4,807 14 11 £ s. a. 29,88618 0 19,697 14 9 £ s. d. 30,301 4 3 27,584 6 0 £ s. d. 30,81913 1 14,106 3 8 £ s. d. 30,94916 6 13,178 Oil £ s. d. 29,342 12 7 28,45016 3 3,909 4 7 3,17114 8 3,294 2 6 2,29313 2 7,202' 8 3 5,079 9 1 Total for each year ... ... 38,571 0 0 42,89614 9 42,43817 9 41,023 0 2 52,756 7 5 61,17912 9 47,219 911 51,330 5 8 62,87217 11