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A.—Statement of Business transacted under the Land Transfer Act during the Year ended 31st March, 1939.

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Applications. C^Cro™^ants. U ° f * Transfers. Mortgages. Town and Suburban. Country. Area. Town and Suburban. Country. Town and Suburban. Country. District. — 7 — 7 ; 7 3 7 7 S Area - VaIue - I Area. jValue. | ||| Country. J | Area. f Area - sidStion. % Area ' | f Area " se™SSd. 3 3 3 H 3 P 3 3 jz ) Is g j a >3 | fc Acres. £ Acres. £ I Acres Acres. Acres. £ Acres. £ Acres. £ Acres. £ I fFreehold .. 8,190 3,468 4,319,656 1,939 307,484 3,070,911 Auckland .. ..1 3 325 2 1,332 5,500 [323 132 29,004 .. 252 95 186,599 134 20,917 80,012 L Miscellaneous 1,106 .. .. 500 .. .. 5,339 2,080 3,396,951 2,694 525,364 2,897,422 [Freehold .. 701 229 415,159 322 40,991 578,041 Taranaki .. 20 6 2,635 .. 55 17 36,209 47 11,423 38,866 [_ Miscellaneous 137 .. I. 153 .. .. 489 158 294,068 546 104,806 739,778 f Freehold .. 4,398 995 3,284,192 772 107,161 1,596,131 Wellington .. ..13 2 1,045 3 5 650 100 17 6,130 Leasehold .. 61 14 89,347 30 8,974 28,313 Miscellaneous 855 .. ;. 220 .. .. 3,624 777 3,135,308 972 221,988 1,570,066 \ Freehold .. 818 383 471,354 132 34,384 376,943 Hawke'sBay j .. .. 41 12 6,135 .. 47 10 36,076 22 9,032 31,654 L Miscellaneous 221 .. .. 99 .. .. 728 329 406,776 300 128,655 595,188 f Freehold .. 369 221 175,126 88 19,230 157,194 Gisborne .. .. ..] .. 1 .. j .. .. I .. 20 11 1,527 .. 8 2 2,540 30 14,772 43,671 (_ Miscellaneous 49 .. .. 42 .. .. 243 149 133,387 132 92,863 236,854 f Freehold .. 464 111 287,893 187 18,944 156,551 Kelson .. ..1 .. 200 2 27 112 11 1 1,939 .. 50 11 23,521 29 5,527 8,122 t Miscellaneous 85 .. .. 100 .. .. 458 108 260,478 247 49,451 157,966 ('Freehold .. 222 145 99,286 65 29,421 94,446 Marlborough .. 7 1 259 .. 6 2 3,340 13 5,368 9,124 L Miscellaneous 44 .. 26 .. .. 150 114 91,558 106 101,484 169,230 f Freehold .. 3,589 811 2,273,830 674 94,990 1,281,667 Canterbury .. ..1 .. 5 .. 23 6 677 < Leasehold .. 18 5 5,490 59 28,048 37,521 L Miscellaneous 670 .. .. 306 .. .. 2,892 663 1,833,885 894 407,363 1,151,811 f Freehold .. 2,690 547 1,908,102 476 65,430 828,280 Otago .. ..4 .. 410 45 2 4,854 .. 62 507 63,084 74 27,490 58,532 L Miscellaneous 258 .. .. 129 .. .. 2,659 497 1,422,267 577 180,002 518,868 f Freehold .. 1,125' 552 629,913 338 80,369 616,819 Southland .. .. 27 4 2,883 .. 20 11 11,662 44 16,703 30,457 l_ Miscellaneous 206 .. .. 76 .. .. 1,006 487 586,965 436 148,915 429,073 f Freehold .. 173 52 76,453 61 6,152 55,456 Westland .. i . .j .. 42 4 2,150 .. 84 15 69,441 27 5,361 12,262 Miscellaneous 46 .. 20 .. .. 269 56 190,955 86 17,068 115,993 fFreehold .. 22,739 7,514 13,940,964 5,054 804,556 8,812,439 Totals, 1938-39 ..10 5 1,985 7 1,364 6,262 659 196 58,193 .. 663 689 527,309 509 153,615 378,534 17,857 5,418 11,752,598 6,9901,977,959 8,582,249 L Miscellaneous 3,677 .. .. 1,671 fFreehold .. 20,021 7,283 13,061,365 5,122 849,396 9,104,270 Totals, 1937-38 ..21 13 1,261 4 411 2,462 705 182 75,326 < Leasehold .. 618 529 729,081 513 159,111 435,050 16,903 6,244 10,624,943 6,8611,889 568 8 547 846 | 1 Miscellaneous 3,471 .. .. 1,611 1 1 1 1 * Miscellaneous transfers comprise all transfers winch are not transfers of land on actual sale —i.e., transfers of land from trustees to beneficiaries or to new trustees, transfers of mortgages, easements, &c.