STATE ADVANCES.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 March 1918, Page 6

STATE ADVANCES.

loans to settlers

The following table shows the present poßition and the pre-war position with regard to State advances to settlers. The high-water mark was reached in 1912, when the total amount advanced was £2,174,000, as against £589,975 in 1917 and £281,816 in the first nine months of the present financial year:

ADVANCES TO WORKERS.

The position in regard to State advances to workers is shown below. Again 1912 was the high-water mark, the adMinces totalling ."£544,000, as compared with £215,000 in 1017 and £102,000 in the first nine months of 1917-18:

LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES.

Loans to local bodies also show a fall-ing-off, but nothing as compared with the hug? slump from the figures of 1911 and 1912 to those of 1913:

Year ended. Loans authorised. Amount Mar. 31. No. Amount, « idvanced. 191:' 4610 2,191,300 2,174,OS5 2114 749,590 850,300 1914 2390 878,855 973,005 2100 749,040 997,040 2022 748,030 814,500 1917 1412 515,270 589,975 Bee. qr., 1917 228 90,625 107,111 Dee. qr., 191G 306 115,485 138,665 9ms. 1917-18 704 276,705 281,816 9m8. 1910-17 1154 428,670 421.060

iear ended. Loans authorised. Amount Mar. 31. Xo. Amount. advanced. 1912 1900 012.910 543,840 1913 1254 397,175 449,200 1914 1200 339,200 272,860 1915 1129 337,090 313,023 1910 959 207.060 275,000 1917 C2S 21.995 214,905 Dec.qr. 1917 95 29,940 31,779 Dec.qr. 1916 152 48,250 49,100 9ms. 1917-18 334 10G,1G5 102,149 9ms. 1916-17 553 170,005 175,685

Year ended. Loans authorised. Amount Mar. 31. No. Amount. advanced. 1911 193 947,770 405,195 227 1,017,484 790,485 1913 ........ 87 181,795 494,135 1914 ;. 72 84,970 259,430 1915 48 254,430 237,285 1916 164 238,970 285,410 1917 658 210,995 214,905 Dee. qr., 1917 34 36,520 23,325 Dee. qr., 1910 29 32,370 24,260 9ms. 1917-18 77 114,320 96,705 9ms. 191C-17 86 105,105 107,735