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B. —Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Year ended the 31st March, 1930.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1930.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1929, to 31st March, 1930. Amount. District. \ Number. £ Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 9,648 7,004,545 Taranaki .. .. .. .. .. 1,873 1,910,270 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 7,892 7,810,767 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. .. 1,738 2,050,999 Gisborne.. .. .. .. .. .. 664 884,224 Nelson .. 789 383,567 Marlborough .. .. .. 399 499,370 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. 4,929 4,110,806 Otago .. .. 3,272 2,355,918 Southland .. .. .. .. 1,697 1,286,174 Westland .. .. .. .. .. 199 90,490 Totals .. .. .. ..33,100 £28,387,130

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District. General Pees. Assurance Fees. _ 9 om P u ' i ' 0^ Registration Pees. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. .. .. 21,774 19 4 .. 1,165 0 0 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 3,857 10 10 .. 576 5 0 Wellington .. .. .. .. 19,385 7 6 .. 1,186 5 0 Hawke's Bay .. . . .. 4,460 13 3 .. 1,066 5 0 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 1,712 14 2 .. 30 0 0 Nelson .. .. .. .. 1,774 1 0 .. 456 5 0 Marlborough .. . . . . . . 852 0 0 .. 406 5 0 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 14,11113 6 .. I 482 10 0 Otago .. .. .. .. 6,559 3 0 .. 591 5 0 Southland .. .. .. .. 3,616 18 0 .. 368 10 0 Westland .. .. .. .. 771 13 0 .. 30 0 0 Totals .. .. .. 78,876 13 7 Nil. 6,358 10 0 Corresponding period, 1928-29 .. 72,700 18 3 6 5 4 6,720 0 0

: Amount remaining Amount secured by Amount of Amount remaining , secured by Mortgage during Mortgage paid secured by JJistrict. Mortgage on the the Year ended ofl during the Mortgage on the 31st March, 1929. 31st March, 1930. same Period. 31st Maroh, 1930. £ £ £ £ Auckland .. 71,662,837 8,562,692 5,496,300 74,729,229 Taranaki.. .. 20,491,409 2,248,477 1,814,400 20,925,486 Wellington .. 67,109,877 11,171,154 7,601,843 70,679,188 Hawke's Bay .. 20,865,887 2,372,525 2,045,110 21,193,302 Gisborne.. .. 11,306,956 933,980 882,524 11,358,412 Nelson .. .. 3,750,385 564,278 334,147 3,980,516 Marlborough .. 4,272,990 459,972 449,100 4,283,862 Canterbury .. 48,583,975 6,161,236 4,109,506 50,635,705 Otago .. .. 16,736,556 2,316,317 1,754,448 17,298,425 Southland .. 13,124,963 1,597,678 1,286,174 13,436,467 Westland.. .. 1,127,597 229,398 90,490 1,266,505 Totals .. 279,033,432 36,617,707 25,864,042 289,787,097