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(d.) (1) The Total Number of Dwellings erected under the Original Act of 1905 to the Date of the Coming into Operation of the Act of 1910; (2) and (3) the Total Number of Dwellings erected under the Act of 1910 from the Date of the Coming into Operation of the Act to the 31st March, 1916; and (4) the Total Number of Dwellings in Course of Erection on the 31st March, 1916.

Arrangements were also on 31st March nearly complete for the commencement of the following: Whakatane., 3; Christchurch, 3; Hastings, 6; Hawera, 6; Marton, 4; Te Awamutu, 6; Wellington (Lyall Bay and Kilbirnie), 11 : total, 38. Note.—The whole of the 126 dwellings erected under the 1905 Act were leased or let, after their erection, to applicants for same, but 85 have since the passing of the 1910 Act been disposed of under the instalment-purchase system provided in the latter Act. The whole of the dwellings erected under the 1910 Act were built for applicant purchasers.

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Erected under Act of 1910. District. Erected under j (2.) | .., < 3 -> | . dumber the Act of To 31st March. ' Dar ' £ear in Course of , Qr ,r iqik ! ending 31st I Breotion on laU0 ' '• Maroh, 191fi. | 31st March, 1916. Total. Auckland Wellington Christchurch Dunedin Frankton Junction (Hamilton) .. Ngaruawahia Tauranga Te Puke Tolaga Bay Gisborne Napier Hastings Patea Hawera Manaia Wanganui Palmerston North Masterton (town) ,, (rural) Carterton (2 rural) . . Picton Blenheim (rural) Nelson Westport drey-mouth Ashburton Temuka Timaru Fairlie (rural) Willowbridge (rural) Waimate Oamaru Invercargill 35 83 40 39 14 8 31 27 .. 7 20 2 4 5 6 .. 3 6 6 7 8 14 ... 4 2 1 8 10 4 2 13 6 12 .. 4 ■12] 9 111 •■ 2 118 101 65 31 9 6 6 7 8 14 7 8 10 4 2 19 16 25 5 5 5 .. 6 2 12 14 6 9 19 7 13 6 9 16 5 5 5 8 12 14 6 9 19 7 13 6 9 16 Totals 126 345 82 37 590