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TABLE 6—RETURN OF MAORI LAND COURT BUSINESS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1950

By Authority: R. E. Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1950.

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Totals. Tokerau. WaikatoManiapoto. Waiariki. Tairawhiti. Aotea. 1 Ikaroa. South Island. 1948-49. 1949-50. Maori Land Court Number of sittings 118 131 21 17 21 30 15 16 11 Number of applications received . . 12,426 16,876 1,796 2,412 3,613 4,543 1,882 2,129 501 Number of partition orders made 1,118 1,369 357 40 236 418 213 88 17 Number of investigations of title .. 1 3 2 1 Number of succession orders made 6,497 6,998 683 509 1,292 2,293 1,354 559 308 Number of exchange orders made. . 897 354 219 22 22 81 6 3 1 Number of rating orders made 299 1,254 828 44 • 382 Number of vesting orders made . . 513 564 290 14 iis 87 26 23 6 Number of other orders made 2,662 1,865 222 133 641 395 200 244 30 Maori Appellate Court Number of sittings 4 3 3 Number of cases notified 8 12 12 Maori Land Court decisions varied Maori Land Court decisions affirmed 1 3 3 Maori Land Court decisions referred 1 6 6 back to Maori Land Court Maori Land Court decisions annulled 1 2 2 Appeals dismissed or withdrawn .. 4 4 Appeals adjourned sine die 1 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Court and Board fees collected 7,757 8,399 1,185 1,118 1,550 1,490 1,634 1,092 230