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PURPOSES for which the Advances appear from the Applications to be required, classified according to Provincial Districts, to 31st March, 1897.

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Provincial District. For releasing Mortgage. For releasing Mortgage, and lor Improvements. For releasing Mortgage, and for Stock. For releasing Mortgage, and for Stock and Improvements. For Purchase of other Land. For converting Leasehold into Freehold. For converting Leasehold into Freehold, and for Improvements and Stock. For paying Balance of Purchasemoney, and for Improvements. For Improvements. For Stock and Improvements. Not stated in Application. Totals. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Auckland 105,244 94,910 5,140 7,520 10,220 13,885 7,875 14,245 75,120 19,348 3,975 357,482 Taranaki .. 79,475 55,155 7,650 2,050 1,520 16,286 8,676 7,519 32,940 12,020 3,315 226,606 Hawke's Bay 54,855 21,365 1,335 3,320 4,285 7,485 450 1,940 34,008 3,600 2,600 135,243 Wellington 177,706 129,778 5,240 6,300 15,855 22,975 16,910 15,431 99,598 22,015 4,525 516,333 Marlborough 26,790 19,375 935 150 4,125 5,530 150 5,070 9,035 752 945 72,857 Nelson 27,960 14,875 860 3,000 480 1,310 600 1,255 6,840 2,740 400 60,320 Canterbury 106,311 13,867 1,600 2,527 8,168 30 3,675 25,246 5,853 1,830 169,107 Westland .. 11,990 4,830 470 350 230 1,415 550 3,690 1,090 100 24,715 Otago and Southland 259,340 93,652 5,235 2,930 11,140 23,034 8,365 29,471, 60,607 17,606 7,590 518,970 Totals .. 849,671 447,807 28,465 25,620 50,382 100,088 43,056 79,156 347,084 85,024 25,280 2,081,633