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Table IIa.—Average Statistics for all Fire Districts which have been in Operation for the Eleven Years 1924-34.

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„ , T Insurance Fires P er i Highest Fire Hxnendi District i Population. : Municipal Rates per Insurance Premiums dumber of 1,000 of Loss in any wire Toss Fire Loss Loss per Fire Brigade h,®™"' restrict , -ropu. won. Rates _ Hea(J Premiums. ™imums Fires. Popula- I Individual Fire Loss ' per Head. Fire. Expenditure. h®,! District I 1 * | tion. Year. £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. Auckland* .. 97,927 497,356 5 1 7 158,836 1 12 7 188 1-92 ]14,709 65,002 0 13 6 345 20,065 4 1 Auckland.* Balclutha .. .. 1,567 j 3,740 2 7 9 2,066 1 6 4 2 1-51 7,090 1,049 0 13 5 444 362 4 8 Balclutha. Christchurch .. 87,279 1 232,837 2 13 4 115,788 1 6 6 141 1-61 96,575 50.727 0 11 8 360 12,350 2 10 Christchurch. Dannevirke .. 4,389 j 11,198 2 11 0 7,937 1 16 2 6 1-47 8,680 1,114 0 5 0 173 701 3 2 Dannevirke. Dargaville.. .. 2,041 12,627 6 3 9 3,692 1 16 2 5 2-63 4.125 2,553 1 14 10 663 558 5 6 Dargaville. Dunedin .. .. 68,181 j 189,107 2 15 6 81,371 1 3 11 116 1-70 59,793 30,181 0 8 11 260 14,252 4 2 Dunedin. Feilding .. .. 4,414 16,230 3 13 7 6,946 1 11 6 6 1-46 5,044 2,088 0 9 6 324 715 3 3 Feilding. Foxton .. .. 1,751 4,550. 2 12 0 J ,945 1 2 3 4 2-23 6,830 2,810 1 12 2 718 471 5 5 Foxton. Gisborne .. .. 13,818 61,785 4 9 5 23,903 1 14 7 23 1-66 24,240 12.338 0 19 11 539 2,462 3 7 Gisborne. Greymouth .. 5,886 16,027 2 14 6 7,500 1 5 6 10 1-63 32,174 10.408 1 15 4 1,085 1,014 3 5 Grex-mouth. Hamilton .. .. 14,860 58,533 3 18 10 21,967 1 9 7 21 1-43 25,746 4,763 0 6 5 225 2,710 3 8 Hamilton. Hastings .. .. 11,123 35,805 3 4 5 16,277 1 9 3 19 1-73 24,504 8,762 0 15 8 455 1,633 2 11 Hastings. Hawera .. .. 4,665 15,374 3 5 11 7,986 1 14 3 9 1-85 11,876 2,454 0 10 6 284 1,169 5 0 Hawera. Hokitika .. .. 2,480 3,748 1 10 3 2,939 1 3 9 6 2-35 8,591 2,975 1 4 0 511 575 4 8 Hokitika. Invereargill .. 19,142 71,034 3 14 3 23,984 1 5 1 38 1-96 47,221 14,228 0 14 11 379 5,407 5 8 Invercargill. Kaiapoi .. .. 1,726 2,134 1 4 9 2,513 1 9 1 4 2-56 25,984 4,419 2 11 2 993 695 8 1 Kaiapoi. Kaitangata .. 1,495 1,686 1 2 7 1,100 0 14 8 2 1-28 4.343 969 0 13 0 407 167 2 3 Kaitangata. Lawrence .. .. 663 1,266 1 18 2 741 1 2 4 2 2-47 3,770 536 0 16 2 327 91 2 9 Lawrence. L evm .. .. | 2,563 6,029 2 7 0 3,879 1 10 1 5 2-13 9,745 I 2,275 0 17 9 417 651 5 1 Levin. Masterton.. .. i 8,506 27,461 3 4 7 13,180 1 10 0 14 1-64 18,539 6,937 0 16 4 499 1,928 4 7 Masterton. Milton .. .. I 1,527 4,005 2 12 6 2,222 1 9 1 1 0-95 1,000 192 0 2 6 132 189 2 6 Milton. Napier .. .. 15.890 56,561 3 11 2 27,944f 1 15 2 22} 1-41 24,692 10,8521 0 13 9 484 3,935 j 4 11 Napier. New Plymouth .. ! 15,083 53,868 3 11 5 19,114 1 5 4 18 1-18 9,593 5,527 0 6 11 312 2.034 2 9 New Plymouth. Oamaru .. .. 7,409 25,980 3 10 2 8,174 1 2 1 7 0-99 23,878 5,288 0 14 4 718 1,100 3 0 Oamaru. Ohakune .. .. 1,495 2,478 1 13 2 1,442 0 19 4 5 3-65 11,825 3,822 2 12 6 701 444 5 11 Ohakune. Palmerston North .. 19,706 70,511 3 11 7 31,056 1 11 6 38 1-93 31,637 14,927 0 15 2 j 392 3,858 3 11 Palmerston North. Petone .. .. 10,217 24,934 2 8 10 13,703 1 6 10 10 0-98 5,070 1,884 0 3 8 188 1,619 3 2 Petone. Port Chalmers .. 2,580 4,319 1 13 4 2,270 0 17 7 3 1-27 2,135 879' 0 6 3 267 240 111 Port Chalmers. Rotorua .. .. 4,902 8,655 1 15 4 7,084 1 8 11 10 2-02 7,416 3,116 0 12 9 314 1,087 4 6 Rotorua. Taumarunui .. 2,450 7,967 3 5 0 3,384 1 7 7 7 2-75 7,942 1,884 0 15 5 280 537 4 5 Taumarunui. Tauranga .. .. 2,775 8,039 2 18 0 4,273§ 1 10 10 5 1-64 5,074 2,094 0 15 3 460 659 4 9 Tauranga. TeAroha .. .. 2,423 6,216 2 11 4 3.833 1 11 5 4 1-84 4,426 2,010 0 16 7 452 645 5 4 Te Aroha. Timaru .. .. 16,278 53,468 3 5 8 18,023 1 2 2 18 1-08 19,457 5,753 0 7 1 328 2,503 3 1 Timaru. Walhl •• •• 3,392 4,680 1 7 7 2,856 0 16 10 11 3-19 5,909 3,146 0 18 7 291 694 4 1 Waihi. Waitara .. .. 1,801 4,227 2 6 11 2,569 1 8 6 2 1 11 5,044 1,916 , 1 1 3 958 228 2 6 Waitara. Wanganui .. .. 24,465 96,682 3 19 0 36,384 1 9 9 40 1-65 14,074 8,904 0 7 3 220 I 7,168 5 11 Wanganui. Whangarei.. .. 6,858 25,116 3 13 3 7,932 1 3 2 9 1-27 36,569 6,942 1 0 3 795 ! 1,063 3 1 Whangarei. All districts .. 493,727 1,726,233 3 9 11 696,813 1 8 3 831 1-69 .. 305,724 0 12 5 367 95,979 3 11 All districts. Ten years' average, 1,468,653 5,332,333 3 12 6 1,913,326 1 6 1 4,627 3-15 1,636,119 1,154,863 0 15 9 .. .. .. Ten years' average whole Dominion 1 ! I J whole Dominion. * Ten-year average. t Seven-year average. t Ten-year average. § Bight-year average.