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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Year ended the 31st March, 1929.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1929.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1928, to Slst March, 1929. „ , Amount. District. Number. £ Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 8,405 6,622,733 Taranaki .. .. .. .. .. 1,533 1,515,994 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 6,890 6,449,830 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. .. 1,466 1,947,465 Poverty Bay .. .. .. .. .. 691 1,267,363 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 774 385,755 Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. 336 589,485 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. 4,453 3,582,139 Otago .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,999 1,867,448 Southland .. .. .. .. .. 1,501 965,109 Westland 154 76,292 Totals .. .. .. .. 29,202 £25,269,613

District. General Fees. Assurance Fees. Compulsory Registration Fees. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. .. .. 20,285 7 1 5 6 6 716 5 0 Taranaki .. .. .. . . 3,561 11 0 0 1 10 463 15 0 Wellington .. .. .. .. 17,543 16 0 0 17 0 1,241 5 0 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 3,624 14 6 .. 1,483 15 0 Poverty Bay .. .. .. 1,601 5 11 .. 40 0 0 Nelson .. .. .. .. 1,632 17 7 .. 402 10 0 Marlborough .. .. . . .. 741 0 0 .. 342 10 0 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 13,743 5 0 .. 1,161 5 0 Otago .. .. .. .. 6,082 0 6 .. 373 15 0 Southland .. .. .. .. 3,082 19 8 .. 440 0 0 Westland .. .. .. .. 802 1 0 .. 55 0 0 Totals .. .. .. 72,700 18 3 6 5 4 6,720 0 0 Corresponding period, 1927-28 .. 71,493 0 0 23 13 11 6,580 0 0

! I | Amount remaining [ Amount secured by Amount of Amount remaining , . . j secured by j Mortgage during Mortgage paid secured by District. | Mortgage on the I the Year ended ofi during the Mortgage on the < 31st March, 1928. j 31st March, 1929. same Period. 31st March, 1929. I ! £ £ £ £ Auckland .. 69,224,218 7,752,397 5,313,778 71,662,837 Taranaki.. .. 20,117,714 1,783,397 1,409,702 20,491,409 Wellington .. 64,473,733 8,727,101 6,090,957 67,109,877 Hawke's Bay .. 20,791,664 1,947,840 1,873,617 20,865,887 Poverty Bay .. 11,521,334 1,052,985 1,267,363 11,306,956 Nelson .. .. 3,702,439 385,466 337,520 3,750,385 Marlborough .. 4,348,618 424,552 500,180 4,272,990 Canterbury .. 47,276,641 4,861,158 3,553,824 48,583,975 Otago .. .. 16,045,020 2,129,964 1,438,428 16,736,556 Southland .. 12,867,771 1,212,874 955,682 13,124,963 Westland.. .. 1,023,008 180,881 76,292 1,127,597 Totals .. 271,392,160 30,458,615 22,817,343 279,033,432