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A.—Statement of Business transacted under the Land Transfer Acts during the Year ended the 31st March, 1898.

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APPLICATIONS. TRANSFERS. MORTGAGES. Area. Abba. Aeea. DISTEICT. Value. No. Value. Value. No. No. Town and Suburban. Country. Town and Suburban. Country. Town and Suburban. Country. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 100 42 107 21 5 13 5 212 41 31 5 A. B. P. 150 3 1 9 2 35 49 1 2 20 3 2 20 1 0 4 1 10 1 2 37 42 1 30 19 2 7 9 10 1 0 18 A. B. P. 2,452 2 10 891 3 34 11,446 2 34 16,626 0 21 7,851 0 0 978 1 13 2,878 1 12 20,859 1 6 7,250 2 26 1,733 1 6 £ s. d. 63,927 0 0 11,972 0 0 148,646 0 0 77,008 8 6 18,187 0 0 5,745 5 0 5,550 0 0 226,603 0 0 43,043 0 0 11,711 0 0 636 0 0 1,597 602 2,213 440 140 277 83 2,065 1,223 868 101 A. B. P. 726 3 14 142 1 33 529 0 6 848 2 36 196 1 38 87 1 30 30 0 22 486 1 2 345 0 35 587 3 20 32 1 11 A. E. P. 206,450 3 39 39,305 0 9 150,771 0 0 50,914 2 1 45,803 2 6 19,886 3 15 4,974 1 4 253,497 2 18 71,321 1 23 90,620 2 14 1,051 0 27 £ s. d. 343,128 8 5 229,263 2 9 900,228 0 0 181,139 18 4 79,489 8 3 68,898 17 0 29,911 17 0 1,087,243 0 0 261,488 0 0 253,629 19 7 10.538 17 2 ;1,022 : 840 2,213 557 171 279 84 1,887 831 698 71 A. B. P. 515 2 28 90 0 8 358 3 16 1,307 3 8 232 1 21 61 0 11 23 1 22 353 2 5 237 1 37 606 2 12 17 1 13 A. B. P. 268,105 3 27 137,700 3 23 591,423 0 7 132,417 1 16 481,960 3 22 44,773 3 30 18,210 1 2 392,434 2 22 123,221 1 35 155,742 3 26 2,799 1 9 £ s. d. 464,401 17 1 384,117 0 2 1,373,028 0 0 483,695 8 0 328,898 7 5 109,069 18 1 34,545 0 0 1,086,549 0 0 463,641 0 0 380,776 0 8 17,985 14 2 - Totals 582 329 0 22 72,968 1 2 613,028 13 6 9,609 4,012 3 7 J 934,596 3 36 3,444,959 8 6 8,653 3,804 0 21 2,348,790 2 19 5,126,707 5 7 Corresponding period, 1896-97 565 8,832 3,909 2 4 1,291,270 3 13 ,8,909 2,021,866 3 20 964 3 17 38,560 0 7 457,523 0 0 '3,310,633 19 8 13,761 1 5 4,743,821 5 1 DISTRICT. jCERTIFICATES IN LIEU OF CROWN GRANTS. Abba. CROWN GRANTS. Abba. Country. Value. o CD o o o 01 CD C o o <D s © m a I" O ■a ■x 0 Si CD a s 6 « ft EH CD CD 3 o en a EH •6 s O No. Town and Suburban. Value. No. Town and Suburban. > 03 CD Q re Country. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 206 23 580 75 36 164 14 169 124 42 a. B. p. 35,434 1 9 3 1 17 140 1 19 26 2 38 81 2 13 A. B. p. 22,108 3 39 3,173 2 19 221,683 0 9 15,014 1 0 17,510 2 29 23,558 2 15 10,682 1 10 6,435 0 30 16,125 3 36 2,901 1 4 £ s. d. 14,645 9 0 3,448 6 8 •• 3 A. B. P. " " 15 6 4 A. B. P. £ s. d. 1,575"0 0 I 5 3 2 •• 48 26 79 30 25 18 12 96 46 24 1 •• 3 1,610 613 1,953 715 259 66 71 2,511 729 657 44 34 22 231 41 10 13 243 26 70 6 80 19 87 24 24 7 2 86 70 18 3 204 60 89 58 14 6 9 73 38 9 1 1 1 30 8 344 300 597 82 120 12 49 260 282 162 8 •• 2 232 40 88 485 62 870 265 1,181 239 53 97 36 1,120 475 386 53 57,287 0 0 8,000 0 0 16,361 6 2 5,682 0 0 ! 1,093 3 25 - •• "i 45 2 21 79 3 8 150 3 28 9 i l 240 14,14119 0 4,239 10 1 2 19 2 2 0 1 20 3l"2 0 " I - Totals 35,962 2 33 339,193 3 31 123,805 10 11 5 15 1 24 1,125 1 25 1,575 0 0 33 3 9,228 9,559 698 420 561 53 2,216 4 1,147 1433 405 4,775 Corresponding period, 1896-97 1109 264,306 2 20 108,491 0 3 6 5 10 1,969 0 0 22 390 1 582 373 507 36 2,822 8 675 4,327 8,782 0 39 3,710 1 20 ••