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B. —Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Year ended the 31st March, 1933.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1933.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1932, to 31st March, 1933. _. . . xt i Amount. District. Number. jg Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 3,419 2,233,032 Taranaki.. .. .. .. .. .. 599 401,380 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 2,620 2,308,765 Hawke'sßay .. .. .. .. .. 581 562,282 Gisborne.. .. .. .. .. .. 228 289,922 Nelson 361 184,279 Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. 123 124,308 Canterbury . .. .. .. ..1,517 894,842 Otago .. .. .. .. .. ..1,146 588,398 Southland 600 504,154 Westland .. .. .. .. .. 109 57,993 Totals .. .. .. .. 11,303 £8,149,355

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District - General Fees " Re^SonFees. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. .. .. 10,695 0 1 2,088 15 0 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 1,746 15 1 88 15 0 Wellington .. .. .. .. 6,443 9 0 280 0 0 Hawke'sBay .. .. .. .. 1,987 13 0 323 16 0 Gisborne .. .. ■■ •• 762 16 1 15 0 0 Nelson .. .. .. .. 1,201 15 4 256 5 0 Marlborough .. .. .. .. 414 1 0 80 0 0 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 5,246 5 0 128 15 0 Otago .. .. .. .. 2,994 3 0 642 10 0 Southland .. .. .. .. 1,61116 4 78 15 0 Westland .. .. .. 515 16 0 11 5 0 Totals .. .. .. 33,619 9 11 3,993 16 0 Corresponding period, 1931-32 .. 40,630 1 2 4,522 10 0

Amount remaining Amount secured by Amount of Amount remaining . . . secured by Mortgage during Mortgage paid secured by District. Mortgage on the the Year ended off during the Mortgage on the 31st March, 1932. 31st March, 1933. same Period. ] 31st March, 1933. £ £ £ £ Auckland.. .. 78,579,050 2,529,557 1,976,641 79,131,966 Tamnaki .. .. 21,275,892 486,253 401,380 21,360,765 Wellington .. 73,374,148 2,150,186 2,308,415 73,215,919 Hawke'sBay .. 22,471,733 1,048,971 562,282 22,958,422 Gisborne.. .. 11,545,610 189,826 289,922 11,445,514 Nelson .. 4,202,707 178,081 180,529 4,200,259 Marlborough .. 4,434,864 102,873 124,308 4,413,339 Canterbury .. 53,167,597 1,143,096 894,842 53,415,851 Otago .. 18,165,898 541,952 499,128 18,208,722 Southland .. 13,927,488 476,871 504,154 13,900,205 Westland .. 1,418,519 92,259 57,993 1,452,785 Totals .. 302,563,506 8,939,925 7,799,594 303,703,747