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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Year ended the 31st March, 1927.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1927.

Bettirn showing. Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1926, to 31st March, 1927. District. Number. Amount. Auckland .. ... ... ... ... 10,846 8,715,134 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... 2,034 2,246,849 Wellington ... ... ... ... 7,453 7,689,276 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 1,425 1,799,411 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... ... 621 1,012,368 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 847 504,007 Marlborough ... ... ... ... ... 305 450,221 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... 4,371 3,805,754 Otago ... ... ... ... ... 2,862 1,722,226 Southland ... ... ... ... ... 1,601 1,187,256 Westland ... ... ... ... ... 152 100,827 Totals ... ... ... 32,517 £29,233,329

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District. i General Pees. Assurance Fees. i Compulsory Registration Fees. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland ... ... ... ... 24,642 13 4 18 2 11 631 5 0 Taranaki ... ... ... ... 3,701 18 0 3 16 0 246 5 0 Wellington... ... ... ... 17,951 6 0 9 10 0 1,547 10 0 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 3,511 8 0 ... 793 15 0 Poverty Bay ... ... ... 1,782 0 3 ... 298 15 0 Nelson ... ... ... ... 1,486 17 0 ... 472 10 0 Marlborough ... ... ... 754 4 0 ... 198 15 0 Canterbury... ... ... ... 13,693 14 0 ... 1,978 15 0 Otago ... ... ... ... 6,158 3 0 ... 143 15 0 -Southland ... ... ... ... 3,489 13 0 ... 411 5 0 Westland ... ... ... ... 811 15 0 0 0 4 121 5 0 Totals ... ... ... 77,983 11 7 31 9 3 6,843 15 0 Corresponding period, 1925-26... 82,295 19 7 734 12 0 3,145 15 0

I '1 Amount remaining Amount secured by „t ik„,( Amount remaining tv • . secured by Mort- Mortgage during •, „ ■" secured by MortDlstrl0t ' gage on the ! the fear ended" on the 31st March, 1926. 31st March, 1927. saule ren0Q - 31 s t March, 1927. | j jg Jg Jg Auckland ... 63,016,620 10,397,506 6,785,745 66,628,381 Taranaki ... 19,806,422 2,182,244 2,036,385 19,952,281 Wellington ... 59,382,662 9,300,358 7,081,192 61,601,828 Hawke'sBay ... 20,418,060 1,600,470 1,470,197 20,548,333 Poverty Bay ... 11,439,023 1,145,590 992,560 11,592,053 Nelson ... ... 3,864,709 362,178 379,917 3,846,970 Marlborough ... 4,210,286 512,475 386,233 4,336,528 ■Canterbury ... 43,859,259 5,497,755 3,642,272 45,714,741 Otago ... ... 14,419,937 2,148,111 1,282,443 15,285,605 Southland ... 12,309,047 1,438,213 1,122,332 12,624,928 Westland ... 895,356 180,703 100,027 976,032 Totals ... 253,621,381 34,765,603 25,279,303 263,107,680