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Table No. 3. STATEMENT OF MORTGAGES.

Table No. 4. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF RESULTS OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENT.

Assessment, 1885. Assessment, 1888. Mortgages (Foreign Capital) ... ... ... ... ... £16,832,507 £16,205,356 Mortgages (Colonial Capital)... ... ... ... ... 14,988,602 14,296,875 Totals ... ... ... ... £31,821,109 £30,502,231 £31,821,109 £30,502,231 INDEBTEDNESS OF PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND, EXCLUSIVE OF MOETGAGES. 1885. 1888. Debts deducted by Taxpayers ... ... ... ... £17,540,282 £13,227,253 Debts deducted by Non-taxable Persons ... ... ... 2,825,311 3,434,213 Totals ... ... ... ... £20,365,593 £16,661,466

Taxpayers. Number of Taxpayers, 1886-87 Number of Taxpayers, 1889-90 27,826 26,327 Taxable Property. Taxable Eeal Property, 1886-87, assessed in 1885 Taxable Personal Property, 1886-87, assessed in 1885 £47,277,142 43,505,538 £90,782,680 Taxable Eeal Property, 1889-90, assessed in 1888 Taxable Personal Property, 1889-90, assessed in 1888 £45,810,873 38,996,928 £84,807,801 Total Eeal Property, 1886 ... £116,376,659 Total Eeal Property, 1889 ... 111,137,714 Tax. Tax at Id. in the pound on £88,770,480, 1887-88 „ Fire Insurance Companies, £1 10s. per cent, on £44.6,607 Premiums £369,877 6,699 £376,576 Tax at Id. in the pound on £83,403,694, 1889-90 „ Fire Insurance Companies, £1 10s. per cent, on £443,441 Premiums £347,515 6,652 £354,167 Tax payable 1887-88 and 1889-90,— By Persons Companies Banks Insurance Companies 1887-88. £268,310 76,739 15,282 16,245 1889-90. £248,309 73,213 14,244 18,401 Totals £376,576 £354,167 Actual Receipts. Actual Eeceipts during 1889-90, including Arrears of 1888-89 ... £355,527