IS BANKRUPTCY INCREASING?
:■ COMPARATIVE FIGURES. ; As there seems to have been an'.unusual number of. bankruptcies lately 111 Wellington • arid district; a'. Dominion reporter, ro / ferred to the figures for previous years .with ; a; view of; maldng V, compariwn.- ■ It .has ' been suggested that trade depression caused a number to file, but upon investigation reporter' disooVored that the bankruptcies , ilp to the. present date last year exceeded > those; of , this ' year by four/Tlwre , have been 16 bankruptcies so far this ye&r, but there were 20 for ,tho same period bf 1907, Last month was remarkable' fof" failures, no fower.than 7 being recorded. An unusual oocuiTence took place dming April ill thht four first- meetings of creditors were held; ou four '. 'consecutive days, v , '< •.; The following table gives the figures of th« / bankruptcies from 1902 to 1907. and tlw / number up to , the corresponding date <J j ■ each year:— . . v -- Yoar. To Mav 18.. Total. 1902 ... ... ... 8 23 I . 1«03 ... ... 4 12 1904 ... . 7 lb • 1905, ... ... .... 9 29 :: 1906 ... ... ... 10 35 • a 1907 ... ... ... 20 46 1908' ... .... ... 10 - >
William Sinclair, ill his advertisement in thi issue, gives particulars of < Country pfopertieafor sale; ' , '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 6
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189IS BANKRUPTCY INCREASING? Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 6
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