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Table III —Showing the Main Headings Under Which Business Loans Have Been Granted

Table IV —Showing Rate of Demobilization of Ex-servicemen and Ex-servicewomen to 31st March, 1950, as recorded by the Rehabilitation Department

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Type. No. Amount. Butchery 188 £ 154,427 Grocery, general store 6i6 511,484 Bakery, dairy, refreshment-rooms 401 276,823 Stationery, fancy goods 114 83,564 Radio-dealer, electrician 202 109,628 Hairdresser, tobacconist 112 55,940 Bootmaker 149 46,222 Chemist 28 28,230 Manufacturing business 291 192,288 Eggs, poultry, &c. 42 26,713 Milk rounds 272 216,430 Hotels, guesthouses 39 35,658 Fishing ventures 111 73,292 Agricultural contractors 428 309,641 Taxi, service-car 1,652 905,135 Transport (general) and mail-contractors 1,249 925,062 Building and related trades 932 437,647 Mechanical trades 418 275,542 Professional services 809 369,066 Miscellaneous 674 461,169 8,727 5,493,961

Date. Ex-overseas. Ex Home Service. Total. To 31st March— 1941 833 833 1942 3,478 3,478 1943 7,847 Li*447 19,294 1944 22,535 20,121 42,656 1945 41,009 27,666 68,675 1946 106,989 44,411 151,400 " 1947 128,416 54,094 182,510 1948 139,328 62,937 202,265 1949 143,696 65,465 209,161 1950 144,525 66,293 210,818