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TABLE 8—RETURN OF MAORI LAND COURT BUSINESS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1949

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Totals. Tokerau. WaikatoManiapoto. Waiariki. Tairawhiti. Aotea. Ikaroa. South Island. 1947-48. 1948-49. Maori Land Court Number of sittings 119 118 16 18 21 25 11 16 11 Number of applications received .. 12,426 2,670 1,667 2,554 1,432 1,845 1,710 548 Number of partition orders made .. 624 1,118 67 365 262 274 44 93 13 Number of investigations of title .. 1 1 Number of succession orders made 5,236 6,497 385 835 1 j 543 1 j 649 1 j 091 711 283 Number of exchange orders made . . | 897 13 778 36 42 18 10 Number of rating orders made ' Q QQQ 299 22 245 18 14 Number of vesting orders made f 6 9 oov 513 17 273 79 47' 26 60 11 Number of other orders made I'2,662 137 301 709 1,030 243 204 38 Maori Appellate Court Number of sittings ll 4 1 1 2 Number of cases notified 27 8 2 1 5 Maori Land Court decisions varied 4 Maori Land Court decisions affirmed 2 1 1 Maori Land Court decisions referred 2 1 1 back to Maori Land Court Maori Land Court decisions annulled 1 1. 1 Appeals dismissed or withdrawn .. 15 1 '2' Appeals adjourned sine die 3 1 1 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Court and Board fees collected 5,800 7,757 1,179 1,080 1,441 1,263 1,395 1,105 294