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1913. NEW ZEALAND

NEW ZEALAND STATE-GUARANTEED ADVANCES OFFICE: ADVANCES MADE IN THE CITY AND SUBURBS OF WELLINGTON.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 2nd July, 1912. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing the amount of money advanced by the Advances to Settlers Department in the City of Wellington and in the distriots within a ten-mile radius of Wellington." —(Mr. Peabce.)

Return. The total amount at present advanced by the Advances to Settlers Office on property in the City of Wellington : — Number: 877. Amount: £437,510. The amount advanced outside the City of Wellington, within a radius of ten miles :— Number: 767. Amount: £295,275. G. F. C. Campbell, Superintendent. New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Office, Wellington, 26th June, 1913. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (1,400 copies), 15b.

Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9l3.

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