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Table IIIa.—Average Statistics for all Fire Districts which have been in Operation for the Sixteen Years 1924-39.

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TW TTnaH Fires P er Highest Fire . Expendi- ... Municipal Rates per Insurance Tneiirnnpa Number of 1,000 of Loss in any Fire x oss Fire Loss Loss per Fire Brigade per District. Distnct. Population. Rates. Head. Premiums. Fires. | Popula- Individual * per Head. Fire. Expenditure. Head. Premiums. tion. Year. £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. Auckland Metropolitan* 136,515 680,801 4 19 9 181,921 1 6 8 194 1-42 114,709 63,755 0 9 4 329 26 >060 ? Auckland Mtrpn* Balclutha .. .. 1,588 3,781 2 7 7 1,982 1 5 0 2 1-34 7,090 777 0 9 9 365 325 4 1 Balclutha Christchurch .. .. 89,096 235,832 2 12 11 109,936 1 4 8 127 1-42 95,575 35,96o 0 8 1 283 13,4o/ 3 0 Christchurch. Dannevirke .. .. 4,412 11,520 2 12 2 7,264 1 12 11 3 0-68 8,680 1,093 0 5 0 367 702 3 2 Dannevirke. Dargaville .. .. 2,086 12,433 5 19 2 3,492 1 13 6 5 2-33 5,993 2,309 1 2 1 474 560 5 4 Dargaville. Dunedin Metropolitan .. 70,103 201,774 2 17 7 80,073 1 2 10 104 1-49 59,793 17,590 0 5 0 169 14,7o3 4 2 Dunedin Mtrpm. Feilding . .. 4,512 16,333 3 12 5 6,422 1 8 5 5 1 19 5,044 1,586 0 7 0 277 /20 3 2 Feilding. Foxton . . 1,711 4.895 2 17 2 1,760 1 0 7 4 2-26 6,830 2,507 1 9 3 648 4o0 5 3 Foxton. Gisborne .. 13,861 62.734 4 10 6 22,559 1 12 7 21 1-48 24,240 10,358 0 14 11 505 2,470 3 7 Gisborne Greymouth .. .. 6,597 18,431 2 15 11 7,542 1 2 10 9 1-30 32,174 7,571 1 3 0 881 1,027 3 1 Greymouth. Hamilton .. .. 15,678 59,898 3 16 5 20,298 1 5 11 19 1-24 25,746 4,3o6 0 5 7 223 3,009 3 10 Hamdton. Hastings . . 11,721 37,114 3 3 4 15,907 1 7 1 18 1-50 24,504 6,507 0 11 1 371 1.889 3 3 Hastings. Hawera .. .. 4,689 15,973 3 10 1 7,629 1 12 6 8 1-67 11,876 1,683 0 7 2 215 1,278 5 6 Hawera.. Hokitika .. .. 2,552 4,083 1 12 0 2,965 1 3 3 5 1-77 8,591 2,175 0 17 0 481 593 4 8 Hokitika Invercargill .. .. 19,997 73,344 3 13 4 23,443 1 3 5 36 1-78 47,221 12,968 0 13 0 363 5,304 5 4 Invercargill. Kaiapoi .. .. 1,697 2,339 1 7 7 2,331 1 7 6 4 2 13 25,984 3,295 1 18 10 910 634 7 6 Kaiapoi. Kaitangata .. .. 1,451 1,721 1 3 9 t t t t 4,343 t t t 1 2 , 2 Kaitangata. Lawrence .. .. 663 1,314 1 19 8 701 1 1 1 1 1-69 3,770 368 0 11 1 329 93 2 10 Lawrence. Levin .. .. 2,617 6,554 2 10 1 3,708 1 8 4 4 1-72 9,745 1,823 0 13 11 40o 609 4 8 Jfvm Masterton .. .. 8,729 27,976 3 4 1 12,461 1 8 7 13 1-52 18,539 5,672 0 13 0 426 2,247 o 2 Masterton. Milton .. .. 1.502 2 14 11 2,168 1 8 10 2 1-08 1,762 253 0 3 4 156 187 2 6 Milton. Napier .. .. 15.863 59,253 3 14 8 113 4J 20|| 1-24 32,161 10,048|| 0 12 8 511 4,113 5 2 Napier. New Plymouth .. 15,675 58,150 3 14 2 18,362 1 3 5 15 0-98 9,593 5,277 0 6 9 344 2,111 2 8 New Plymouth. Oamaru 7,460 26,845 3 12 0 7,867 111 6 0-86 23,878 3,898 0 10 6 606 1,097 2 11 Oamaru. Ohakune .. .. 1,460 2,376 1 12 6 1,314 0 18 0 5 3-29 11,825 2,794 1 18 3 581 407 5 9 Ohakune. Palmerston North .. 20,628 73,271 3 11 0 30,126 1 9 2 35 1-68 31,637 12,166 0 11 10 350 4,611 4 6 Palmerston North. Petone .. .. 10,578 27,657 2 12 3 13,387 1 5 4 9 0-87 5,070 1,736 0 3 3 190 1,752 3 4 £ eto ™fPort Chalmers .. 2,463 4,698 1 18 1 2,159 0 17 6 2 0-63 2,135 642 0 5 3 417 245 2 0 Port Chalmers. Rotorua .. .. 5,315 10,064 1 17 11 7,020 1 6 5 8 1-56 7,416 2,351 0 8 10 285 1,080 4 1 Eotorua. Taumarunui .. .. 2,526 8,573 3 7 11 3,162 1 5 0 6 2-30 7,942 1,984 0 15 8 581 522 4 2 Taumarunui. Tauranga 3,021 8,284 2 14 10 4,2611] 1 8 5 1-73 11,457 2,258 0 14 11 431 648 4 3 Tauranga. TeArohs . 2.430 6,416 2 12 10 3,849 1 11 8 4 1-68 4,426 1,664 0 13 8 408 580 4 9 Te Aroha. Timaru 16,702 55.066 3 5 11 17,538 1 1 0 16 0-97 19,457 4,443 0 5 4 276 2,620 3 9 Timara. Waihi 3,541 5,003 1 8 3 2,755 0 15 7 9 2-68 5,909 2,971 0 16 9 313 678 3 10 Waihi. Waitara 1,862 4,330 2 6 6 2,456 1 6 4 1 0-79 5,044 1,378 0 14 10 931 237 2 6 Waitara. Wanganui . .. 24,198 98,409 4 1 4 33.604 1 7 9 37 1-53 14,074 7,738 0 6 5 209 7,193 5 6 Wanganui. Whangarei .. .. 7,045 26,162 3 14 3 8,068 1 2 11 8 1-12 36,569 5,159 0 14 8 655 988 2 10 Whangarei. 542,544 1,957,532 3 12 2 696,941 15 8 770 1-42 .. 249,118 0 9 2 324 105,404 3 11 Fifteen years' average, 1,508,185 5,498,516 3 12 11 1,810,604 1 4 0 f t 1,636,119 960,078 0 12 9 t •• •• Fifteen 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. t Figures not available. t Twelve-year average. II Fifteen-year average. Thirteen-year average.