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B.—FEES received under the LAND TRANSFER ACTS, for the YEAR ending the 30th JUNE, 1875.

C.—RETURN showing Total Amount in Money remaining secured by MORTGAGE under the LAND TRANSFER ACT, on the 30th JUNE, 1875.

D. —TABLE showing the Work done and Fees received in the Offices for Registration of Title in the Australian Colonies, Tasmania, and New Zealand, and the Cost of Maintenance of those Offices in the several Colonies. (The particulars for the Australian Colonies and Tasmania are from Official Returns for the Year 1873; the particulars for New Zealand are for the Financial Year ending 30th June, 1875.)

By Authority : Geobge Didseuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB7s. Price 3d.]

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District. General Fees. Land Assurance. Totals. mckland )tago ... Janterbury Wellington felson ... louthland lawke's Bay Vestland 'aranaki larlborough £ b. d. 921 8 2 2,789 0 0 4,057 2 8 1,214 14 0 820 3 0 746 11 5 508 8 0 310 12 4 95 9 2 264 3 0 £ s. d. 103 6 6 638 19 6 789 0 3 225 13 0 150 12 3 92 9 6 89 17 5 16 10 4 15 13 10 30 3 9 £ 8. d. 1,024 14 8 3,427 19 6 4,846 2 11 1,440 7 0 970 15 3 839 0 11 598 5 5 327 2 8 111 3 0 294 6 9 Total £11,727 11 9 £2,152 6 4 £13,879 18 1

DlSTBICT. Total Amount secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act, during the year ended the 30th June, 1875. Amount of Mortgage paid off during the same period. Total Amount remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land TransAct, on the 30th June, 1875. • Luckland Hago Canterbury Wellington f elson iouthland lawke's Bay ... Westland 'aranaki larlborough ... £ s. d. 119,968 17 11 301,576 15 0 635,877 6 1 94,570 7 2 54,033 1 10 177,003 5 11 133,569 7 3 5,864 18 8 19,585 10 0 23,805 5 0 £ s. d. 39,146 5 5 64,575 0 0 42,196 6 9 38,179 5 4 15,289 2 4 42,692 9 3 48,246 18 10 1,076 17 0 1,058 1 0 2,598 0 0 £ s. d. 192,018 3 7 611,274 8 5 1,219,871 14 9 174,779 3 0 78,697 6 9 334,305 13 9 165,587 8 5 9,398 0 8 31,320 19 0 30,473 14 0 Total... £1,565,854 14 10 £295,058 5 11 £2,847,726 12 4

Colony. Population of Colony, 31 Dec. 1873. No. of Applications to bring land under the Act. No. of Transfers. No. of MortReceipts (exclusive of Assurance Fund). Cost of Maintenance. Profit. Loss. gages. Victoria ... Slew South Wales ... louth Australia Queensland Tasmania few Zealand 790,492 560,275 198,075 146,690 104,217 t320,000 1,149 258 738 213 118 1,763 7,758 1,283 3,014 2,397 137 3,488 2,204 434 1,667 363 117 2,012 £ s. d. 18,380 2 10 3,240 6 8 7,253 19 0 3,367 1 1 678 10 6 11,727 11 9 £ s. d. 14,216 13 4 5,000 0 0 *5,930 0 0 3,432 13 0 1,300 3 11 8,900 0 0 £ s. d.J 4,163 9 6 £ 8. d. 1,759 13 4 1,323 19 0; 65 11 11 621 13 5 2,827 11 9

* This sum includes the cost of a Kegister of Deeds, from which no revenue is received. •f* The population of New Zealand is estimated approximately on the basis of the Census of 1874, and is exclusive ol [aoris.