0.—9.

TABLE 1. Total Lands acquired from the Crown by Discharged Soldiers and held at the 31st March, 1926.

TABLE 2. Statement of Advances authorized from Inception of Act to 31st March, 1926.

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Sale (including Deferred Payment). Lease and License. Grand Totals. Number of Land District. Number DiSarfed' Number Annual oMmT 1 Number Purchasers of Al ' ea ' Prlce - soldier of Area ' Bental charced of Area " Purchasers Ho , dings> HoldlllgB . Rental. charged Holainp _ Licensees. Under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and Amendments. Acres. £ Acres. £ Acres. North Auckland .. 13 12 2,4.07 2,181 310 309 56,344 13,870 323 321 58,751 Auckland.. .. 41 41 1,031 13,810 548 541 92,133 25,064 589 582 93,164 Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. .. 142 144 57,904 14,234 142 144 57,904 Hawke'sBay .. .. .. .. .. 253 253 98,960 35,654 253 253 98,960 Taranaki .. .. 3 3 100 960 152 159 35,127 9,235 155 162 35,227 Wellington .. 13 13 80 4,525 739 716 167,118 78,101 752 729 167,198 Nelson .. .. 3 3 1,216 1,292 27 27 16,778 1,767 30 30 17,994 Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. 56 54 17,599 5,190 56 54 17,599 Westland .. .. 1 1 148 150 22 22 21,458 257 23 23 21,606 Canterbury .. 10 10 201 430 326 321 546,008 47,858 336 331 546,209 Otago '.. .. 6 6 355 3,126 158 157 225,133 14,570 16'4 163 225,488 Southland.. .. 14 14 2,001 8,515 89 95 19,180 4,655 103 109 21,181 Totals .. 104 103 7,539 34,989 2,822 2,798 1,353,742 250,455 2,926 2,901 1,361,281 Under other Acts. (This includes lands selected at ordinary ballots, leases and licenses purchased at auction, and holdings acquired by transfer or otherwise.) North Auckland .. 8 8 1,730 1,130 76 73 20,433 2,155 84 81 22,163 Auckland.. .. 48 46 22,754 20,366 364 336 158,347 8,807 412 382 181,101 Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. .. 49 45 38,131 4,479 49 45 38,131 Hawke'sBay .. .. ■ .. .. .. 54 47 17,886 4,226 54 47 17,886 Taranaki .. .. 3 2 477 805 181 196 68,786 4,795 184 198 69,263 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 136 131 49,049 30,414 136 131 49,049 Nelson .. .. 3 3 1,099 586 118 108 79,440 2,174 121 111 80,539 Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. 134 125 249,448 7,354 134 125 249,448 Westland.. .. 1 1 5100 168 77 71 19,388 447 78 72 19,588 Canterbury .. 3 3 35 55 235 213 93,821 13,901 238 216 93,856 Otago '.. .. .. .. .. .. 262 241 1,006,916 24,627 262 241 1,006,916 Southland.. .. 1 1 127 40 39 46 77,858 2,078 40 47 77,985 Totals ■ 67 64 26,422 23,150 1,725 1,632 1,879,503 105,457 1,792 1,696 1,905,925 Grand totals.. 171 167 33,961 58,139 4,547 4,430 3,233,245 355,912 4,718 4,597 3,267,206

I Current Account Farms, Ac., Purchase Dwellings Erect Dwellings Totals Authorities. Authorities. Authorities. Authorities. District. - ■ Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number.; Amount. Number.! Amount. Number. Amount. £ £ £ £ £ North Auckland 1,517 740,495 1,090 1,700,133 1,752 1,254,922 1,413 1,244,488 5,772 4,940,038 Auckland .. 1,719 1,025,975 794 1,323,485 370 243,406 377 305,618 3,260 2,898,484 Gisborne .. 194 148,837 79 139,184 175 116,400 82 66,245 530 470,066 Hawke'sBay .. 649 320,379 202 378,131 462 323,905 215 180,598 1,528 1,203,013 Taranaki ' .. 1,054 587,358 563 1,034,746 311 217,453 234 203,212 2,162 2,042,769 Wellington .. 1,766 934,138 778 1,446,313 1,419 1,008,653 1,003 825,205 4,966 4,214,309 Marlborough .. 279 83,332 168 298,310 111 70,066 64 51,109 622 502,817 Nelson .. 615 183,111 432 566,640 156 94,268 31 22,209 1,234 866,228 Westland .. 154 50,569 81 90,294 51 22,140 10 6,265 296 169,268 Canterbury .. 1,256 416,621 752 1,181,292 1,427 863,477 780 661,020 4,215 3,122,410 Otago .. 724 213,864 300 378,280 919 509,307 156 118,370 2,099 1,219,821 Southland .. 484 158,905 272 429,965 382 212,875 55 38,735 1,193 840,480 Totals .. 10,411 4,863,584 5,511 8,966,773 7,535 4,936,872 4,420 3,723,074 27,877 22,490,303 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 account for stock, &c. The actual number of soldiers to whom advances have been authorized as at the 31st March, 1926, was 22,483.