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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Year ended the 31st March, 1931.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1931.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1930, to 31st March, 1931. tn, .• i >T , Amount. District. Number. e Auckland .. .. ... .. .. 6,776 4,892,687 Taranaki .. .. .. .. .. 1,404 1,293,003 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 6,841 6,194,419 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. .. 1,080 1,153,408 Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. 443 561,279 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 621 338,033 Marlborough .. .. .. 261 354,029 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. 3,733 2,870,126 Otago .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,432 1,345,011 Southland .. .. .. .. .. 1,300 876,748 Westland .. .. ... .. .. 155 70,146 Totals .... .. .. .. 25,046 £19,948,889

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. . District. General Fees. Assurance Pees. ! D 9° m P? lso^ I Registration Pees. , . . _ l ■ ;■ ' : ' ' ■'■ • ■■".....■■ . .. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. .. .. 16,857 9 4 .. 1,743 15 0 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 3,138 13 0 .. 477 10 0 Wellington .. .. .. .. 16,159 11 0 .'. 1,320 0 0 Hawke'sBay .. .. .. 2,910 7 0 .. 316 5 0 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 1,330 10 3 15 0 0 Nelson .. .. .. .. 1,745 18 0 .. 373 15 0 Marlborough .".■•■ . . .. .. 759 0 0 .. 243 15 0 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 11,305 17 0 .. 323 15 0 Otago .. .. .. .. 5,583 15 0 .. 697 10 0 Southland .. .. .. .. 2,978 4 6 .. 180 0 0 Westland .. .. .. .. 715 4 0 .. 63 15 0 Totals .. .. .. 63,484 9 1 .. 5,755 0 0 Corresponding period, 1929-30 .. i 78,876 13 7 .. 6,358 10 0

IAmount remaining Amount secured by Amount of Amount remaining ■p. , . , secured by Mortgage during Mortgage paid secured by Mortgage on the trie Year ended off during the Mortgage on the 31st March, 1930. 31st March, 1931. same Period. 31st March, 1931. £ £ £ £ Auckland .. 74,729,229 6,888,655 3,968,700 77,649,184 Taranaki .. 20,925,486 1,523,746 1,291,003 21,158,229 Wellington .. 70,679,188 8,420,161 6,168,328 72,931,021 Hawke'sBay .. 21,193,302 1,975,284 1,153,408 22,015,178 Gisborne .. .. 11,358,412 626,897 561,279 11,424,030 Nelson .. .. 3,980,516 437,212 291,203 4,126,525 Marlborough .. 4,283,862 478,377 . 354,029 4,408,210 Canterbury .. 50,635,705 4,867,034 2,869,526 52,633,213 Otago .. .. 17,298,425 1,779,917 1,155,426 17,922,916 Southland .. 13,436,467 1,279,365 876,748 13,839,084 Westland .. 1,266,505 189,558 70,146 1,385,917 Totals' .. J 289,787,097 28,466,206 18,759,796 299,493,507 I