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COMPENSATION SCHEME
448 BENEFICIARIES
'At present there-are 448 beneficiara
íes under the Compensation'Act cover-
ing pneumoconiosis and tuberculosis
and the fortnightly pay-has- reached
£2621 9/2. When- the scheme was
'first started the beneficiaries totalled
259 and these men,'because of retro
speati-^a payments received good
cheques. . At one stage 495 beneficiar^
íes wero on the pay roll," but the
deaths of single men without depen-
dents has brought the total down to
448. The deaths since the start of
the scheme total 167, "but. some ofL these
men haye -left - 'dependents who still
come within the' scope of the scheme.
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