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Table No. 21. IMPROVEMENT IN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. Table of Miscellaneous Statistical Information showing the Most Recent Figures compared with Table No. 21 in B.-6, 1935.

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As shown in T i a m1935 Table. Latest 3?1 g ure ' Unit. | IS?" 4 —■ . . Value of total production .. .. .. £(m.) 98-8 1936 114-2 Value of farm production .. .. .. ,, 63-3 1936 72-5 Salaries and wages payments.. .. .. „ J 65-7 1937* 85-0 Gross farming income .. .. .. „ ■ 50-8 1936 60-5 Exports (excluding specie) .. .. .. „ 43-0 1937 64-6 Imports (excluding specie) .. .. .. „ 34-3 1937 50-1 Bank deposits (excluding Government) .. „ 62-3 1937 65-0 Bank debits (excluding Government) .. .. „ I 676-2 1937 916-2 Net bank-note circulation .. .. .. ,, , 6-3 1937 8-3 Building permits issued in larger towns .. „ j 3-6 1937 5-8 Mortgages registered .. .. .. ,, | 12-0 1937 20-3 Mortgages discharged .. .. .. „ I 13-8 1937 20-7 Land transfers .. .. .. .. ,, | 12-2 1937 20-4 Totalizator investments .. .. .. „ ! 4-0 1937 6-1 Railways —Net ton-miles run .. .. Million : 420-0 1937 521-1 Skipping—Manifest tonnage . . .. .. ,, 6-2 1937 7-8 Motor-vehicles licensed .. .. .. Number 208,200 1.937f 211,164 Unemployed males .. .. .. .. „ 48,205 19371 35,839 Index numbers of — Export prices (1909-13 = 1000) .. .. „ 1,046 1937 1,397 Share prices (1926 = 1000) .. .. .. „ j 957 1937f 999 ♦Year ended 31st March. fAs at end of June.