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Return showing the Number and Amount of Mortgages registered from the 1st April, 1903, to the 31st March, 1904, and the different Rates of Interest at which the Money was advanced.

Approximate Coat of Paper. — Preparation, not givei:; printing (1,425 copies), £2 10s.

Price 3d.] By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1905.

• .. . Rates of Interest per Cent. District. Number ot Mortgages. Amount ol Mortgages. 1 4 H 4 8 3S *t H H 41 5J Auokland .. Poverty Bay Hawke's Bay Taranaki .. Wellington Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland.. Westland .. £ 2,852 1,148,389 293 : 260,309 891 892,649 1,498 956,883 4,438 2,882,330 525 189,728 159 105,055 3,335 j 2,243,350 1,634 ' 708,320 959 429,550 126 41,961 £ 250 £ 350 1,205 312 100 £ £ £ £ 70 850 .. 3,050 2,000 9,500 220 1,740 ■200 ; 150 .. 2,360 800 .. 3,330 100 .. 250 £ 29,343 3 1800 1,710 3,200 1,525 1,150 16,491 2,275 2,410 ' £ £ 700 104,486 85,100 214,225 119,765 652,317 9,550 46,984 863,937 105,686 1,500 67,269 £ 6,500 £ 22,479 21^050 3.3,950 2,300 £ £ 613,955 64,005 183,667 164,410 761,828 109,852 16,686 764,019 315,346 220,826 2,900 £ 8,000 4,350 1,350 3,550 12,982 £ 31,850 7,394 66,592 105,126 320,475 9,070 4,207 103,092 18,975 12,580 £ 8( 32,945 13,000 4,043 800 210 6,030 975 3,315 .. - Totals 16,710 9,858,524 j 250 250 1,967 1,967 440 5,690 2,360 16,130 61,904 61,904 2,200 2,269,319 6,500 129,767 800 3,217,494 40,762 679,361 BO Rates of Interest per Cent. District. H n 8 84 8g 9 «J 10 11 12 : 12J 11 15 16 10| : 20 Unspecified, Auckland .. Poverty Bay Hawke's Bay Taranaki .. Wellington Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland.. Westland .. £ 78,375 21,712 54,100 132,904 349,777 27,674 6,408 189,191 63,929 28,505 5,270 £ £ 2,875 1,375 19,338 29,259 22,149 700 4,300 32,368 2,616 5,790 £ 23,183 7,452 11,125 61,442 69,397 7,926 4,060 41,104 30,696 9,669 11,250 £ 2,700 1,250 5,601 3,123 1,137 20 888 1,275 135 500 £ 11,642 1,302 6,044 39,579 52,211 7,853 2,635 10,011 12,516 23,650 S,036 £ £ £ 60 250 990 87 80 1,688 .. 3,369 10,700 .. 3,711 25 .. 750 200 85 .. 2,866 2,550 .. 50 240 .. 28 1,000 .. 150 £ £ 200 , 4,528 400 2,090 11,547 15,073 782 £ £ 100 60 150 650 £ £ 465 .. .. £ 500 •■ 50 £ 30 £ 165 207,343 67,132 298,638 267,273 565,113 9,704 18,195 160,006 129,466 48,022 8,705 • • ! 700 5 '.'. 3459 30 .. .. •• ! 80 80 11,952 .. j 4,523 95 ! 1,023 .. | 1,500 150 1,400 .. .. 435 .. 3^210 •• i 45 600 500 •• Totals 120,770 ! 277,304 16,348 ! 250 ! 12,281 375 53,418 | 250 2,260 905 600 7,399 50 30 210 1,779,597 957,845 780 16,629 175,479