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DOMINION REVALUATION BOARD. Summary of Operations as at 31st March, 1936. 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 .. .. .. 2,022,357 Reduction in Crown mortgages (under section 2) .. .. 874,666 2,897,023 Remission of Instalment Interest and Rent. £ Granted by Dominion Revaluation Board in respect of arrears as at 30th June, 1923 . . 195,057 Granted by Land Boards on recommendation of the Dominion Revaluation Board with respect to payments accruing subsequent to 30th June, 1923 .. .. .. 279,474 Total remissions .. .. .. .. .. .. £474,531 Mortgages, instalments, rents, &c., automatically written oS due to reduction being £ retrospective to Ist July, 1921, or date of the title, &c. .. .. .. .. 440,340 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 the Dominion Revaluation Board .. .. 149,138 Investigation of Current Accounts under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act, 1924. £ Total capital invested . . .. . . .. . . .. .. .. 3,222,649 Reduction of capital .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 202,515 Transferred to Suspense Account .. .. .. .. .. .. 23,957 Adjustments in Buildings under Land for Settlements Act. £ Original value .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 131,561 Amount of reduction .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 19,579

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