SUPREME COURT
PALMERSTON NORTH STATISTICS.
Palmerston North, October 5 Following are the principal statistics of business done in the Supreme Court at Palmerston North during the quarter ended September 30, the figures for the previous quarter being given in parentheses in each case:— Criminal convictions, 3 (4) ; decrees nisi sealed, G (0) ; decrees absolute sealed, 7 (2) ; discharges from bankruptcy, 6 (7). Fees in criminal business, bankruptcy, and divorce. Bankruptcy, £155 7s. (£166 135.) ; administration, £317 7s. (£162 165.) ; fines, nil (£100) ; sheriff, £1 Is. (£92 18s. cd) ; other than above, £384 7s (£383 155.) ; total, £852 2s. (£906 2s. 0d). The number of civil actions commenced was 16, as against 24 for the preceding quarter The total amount claimed was £8965 7s 2d. (£6230 9s 4d.j. The total amount recovered was £7576 17s. 7d. (£3767 Us -Id.)
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 10, 6 October 1927, Page 6
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