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TABLE 3.

Total Lands acquired from the Crown by Discharged Soldiers, and held at the 31st March, 1923.

Statement of Advances authorized from Inception of Act to 31st March, 1923.

Note. —The numbers above represent the number of loans authorized. A large proportion of soldiers who received advances to assist in the purchase of farms and discharge of mortgages also received advances on Current Aeeoiint for stock, &c. The actual number of soldiers to whom advances had been authorized is 21,584.

Sale (including Deferred Payment). Lease and License. Totals. .Land District. Number. Number. Area. Price. Number. Area. $%£ Number. Area. Under the Disc* the Disci '.arged Si Acres. 2,407 919 9 779 61 1,216 Idiers Seh tlement A ct, 1915, am Amendme , , is. Jorth Auckland .. 11 Luckland .. 38 lawke's Bay .. 4 .. 8 Wellington .. 9 kelson .. .. 3 larl borough Vestland .. 1 Canterbury .. 11 )tago .. .. 13 Southland .. 17 11 38 4 8 9 3 £ 2,715 9,980 575 3,300 2,520 740 325 632 389 172 674 29 65 27 334 223 105 Acres. 64,507 115,464 166,698 43,789 161,174 19,076 19,365 23,659 561,995 249,820 26,873 £ 16,018 38,935 64,511 13,945 96,119 1,893 6,455 317 48,823 22,115 6,117 336 670 393 180 683 32 65 28 345 236 122 Acres. 66,914 116,383 166.707 44,568 161,235 20,292 19,365 23,807 562,201 250,392 29,702 1 11 13 17 148 206 572 2,829 160 9,100 5,160 6,900 Totals .. 115 9,146 41,150 2,975 1,452,420 315,248 3,090 1,461,566 Jnder other Acts. (This inch » auction, Auckland .. , 3 Auckland .. 21 lawke's Bay Caranaki .. 2 Wellington .. 1 kelson .. .. 3 tlarl borough Westland Janterbury .. 2 )tago southland .. 1 'Jtdes landi and hoh 104 5,838 298 1 1,099 s selected at ordina lings acquired by h 1,440 122 5,860 253 71 700 234 128 1,060 132 109 70 680 396 229 14 ry ballots, le •ansfer or ot, 25,944 157,186 59,322 103,755 39,870 93,579 310,507 21,333 358,645 727,056 45,103 ises and lit \erwise.) 2,354 7,176 9,802 4,337 30,916 3,169 7,653 505 50,438 10,187 982 mses fu\ 125 274 71 236 129 135 109 70 398 229 15 •hased at 26,048 163,024 59,322 104,053 39,871 94,678 310,507 21,333 358,655 727,056 45,230 10 127 Totals .. 33 33 . 7,477 9,740 1,758 1,942,300 127,519 1,791 1,949,777 Grand totals .. 148 148 16,623 4,733 3,394,720 3,411,343 50,890 442,767 4,881

Current Account Authorities. Farms, &c, Authorities. Purchas Autl io Dwellings horities. Erect Ant Dwellings horities. Totals. District. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. A m<>u ■>I.. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. North Auokland Auckland . . Ilawko's Bay .. Taranaki Wellington Marlboro ugh Nelson Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 1,447 1,687 731 1,016 1,710 265 588 141 1,171 865 448 £ 051,453 900,140 345,295 551,394 895,654 60.821 148,789 42,475 317,192 183,386 134,500 1 ,082 824 249 505 774 108 429 80 748 299 271 £ 1,078,570 1,345,217 459,912 1,030,390 1,428,493 298,310 r>01.710 80,020 1,108,982 372,231 426,035 1,741 380 020 310 1,407 110 156 50 1,417 914 382 £ 1,244,032 251,213 428,953 216,703 997,41.7 69,400 94,218 21,840 855,952 504,532 212,875 1,184 350 254 220 929 50 28 9 002 123 49 £ 1,052,047 290,543 215,045 197,742 701,209 44,814 20,059 5,705 500,870 93,790 34,035 £ 5,454 4,027,308 3,247 2,787,113 1,854 1,449,205 2,117 1,990,229 4,820 '4,082,833 599 479,411 1,201 828,370 280 150,700 3,998 2,908,990 2,001 1,153,939 1,150 808,105 Totals 9,809 4,237,159 5,489 8,800,082 7,487 4,897,801 3,870 3,283,179 20,721 21,278,221