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Return showing the Number and Amount of Mortgages registered from the 31st March, 1902, to 31st March, 1903, and the different Rates of Interest at which such Money was advanced.

C. A. Hickson, Wellington, Ist October, 1903. Secretary of Stamps. Approximate Cost of Paper. — Preparation, £20 10s.; printing (1.250 copies), £2 9s.

Price, 3d.] By Authority: John Mackay, Governmeut Printer, Wellington.— 1903.

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District. Number Amount ol of Mortgages. Mortgages. Rates of Interest per Cent. 1 2 24 3 H 34 4 44 4J *i 5A 54 Si 54 5} _ Auckland Poverty Bay .. Hawke's Bay .. Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough .. Canterbury Otago Southland Westland £ £ 2,380 914,871 197 295 282,219 900 729 720,333 1,692 1,140,155 75 3,960 2,433,034 i 175 537 162,893 ! .. 191 103,788 ' .. 3,047 1,808,485 ! .. 1,397 570,991 962 517,373 143 38,076 £ £ 500 V. £ ! £ 39 800 45 '.'. 400 | £ 400 i £ £ 600 10,055 '.'. j 10^900 4,987 8,855 1,300 2,550 26 9,978 4,270 350 ; 5,111 50 £ 3^000 £ 105,420 26,450 267,940 159,486 562,535 3,730 11,950 564,770 95,805 83,635 £ 15,550 24,250 4,400 45,300 6,800 19,195 11,710 14,900 490,666 79,376 140,242 177,844 650,472 97,510 26,093 648,104 254,014 217,936 4,317 £ 560 £ 1,600 i £ 335 40,000 20,350 900 2.400 800 480 £ £ £ 400 : 17,272 34,101 21,915 1,950 76,661 750 282,661 400 5,230 300 5,870 85,947 13,077 11,365 15,000 '.'. 500 .. 2,300 " 5,350 888 442 Totals 15,333 8,692,218 1,347 500 2,800 400 976 ! 58,056 142,105 , 2,786,574 560 1,600 65,265 2,350 554,099 16,450 39 7,925 3,000 1,881,721 Kates of Interest per Cent. District. 6 _ \ 6i 61 7 n 8 84 84 81 9 94 10 11 12 iaj 15 16 20 25 Unspecifiecl £ Auckland .. 78,109 Poverty Bay .. 45,024 Hawke's Bay .. 40,353 Taranaki .. 156,83; Wellington .. 201,486 Nelson .. 18,805 Marlborough .. 7,585 Canterbury .. 174,369 Otago .. 49,679 Southland .. 26,221 Westland .. 4,717 Totals .. 803,179 £ £ £ 2,273 1,381 12,067 34,216 500 23,801 1,775 2,475 18,320 4,072 20,485 6,000 500 120,865 6,000 £ £ 19,041 654 5,450 265 10,992 265 64,280 4,630 78,922 5,075 11,331 | 800 5,368 280 42,571 3,537 34,429 2,411 16,999 755 10,165 299,548 '. 18,672 £ £ 19,041 ! 654 5,450 265 10,992 265 64,280 4,630 78,922 ; 5,075 11,331 ! 800 5,368 280 42,571 3,537 34,429 2,411 16,999 755 10,165 8,844 2,159 5,488 68,836 38,881 3,117 3,087 13,492 11,230 22,743 3,855 181,732 8,844 2,159 5,488 68,836 38,881 3,117 3,087 13,492 11,230 22,743 3,855 £ 60 £ 60 60* £ £ 800 1,600 90 £ 1,217 195 145 9,946 1,110 550 400 595 1,549 40 1,670 £ £ £ 4,228 500 800 3,012 .. ,34,748 1,500 8,126 753 8,985 '.'. 4,601 353 237 : £ 100 150 £ 150 22 £ 60 145 459 1,296 21 20 £ "so £ £ 177 .. 200 '.. 696 1,250 1^000 £ 157,074 86,073 141,864 335, 705 501,928 9,533 35,580 207,544 79,755 73,868 10,815 730 700 1,150 4,180 890 17,417 1,500 65,843 j 500 250 172 2,001 80 2,323 1,000 1,639,739