BANKRUPTCY RETURNS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3019, 24 January 1912, Page 10

BANKRUPTCY RETURNS.

Tho following arc the bankruptcy returns for tho Otago and Southland districts (tho Oamai'u returns are n>t yet compiled) for tho year ending December 31, 1911. The corresponding returns for the previous year are given in parenthesis: Dunedin. — bankruptcies, 27 (16): d'scharges granted, 9 (5); orders suspended, 1 (1) ; a sots excluding amounts secured to creditors, £2657 12s fid (£2152 9s 6d); amounts s cured to creditors, £1627 11s 6d (£5Ol 8s lOd); liabilities, excluding amounts eocurcd to creditors, £7819 6s lOd (£9512 11s 21; as ets reabsed by a signee, £2746 16s (£1978 7s 6d); debts proved, £11.244 16s 5d (£29,998 14s 2 ;); amounts pa d in dividends, excluding preferential and scoured claims, £1517 9s 7d (£1609 3s 3d); ■ preferential claims, £221 18s lOd (£272 7s 2d); amount paid f or secured claims, £BOO 14s 5d (£ll7 16s Id). Invercargill.—Bankruntcirs, 11 (21); discharges granted, 5 (12); assets, excluding amounts secured to credit© s. £555 2s (£2158 10s Id); amounts secured to creditors. £7510 5s (£3103 ss); liabilities, excluding amounts secured to creditors, £2559 9s 2d (£10,570 2s 10d); assets realised by the assignee, £1043 6s lOd (£1294 10s sd); debts proved. £9179 16s 2d (£2192 19s 4d); amounts paid in divide'ds, excluding preferential and scoured claims. £913 Ififi 3d (£384 9s 7di ; preferential claims, £69 3s Id (£146 13s 4d). 'Gore. —Bankruptcies, '4 (9) ; dhcharges granted. —; assets, excluding amounts secured to creditors, £45 (£2377); amounts secured to creditors, - (£3732); liabil ties, excluding amounts secured to cred tors. £399 7s (£3)39 Is lOd); os ets realised, £2l 17s 8d (£540 . 7 s 7d); debts provided. £155 3s (£I3OB 8s); amounts paid in dividends, excluding preferential and secured claims, £59 18s 9<l (£254 3s 7d) ; preferential claims. £l3 6s (£9O 0s 4d); secured claims, (£B2 9s 8d). Queenstown. —No bankruptcies have occurred in this district for the past three or four years.