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Table A. —Return of Native Land Court Business for the Year ended 31st March, 1943.

Table B.—Return of Alienations confirmed for the Year ended 31st March, 1943.

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Totals. Waikato- Waia- Taira- . T , „ o South Tokerau. „ . Aotea. Ikaroa. T , , •,,».<« ,Mamapoto riki. whiti. Island. 1941-42. 1942-43. r Native Land Court. Number of sittings .. 107 103 7 13 23 19 16 20 5 Number of cases notified .. 10,723 12,170 1,699 1,151 1,473 3,299 1,690 2,370 488 Number of orders made .. 10,329 8,990 1,351 459 876 4,092 1,037 835 340 Number of cases dismissed .. 825 1,534 304 108 661 225 108 66 62 Number of cases adjourned 5,191 6,395 1,197 583 502 960 966 1,894 293 sine die Number of partitions made .. 240 291 30 26 71 98 53 11 2 Area affected (acres) .. 23,330 13,842 5,644 2,620 1,470 1,310 2,382 327 9 Number of investigations of 5 1 1 title Area affected (acres) .. 1,448 23 23 Number of succession orders 5,068 4,270 551 323 590 1,415 692 625 274 made Number of other orders made 5,016 4,228 769 110 215 2,579 292 199 64 Native Appellate Court. y Y ' Number of sittings .. 6 6 1 .. 122.. Number of cases notified .. 28 16 7 .. 3 2 4 Native Land Court decisions 2 varied Native Land Court decisions 2 1 .. .. .. 1 affirmed Native Land Court decisions 2 2 1 .. .. 1 referred back to Native Land Court Native Land Court decisions 1 6 6 annulled Appeals dismissed or with- 7 12 .. .. 11 1 drawn Appeals adjourned sine die .. 14 3 .. .. .. .. 3 Applications under section 257/31 ordered Applications under section .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 257/31 dismissed Applications under section 257/31 adjourned sine die , A ~——— £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Court and Board fees collected 4,612 4,700 409 581 657 1,202 831 812 208

Leases. Sales. Mortgages. Court District. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. Acres. Acres. Acres. Tokerau .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 2,337 6 200 1 53 Waikato-Maniapoto .. .. .. .. .. 43 4,774 23 1,911 Waiariki .. .. .. .. .. ..31 3,000 7 398 5 355 Tairawhiti .. .. .. .. .. .. 73 8,510 16 189 2 1,186 Aotea .. .. .. .. .. .. 68 13,856 18 182 1 600 Ikaroa .. .. .. .. .. ..62 4,155 14 309 South Island .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 177 9 250 Totals .. .. .. .. .. ..299 36,809 93 3,439 9 2,194