Old Age Pension Claims 1899 for Takaka Nelson Settlers

OLD AGE PENSION CLAIMS - TAKAKA
24th February 1899

Francis Henry Gapper
- 71 years of age, 56 years in the Colony, £14 a year

Bownas Handcock
- 65 years of age, 42 years in the Colony, full pension of £18

Edward Solly
- 67 years of age, 48 years in the Colony, pension of £1 a year

William Goldney
- 80 years of age, 43 years in the Colony, pension of £5 a year

Maria Tassniage
- 85 years of age, 38 years in the Colony, pension of £18 a year

James Graham
- 66 years of age, 36 years in the Colony, pension of £1 a year

Walter Handsome Haines
- 65 years of age, 43 years in the Colony, pension of £10

Daniel Moulder
- 65 years of age, 56 years in the Colony, full pension of £18

Margaret Sigley
- 66 years of age, 47 years in the Colony, full pension of £18

Sarah Lovel
- 67 years of age, 28 years in the Colony, full pension of £18

The following equivalent $ value was calculated using the Consumer Price Index for February 1899 and February 2009

The full pension of £18 a year would be worth, in 2009, $2,860.31
- or $55 a week
Edward`s £1 a year was worth, in 2009, $158.91
- or $3.05 per week