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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Year ended the 31st March, 1938.

G. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1938.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist' April, 1937, to 31st March, 1938. District. Number. Amount. £ Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 7,181 5,900,644 Taranaki .. .. .. .. .. 1,175 1,080,569 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 4,991 4,408,865 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. .. 1,261 1,431,151 Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. 450 536,160 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 575 265,442 Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. 244 222,102 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. 3,596 2,974,602 Otago .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,772 1,634,025 Southland .. .. .. .. .. 1,234 785,562 Westland .. .. .. .. .. 223 156,266 Totals .. .. .. .. 23,702 19,395,388

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District. 1 General Fees. ' _ Compulsory j Kegistration Fees. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. .. 20,849 17 10 2,862 10 0 Taranaki .. .. .. 2,681 14 0 56 5 0 Wellington .. .. .. 11,908 5 0 203 15 0 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 2,964 18 0 103 15 0 Grisborne .. .. .. 1,246 6 0 6 5 0 Nelson .. .. .. 1,695 7 6 121 5 0 Marlborough .. .. .. 670 5 0 72 10 0 Canterbury .. .. .. 9,691 11 0 85 0 0 Otago ' .. .. .. 6,658 0 6 876 5 0 Southland .. .. .. 3,010 12 5 55 0 0 Westland .. .. .. 895 0 0 11 5 0 Totals .. .. .. 62,271 17 3 4,453 15 0 Corresponding period, 1936-37 57,216 3 2 4,456 5 0

Amount remaining Amount secured by Amount of Amount remaining District secured by Mortgage during Mortgage paid secured by Mortgage on the the Year ended off during the Mortgage on the *31st March, 1937. 31st March, 1938. same Period. *31st March, 1938. £ £ £ £ Auckland.. .. 76,690,103 5,771,375 5,673,493 76,787,985 Taranaki .. .. 20,846,942 932,613 1.080,569 20,698,986 Wellington .. 70,501,266 4,217,993 4,408,865 70,310,394 Hawke's Bay .. 22,740,633 1,087,257 1,431,151 22,396,739 Gisborne .. .. 9,971,521 515,222 536,160 9,950,583 Nelson .. .. 4,380,629 347,255 265,092 4,462,792 Marlborough .. 4,530,026 247,388 j 222,102 4,555,312 Ganterb ury .. 53,280,371 3,263,653 i 2,974,602 53,569 422 Otago .. .. j 17,995,192 1,665,411 ; 1,602,659 18,057,944 Southland .. | 14,063,029 950,744 785,562 14,228,211 Westland .. ; ■ 1,467,737 173,878 156,266 1,485,349 Totals .. 296,467,449 19,172,789 19,136,521 296,503,717 . * It has been found that the figures hereunder are inaccurate, and this data will not be included in future reports.