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Table IIIa.— Average Statistics for all Fire Districts which have been in Operation for the Thirteen Years 1924-36.

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I j i I ■ ' I ! Insurance i Fires per Highest Fire wnenrii District Ponnlatinn Municipal ; Rates per j Insurance Premiums Number of 1,000 of Loss in any Fire Toss Fire Loss Loss per Fire Brigade District District. copulation. Rates. | Head. Premiums. ,. m . Fires. Popula- Individual Dire Loss. per Head. Fire. Expenditure, ture per District. per ueaa. tion _ Year _ Head. I I I 1 : . - - ,.. / ' ' ' . £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. Auckland Metropolitan* 126,876 619,316 4 17 4 177,464 1 8 0 190 1-50 114,709 65,720 0 10 4 345 23,738 3 9 AucklandMtrpltn.* Balclutha .. .. 1,572 3,735 2 7 6 2,039 1 5 11 2 1-37 7,090 905 0 11 6 421 328 4 2 Balclutha. Christchurch .. 88,088 234,106 2 13 2 112,869 1 5 8 134 1-49 95,575 43,078 0 9 10 322 12,527 2 10 Christckurch. Dannevirke .. .. 4,406 11,291 2 11 3 7,664 1 14 10 6 1'43 8,680 1,051 0 4 9 166 694 3 2 Dannevirke. Dargaville .. .. 2,050 12,507 6 2 2 3,599 1 15 1 5 2-36 4,655 2,237 1 1 10 462 551 5 5 Dargaville. Dunedin Metropolitan.. 68,416 190,758 2 15 9 80,121 1 3 5 107 1-57 59,793 26.814 0 7 10 249 14,054 4 1 Dunedin Mtrpltn. Feilding .. .. 4,434 16,190 3 13 0 6,723 1 10 4 6 1-37 5,044 1,779 0 8 0 293 719 3 3 Feildino-. Foxton .. .. 1,739 4,766 2 14 10 1,852 1 1 4 4 2-17 6,830 2,567 1 9 6 681 463 5 4 Foxton? Gisborne .. .. 13,867 61,830 4 9 2 23,300 1 13 7 22 1-58 24,240 11,419 0 16 6 521 2,471 3 7 Gisborne. Greymouth .. .. 6,192 16,771 2 14 1 7,477 1 4 2 9 1-48 32,174 9,088 1 9 4 989 1,020 3 4 Greymouth. Hamilton .. .. 15,050 58,837 3 18 2 21,073 1 8 0 20 1-32 25,746 4,563 0 6 1 229 2,723 3 8 Hamilton. Hastings .. .. 11,361 36,184 3 3 9 16,150 1 8 5 18 1-60 24,504 7,675 0 13 6 419 1,767 3 1 Hastings Hawera .. .. 4,674 15,569 3 6 8 7,851 1 13 7 8 1-70 11,876 1,927 0 8 3 243 1,178 5 0 Hawera. Hokitika .. .. 2,509 3,826 1 10 6 2,903 1 3 2 5 2-07 8,591 2,635 1 1 0 509 590 4 9 Hokitika. Invercargill .. .. 19,504 70,940 3 12 9 23,408 1 4 0 37 1-91 47,221 13,140 0 13 6 354 5,319 5 6 Invercargill. Kaiapoi .. .. 1,717 2,207 1 5 9 2,404 1 8 0 4 2-42 25,984 3,837 2 4 9 925 663 7 9 Kaiapoi. Kaitangata .. .. 1,475 1,678 1 2 9 1,111 0 15 1 2 1-20 4,343 916 0 12 5 518 161 2 2 Kaitangata. Lawrence .. .. 662 1,279 1 18 8 717 1 1 8 1 2-09 3,770 453 0 13 8 328 91 2 9 Lawrence. Levin .. .. 2,592 6,147 2 7 6 3,815 1 9 5 5 1-95 9,745 2,152 0 16 7 424 628 4 10 Levin. Masterton .. .. 8,585 27,525 3 4 1 12,735 1 9 8 13 1-54 18,539 6,090 0 14 2 460 2,011 4 8 Masterton. Milton .. .. 1,525 4,019 2 12 9 2,206 1 8 11 1 0-90 1,000 163 0 2 2 118 185 2 5 Milton Napier .. .. 15,896 57,354 3 12 2 t27,446 1 14 7 J21 1-33 24,692 J9,677 0 12 2 459 3,985 5 0 Napier. New Plymouth .. 15,334 55,158 3 11 11 18,875 1 4 8 16 1-07 9,593 5,160 0 6 9 315 2,002 2 8 New Plymouth. Oamaru .. .. 7,437 26,368 3 10 11 8,000 1 1 6 7 0-94 23,878 4,510 0 12 1 645 1,082 2 11 Oamaru. Ohakune .. .. 1,476 2,398 1 12 6 1,391 0 18 11 5 3-64 11,825 3,381 2 5 10 628 428 5 10 Ohakune. Palmerston North .. 20,093 71,138 3 11 1 30,840 1 10 9 36 1-78 31,637 13,460 0 13 5 376 3,974 3 11 Palmerston North. Petone .. .. 10,350 25,831 2 9 4 13,310 1 5 9 9 0-89 5,070 1,715 0 3 4 187 1,662 3 2 Petone. Port Chalmers .. 2,546 4,450 1 15 0 2,250 0 17 8 3 1-14 2,135 783 0 6 2 270 245 1 11 Port Chalmers. Rotorua .. .. 5,054 9,023 1 15 9 6,987 1 7 8 9 1-81 7,416 2,705 0 10 9 296 1,072 4 3 Rotorua. Taumarunui .. .. 2,480 8,191 3 6 1 3,266 1 6 4 6 2-54 7,942 2,012 0 16 3 319 523 4 3 Taumarunui. Tauranga .. .. 2,867 8,105 2 16 7 §4,201 1 9 4 4 1-53 11,457 2,688 0 18 9 614 647 4 6 Tauranga. Te Aroha .. .. 2,429 6,331 2 12 1 3,806 1 11 4 4 1-75 4,426 1,824 0 15 0 429 606 5 0 Te Aroha. Timaru .. .. 16,480 54,300 3 5 11 17,907 1 1 9 17 1-05 19,457 5,167 0 6 4 296 2,509 3 0 Timaru. Waihi .. .. 3,440 4,747 1 7 7 2,811 0 16 4 10 2-96 5,909 2,938 0 17 1 289 690 4 0 Waihi. Waitara .. .. 1,826 4,288 2 7 0 2,535 1 7 9 2 0-94 5,044 1,636 0 17 11 925 231 2 6 Waitara. Wanganui .. .. 24,394 98,146 4 0 8 34,954 1 8 8 38 1-57 14,074 8,406 0 6 11 218 7,076 5 10 Wanganui. Whangarei .. .. 6,968 25,243 3 12 6 8,060 1 3 2 8 1-16 36,569 6,090 0 17 6 755 1,032 3 0 Whangarei. All districts .. 526,364 1,860,552 3 10 8 704,120 1 6 9 794 1'51 .. 280,361 0 10 8 353 99,645 3 9 All districts. Twelve years' average, 1,484,970 5,366,410 3 12 3 1,867,912 1 5 2 4,664 3-14 1,636,119 1,057,132 0 14 3 227 .. .. Twelve years' whole Dominion average, whole Dominion. * Includes statistics for Onehunga, Mount Roskill, and Newmarket Fire Boards from date of inception to date of incorporation in Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board. f Nine-year average. % Twelve-year average. § Ten-year average.