The pension being for the personal support of the pensioner, this certificate is absolutely inalienable whether by way of assignment, charge, execution, bankruptcy, or otherwise howsoever.

(Not transferable.)

Certificate No. has been granted a pension of pounds sterling, payable by twelve -, of which the first installment is payable on the 1st day of

191-, and each subsequent installment on the first day of each calendar month thereafter, at the post

District,

This is to certify that

equal monthly installments of £

[Date.]

office at

Countersigned:

Specimen of signature of pensioner:

Commissioner.

CAUTION.-Installments of pension are payable for a period of one calendar month after due date, and should be collected during that month.

APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF OFFICE OF PAYMENT.

[NOTE.-Payment can be made at any post office in New Zealand not a money-order office by registered letter.]

Pension certificate No.

District,

I, [address], being the pensioner [or, as the case may be, the duly authorized agent], pursuant to the above-numbered pension certificate, hereby apply that the office of payment may be changed from to on the grounds

that

The installments required at the new paying office are as follows: [Date.]

[signature of applicant].

To be forwarded through registrar in every case.

The commissioner, Wellington:

For your information. The change has been noted in my widows' pension register, and the pension certificate has been altered.

-, Registrar at

WARRANT UNDER SECTION 18.

To be surrendered on payment of the installment due 1st

District,

-, 19-.
Pension certificate No.

I hereby direct that the installments of pension payable pursuant to the attached pension certificate shall be payable for the benefit of the pensioner and her children to [full name, occupation, and address].

Countersigned:

[Date.]

Commissioner.

CAUTION.-It is not lawful for an agent, appointed under this warrant, to collect an installment after the death or remarriage of the pensioner, or while the pensioner is not residing in New Zealand.

Claim No.

APPLICATION FOR RENEWED PENSION CERTIFICATE.
Previous pension, £

Pension No.

To the registrar of pensions at

:

I, the undersigned, hereby make claim for a renewal of my pension under the aforesaid act, to be made payable at the My full address is

fourteen years are:

post office. My full name is

The names of my children who are still under the age of It is my wish that installments of my pension shall continue to be drawn by [name, occupation, and address]. For the twelve months ended the 1st day of 191-, the income of myself and of such of my children

as are under the age of fourteen years has been as follows:

1. Salary, wages, or other personal earnings.

2. Profits from business__

3. Superannuation or other pension_

4. Annuity from life assurance company or other source.

5. Money left by will or legacy

6. Dividends from shares, debentures, or investments of any kind_.

7. Money from life assurance company, such as loan, bonus, surrender value, or sum assured_

8. Money received as compensation for accident, loss of office, or other cause.

9. Interest on money lent on mortgage, in bank, or other institution_

10. Money derived by way of rent from property.

11. Money derived from sale of milk, grain, or produce of any kind.
12. Money withdrawn from bank or obtained by mortgage on property-

£

13. Allowances or valuable consideration received from relatives or other persons_ 14. Estimated value of free board and lodging--.

Total.

Actual date of receipt of income exceeding £60 (other than personal earnings) was addresses of persons from whom above income was received:

[Registrar to issue Forms G1 or G2.]

Property owned by me and my children under 14 years of age is as follows:

£

Names and

The above property is mortgaged to [give full name, address, and occupation of mortgagee]:Amount owing on said mortgage at the present time is: On home and furniture, £— -; on other property

£

The money received by me for transfer of property above has been disposed of as follows:

£

In support of my application I solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: (1) That the contents of this my application for renewal of pension are correct in every detail. (2) That, to the best of my knowledge and belief, I have fulfilled all the requirements and am exempt from all the disqualifications under the aforesaid act. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

at

this- day of

[Signature of pensioner.]

-,191-, before me,

Declared by the saidof the peace for solicitor, or registrar of pensions, or postmaster, or constable.]

Magistrate's notes.

-,justice

I have investigated the application herein, and find the following facts proved: 1. Applicant is still a widow. 2. Applicant has children under fourteen years of age. 3. Applicant has not transferred property to qualify for the pension. 4. Applicant is of sober habits and of good moral character. 5. The income of applicant and such of her children as are under fourteen is as follows:

MAGISTRATE'S CERTIFICATE AS TO RENEWAL OF PENSION.

District,

Pension No. I hereby certify that I have investigated the application for renewal made by [name and address], and am satisfied on the following points:

(1) That the conditions of the aforesaid act have been complied with [or, as the case may be, have not been complied with in so far as relates to section of that act]. (2) That the pensioner is the mother of children under the age of fourteen years, and the maximum pension payable is £- -, subject to the deduction shown hereunder.

(3) That the pensioner's income from all sources is as follows:

Net income.

(a) Income from personal earnings, £-; pension, £—.

Less statutory exemption..

£

£

£ 100

(b) Actual income from property [to be included only when more than 5 per cent of value of property-see below].

Actual income from other sources.

Five per cent of property [to be included only when more than actual income from property-see above].

The Widows' Pensions Act created no new machinery for its administration, but instead made use of that already existing for old-age pensions. As the system in operation under the old-age pensions acts was readily adaptable to the new measure, the inauguration of the scheme was carried out without any hitch. The act was passed on the 28th of October, 1911. Copies of the act were distributed immediately to the various registrars and the regulations under the act gazetted on the 23d of November. By the second week of December forms of applications were available from one end of the Dominion to the other, with the result that pensions were being granted within a few days of the law coming into force on January 1, 1912.

During the first fifteen months of the operation of the law, from January 1, 1912, to March 31, 1913, a total of 1,865 claims for pensions were lodged, of which number 1,448 were established, 338 rejected, and 79 were awaiting investigation March 31, 1913. The number of children under 14 on whose account pensions were granted was 3,527, the total number of, children in the 1,448 families being 7,297. Average number of children under 14 per family, 2.44; average of family, 5.

There were on the roll March 31, 1913, 1,313 pensioners with a total annual liability of £24,768 ($120,620.16); average pension £18 17s 3d ($91.86). 224 of

the widows were receiving a pension of £30 ($146.10); 239 a pension of £24 ($116.88); 346 a pension of £18 ($87.66); and 406 a pension of £12 ($58.44). 98 widows in the four groups, who had incomes in excess of the amount exempt from consideration, were receiving pensions at the slightly lowered rates provided for in sections 7 and 8 of the principal act.

The income and property of the 1,313 widows' pensioners at the end of the year (exclusive of the pensions) were as follows:

Of 903 of the 1,313 widows the occupation given was domestic duties; of 100, charwoman; of 48, dressmaker; of 41, boarding housekeeper; of 38, nurse; of 34, laundress; of 17, factory hand; of 16, tailoress; of 15, machinist; of 13, dairy farmer; of 12, shopkeeper; of 9, shop assistant; of 7, postmistress; of 6, farmer; of 6, music teacher. The remaining 48 were scattered under a number of different occupations.

Only 36 of the 1,313 widows on the roll March 31, 1913, were over 55 years of age. (The amendment of 1911 to the Old-age Pension Act provides an old-age pension in excess of the maximum available as a widows' pension to women 55 or over with children under 14.) The remainder represent approximately 15 per cent of the total number of widows in the Dominion between the ages of 20 and 55.

(From the fourteenth and fifteenth annual reports of the New Zealand pensions department, 1912-13.)

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