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Table No. 11. Return showing the Number and Amount of Old-age Pension Payments made each Month for the Two Years ended 31st March, 1909.

Return for same Period of Number of Payments and Amounts in each Postal District.

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1907-8. .908-9. Month. Number of Payments. Amount. Number of Payments. Amount. April May June July August September October ... November December 12,982 13,149 13,153 13,280 13,252 13,253 13,270 13,279 13,279 13,292 13,228 13,365 £ s. d. 26,597 2 1 26,938 3 6 .26,931 3 4 27,194 14 3 27,110 12 8 27,134 13 6 27,146 15 5 27,159 17 6 27,158 10 3 27,212 6 2 27,284 0 8 27,352 13 10 13,360 13,367 13,534 13,512 13,552 13,538 13,719 13,799 13,972 13,896 14,117 14,267 £ s. d. 27,341 11 6 27,363 17 2 27,694 17 9 27,670 11 8 27,703 19 7 27,685 9 11 28,045 12 9 28,209 9 6 28,593 19 8 28,456 5 10 28,871 1 6 29,176 4 2 January ... February... March Totals 158,782 325,220 13 2 164,633 336,813 1 0

1907-8. 1908-9. Postal District. Number of Payments. Amount. Number of Payments. Amount. Auckland... Blenheim... Christchurch Dunedin ... Gisborne ... Greymouth Hokitika ... Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru ... Thames ... Timaru ... Wanganui Wellington Westport... 33,147 1,797 26,008 24,828 1,238 6,016 6,303 9,842 5,580 3,397 2,902 3,365 5,795 5,500 4,592 14,821 3,651 £ s. 67,914 19 3,665 7 53,565 2 50,225 6 2,263 5 12,744 12 13,360 7 20,366 18 11,018 1 6,887 12 5,798 17 6,930 10 12,169 1 10,957 9 9,575 15 30,022 10 7,754 16 d. 1 9 6 8 2 2 0 3 3 3 3 4 6 9 6 7 2 34,071 1,837 27,218 26,022 1,212 6,108 6,294 10,138 5,912 3,436 2,975 3,524 6,079 5,961 4,697 15,656 3,493 £ s. d. 69,644 9 7 3,779 7 9 55,903 6 0 52,231 16 5 2.281 10 9 12,926 2 9 13,271 17 9 21,012 2 5 11,951 13 5 6,956 16 1 5,993 8 0 7.282 16 7 12,731 11 4 11,982 14 11 9,786 0 5 31,701 1 4 7,376 5 6 Totals 158,782 325,220 13 2 164,633 336,813 1 0