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TABLE 3. Total Lands acquired from the Crown by Discharged Soldiers, and held at the 31st March, 1921.

Statement of Advances authorized from Inception of Act to 31st March, 1921.

NOTE. The numbers above represent the number of loans authorized. A larijc proportion of soldiers who received advances to assist in the purchase of farms and discharge of mortgages also received advances on ('iiricnl \croim( tor stork &<; The actual number of soldiers to whom advances had been authorized at 31st March was 17,853.

Land District. Sah; (ir ucluding Deferred T ... p *. Lease and Lusensc Area. Price. Number. Area. Lease and License. e. Annual Rental. Totals. Number. Area. Number. Unde er the Disi charged Soldiers Settlement Ad, 1915, and Acres. | £ Acres. 2,021 2,230 276 55,762 2,575 12,740 558 102.585 I 195 334 133,390 998 10.080 152 38,149 60 2,460 ' 582 139,379 1,2:15 .'!S0 ' 31 23,843 58 19,812 118 100 29 25.175 201 8,120 303 559,919 807 14,440 189 249,658 2,755 5,640 108 27,233 Amendme'. £ 13,409 •".1.028 50. 12.'; 12,355 82.207 1,808 0.550 355 17,048 20,206 6,202 I*. North Auckland . . Auckland Hawke's Hay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marl borough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 9 33 3 12 8 3 I 10 11 16 285 591 337 164 590 34 58 30 313 203 124 Acres. 57,783 105.160 133.391 39,117 139,439 25,078 19,812 25,323 560.120 250,525 29,988 Totals 109 10,861 57,045 2,620 1,374,905 5 1,374,905 280,357 280,357 2,729 1,385,766 Under other Acts. (This in* at audio eludes lands selected at ordinary ballots, lea m, and holdings acquired by transfer or oth ary ballots, h transfer or 0 eases and li otherwise.) ises and li herwise.) Icenses pu\ rchased North Auckland . . Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland I 9 2 I I 51 260 30 6,261 1,082 1,440 196 99,193 119 57,185 298 700 237 106,586 I 128 39,870 45 38,672 138 94,343 54 13,837 ■243 238,711 6,264 99. 193 57,185 106,586 39,870 38,672 94,343 13,837 238,711 345 1.777 J1,135 6,215 30,916 1,686 4,789 479 25,886 345 1.777 11,135 6,215 30,916 1,686 4,789 479 25,886 31 205 119 239 129 45 138 54 243 6,315 100,275 57.185 106,884 39,871 38,672 94,343 13,837 238,741 I 127 8 21,354 21,354 664 664 9 21, LSI Totals 14 14 1,559 2,400 1,198 716,045 716,045 80,892 86,892 1,212 717,604 Grand totals . . I2.'i I2.'i 12,420 59,445 3,818 2,090,950 ! 2,090,950 367,249 367,249 3,941 2,103,370

Curroi A ill it Account ;horities. Amount. Fai Aui No. rms, Ac, Dwellings, &C, ,., thoritles. Authorities. Amount. No. Amount. No. >tals. No. Amount. North Auckland Auckland .. Hawke's Bay Taranaki .. Wellington Marlboroagh Nelson VVostland . . Canterbury Otago Southland. . 1,017 1,186 453 640 989 121 245 82 435 :S7O 228 £ 473,790 694,765 269,153 450,984 646,202 54,712 140,181 31,688 203,439 138,077 108,788 1,055 780 240 559 744 159 423 78 689 838 266 £ £ 1,621,961 2,139 1,569,334 4,211 1,246,973 558 393,881 2,524 439,812 739 532,698 1,432 1,014,903 426 309,303 1,625 1,358,048 1,980 1,434,690 3,713 287,705 L33 88,936 413 554,344 171 106.173 839 84,801 52 25,080 212 1,111,309 1,641 1.035,832 2,765 376,083 893 I 497,895 1,601 416,935 464 228,610 958 J 3,665,085 2,335,619 1,241,663 1,775,190 3,438,940 431,353 800,698 141,464 2,350,580 1,007,055 754,333 5,766 3,206,674 5,331 8,512.871 9,196 6,222,432 20,293 17.941,980