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APPLICATIONS FOR LAND. Applications for land under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, to the number of twelve were received during the year. The following table gives the number of applications and the area allotted for each year from the inception of the soldier-settlement scheme : —

DOMINION REVALUATION BOARD. Summaby of Opebations as at 31st Maboh, 1933. Total capital invested (comprising capital values of Crown leaseholds and advances under £ section 2of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act, 1917) .. .. 17,244,237 Capital value dealt with by the Dominion Revaluation Board .. .. .. 12,528,835 Reduction in capital by the Dominion Revaluation Board — £ Reduction in capital value of leaseholds .. .. .. .. 2,017,485 Reduction in Crown mortgages (under section 2) .. . . .. 869, 200 2,886,685 Remission of Instalment Interest and Rent. Granted by Dominion Revaluation Board in respect of arrears as at 30th June, 1923 .. 194,763 Granted by Land Boards on recommendation of the Dominion Revaluation Board with respect to payments accruing subsequent to 30th June, 1923 .. .. .. 276,991 Total remissions .. .. .. .. .. .. £471,754 Mortgages, instalments, rents, &c, automatically written off due to reduction being £ retrospective to Ist July, 1921, or date of the title, &c. .. .. .. .. 439,492 Postponements of Arrears as at 30th June, 1923, granted by the Dominion Revaluation Board. £ Rent, principal, and instalment interest for periods up to ten years .. .. .. 316,475 Instalments to end of mortgage term .. .. .. .. .. 127,411 £443,886 Postponements of payments accruing subsequent to the 30th June, 1923, granted by Land £ Boards on the recommendation of Dominion Revaluation Board .. .. .. 149,188 Investigation of Current Accounts under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act, 1924. £ Total capital invested .. .. .. •■ •• •• •• ■• 3,222,649 Reduction of capital .. .. .. .. .. ■■ .- •• 201,390 Transferred to Suspense Account .. .. •. ■ ■ . • •. 23,257 Adjustments in Buildings under Land for Settlements Act. Original value .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .• •• 131,561 Amount of reduction .. .. .. •• •• ■■ ■• •• 19,579

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, Allotments made. „ .. Applications Year ending "' ■ d — : " Number. Area (Acres). 31st March, 1916 .. .. .. .. 272 2 629 1917 .. .. .. .. 522 319 143,524 1918 .. .. .. •• 513 313 103,362 1919 .. .. .. 1,379 348 117,018 1920 .. .. .. 5,041 932 403,891 „ 1921 .. .. .. .. 5,396 1,087 414,867 1922 .. .. .. .. 878 403 97,972 1923 .. .. .. .. 284 146 25,113 „ 1924 .. .... .. 216 79 16,910 1925 123 47 9,014 1926 .. .. .. 109 86 20,500 1927 78 66 17,412 1928 .. .. .. .. 96 60 15,695 1929 .. .. .. .. 90 77 13,275 1930 63 53 16,665 1931 .. .. .. .. 41 31 8,495 1932 22 16 4,215 1933 .. .. ■ .. 12 6 4,133 Totals for eighteen years .. .. 15,135 4,071 1,432,690