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E.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining Unregistered on the 31st March, 1881, the Number received for Registration and the Number Registered during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1882; also the Number remaining Unregistered on that Date, and the Total Amount of Fees collected for the same Period.

F.—Table showing the Work done and Fees received in the Offices for the Registration of Title in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, and New Zealand. (The particulars for Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia are for the Year 1880, and for New Zealand for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1882.)

By Authority: G-eobge Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB2.

District. Unregistered, 31st March, 1881. Eeceired for Registration during the 12 Months ended the 31st March, 1882. Registered during the 12 Mouths, same Period. Unregistered 31st March, 1882. Pees. Auckland Otago Canterbury Wellington Nelson Southland Hawke's Bay ... West] and Taranaki Marlborough ... 216 23 219 55 38 44 68 1 22 102 5,658 2.284 3,151 2,731 535 715 1,041 66 922 486 5,645 2,274 3,254 2,755 454 759 1,051 66 910 546 229 33 116 34 119 £ s. a. 5,846 9 9 2,584. 17 0 3,563 8 1 3,022 18 3 574 1 0 955 14 0 1,205 0 0 79 17 0 1,004 1 0 547 9 0 58 1 34 42 Totals 788 17,592 17,714 666 19,383 15 1* * This includes £1,286 17s. Id. Crown-grant fees.

Colony. Population of Colony. Number of Applications to bring Land under the Act. Number of Transfers. Number of M ortgages. Receipts (exclusive of Assurance Fund.) Victoria New South Wales South Australia New Zealand 900,000 739,385 267,573 484,864 865 191 585 1,201 7.620 4,696 8,596 7,715 6,540 2,193 5,759 5,883 £ s. d. 26,579 0 0 10,415 9 8 No information. 23,586 0 0