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Table II. —Miscellaneous Statistics for Fire Districts for Year ending 31st March, 1937.

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Insurance Number involv- In81 £ances J?£ e Loss Expenditure. District Popuia- Kateable Companies of ing Loss p ' Total Fire for Year District. tjon _ Capital Value. Premium Fire of "„i 6 "'i g Loss. ending 31st Income Callfl Pro- involved and and March income, cans, in mres Contents. Contents. 1937 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Auckland Metro- 175,870 69,562,105 207,332 722 196 1,993,479 25,195 1,734 26,929 37,170 politan Balclutha .. 1,550 284,465 1,923 3 1.. .. 5 5 237 Birkenhead .. 3,430 764,501 3,576 10 2 700 5 15 20 590 Cambridge 2,230 735,290 2,953 11 3 1,700 256 45 301 487 Christchurch .. 92,700 29,669,477 101,137 326 95 472,271 17,754 838 18,592 21,960 Dannevirke .. 4,410 1,408,199 5,853 6 4 5.700 1,106 .. 1,106 686 Dargaville .. 2,200 496,457 3,230 5 3 1,660 413 10 423 622 Dunedin .. 77,040 19,963,991 83,861 558 86 234,970 22,569 818 23,387 19,800 Eltham .. 1,890 371,788 1,727 .. .. .. .. .. .. 537 Feilding .. 4.610 1,424,009 5,418 5 2 4,945 127 155 282 670 Foxton.. .. 1,600 256,181 1,431 9 3 1,530 440 500 940 382 Gisborne ... 13,700 4,575,783 20,174 34 16 35,965 6,515 341 6,856 3,017 Greymouth .. 8,220 1,376,423 7,944 12 6 11,325 1,185 2 1,187 1,065 Hamilton .. 19,900 5,246,345 17,138 52 14 50,665 301 18 319 4,156 Hastings 13,000 3,607,691 15,176 40 12 72,396 632 .. 632 2,375 Hawera .. 4,700 1,356,361. 6,874 17 6 6,120 201 55 256 1,800 Hikurangi .. 1,030 159,138 913 2 .. .. .. .. 161 Hokitika .. 2,710 404,538 3,151 4 2 250 250 7 257 590 Invercargill .. 21,500 5,490,188 24,380 87 20 112,444 18,403 244 18,647 5,404 Kaiapoi .. 1,590 324,908 2,111 5 1 125 50 5 55 519 Kaitangata .. .1,360 102,192 1,168 4 2 2,210 375 75 450 126 Lawrence .. 670 57,840 ' 680 .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 Levin .. .. 2,690 769,318 3,356 4 3 1,680 663 25 688 541 Masterton . 9,220 2,626,728 11,791 52 10 11,300 3,388 26 3,414 3,207 Milton .. .. 1,410 231,998 2,101 7 2 675 39 10 49 190 Morrinsville .. 1,850 466,401 2,395 4 .. .. .. .. 540 Napier .. .. 15,500 4,201,927 24,450 38 16 46,781 31,294 867 32,161 4,703 Nelson .. . 11,300 3,055,260 16,463 45 11 50,075 1,494 55 1,549 2,236 New Plymouth .. 16,900 5,128,949 17,120 35 11 25,375 1,411 130 1,541 2,526 Oamaru.. .. 7,510 1,540,513 7,636 9 5 1,780 186 281 467 1,275 Ohakune . 1,390 98,226 1.156 4 3 1,250 665 50 715 288 Opotiki.. .. 1,460 335,919 1,927 4 2 1,207 48 48 450 Otaki .. . . 1,750 303,591 1,797 4 2 1,035 77 77 367 Pahiatua . 1,680 369,862 3,350 6 4 5,110 1,467 .. 1,467 529 Palmerston North 22,550 6,444,368 27,946 114 25 48,772 3,471 180 3,651 6,880 Petone .. . 11,000 3,184,673 14,358 22 9 18,036 2,368 455 2,823 2,055 Port Chalmers .. 2,130 303,521 1,926 3 2 50 100 100 239 Pukekohe .. 2,560 815,064 2,721 11 3 4,250 20 15 35 790 Rotorua .. 6,300 1,423,128 7,528 20 4 2,605 51 55 106 1,088 Taibape.. .. 2,170 408,852 3,240 7 1 300 170 .. 170 499 Taumarunui . . 2,680 673,589 2,839 16 9 8.545 3,705 1,633 5,338 520 Tauranga .. 3,540 935,158 4,336 19 4 4,075 75 65 140 654 TeAroha .. 2,400 728,238 4,043 8 4 2,450 1,110 10 1,120 456 TeAwamutu .. 2,300 680,149 3,019 7 1 .. .. 20 20 576 Timaru.. .. 17,500 4,827,650 17,069 41 13 7,320 541 509 1,050 3.306 Waihi .. .. 3,950 292,566 2,582 21 7 6,020 317 138 455 595 Waipukurau ..2,070 462,129 2,730 5 2 20 3 2 5 400 Wairoa.. .. 2,530 546,662 3,613 11 5 6,585 1,662 200 1,862 716 Waitara .. 1,990 334,927 2,231 1 1 930 680 .. 680 230 Wanganui .. 23,200 6;013,313 29,870 122 22 22,922 1,968 251 2,219 8,097 Wellington .. 116,700 44.059,010 170,814 839 144 700,134 33,425 832 34,257 33,400 Westport. .. 4,250 546,720 4,167 9 6 7,410 2,116 10 2,126 700 Whangarei 7,230 2,360,615 7,942 15 5 2,740 320 70 390 980 Woodville 1,040 168,807 1,297 4 2 1,000 105 120 225 398 766,660 241,975,701 925,963 3,419 812 3,998,887 188,716 10,876 199,592 181,885