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Table VI. —Indices of Prosperity and Depression.

Table VII. —Numbers on Unemployment Register of Labour Department, 1926-1931.

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♦ J I III [ 1924. 1925. i 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. ! 1931. ; ! I I I I Building-permits in principal towns .. £rn 9-3* 10-2* 9-7 9-0 8-6 , 8-9 6-0 2-5 Mortgages registered .. .. £m dl-lf 47-lf 40-0f 33-2f 33-6f i 39-8f 34-9 14-7 Mortgages discharged .. .. £m 29-7f 34-0f 29-2| 24-0f 25-3f 28-3f 22-6 11-1 Land transfers .. .. .. £m 34-0 35-5 33-3 29-6 30-5 32-1 25-3 13-8 Totalizator investmentsf .. .. £m 7-7 8*4 8-6 7-6 7-6 7-2 7-5 5-3 Percentage of free to fixed deposits, 124 121 110 88 75 74 57 47 December quarter Bank debits, weekly average £m § § § § 19*1|| 22-0 20-1 15-8 Average of 25 share prices in January .. 199 205 204 213 231 195 152 (Par = 100) Value of production .. .. £m 118-lf lll-7f 112-lf 119-9f 125-3f 118-21 97-9f 90-3«| Estimated national income .. £m 142-Of 136-0| 138-Of 144-Of 150-0t 142-Of 120-0f llO-Of * Year ended 31st March following. These two figures relate to all towns. f Year ended 31st March following. J Year ended 31st July. § Not available. || Last nine months only. Preliminary estimate.

1926. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. 1931. 1932. Week ended Number. Week ended Number. Week ended Number. Week ended j Number. Week ended Number. Week ended Number. enlefj Number. Jan. 25 .. 425 Jan. 31 1,349 Jan. 30 2,185 Jan. 28 2,457 ' Jan. 27 2,572 Jan. 26 16,607 Jan. 25 45,677 Feb. 22 .. 448 Feb. 28 1,433 Feb. 27 3,137 Feb. 25 2,440 Feb. 24 2,520 Feb. 23 27,662 Feb. 15 45,071 Mar. 29 .. 547 Mar. 28 1,824 Mar. 26 2,509 Mar. 25 2,956 Mar. 31 3,130 Mar. 30 38,028 April 26 .. 576 April 25 1,553 April 30 2,938 April 29 3,263 April 28 3,379 April 27 36,981 May 31 .. 1,185 May 29 2,282 May 28 3,348 May 27 3,427 May 26 5,084 May 25 40,507 June 28 .. 2,092 June 27 2,408 June 25 3,317 June 24 3,662 June 30 5,491 June 29 45,264 July 26 .. 1,674 July 25 2,708 July 30 3,042 July 29 3,349 July 28 5,360 July 27 47,772 Aug. 30 .. 1,697 Aug. 29 2,498 Aug. 27 2,434 Aug. 26 2,795 Aug. 25 5,463 Aug. 31 50,033 Sept. 27 .. 1,795 Sept. 26 2,229 Sept. 24 2,344 Sept. 30 2,466 Sept. 29 6,025 Sept. 28 51,375 Oct. 25 .. 1,472 Oct. 31 1,952 Oct. 29 2,212 Oct. 28 4,142 Oct. 27 6,018 Oct. 26 50,266 Nov. 29 .. 1,328 Nov. 28 1,634 Nov. 26 1,815 Nov. 25 2,544 Nov. 24 7,402 Nov. 30 47,535 Dec. 13 .. 1,226 Dec. 19 1,575 Dec. 31 1,476 Dec. 30 1,242 Dec. 29 7,596 Dec. 28 45,140 Average for 1,196 Average 1,982 Average 2,504 Average 3,023 Average 5,055 Average 40,335 Year* * This figure is the average of registrations for 52 weeks.