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This table includes under, the heading " Balance-sheet Assets " various miscellaneous items not appropriate to the succeeding table which is designed to show primarily the capital assets under administration. * Diying this financial year the Corporation took oyer from the Lands Department the administration of the advances made under the authority of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments. t In previous financial years the value of the land acquired for housing and not vet built on was included in the assets of the Housing Account administered by the Corporation, bi4t since .1943 is included in the accounts of the Ministry of Works,

Statement Showing Number of Accounts and Total Balance-sheet Assets During Period 1935-50

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Year. Corporation. Housing. Agency. Grand Total. Number of Accounts. Balancesheet Assets. Number of Accounts. Balancesheet Assets. 1 Number of Accounts. Balancesheet Assets. J Number of Accounts. Balancesheet Assets. Rural. Urban. Local Authorities. Total. : £ £ £ ■ | £ 1935 .. 16,325 35,459 2,850 54,634 41,255,701 54,634 | 41,255,701 1936 .. 15,339 34,582 1,882 .51,803 43,217,990 51,803 43,217,990 1937 .. 24,442 43,768 1,986 70,196 56,589,459* 949 853,563 71,145 57,44-3,022* 1938 .. -23,767 43,858 2,128 69,753 58,453,775 1,505 2,581,565 11 45,636 71,269 61,080,976 1939 .. 22,529 45,275 2,029 69,833 60,245,891 4,177 6,654,479 11 43,878 74,021 66,944,24-8 1940 .. 21,704 44,778 2,081 68,563 59,769,067 7,469 [11,917,958 11 43,838 76,043 71,730,863 1941 .. 20,748 43,106 2,063 65,917 57,159,712 11,463 17,411,774 1,149 207,480 78,529 74,778,966 1942 .. 19,936 42,033 2,048 64,017 56,313,791 14,795 21,443,206 1,958 359,619 80,770 78,116,616 1943 .. 19,149 39,524 2,039 ■60,712 56,249,088 16,225 122,737,593 ! 2,302 473,750 79,239 79,460,431 1944 .. 18,241 37,292 2,013 57,546 |56,137,810 16,919 21,306 ,031f 3,840 633,437 78,305 78,077,278f 1945 .. 17,786 36,326 1,993 56,105 55,998,932 18,482 24,106,850 7,407 : 1,184,982 81,994 81,290,764 1946 .. 18,094 36,107 1,948 56,149 56,299,784 21,398 128,840,568 ! 14,055 ! 2,111,053 91,602 87,251,405 1947 .. 18,911 38,181 1,889 58,981 60,839,969 23,817 864, 775 22,804 3,823,699 i105, 602 98,528,44-3 1948 .. 19,307 40,780 1,600 61,687 68,107,720 26,048 39,480,749 28,107 4,708,769 ;115,842 112,297,238 1949 .. 20,315 43,341 1,205 64,861 75,057,449 30,548 46,512,426 35,384 5,755,589 130,793 127,325,464 1950 .. 21,368 45,219 . 997 67,584 81,425,949 34,798 54,596,092 38,460 6,134,633 [140,842 142,156,674