BANKRUPTCY RETURNS

Evening Star, Issue 19757, 6 January 1928, Page 6

BANKRUPTCY RETURNS

FIGURES FOB LAST YEAH LARGE SUMS INVOLVED Tho returns of tho Official Assignee for the Dunedin district for tho year ended December 31, 1927, aro as follow, those for 1926 being given in parentheses for comparative purposes:— Assets filed, £34,034 7s 7d (£5,090 8s 3d). Amount secured to creditors, not included in previous items, £30,834 18s Id (£12,938 10s lOd). Liabilities, exclusive of amount secured to creditors, £39,506 17a 6d (£6,656 16s 8d). Amount of assets realised by assignee, £8,095 Gs 4d (£4,503 11s 3d). Amount of debts proved, £46,372 15s 8d (£13,659 10s 3d). Amount paid in dividends, including preferential and secured claims, £4,577 7s 5d (£1,711 6s 2d). Amount paid in preferential claims as rents, rates, and wages, £433 8s 3d (£3ll 6s lOd). Amount paid for secured claims, £823 2s 6d (£993 11s 9d). Estates filed on petitions by creditors, 19 (19). Adjudications on petitions by creditors, 7 (4). QUARTERLY RETURNS. The returns for the Dunedin district for the October-November-Deccmber quarter of 1927 are as follow, those for the corresponding quarter of last year being given in parentheses;— Bankruptcies unclosed at end of preceding quarter, 59 (23). Fresh bankruptcies during quarter, 9 (1). Number in hand, GS (24). Assets realised, £975 18s 2d (£284 11s 4d). Paid in dividends, including preferential claims, £1,611 19s 4d [£s6o j2s 2d).