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TABLE 3. Total Lands acquired from the Crown by Discharged Soldiers, and held at the 31st March, 1922.

Under other Acts, (This includes lands selected at ordinary ballots, leases and licenses purchased at auction, and holdings acquired by transfer or otherwise.)

Statement of Advances authorized from Inception of Act to 31st March, 1922.

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Land District. Sale (including Deferred L d u Payment). Number. Area. Price. Number, j Area. Rental Totals. Number. ! Area. 1 Under the Discharged Soldiers- Settlement Act, 1915, and Amendn id Amendmc ments. mts. North Auckland Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland Totals Acres. £ Acres. £ 10 2,354 2,655 314 56,927 15,192 35 1,622 8,940 . 640 116,240 39,649 3 1 195 376 159,219 62,509 12 996 9,360 170 44,063 14,094 9 61 2,520 647 156,212 93,918 3 1,216 740 31 20,704 2,044 58 17,880 6,246 1 148 160 29 25,175 355 10 201 8,120 313 561,122 47,675 12 613 6,920 218 245,875 21,776 17 2,829 6,900 106 26,885 6,117 112 10,041 46,510 2,902 1,430,302 309,575 £ 15,192 39,649 62,509 14,094 93,918 2,044 6,246 355 47,675 21,776 6,117 Acres I 324 59,2; ) 675 117.& ) 379 159,2! t 182 45,0; i 656 156,2' t 34 21,91 3 58 17,8: 3 30 25,3: 5 323 561,3 i 230 246,4 J 123 29,7 > 3,014 1,440,3 324 675 379 182 656 34 58 30 323 230 123 Acres. 59,281 117,862 159,220 45,059 156,273 21,920 17,880 25,323 561,323 246,488 29,714 309,575 3,014 1,440,343

North Auckland . . Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland a 55 11 1,084 2 298 1 1 3 1,099 2 2 1,480 700 1,060 200 249 69 222 128 138 111 78 438 229 13 25,763 132,585 31,279 101,717 39,870 85,388 310,316 20,419 353,620 599,938 44,793 2,245 5,126 6,297 3,802 30,916 4,505 7,711 493 45,232 13,695 967 260 69 224 '129 141 113 78 438 229 14 133,669 31,279 102,015 39,871 86,487 310,318 20,419 353,620 599,938 44,920 1 127 Totals 22 ■ 2,666 3,780 1,777 1,745,688 120,989 1,799 1,748,354 Grand totals . . 134 12,707 430,564 4,813 50,290 4,679 .3,175,990 3,188,697

Current Account Authorities. Number. Amount. Farms, Ac, Authorities. Number. Amount. Dwellings, Ac, ,„ . Authorities. ' ol Number. Amount. Number. tals. Amount. £ North Auckland .. .. 1,386 002,204 Auckland .. .. .. 1,002 815,298 Hawke's Bay .. .. 676 316,564 Taranaki .. .. .. 900 523,802 Wellington.. .. .. 1,014 843,457 Marlborough .. .. 252 03,854 Nelson .. .. .. 571 144,048 Westland .. .. .. 130 39,110 Canterbury.. .. .. 1,092 274,754 Otago .. .. .. (HI 161,546 Southland .. .. .. 414 123,615 £ 1,074 1,661,286 816 1,336,520 240 452,542 563 1,023,523 704 1,397,663 167 298,680 429 503,779 79 85,526 737 1,159,689 297 370,691 271 426,635 £ 2,697 2,107,934 5,157 715 526,041 3,133 845 623,033 1,707 517 399,720 2,040 2,225 I 1,609,000 4,003 159 I 108,645 578 177 110,627 1,177 57 27,105 266 1,971 1,337,142 3,800 1,005 573,097 1,913 421 240,635 1,106 £ 4,371,424 2,077,859 1,392,739 1,947,045 3,910,120 471,179 819,054 151,741 2,771,585 1,105,934 790,885 Totals .. .. 9,308 3,908,852 5,443 8,776,534 10,789 10,789 7,724,185 25,540 7,724,185 20,409,571 Note. — The numbers above represent the num received advances to assist in the purchase of farms Account for stock, &o. The actual number of soldiers t her of 1 and dis to whom loans author! loharge of mr advances ha< ized. A ortgages i (1 been an zed. A largo proportion of s< itgages also received advances I been authorized at 31st March large propo: ilso received ithorized at 3 i)ldiers who on Current was 20,392.