DOMINION MORTGAGES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3111, 29 October 1913, Page 3

DOMINION MORTGAGES.

LAST YEAR’S BORROWINGS

DETAILS OF THE LOANS. CFaoii Cua Own Co uuksl'o s d ent. )

A return, furnished on the motion hf Mr Witty, giving a great deal of information relating to mortgagee registered in the dominion during the financial year ended March-31, has been presented to the House of Representatives. The following are the number and the total amounts of the mortgages registered in the various districts :

The return also shows the different rates of interest at which the money was advanced. Following are the more interesting of the rates:

Following were the number and amount of mortgages released in the districts in the same period:

Totals 13,776 £13,293,906 The total amount owing at the end of the year was £97,815,375.

District. Number. Amount. Auckland 8360 £5,290,594 Poverty Bay Hawke’s Bay 794 934,447 1704 2,421,052 Taranaki 1978 1,621,473 Wellington 5128 4,828,475 Nelson 744 364,438 Marlborough 372 298,950 Canterbury 4524 3,927,447 Otago 2425 1,446,037 Southland 1773 1,388,758 Westland 197 75,807 Totals 27,999 £22,597,478

Rato. For Cent. Number Amount. 4 ... ... 61 £ 64,296 4i 2163 1,043,517 5 4653 6,711,712 5i 3880 3,810,124 6 8362 5,194,302 64 609 746,494 f 2394 1,745,173 7 2 384 442.636 8 1974 855,220 9 253 93,608 10 546 179,597 12 12 1,815 15 8 1,556 20 ... ... 7 1,135 Unspecified 1979 885,616

District. Number. Amount. Auckland 4187 £2.071,410 Poverty Bay 457 472,105 Hawke’s Bay 1107 1,069,045 Taranaki 1461 1,116,561 Wellington 4081 3,300,706 Nelson 593 262,351 Marlborough 256 " 198,991 Canterbury 3401 2,787,981 Otago 1996 1,210,239 Southland 1142 771,397 Westland 95 33,120