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B. —Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Year ended the 31st March, 1941.

C.—Return showing the Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act during the Year ended 31st March, 1941, and the Amount paid off during the same Period.

Return showing Number and. Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1940, to 31st March, 1941. District. Number. Amount. £ Auckland .. .. .. .. 7,412 4,990,329 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 1,074 967,857 Wellington .. .. 4,365 3,488,466 Hawke'sßay .. .. .. .. ... 1,043 1,078,666 Gisborne .. .. .. . . 436 380,976 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 641 281,850 Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. 207 110,789 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 3,362 2,369,539 Otago .. ... .. .. .. .. 2,865 1,395,988 Southland .. .. .. . - .. 1,310 688,498 Westland .. .. .. . . .. 185 181,126 Totals .. .. ..22,900 15,934,084

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District - General Fees " j ReJSon Fees. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. .. 20,659 14 7 2,697 10 0 Taranaki .. .. .. 2,586 3 0 56 5 0 Wellington .. .. .. 11,164 18 6 117 10 0 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 2,584 16 6 107 10 0 Gisborne .. .. .. 1,116 12 0 11 5 0 Nelson .. .. .. 1,782 18 0 83 15 0 Marlborough ,. .. .. 649 7 6 60 0 0 Canterbury .. .. 9,238 2 0 61 5 0 Otago .. .. .. 6,038 6 0 648 15 0 Southland .. .. 3,036 15 6 47 10 0 Westland .. .. .. 739 10 0 10 0 0 Totals .. .. 59,597 3 7 3,901 5 0 Corresponding period, 1939-40 58,434 6 1 3,883 15 0

Amount secured by Amount of T,. . Mortgage during Mortgage paid the Year ended off during the 31st March, 1941, same Period. £ £ Auckland .. .. .. 5,588,191 4,933,701 Taranaki .. .. .. 753,713 967,307 Wellington .. .. .. 3,643,305 3,488,466 Hawke'sBay .. .. .. 824,563 1,078,666 Gisborne .. .. .. 526,412 379,676 Nelson .. .. .. .. 285,486 281,720 Marlborough .. .. .. 134,817 110,789 Canterbury .. .. .. 2,137,761 2,369,539 Otago .. .. .. .. 1,467,044 1,395,988 Southland .. .. .. 926,138 688,498 Westland .. .. .. 124,903 181,126 Totals .. .. .. 16,412,333 15,875,476