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Pensions granted, Deaths, and Cancellations in each Year, with Number in Force.

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Year ended umberof n Cancella- \ a JT° t 31st March, Deatha ' tions. |' -gg-Old-age. 1899-1900 12,186 824 77 11,285 1901-1910 17,848 10,237 3,576 15,320 1911-1920 24,028 16,017 3,338 19,993 1921 .. 2,152 1,880 428 19,837 1922 .. 2,553 1,578 321 20,491 1923 .. 2,781 1,763 328 21,181 1924 .. 2,549 1,870 392 21,468 1925 .. 2,654 1,635 425 22,062 1926 .. 3,100 1,839 418 22,905 1927 .. 3,302 2,049 407 23,751 1928 .. 3,638 2,093 421 24,875 1929 .. 3,614 1,968 411 26,110 1930 .. 3,506 2,242 465 26,909 1931 .. 4,640 2,202 352 28,995 1932 .. 5,806 2,188 296 32,317 1933 .. 5,534 2,262 657 34,932 1934 .. 5.509 2,369 565 37,507 1935 .. 5,934 2,744 556 40,141 1936 .. 6,476 2,746 562 43,309 1937 .. 14,388 2,974 589 54,134 1938 .. 10,685 3,956 910 59,953 Totals.. 142,883 67,436 15,494 Widows'. 1912-1920 5,817 47 2,326 3,444 1921 .. 627 8 642 3,421 1922 .. 523 3 598 3,343 1923 .. 616 12 536 3,411 1924 .. 730 8 607 3,526 1925 .. 602 6 524 3,598 1926 .. 684 2 447 3,833 1927 .. 705 6 562 3,970 1928 .. 761 4 629 4,098 1929 .. 823 5 584 4,332 1930 .. 702 6 655 4,373 1931 .. 815 9 613 4,566 1932 .. 798 8 647 4,709 1933 .. 731 3 750 4,687 1934 .. 703 5 766 4,619 1935 .. 687 2 799 4,505 1936 .. 696 10 822 4,369 1937 .. 1,117 7 726 4,753 1938 .. 1,033 3 801 4,982 Totals.. 19,170 154 14,034 I Invalidity. 1925 .. 114 .. 114 1926 .. 92 9 1 196 1927 .. 46 6 4 232 1928 .. 39 11 1 259 1929 .. 43 14 6 282 1930 .. 47 10 8 311 1931 43 18 6 330 1932 .. 45 13 2 360 1933 .. 52 9 8 395 1934 .. 60 12 5 438 1935 .. 70 24 10 474 1936 .. 55 13 9 507 1937 .. 7,292 201 107 7,491 1938 .. 4,373 755 476 10,633 Totals.. 12,371 1,095 643 *This represents 731 reinstatemen

Year ended i N p umb . orof .. .. Cancella- I ( n /° rcf : 31st March, Pens ' 0 " 3 Deaths - tions. a ! 1 End J of granted. lu Period. Family Allowances. 1928 .. 3,154 25 123 3,006 1929 .. 1,437 39 641 3,763 1930 .. 1,004 I 41 858 3,868 1931 .. 1,399 46 604 4,617 1832 .. 3,040 56 ' 269 7,332 1933 .. 3,841 68 785 10,320 1934 .. 3,022 68 1,129 12,145 1935 .. 2,166 63 1,927 12,321 1936 .. 1,730' 55 2,305 11,691 1937 .. 1,131 25 3,282 9,515 1938 .. 774 7 3,429 6,853 Totals.. 22,698 493 15,352 I Maori War. 1913-1920 1,691 750 2 939 1921 .. 2 130 811 1922 .. 1 72 740 1923 .. 1 71 1 669 1924 .. 1 80 1 589 1925 .. 1 71 519 1926 .... 74 1 444 1927 .... 70 374 1928 .. .. 66 .. 308 1929 .. .. 49 .. 259 1930 .. .. 50 .. 209 1931 .. 1 40 170 1932 .. .. 27 .. 143 1933 .. .. 36 1 106 1934 .. .. 20 86 1935 .. .. 21 .. 65 1936 .... 22 43 1937 .. ■. 7 36 1938 .. .. 9 27 Totals.. 1,698 ,665 6 War. 1916-1920 49,254 953 13,730 34,571 1921 .. 2,207 358 4,656 31,764 1922 .. 945 369 3,249 29,091 1923 .. 625 358 2,898 26,460 1924 .. 551 361 3,484 23,166 1925 .. 432 334 1,946 21,318 1926 .. 353 369 586 20,716 1927 .. 350 353 88 20,625 1928 .. 330 401 -6 20,560 1929 .. 398 360 —88 20,686 1930 >. 347 405 —111 20,739 1931 .. 431 387 -242 21,025 1932 .. 348 432 —100 21,041 1933 .. 352 400 —111 21,104 1934 .. 365 419 -264 21,314 1935 .. 463 445 —346 21,678 1936 .. 740 451 —664 22,631. 1937 .. 1,136 484 —428 23,711 1938 .. 665 541 *—261 24,096 Totals.. 60,292 8,180 28,016 nts, less 470 actual cancellations.