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Table 7. —Ages of European Pensioners on 31st March, 1910. Number. Number. Number. At age 65 ... ... 635 At age 78 ... ... 671 At age 91 ... ... 13 66 ... ... 596 „ 79 ... ... 560 . 92 ... ... 17 67 ... ... 816 „ 80 ... ... 423 „ 93 ... ... 9 „ 68 904 „ 81 339 „ 94 11 „ 69 1,051 „ 82 228 „ 95 2 70 ... ...1,016 „ 83 ... ... 213 „ 96 ... ... 2 71 ... .. 947 ~ 84 ... ... 172 „ 97 ... ... 1 72 ... ... 909 „ 85 ... ... 127 . „ 98 ... ... 1 73 ... ... 878 „ 86 ... ... 101 „ 99 ... ... 1 74 ... ... 865 „ 87 ... ... 68 „ 109 ... ... 1 75 ... ... 970 „ 88 ... ... 48 76 ... ...1,028 „ 89 ... ... 52 Total ... 14,626 77 ... ... 904 „ 90 ... ... 47

Table B.—Number of Pensions granted in each Financial Year, together with the Numbers of such Pensions in Force on the 31st March, 1910. Number of Percentage of Pensions suoh Pensions Pensions in granted in still in Force Force each Year. on 31st March, to Pensions 1910. granted. Year ended 31st March, 1899 ... ... 7,487 1,912 26 1900 ... ... 4,699 1,355 29 1901 ... ... 2,227 829 37 1902 ... ... 1,694 709 42 1903 1,391 688 49 1904 1,063 624 59 1905 ... ... 1,210 760 63 1906 ... ... 2,075 1,396 67 1907 2,031 1,515 75 1908 1,740 1,417 81 1909 ... ... 2,113 1,885 89 1910 ... ... 2,304 2,230 97 Totals ... ... ... 30,034 15,320

Table 9. —Number of Old-age Pensioners maintained in Homes and Hospitals on the 31st March, 1910, together with the Amounts paid to such Institutions during the Year.

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Location. Institution. l'ayniente, Year 1909-10. thai iii§2 s<2.2-2| Amount handed to Pensioners after Deduction of Maintenance. Whangarei Auckland m ' ' Thames Hamilton Gisborne Napier New Plymouth Wanganui Wellington Palmerston North Maeterton Nelson Pioton Blenheim Ghristchurch .. £ s. d. Old Men's Homo .. .. 187 18 8 Costley Home .. .. 2,283 13 9 Ponsonby Home (Little Sisters).. 775 1 9 Veterans' Home .. .. 'J48 18 4 Old Men's Home .. .. 465 6 8 227 1 8 157 18 11 Refuge, Parke Island .. .. 786 9 10 Old Men's Home .. .. 390 13 5 Jubilee Home .. .. 19G 0 3 Ohiro Home .. .. .. 627 19 5 Home for Aged Needy .. .. 754 8 7 Home for Incurables' .. .. 246 17 9 No institution .. .. 110 12 4 Solway Home .. .. 60 13 4 Alexandra Homo .. .. 752 4 1 Hospital .. .. .. 80 5 3 Old Men's Home .. .. 140 16 8 Jubilee Home .. .. 907 9 10 Samaritan Home .. .. 179 5 0 Nazareth HouRe .. .. 488 2 7 Mount Magdala Home .. 23 16 8 Tuarangi Home .. .. 873 3 4 Old Men's Home .. .. 459 13 8 Hospital .. .. .. 568 16 3 165 14 1 ..- .. 205 9 1 691 18 4 617 11 6 204 14 4 398 18 11 Victoria Home .. .. 578 19 5 Benevolent Institution .. 2,071 0 2 Home for Aged Poor .. .. 727 10 0 (Bowmont Street Home i - OA o Q I Lome Farm No institution .. .. 60 13 4 9 98 29 36 18 8 6 27 14 8 25 29 10 2 3 29 3 6 36 7 23 1 30 16 24 5 10 32 24 9 19 24 72 39 I 16 1 12 2 4s. per month. 6a. 6d. 8s. 2s. 6d. per week. 5s. per month. 4e. Is. per week. 10s. 4d. per month. 10s. 5s. Is. 6d. per week. 7s. 7d. per month. 5s. Nil. 2s. per week. 6s. per month. Iβ. per week. Is. 4s. per month. 5s. „ Nil. Is. per week. Iβ. 6d. 2s. lls.4d.permontb. 5s. 10s. 7s. 6d. 13s. 4d. 13s. 4d. 8s. 8d. 13s. 4d. 13s. 4d. 4s. 6d. 8s. 6d. Nil. Ashburton Timaru Westport Charleston Reefton Greymouth Hokitika Ross Kumara Oam aru Dunedin Invercargill Riverton 19,212 G 10 Hospital Patients only .. 737 2 0 761 32 : £19,949 8 10 793