. PENSION PAYMENTS AND NEILBEE OF PENSIONERS.

Pension payments, the cost of the pension establishment, and the number of pensioners carried on the roll from 1865-66 to 1904-05 are shown in the following table,- Cost, main. Year. Paid as pensions. tenance, Total. Number of pensioners.

1866 319.450,54996 $407,165 00 815,857,714 88 ... 120,722 1887 20,784,789 69 490,977 35 21,275,767 04 ... 155,474 1868 23,101,509 36 653,020 34 25,651,529 70 169,643 1.869 28,513,247 27 561.526 81 29,077,774 08 ... 187,863 IWO 69.151,46970 600,997 86 29.952,48664 198,886 1871 28,518,795 62 863,079 00 29,381,871 62 ... 207,495 1872 ... ..... 29,752,746 81 951,253 00 30,703,999 81

1873 .......

1874

26,982,068 89 30 8 99 1,003,200 61 966,791 13 27,985,264 53 81,178,573 12 ... 236,241 1875 29,270.404 76 982,695 35 30,253,100 U ... 234,821 1876 17,936,20553 1,015,078 81 28,951,288 34

1877 .

28,182,821 72

1,034,459 33 59,217,281 05 ... 152,104 1878 . 26,786,009 44 ..... 1,032,96000 17,818,1.0953

1879 33,664,428 92 007,714 14 34,502,163 06

1880 . . 56,689,229 08 635,027 28 57,624,256 36 ... 250,802

50,583,405 35 1,072,059 64 51,655,464 99

1882 54,313,172 05 1,466,236 01 55,779,408 06

1888 60,427,573 81 2,591,648 29 63,019,223 10

1884 . 57,912,387 47 2,835,181 00 60,747,568 47

1885 65,171,937 12 5392,578 34 68,568,513 46 ... 315,125 1886 1887 61,091,142 90 73,752,997 08 3.245,01661 3,753,400 91 67,336,169 51 77,508,397 99 ... 406,007

78,950,501 67 3,515,057 27 82,465,558 94 ... 452,557 1889 88,842,720 58 3,466,968 40 82.309,49898 ... 489,725 1000 106,093.85059 3,526,385 13 109,620,232 52 ... 537,944 1891 117,312,690 50 4,700,636 44 122,013326 94 676,160 1895 139,394,147 11 4,898,665 80 144,292,812 91 ... 876,068 1893 156,906,637 94 4,867,734 42 161.774,17598 ... 966,012 1894 139,986,726 17 3,963,976 31 143,950,702 48

1895 139,812,294 30 4,888,020 21 144,150,314 51 ... 970,524 1896 138,220,701 46 3,991,375 61 142,212,080 07

1897 189,949,717 35 3397,783 07 143,937,500 42 ... 976,014 1898 144,651,879 80 4,114,091 46 148,765,97126 ... 993,714 1898 129.351,05215 4.147,05772 142.105,57068 ... 991,519 1000 . 138,462,130 66 3,841,708 74 142 803,837 39

138,531,483 84 3,868,795 44 142,900,279 59

1902 137,504,267 99 3,831,378 96 141,335,646 95

1903 137,759,653 71 3,993,216 79 141,755,870 50 ... 996,545 1904 141,093,571 49 3,899,366 25 144,942,937 74 ... 994,762 1906 141,142,861 33 3,721,832 82 144,884,694 15

Totals 33,224,414,57875 .4103,519,135 78 ... $3,327,633712 53

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