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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Acts for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1881.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount in Money remaining secured by Mortgages under the Land Transfer Acts on the 31st March, 1881.

D. —Return showing Work in Arrear in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1881.

Transfers, Mortgages, B[c., Unrecorded. Auckland — Canterbury— Mortgages ... 3 Mortgages .. 40 „ Discharges 3 „ Discharges 33 Transfers .. ... .. 3 Transfers ... .. .. 64 Sundries ~. ... 15

District. General Pees. Land Assurance. Totals. Auckland Otago Canterbury "Wellington Nelson Southland Hawke's Bay Westland Taranaki Marlborough £ s. d. 1,781 17 2 4,048 1 1 9,243 6 4 2,385 1 10 481 4 2 2,690 14 0 791 8 0 250 14 0 615 6 0 160 9 0 £ s. d. 360 8 4 826 18 11 1,504 17 11 471 7 0 56 11 6 1,633 8 0 206 0 0 8 7 0 80 2 2 18 0 4 £ s. d. 2,142 5 6 4,875 0 0 10,748 4 3 2,856 8 10 537 15 8 4,324 2 0 997 8 0 259 1 0 695 8 0 178 9 4 Totals 22,448 1 7* 5,166 1 2 27,614 2 9* 'inancial year 1879-80 (nine months) 13,573 5 4 2,750 17 6 16,324 2 10 * Includes £1,762 Is. Crown-grant fees (twelve months).

District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1880. Amount secured by Mortgage during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1881. Total Amount of Mortgages Paid off during same Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1881. Auckland )tago Canterbury .. Wellington STelson Southland .. Jawke's Bay tVestland faranaki HaiTborough. £ s. 596,503 10 2,359,015 17 5,095,532 11 1,453,702 1 212,117 8 544,684 2 988,657 8 57,688 13 120,975 15 83,224 18 d. 2 7 7 4 0 8 2 0 0 4 £ s. d. 565,438 3 10 1,987,310 0 0 1,606,770 11 5 453,010 14 8 49,747 11 11 1,778,851 2 2 158,886 19 8 22,819 1 5 52,909 16 6 52,154 8 5 £ s. 86,822 0 449,277 0 1,067,340 0 174,573 12 22.934 8 514,792 0 46,007 19 6,158 1 14,932 3 19,370 0 d. 0 0 0 6 5 0 2 4 0 0 £ s. d. 1,075,119 14 0 3,897,078 17 7 5,634,963 3 0 1,732,139 3 6 238,930 11 6 1,808,743 4 10 1,101,536 8 8 74,349 13 1 158,953 8 6 116,009 6 9 Totals 11,512,132 5 10 6,727,898 10 0 2,402,207 4 5 15,837,823 11 5 'inaricial year 1879-80 (nine months) 2,907,317 19 3 1,046,275 9 7

District. Applications Awaiting Compliance with Requisitions. Applications Detained for Examination in the Survey Office. Applications (oilier than those already mentioned) Eeceived during Month not yet Passed. Applications Received Previously not yet Passed. Unregistered Instruments Awaiting Compliance with Requisitions. Unregistered Instruments Detained in Survey Office. Certificates of Title Due but not Issued. Luckland )tago Canterbury Wellington kelson louthland lawke's Bay West-land flarlborough 25 82 32 35 6 11 21 18 5 11 3 4 5 7 5 163 12 3 83 1 2 1 1 3 7 5 Totals 178 20 17 195 02