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Table IIIb.— Average Statistics for other Fire Districts.

Table IV.— Areas protected by Fire Boards.

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District \veraee f Population Municipal Rates Insurance pJemfiimt Number 1,000 of I Loss in any ™ T Fire Loss Los3 1 n - fr - t District. j A W Population. Rates. per Head. I Premiums. ! ™™ 8 of Fires. Popula- Individual Flre Loss * per Head, j per Fire. Expendi- ture per District. 1 | i per iieaa. tion Year ! ture - Head. | I I I | £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ I £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. Birkenhead .. 5 3,428 12,578 : 3 14 0 4,014 1 3 5 2 0-46 802 227 0 1 4 143 514 3 0 Birkenhead. Cambridge .. 6 2,195 7,724 ; 3 10 5 3,165 1 8 10 3 1-38 3,175 1,332 0 12 2 440 470 4 3 Cambridge. Eltham .. .. 13 2,017 6,515 3 4 7 2,509 1 4 11 3 1-56 2,672 989 0 9 10 314 447 4 5 Eltham." Hikurangi .. 9 1,190 2,279 1 18 4 1,120 0 18 10 1 1-11 1,204 377 0 6 4 286 214 3 6 Hikurangi. Morrinsville .. 1 1,850 8,834 4 15 6 2,395 1 5 11 .. .. .. .. .. .. 622 6 10 Morrinsville. Nelson .. .. 4 11,252 36,495 3 4 10 16,362 1 9 1 11 1-02 3,924 2,084 0 3 8 182 2,152 3 10 Nelson Opotiki .. .. 8 1,347 3,964 2 18 10 2,031 1 10 2 3 2-23 3,609 800 0 11 11 267 530 7 10 Opotiki. Otaki .. .. 12 1,634 4,629 2 16 8 1,872* 1 2 11 3 1-99 6,659 1,346 0 16 6 414 346 4 3 Otaki. Pahiatua .. .. 11 1,552 4,131 2 13 3 3,366 2 3 5 3 1-81 11,775 2,532 1 12 7 901 394 5 1 Pahiatua. Pukekohe.. .. 11 2,519 12,500 4 19 3 3,142 1 4 11 3 1-06 5,680 763 0 6 1 286 685 5 5 Pukekohe. Taihape .. .. 7 2,379 9.208 3 17 5 3,657 1 10 9 1 0-60 856 199 0 1 8 139 525 4 5 Taihape TeAwamutu .. 10 1,928 9,974 5 3 6 3,319 1 14 5 3 1-56 4,510 1,047 0 10 10 349 494 5 1 Te Awamutu. Waipukurau .. 11 1,976 6,324 3 4 0 3,065 1 11 0 4 1-84 7,167 1,596 0 16 2 438 345 3 6 Waipukurau Wairoa .. .. 11 2,475 10.264 4 2 11 4,082 1 13 0 5 2-02 101,707+ 11.854+ 4 15 10 2,371 557 4 6 Wairoa, Wellington .. 11 110.682 470,390 4 5 0 186,669 1 13 9 180 1-63 294,070 82,900 0 15 0 454 28,370 5 1 Wellington. Westport .. .. 13 3.994 9,273 2 6 6 4,262 1 1 4 5 1-35 11,989 3,238 0 16 3 604 643 3 3 Westport Woodville .. .. 6 1,093 2,742 2 10 2 1,401 1 5 8 3 >59 4,116 1,228 1 2 6 434 364 6 8 Woodville. * Seven-year average. t Fire-loss figures corrected in accordance with returns supplied subsequently.

1 Nrnnhpi Fires in- i Tnsured ? ir e Uninsured District. j Population, Vah.o, | °"« re e^ $ Protected by Remarks. tails. ot rroperty. j Co j, tents , Contents. £ | £ £ j £ Belfast (works only) .. .. .. j .. . . .. .. | Christchurch Fire Board .. .. ; Payment for attendances. Fairfield .. .. .. .. I 2 1 j 8 .. 8 Hamilton Fire Board .. ... County pays £25 p.a. plus £5 for every call in excess of five. Feilding (works only) .. .. .. • • •• ' • • • • ■ • Feilding Fire Board .. .. Payment for attendances. Hamilton (hospital only) .. .. j . . | • • • • . . .. j Hamilton Fire Board .. Nominal payment. Hawera .. .. .. 605* 210,000* .. .. .. .. .. 1 Hawera Fire Board .. . . County pays £75 p.a. to Fire Board. Mangere .. .. 765* 522.000* •• •• .. .. ! Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board . . j County pays £75 p.a. plus £5 for every call in . excess of ten. New Lynn .. .. 3,540 507,942 j .. .. .. .. Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board .. Borough pays £100 p.a. plus £5 for every call in excess of ten. Cashmere j County pays £300 p.a. to Fire Board. Fendalton .. )-j 11,850* 3,824,638* 41 15 3,237 .. 3,237 Christchurch Fire Board .. < County pays £450 p.a. to Fire Board. Riccarton j [_ Borough pays £450 p.a. to Fire Board. West Harbour (works only) .. .. 1 .. ! .. j .. . . j Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board .. Payment for attendances. I 16,760 | 5,064,580 44 16 i 3.245 j .. j 3,245 * Estimated.