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GENERAL REVIEW. Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account. Loans authorized during the year number 273, involving a total amount of £38,811, as follows : —

Cash receipts for the year have risen by £200,971. The comparative figures of cash receipts on capital and revenue accounts for the last five years are : — 1929-30. 1930-31. 1931-32. 1932-33. 1933-34. £ £ £ £ £ Capital .. 1,054,123 749,090 668,396 625,316 788,757 Revenue .. 727,703 604,988 527,436 488,048 525,578 1,781,826 1,354,078 1,195,832 1,113,364 1,314,335 LANDS PROCLAIMED. The lands set apart for selection by discharged soldiers during the year totalled 2,869 acres, making a grand total of 1,448,668 acres proclaimed since the inception of the scheme. This large area is made up as follows : — Class of Land. A rea " Acres. Ordinary Crown lands .. .. .. .. .. 609,931 Land-for-settlements land .. .. .. . . 401,849 National-endowment land .. . . .. . . 433,532 Cheviot Estate land .. .. .. .. .. 3,356 1,448,668 Proclamations have been issued revoking the setting-apart of 237,083 acres of Crown and nationalendowment land and 103,292 acres of land-for-settlements land. APPLICATIONS FOR LAND. Applications for land under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, to the number of ten were received during the year. The following table gives the number of applications and the area allotted for each year from the inception of the soldier-settlement scheme : —

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New Loans. Additional Loans. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. £ £ Advances on current account .. .. .. 7 2,330 185 26,233 Advances on farms, &c. .. .. .. .. 2 1,220 7 2,152 Advances on dwellings .. .. .. .. 2 1,200 70 5,676 11 4,750 262 34,061

... .. Allotments made. Year ending Applications receive . Number. Area (Acres). 31st March, 1916 .. .. .. .. 272 2 629 1917 .. .. .. .. 522 319 143,524 1918 .. .. .. .. 513 313 103,362 1919 .. .. .. .. 1,379 348 117,018 1920 .. .. .. .. 5,041 932 403,891 1921 .. 5,396 1,087 414,867 1922 .. .. .. .. 878 403 97,972 1923 .. .. .. .. 284 146 25,113 1924 .. .. .. .. 216 79 16,910 1925 .. .. .. .. 123 47 9,014 1926 .. .. .. .. 109 86 20,500 1927 .. .. .. .. 78 66 17,412 1928 .. .. .. .. 96 60 15,695 1929 .. .. .. .. 90 77 13,275 1930 .. .. .. .. 63 53 16,665 1931 .. .. .. .. 41 31 8,495 1932 .. .. .. .. 22 16 4,215 ,, 1933 .. .. .. .. 12 6 4,133 1934 .. .. .. .. 10 8 1,536 Totals for nineteen years .. .. 15,145 4,079 1,434,226