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Table IV—Miscellaneous Statistics for Fire Districts

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aT d vis tw O t, ■ m d m O « d » o §ihf Fire District. Population as at 3: March, 1949. Rateable Capital VaS 1st April, 1948. Insurance Compan Premium Income Year Ended 3 March, 1948. Number of Fire Ca Fires Involving Loss Property. Insurances on Prope Involved in Fires Insured Fire Lo Buildings and C tents. Uninsured Fire Lo Buildings and C tents. Total Fire Loss. Estimated Expendii Authorized for Y Ending 31st Mar 1950. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Auckland Metro-253,3-10 88,898,877 451,105 1,471 470 3,615,191 73,722| 24,116 97,838 99,094 politan Balclutha 2,350 515,090 2,884 25 2 1,200 50 100 150 660 Cambridge 2,830 1,136,010 5,104 13 4 7,850 62 62 1,001 Carterton 2,050 572,006 4,181 17 5 5,066 740 740 950 Christchurch 126,600 36,099,222 187,475 1,155 285 1 ,594,732 38,296 2/288 40,584 52.400 Dannevirke 4,620 1,537,651 8,284 12 4 9,000 1,600 1,600 1,032 Dargaville 2,550 883,025 4,793 3 1 40 40 730 Dunedin Metro84,420 28,048,913 131,378 1,000 .217 2 ,56i,982 75j 001 2,699 77,700 43,200 politan Eltham 1,900 446,790 2,563 6 1 500 1 1 484 Feilding 5,420 1,498,761 8,572 10 2 72,220 6,590 i, 500 8,090 870 Foxton 1,860 577,746 3,625 18 5 16,600 224 224 377 Grisborne 16,500 4,846,871 33,305 41 13 46,360 1,613 ' 103 1,716 4,550 Greymouth 9,010 1,943,045 13,070 22 14 20,075 11,234 3,230 14,464 1,375 Hamilton 28,800 9,808,696 39,861 146 32 47,035 3,950 943 4,893 12,000 Hastings 17,050 4,871,092 27,522 58 25 30,160 3,690 620 4,310 3,795 Hawera 5,270 1,644,476 11,320 40 11 3,600 468 106 574 3,020 Hikurangi 1,070 130,800 960 8 1 960 960 960 454 Hokitika 2,920 539,965 5,215 3 3 1,600 242 242 862 Invercargill 26,300 7,826,375 42,188 289 72 626,444 9,776 ' '811 10,587 18,192 Kaiapoi 1,970 400,325 3,431 8 4 3,400 1,409 80 1,489 638 Kaitangata 1,370 224,475 1,223 7 3 2,050 41 41; 435 Lawrence 580 59,561 787 4 220 Levin 3,850 1,551,790 7,631 15 5 '6,775 130,435 i i 437 i j437 563 Lower Hutt 40,900 •12,541,367 58,833 242 47 52,793 ' 964 53,757 12,176 Masterton 10,700 2,907,283 17,138 79 25 101,152 301 6 307, 5,110 Milton 1,560 304,905 3,173 13 3 500 450 335 785 455 Morrinsville 2,430 691,052 5,827 5 2 150 5 5 580 Napier 19,500 8,810,440 43,500 111 47 116,725 2,569 57 2,626 8,300 Nelson 14,750! 3,684,474 27,503 111 25 81,863 11,045 1,818 12,863 5,243 New Plymouth .. 21,000 6,252,828 30,744 130 78 12,045 876 1,168 2,044 8,200 North Shore 31,270 9,368,933 38,165 90 29 125,097 6,734 344 7,078 11,500 Oamaru 8,170 3,234,825 12,677 1,875 Ohakune 1,510 151,776 1,589 9 " 4 "i,800 65 65 438 Opotiki Otaki .. 1,780 634,765 3,583 9 2 859 2,290 404,492 3,297 6 2 'i,300 ' 100 ' 130 ' '230 400 Pahiatjia 1,860 518,881 4,947 9 2 50 22 143 165 550 Palmerston North 28,900 8,850,734 49,923 159 47 101,719 3,262 296 3,558 15,600 Patea United 1,700 386,87-6 5,738 10 4 4,075 340 7 347 1,050 1'etone 11,650 3,663,470 28,265 37 24 17,350 2,678 460 3,138 6,475 Port Chalmers .. 2,640 411,892 3,655 2 1 850 20 20 450 Pukekohe 3,720 1,159,731 5,467 8 3 2,100 1,968 i j 050 3,018 950 Kotorua 9,330 3,370,206 15,206 83 14 73,415 2,448 3,165 5,613 4,042 Stratford 4,130 1,565,453 7,083 12 7 2,380 187 142 329 1,707 Taihape Taumarunui 2,330 716,170 5,090 17 3 5,290 2,019 2,019 596 2,920 999,280 5,149 7 2 3,700 7 7 1,050 Tauranga 5,900 1,930,657 10,749 22 6 43,940 1,320 " 60 1,380 1,759 Te Aroha 2,620 849,067 6,280 14 7 3,600 662 860 1,522 547 Te Awamutu 3,390 1,184,105 6,937 17 1 100 5 25 30 690 Timaru '20,300 5,812,885 27,570 126 29 61,701 18,486 590 19,076 10,050 Upper Hutt Waihi 6,730 2,476,175 7,485 87 22 10,590 1,142 992 2,134 2,000 3,850 355,321 6,034 27 5 19,300 577 15 592 810 Waipukurau 2,280 549,525 4,346 9 1 850 55 55 658 Wairoa 3,120 804,380 4,475 11 4 3,200 2,280 ' '280 2,560 604 Waitara 2,670 613,737 6,740 6 3 975 975 392 Wanganui 25,700 9,162,653 45,637 246 64 177,095 6 j 580 1,082 7,662 16,800 Wellington 136,980 51,179,299 278,703 1,524 251 2 ,031,986 130,363 6,082 136,445 81,000 Westport 5,160 978,338 6,632 15 4 7,010 797 797 1,042 Whakatane 3,210 746,556 5,435 10 4 2,800 45 52 97 814 Whangarei 10,700 4,853,695 17,424 37 19 22,404 3,695 323 4,018 2,104 Woodville 1,180 221,576 2,396 5 3 475 21 21 536 Totals 1,061,520 346,409,364 1,809,872 7,676 1,973 11 ,839,847 485,023 58,057 543,080 454,320 Protected areas outside fire districts — Christchurch .. 28 28 193,589 26,591 629 27,220