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TABLE 4a—REHABILITATION OF MAORI EX-SERVICEMEN: RETURN OF LOAN AUTHORIZATIONS TO 31st MARCH, 1950

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Overseas. Home Service. Totals. During 1949-50. To Date. During 1949-50. To Date. 1 During 1949-50. To Date. Number. Amount Authorized. Number. Amount Authorized. Number. Amount | Authorized. Number. Amount Authorized. Number. Amount Authorized. Number. | i Amount Authorized. Settlement on small farms Settlement on farms .. Purchase of houses Erection of houses Repairs and additions to houses Purchase of tools of trade Purchase of furniture . . Business Miscellaneous 1 6 3 79 2 104 17 3 £ 2,000 31,647 3,700 115,642 375 9,780 6,323 1,600 1 50 31 385 17 31 460 73 11 £ 2,000 148,583 26,571 439,375 7,042 1,281 42,539 31,244 3,613 1 3 1 £ 10 300 75 5 3 13 4 2 £ 5 j 688 55 1,242 169 1,700 | 1 6 3 79 2 1 107 18 3 £ 2,000 31,647 3,700 115,642 375 10 10,080 6,398 1,600 1 50* 31 390 17 34 473 77 13 £ 2,000 148,583 26,571 445,063 7,042 1,336 43,781 31,413 5,313 Totals 215 171,067 1,059 702,248 5 385 27 8,854 220 171,452 1,086 711,102 Supplementary loans .. Purchase of properties.. Additional expenditure on properties purchased 18 2 3,042 26,496 176,745 39 11 7,577 129,421 376,345 1 150 18 2 3,042 26,496 176,745 40 11 7,727 129,421 376,345 * In addition, 38 Maori ex-servicemen have been settled through the agency of the State Advances Corporation, while a further 100 are occupying land under the provisions of Part I of the Maori Land Amendment Act, 1936.