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-Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Acts for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1895.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Acts on the 31st March, 1895.

D. —Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1895.

Other Instruments unrecorded. Transfers. Mortgages. Leases. Transmissions. Orders of Court. Caveats. Wellington.. ..60 50 6 6 5 4 . Christchurch ..80 70 Dunedin .. .. 4 2 Discharges of Mortgages. Transfers of Mortgages. Miscellaneous Wellington.. ...... 27 14 Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. 100

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District. crenera. ees. Assurance Pees. !otal Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Nelson Marlborough... Canterbury ... Otago Southland Westland £ S. d. 2,678 15 4 1,579 16 9 4,302 7 6 1.504 5 1 488 6 0 180 4 6 4,434 18 4 1,896 0 2 1,379 7 0 200 5 8 £ s. d. 120 8 1 53 18 9 185 9 11 69 13 6 31 10 10 8 10 6 407 16 8 87 9 3 54 1 9 1 18 0 £ s. d. 2,799 3 5 1,633 15 6 4,487 17 5 1,573 18 7 519 16 10 188 15 0 4,842 15 0 1,983 9 5 1,433 8 9 202 3 8 Totals 18,644 6 4* 1,020 17 3 19,665 3 7 Corresponding period, 1893-94 ... 18,228 19 3t 1,119 18 6 19,348 17 9 Note.—Includes Crown-grant and district-agency fees : * £193 2s. 7d.; f £189 li :. lOd.

District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1894. Amount secured by Amount of MortMortgage during gages paid off the Year ended during the same 31st March, 1895. Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1895. Auckland ... Taranaki ... Wellington Hawke's Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland ... Westland ... £ 4,131,737 1,032,136 5,279,901 3,847,607 686,548 257,120 9,003,980 2,784,915 2,513,900 68,734 s. d. 7 2 5 3 0 0 0 8 4 7 1 4 8 0 0 0 0 9 2 2 £ s. d. 212,939 1 11 276,168 5 2 978,723 0 0 467,766 0 0 86,593 19 7 27,419 1 3 1,005,494 0 0 262,633 0 0 272,800 3 2 17,989 1 10 £ s. 258,272 10 125,739 13 499,380 0 235,848 0 36,536 16 33,857 0 1,011,558 0 198,655 0 225,751 10 17,828 5 d. 5 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 £ s. d. 4,086,403 18 8 1,182,564 16 10 5,759,244 0 0 4,079,525 0 8 736,605 7 10 250,682 2 7 8,997,916 8 0 2,848,893 0 0 2,560,948 13 11 68,894 18 4 Totals 29,606,579 9 11 3,608,525 12 11 2,643,426 16 0 30,571,678 6 10 Corresponding period,) 1893-94 j 27,904,465 1 9 4,425,268 10 10 2,723,154 2 8 29,606,579 9 11

District. Applications awaiting Compliance with Requisitions. Applications detained for Examination in the Survey Office. Applications (other than those already mentioned) received during the Month and not yet passed. Unregistered Instruments awaiting Compliance with Requisitions. Unregistered Instruments detained in the Survey Office. Certificates of Title due but not issued. Auckland ?aranaki Vellington lawke's Bay Telson ilarlborough Canterbury )tago Southland Vestland 47 II 30 4 3 8 2 4 2 4 49 16 20 2 "2 19 L6 1 "I 44 11 5 27 3 2 ... Totals ... 131 110 23 58