DOMINION MORTGAGES.

Manawatu Standard, 2 October 1913, Page 5

DOMINION MORTGAGES.

LAST YEAR'S BORROWINGS. (By Telegraph.) (Fro.m Our Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 1. A return furnished on the motion of .Mr Q. Witty (Riccarton), giving a great deal if information relating to mortgages registered in the Dominion during (he financial year ended 31st March last, was presented to the House tf Representatives today. Following were t'.c number ar,d the total amounts of the mortgages registered in the various districts: District. Number. Amounts. Auckland 3360 £5.290,594 Poverty Bnv ... 794 £934.447 Hawko's Bay ... 1704 £2,421,052 L'aranaki 1973 £1,621,463 Wellington 5123 £4.828.475 Nelson 744 £364.438 Marlborough ... 372 £293,950 Canterbury ... 4524 £3,927,447 Otago • 2425 £1,446,037 Southland 1773 £1,388,758 Westland 197 .. £75.307 Totals 27,999 .... £22,597,478 The return also shows the dilFerenl rates if interest at which the money was advanced. Following arc the more interesting of the rates: — Rate. Number Amount. 4 61 £64,296 4i 2168 £1,043,517 5 4653 £6.711,712 5- 1 3880 £3,810.124 6 8362 £5.194,302 6; 809 £746,494 7 2394 £1.745,173 "!. 384 £442,636 8 1974 £855,220 9 258 £93.600 1C 546 £179.597 12 12 £1.315 20 7 £1,135 Unspecified 1979 £835,610 Following were the number and amounts of mortgages released in the districts in the same period : Dislricl Number Auckland 4187 £2.071,410 Poverty Ba\ ... 457 £472.105 Hawko's Bay . . 1107 £1,069,045 Tarunuki 1461 £1.116,561 Wellington 4031 £3,300,705 Nelson 593 £262,351 Marlborough ... 256 £198,991 Canterbury 3401 £2,787.981 Otago 19% £1,210,239 Southland 1142 £771,397 Westlaud 95 £33,120 Totals 18,776 £13,293,905 The total amount owing rt the end of the year was £97,816.375.