ADVANCES TO SETTLERS.
■ ANNUAL REPORT; = The fourteenth annual. report^ani sheet' of the : Advances .to'. Sofctl6rS'.:Dep'ari-: 'merit was presented 'a-ITho record of business l&jgreati'y, in of that for any previous/yeaj.'. TherQ-'wtfte-" 3153 applications, amouil£itfg"'tb"3Ei,66Bil3K~ ' " The advances actually granted "during the year numbered 2371, f0r;£J;1.97;416,' r.TKjsjis an increase on tho previous.year's advances of. £429,686.': ■ ' _ ; Up to. March. 31-last ised 22;456 advances) and.tftff have amounted to £6,937-,'DsD;.i' .T'",. • The advances ■' authoris§d^ ; Wellington Provincial the. largest borrower,.i'witlu o£' £2,085,678, Auckland ;£1,707.253, TaranalcT £1,450,549,, and ,'Otago" a;rid,y.S l ouf bland £1,351,435, comb, noxfc vancos authorised ''' Auckland ... ... . .;, .:.,';321,510 Taranaki ... . 221,93,0; Hawko's Bay ... ■ .24',96(L Wellington • . 424,600" ■ ' Marlborough ...' ... 53,205 ■ Nelson ...< ... ....... 19,215 Westland.,... . ... . .35,.7Q5„. Canterbury ... k;- 'i35,770'Otago and Southland ;.;.: .'-^.•.7---118 ! r505;.( Total , ..%:^':^;M,3ssj4sQi The advances outstanding : \nmounV "Hi £4,186,020;'0f this sum, r £3,151j546 is-lqnt oi freeholds,' £938,151 on ■ ani £93)322 on freeholds arid''.'lea'solibfds coin ' billed; 11,713 mortgagor's ' being now indeb'tei 1 to the Department. Int"no r hds 'kl-loSi i been made -by .th6 4 Depa^io^^ff;i^9; : l)iQ partment at/the end of .had lnb 'se 1 curitics,on its hands. 'ri'."'■ The total amount of iriteiept;. collected; fo; • tho year amounted to £172,060/. In .the | Workors' Branch tho advances authorised, s< far, are : — Auckland ... 71,270' . Taranaki' ... ■ 8j570Hawke's Bay ... 47,'435';,i Wellington ... , 69,280 ■ Marlborough ... . •• „. •8,900. • Nelson ' ... 4,755 ,M'ostland ... ... . ... ... 14,580 - 'Canterbury .... ..... 71,160 ; r : Otago and Southland!,...: ... .30,325.;, Total ' .'... £296,305 *
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 247, 11 July 1908, Page 7
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214ADVANCES TO SETTLERS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 247, 11 July 1908, Page 7
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