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APPENDIX. TABLES EMBODIED IN APPENDIX. Table 1. Pensions granted, deaths, and cancellations ; also annual liability and average pension. „ 2. Pensions in force and annual payments. ~ 3. Pensions at each rate. 4. Claims received, and how disposed of ; also pensions in force (in districts). „ 5. Nationalities of pensioners admitted during 1909—10. „ 0. Sex and conjugal condition of pensioners admitted during 1909-10. „ 7. Ages of European pensioners. „ 8. Percentage of pensions granted in each year now in force. „ 9. Amounts paid to homes and hospitals.

Table 1.—Number of Pensions granted since the Act came into Operation, with Number of Deaths and Cancellations, and Number in Force at End of each Year, together with Annual Liability and Average Pension.

Table 2.—Comparative Statement of Pensions in Force, and Payments made in each Financial Year since the Act came into Operation.

Year ending 31st March. ! Number of Pensions granted. Deaths. Cancellations. In Poroe at End of Year. Annual Liability. Average Pension. 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 7,487 4,699 2,227 1,694 1,391 1,063 1,210 2,075 2,031 1,740 2,113 M04 38 786 815 935 1,064 928 890 1,038 1,097 1,189 1,112 1,169 6 71 292 388 623 690 476 225 259 239 174 211 7,443 11,285 12,405 12,776 12,481 11,926 11,770 12,582 13,257 13,569 14,396 15,320 £ 127,319 193,718 211,965 217,192 211,594 200,915 199,081 313,018 326,084 333,340 353,343 374,699 £ s. d. 17 2 0 17 3 0 17 2 0 17 0 0 16 19 0 16 17 0 16 18 0 24 17 0 24 12 0 24 11 0 24 10 0 24 9 0 Totals 30,034 11,061 3,653 ,

Date. Number of Payments to Pensions in End of Foroe. Financial Year. Payments. Increase, i Decrease. Payments. Pensions. Increase. Decrease. At31stMarch, 1899 ... 1900 ... 1901 ... 1902 ... 1903 ... 1904 ... 1905 ... 1906 ... 1907 ... 1908 ... 1909 .. 1910 ... 7,443 11,285 12,405 12,776 12,481 11,926 11,770 12,582 13,257 13,569 14,396 15,320 £ 3,124 157,342 197,292 207,468 210,140 203,164 195,475 254,367 314,184 325,199 336,760 362,496 £ 154,218 39,950 10,176 2,672 58,892 59,817 11,015 11,561 25,736 6 6,976 7,689 3,842 1,120 371 812 675 312 827 924 i 295 555 156 Total... £2,767,011