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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Teansfee Act foe the Year ended the 31st March, 1928.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1928.

Return shoiuing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1927, to 31st March, 1928. „ , Amount. District. Number. £ Auckland .. ... ... ... ... 8,433 6,912,765 Taranaki .... ... ... ... ... 1,304 1,403,416 Wellington ... ... ... ... 6,583 6,099,210 Hawke'sßay ... ... ... ... 1,178 1,625,290 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... ... 582 1,034,150 Nelson " ... ... ... ... ... 765 574,960 Marlborough... ... ... ... ... 271 358,286 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... 4,113 3,373,395 Otago ... ... ... ... ... 2,895 1,662,892 Southland ... ... ... ... ... 1,305 873,878 Westland ... ... ... ... ... 156 80,598 Totals ... ... ... 27,585 £23,998,840

District. General Fees. Assurance Fees. „ Registration Fees. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland ... ... ... ... 21,102 6 5 23 5 11 618 15 0 Taranaki ... ... ... ... 3,145 12 1 ... 377 10 0 Wellington... ... ... ... 17,294 13 5 0 8 0 1,191 5 0 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 3,132 8 3 ... 1,041 5 0 Poverty Bay ... ... ... 1,597 2 2 ... 93 15 0 Nelson ... ... ... ... 1,488 1 6 ... 465 0 0 Marlborough ... ... ... 699 0 0 ... 303 15 0 Canterbury ... ... ... ... 13,109 2 6 ... 1,630 0 0 Otago ' ... ... ... ... 6,166 16 6 ... 301 5 0 Southland ... ... ... ... 3,079 18 8 ... 478 15 0 Westland ... ... ... ... 677 18 6 ... 78 15 0 Totals ... ... ... 71,493 0 0 23 13 11 6,580 0 0 Corresponding period, 1926-27... 77,983 11 7 31 9 3 6,843 15 0

Amount remaining Amount secured by Amount of Amount remaining ■ yy , • , secured by Mortgage during Mortgage paid secured by Mortgage on the the Year ended off during the Mortgage on the 31st March, 1927. 31st March, 1928. same Period. 31st March, 1928. =£ £ i6 £ Auckland ... 66,628,381 7,939,549 5,343,712 69,224,218 Taranaki ... 19,952,281 1,494,296 - 1,328,863 20,117,714 Wellington ... 61,601,828 8,626,655 5,754,750 64,473,733 Hawke'sBay ... 20,548,333 1,646,847 1,403,516 20,791,664 Poverty Bav ... 11,592,053 959,531 1,030,250 11,521,-334 Nelson ..." ... 3,846,970 326,308 470,839 3,702,439 Marlborough ... 4,336,528 317,261 305,171 4,343,618 Canterbury ... 45,714,741 4,874,264 3,312,364 47,276,641 Otago ... ... 15,285,605 2,016,384 1,256,969 16,045,020 Southland ... 12,624,928 1,079,278 836,435 12,867,771 Westlaud ... 976,032 126,574 79,598 1,023,008 Totals ... 263,107,680 29,406,947 20,122,467 271,392,160