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1927. NEW ZEALAND.

STATE ADVANCES OFFICE (REPORT BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1927.

Laid before Parliament pursuant to Subsection (3) of Section 64 of the State Advances Act, 1913.

ADVANCES TO SETTLERS BRANCH. Thirty-third Annual Report and Balance-sheet. The following is a statement showing the advances authorized for settlers by the Board during the year, and classified according to provincial districts _ . . , tt i n Amount of Advances Provincial Number of ~ . , District. Applications. au "* IZL Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 821 848,210 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 121 165,805 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. .. 40 43, 630 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 222 229,890 Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. 17 21,925 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 30 20,125 Westland .. .. .. .. .. 14 10,280 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. 151 143,805 Otago .. .. .. •. ■ • .. 59 62,305 Southland .. .. .. .. .. 117 142,695 Totals .. .. .. .. 1,592 £1,688,670 The total advances to settlers now current are as follows : —- XT i. Amount. Number. £ s d Not exceeding £500 .. .. .. .. 14,340 3,168,211 15 4 Exceeding £500 but not exceeding £1,000 .. 6,255 4,913,061 18 2 Exceeding £1,000 but not exceeding £2,000 .. 3,579 4,779,266 17 10 Exceeding £2,000 but not exceeding £3,500 .. 1, 360 4,249,485 1 2 Totals .. .. .. .. 25,534 £17,110,025 12 6 The number and amounts of current advances on freehold and leasehold are as follows :—• Number. Amount. On freeholds .. .. .. .. .. 17,203 13,456,277 12 5 On leaseholds 8,038 3,373,028 18 4 On freeholds and leaseholds combined .. .. 293 280,719 1 9 Totals .. .. .. .. 25,534 £17,110,025 12 6 The number and amounts of current advances on rural and urban and suburban land are as follows :— Number. Amount. On rural land 15,147 11,036,333 6 5 On urban and suburban land .. .. .. 10,387 6,073,692 6 1 Totals .. .. .. .. 25,534 £17,110,025 12 6

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