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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Acts for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1898.

Note. —Includes Crown-grant and district-agency fees : * £296 19s. 4d.; t £175 17s.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Acts on the 31st March, 1898.

D.—Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1898.

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District. General Fees. Assurance Fees. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay ... Nelson Marlborough... Canterbury ... Otago Southland Westland £ s. d. 3,303 10 9 1,731 12 6 5,940 9 0 1,210 6 1 708 18 9 599 2 0 209 17 0 5,301 9 8 2,197 5 8 1,591 16 0 186 7 0 £ s. d. 146 13 2 32 9 4 312 0 6 155 10 11 38 16 9 74 15 8 5 7 3 480 9 8 88 1 7 29 19 5 19 0 £ s. d." 3,450 3 11 1,764 1 10 6,252 9 6 1,365 17 0 747 15 6 673 17 8 215 4 3 5,781 19 4 2,285 7 3 1,621 15 5 187 16 0 Totals 22,980 14 5 * 1,365 13 3 24,346 7 8 Corresponding period, 1896-97 ... 22,220 12 5+ 1,084 3 11 23,304 16 4

District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1897. Amount secured by Amount of MortMortgage during gages paid off the Year ended during the same 31st March, 1898. Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1898. Auckland ... Taranaki ... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland... Westland ... £ S. d. 2,971,359 2 2 1,542,957 11 11 6,556,730 12 6 4,307,546 1 2 38,611 0 0 884,779 17 2 248,544 11 7 8,643,784 8 0 2,837,617 0 0 3,012,580 15 5 68,410 0 1 £ 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 £ s. d. 393,391 1 1 194,370 5 7 907,197 0 0 400,344 0 0 123,916 16 5 48,016 1 8 27,494 0 0 1,331,657 0 0 407,526 0 0 248,107 12 10 5,220 7 5 £ s. d. 3,042,369 18 2 1,732,704 6 6 7,022,561 12 6 4,390,897 9 2 243,592 11 0 945,833 13 7 255,595 11 7 8,398,676 8 0 2,893,732 0 0 3,145,249 3 3 81,175 6 10 Totals 31,112,921 0 0 5,126,707 5 7 4,087,240 5 0 32,152,388 0 7 Corresponding period, 1896-97 31,639,849 9 3 4,743,821 5 1 5,270,749 14 4 31,112,921 0 0

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. Applications received previous to Current Month not yet passed. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay... Poverty Bay ... Nelson Marlborough ... Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 44 42 10 5 4 15 5 2 i 1 1 1 1 1 8 82 2 5 14 7 5 145 3 "2 30 9 3 "2 30 14 6 5 27 3 2 Totals 144 28 142 24 194 Ottw Instruments unrecorded. Wellington Canterbury Otago Transfers. 52 19 4 Mortgages. 40 19 Miscella] 61 25 3 leous.