BANKRUPTCY STATISTICS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 12 January 1927, Page 7

BANKRUPTCY STATISTICS.

THE ISLANDS COMPARED. STABILITY OE THE SOUTH. WELLINGTON, January 10. There were 58 bankruptcies registered in New Zealand in November, 1926, as compared with 40 in November of the previous year, an increase ot nearly 50 per cent. Of the 5K insolvencies recorded in November last, 25 were registered _in the Auckland district, 20 in the II clfington district, while in the South Island there were on'y 13 bankruptcies, of which nine were registered in the Christchurch district. The figures for each of the 11 months, together with those for the corresponding months or tlie previous year, are appended : _

'There was an increase of 84 in the number of bankruptcies, equal to about 15 per cent., and Hie business mortality was heaviest in the second half ot last, year. Taking the districts the figures

ceinpnre as under: —

All the districts except Dunedin show increases, the growth in 'Wellington being exceptionally- heavy.

1926. 1925. January 30 31 Kobruarv 59 49 March - 67 56 April 58 45 May 55 40 June 40 63 July 88 73 August 65 41 September 72 53 October 61 73 November 58 40 Totals 648 564

Auckland r.)26. ... 274 1925 273 ‘Welli'npton .. ... ... 218 142 Christchurch ... 107 96 Dunedin ... ... 49 53