H.—3

B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Year ended the 31st March, 1926.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1926.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist Ajiril, 1925, to 31st March, 1926. District. Number. Amount. Auckland .. ... ... ... ... 12,219 9,450,483 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... 2,202 2,016,607 Wellington ... ... ... ... ... 8,792 9,464,167 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 1,909 2,306,763 Gisborne ... ... ... ... ... 782 1,083,809 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 982 644,226 Marlborough... ... ... ... ... 342 828,209 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... 5,109 4,236,339 Otago ... ... ... ... ... 3,212 2,256,743 Southland ... ... ... ... ... 1,921 1,572,962 Westland ... ... ... ... ... 170 97,836 Totals ... ... ... 37,640 £33,958,144

3

District. General Fees. Assurance Fees. ConjpuUory Regis- £ s. d. . & s. d. £ s. d. Auckland . 25,565 13 1 657 15 11 358 15 0 Taranaki ... ... ... ... 4,022 0 9 37 10 0 703 15 0 Wellington... ... ... ... 17,952 18 7 38 5 11 737 10 0 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 3,817 9 9 0 17 3 63 15 0 Gisborne ... ... ... ... 2,120 5 2 0 2 11 197 10 0 Nelson ... ... ... ... 1,752 7 3 ... 61 0 0 Marlborough ... ... ... 680 7 0 ... 393 15 0 Canterbury... ... ... ... 15,170 19 0 ... 127 10 0 Otago ... ... ... ... 6,398 11 10 ... 183 15 0 Southland ... ... ... ... 4,029 8 0 ... 185 0 0 Westland ... ... ... ... 780 19 2 ... 133 10 0 Totals ... ... ... 82,295 19 7 734 12 0 3,145 15 0 Corresponding period, 1924-25... 75,471 3 8 2,553 18 8

Amount remaining Amount secured by . • , fM , Amount remaining District secured by Mort- j Mortgage during aa ee Daid off durine secured by MortD,stricfc - gage on the the Year ended g T e P s tme Period gage on the 31st March, 1925. 31st March, 1926. Sclme jrenoa - 31st March, 1926. £ £ £ £ Auckland ... 60,331,231 9,774,622 7,089,233 63,016,620 Taranaki ... 18,338,219 2,769,170 1,800,967 19,806,422 Wellington ... 55,887,968 11,979,248 8,484,554 59,382,662 Hawke'sBay ... 20,159,420 2,123,005 1,864,365 20,418,060 Gisborne ... 11,391,216 1,091,277 1,043,470 11,439,023 Nelson ... ... 3,767,723 548,726 451,740 3,864,709 Marlborough ... 4,003,676 719,857 513,247 4,210,286 Canterbury ... 41,570,012 6,315,450 4,026,203 43,859,259 Otago ... ... 13,584,601 2,614,552 1,779,217 14,419,937 Southland ... 11,974,848 1,775,958 1,441,759 12,309,047 Westland ... 882,546 105,331 92,521 895,356 Totals ... 242,391,460 39,817,196 28,587,276 253,621,381