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Table No. 24. PENSIONS. Statement of Amounts paid on account of Pensions for the Financial Years ended 31st March, 1925 to 1929.

Table No. 25. EXTERNAL TRADE. Statement showing Imports and Exports of the Dominion in each Financial Year ended 31st March, 1920 to 1929.

Year ended 31st March, 1925. 1926. ! 1927. I 1928. 1929. i _J I I ; " £ £ ! £ £ £ War .. .. .. 1,242,182 1,179,552 1,122,741 1,146,955 1,178,646 Old-age* .. .. .. 804,969 901,256 979,296 1,007,722 1.059,039 Widows' .. .. .. 235,959 285,654 301,080 302,766 312,963 Miners' .. .. .. 38,477 40,204 41,947 45.083 48,102 Maori War .. .. .. 26,836 23,087 19,446 16,377 13,673 Epidemic .. .. .. 22,938 14,420 10,935 8,757 7,981 Civil Service Act, 1908 .. 19,115 16,767 16,724 13,206 12,192 Defence Act, 1909 .. .. 3,071 2,898. 2,628 2,695 2,715 Judicature Act, 1908 .. 3,548 2,703 3,556 4,204 3,429 Police .. .. .. 586 552 406 457 671 Blind .. .. .. 1,036 8,040; 10,304 12,249 13,339 Family Allowance .. .. .. .. .. I 37.515 54,815 Sundry .. .. .. 4,897 5,022 1 5,945 ! 6,273 5,698 Totals .. .. 2,403,614 2,480,155 2,515,008 2,604,259 2,713,263 I * Includes payments of old-age pensions paid out of national-endowment revenue.

Year ended 31st March, ' Imports. Exports. i Excess of Excess of 1 r | Exports. Imports. £ £ £ £ 1920 .. .. .. .. 32,162,029 50,776,650 18,614,621 1921 .. .. .. .. 67,463,269 48,219,672 .. 19,243,597 1922 .. .. .. .. 35,986,060 43,794,883 7,808,823 1923 .. .. .. .. 37,112,779 45,548,700 8,435,921 1924 ... .. .. .. 44,401,756 51,652,606 7,250,850 1925 .. .. .. .. 49,821,095 54,771,158 4,950,063 1926 .. .. .. .. 53,025,856 48,697,587 .. 4,328,269 1927 .. .. .. .. 48,192,670 45,682,338 .. 2,510,332 1928 .. .. .. .. 44,419,357 54,962,031 10,542,674 1929 .. .. .. .. 45,105,865 57,154,343 12,048,478 69,651,430 26,082,198 26,082,198 Totals 457,690,736 501,259,968 43,569,232