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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1919.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1919.

Return shoiving Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1918, to 31st March, 1919. _. , xt i Amount. District. Number. n Auckland .. ... ... ... ... 4,080 2,589,624 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... 1,038 678,240 ■ Wellington ... ... ... ... 3,938 2,918,360 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 983 1,006,708 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... ... 472 383,024 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 584 232,890 Marlborough... ... ... ... ... 156 130,687 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... 2,553 1,659,766 Otago ... ... ... ... ... 1,712 817,726 Southland ... ... ... ... ... 885 587,506 Westland ... ... ... ... ... 107 36,366 Totals ... ... ... ... 16,508 £11,040,897

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District. General Pees. Assurance Pees. District Agency Pees. Auckland ... Taranaki ... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland ... £ s. d. 11,827 9 11 2,917 10 4 9,171 1 4 2,334 17 10 1,461 2 3 1,049 1 0 363 19 0 6,802 19 1 3,236 14 7 2,158 13 6 320 1 0 £ s. d. 600 0 3 67 14 10 431 1 9 33 9 5 11 11 8 24 15 4 189 9 8 149 14 5 143 17 1 307 12 9 0 0 8 £ s. d. 0 3 0 0 18 0 2 2 0 Totals 41,643 9 10 1,959 7 10 3 3 0 Corresponding period, 1917-18 ... 42,210 15 3 1,744 0 3 4 19 0

District. Amount remaining Amount secured by , , . M . Amount remaining secured by Mort- Mortgage during *™° a ™ off Trine secured h * Mort " gage on the the Yoar ended s 1 / Period § a S e on the 31st March, 1918. 31st March, 1919. Ine same erloa - 31st March, 1919. r Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland £ £ £ £ 24,860,807 4,310,195 1,836,214 27,334,788 10,888,378 1,296,199 613,629 11,570,948 33,262,098 3,945,795 2,478,054 34,729,839 13,468,105 1,441,100 792,231 14,116,974 4,527,894 1,008,924 380,959 5,155,859 2.279.485 277,025 146,165 2,410,345 2,134,661 153,342 78,991 2,209,012 25,127,386 1,941,725 1,546,716 25,522,395 7.469.486 698,799 624,458 7,543,827 8,407,609 735,601 489,702 8,653,508 449,813 82,572 32,714 499,671 Totals 132,875,722 15,891,277 9,019,833 139,747,166 15,891,277 9,019,833 139,747,166