§ Mr. WINGasked the Secretary to the Treasury what are the yearly percentages of the causes of disqualification of applicants for old age pensions for the years 1914 to 1917 under the following headings: Age, means, poor relief, and other causes?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe following are the percentages of the combined number of claims rejected and pensions revoked under the several headings, for the four financial years from the 1st April, 1914:
— 1914–15. 1915–16. 1916–17. 1917–18. Age 42.62 34.87 28.51 27.67 Means 27.87 32.35 38.45 46.46 Poor relief 25.44 29.24 30.16 23.27 Other causes 4.07 3.54 2.88 2.60 No separate figures are available for the claims rejected.