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Table A. —Return of Native Land Court Business for the Year ended 31st March, 1941.
Table B. —Return of Alienations confirmed for the Year ended 31st March, 1941.
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-- T ° talS ' W aikat0 ; T f t a " Aotea. I Ikaroaj T S °nth 1939-40.(1940-41. Mamapoto nk,. whlti. | j Wand. Native Land Court. Number of sittings .. 121 104 8 10 24 20 15 16 11 Number of cases notified .. 26,555 15,467 1,904 1,422 1,800 3,945 2,666 3,207 523 Number of orders made .. 12,006 9,964 640 670 1,128 5,135 1,087 1,100 204 Number of cases dismissed .. 1,829 1,554 129 86 981 158 74 164 62 Number of cases adjourned 17,197 7,601 1,255 886 420 1,211 1,485 2,007 364 sine die Number of partitions made 378 229 23 29 36 98 24 15 4 Area affected (acres) .. 46,833 26,858 2,684 7,997 4,393 7,123 1,967 2,236 458 Number of investigations of 2 10 .. .. .. 9 1 title Area affected (acres) .. 89 386 .. .. .. 83 303 Number of succession orders 5,956 4,433 361 387 730 1,663 603 552 137 Number of other orders made 5,672 5,292 256 254 362 3,365 459 533 63 Native Appellate Court. "— * • Number of sittings .. 7 3 1 1 1 Number of cases notified .. 13 6 4 1 1 Native Land Court decisions 1 varied Native Land Court decisions .. .. .. .. affirmed Native Land Court decisions .. 1 .. • ■ . • • • 1 .. referred back to Native Land Court Native Land Court decisions annulled Appeals dismissed or with- 5 2 1 1 drawn Appeals adjourned sine die .. 4 Applications under section .. 1 1 257/31 ordered Applications under section .. 1 1 257/31 dismissed Applications under section 3 1 1 257/31 adjourned sine die , A £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Court and Board fees collected 4,831 4,742 221 575 794 1,350 923 670 209
Leases.* Sales. Mortgages. Court District. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. Acres. Acres. Acres. Tokerau .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 1,568 ! 1 244 Waikato-Maniapoto .. .. .. .. .. 31 2,339 28 1,115 Waiariki .. .. .. .. .. ..32 6,523 12 248 2 11 Tairawhiti .. .. .. .. .. .. 67 6,376 21 3,360 Aotea .. .. .. .. .. .. 97 7,318 14 967 Ikaroa .. .. .. .. .. .. 79 4,547 14 242 South Island .. .. .. .. .. ..21 3,184 9 558 1 1,429 Totals .. .. .. .. ..332 31,855 109 6,734 3 1,440 I * Includes grants of timber-cutting rights, but not Renewals or Transfers of Leases.