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A.—STATEMENT of Business Transacted under the Land Transfer Acts during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1881.

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APPLICATIONS. TRANSFERS. MORTGAGES. Aeea. Aeea. Area. DISTRICTS. No. Value. No. No. Amount Secured. Town and Suburban. Country. Town and Suburban. Country. Money. Town and Suburban. Country. • j Auckland ... 139 A. B. P. 76 1 9 A. E. P. 23,452 2 19 £ s. d. 100,147 0 0 548 A. B. P. 189 2 36 A. B. P. 154,838 1 34 £ b. d. 130,323 4 3 I 410 A. B. p. 137 2 25 A. E. V. 184,364 0 16 £ s. d. 565,438 3 10 Otago 197 42 2 10 ] 8,020 0 8 275,450 0 0 1,538 747 0 29 52,332 0 17 369,693 15 0 ''■ 1 1,169 608 1 18 150,857 3 27 1,987,310 0 0 Canterbury ... 251 38 3 24 11,759 2 1-50 213,740 0 0 2,803 902 1 38-25 186,706 0 16 926,186 3 4 i i 2,251 564 3 7 383,109 0 8 1,606,770 11 5 Wellington ... | 101 79 1 4-17 11,310 1 33 129,188 1 0 845 i 868 1 11-50 53,313 2 5 198,109 13 8 042 643 2 32 81,662 0 35 453,010 14 8 Nelson 36 11 0 24 752 1 26 19,448 0 0 153 41 0 4 4,235 1 39 21,131 15 4 113 32 3 2 6,108 3 28 49,747 11 11 Southland ... 325 61 1 28 127,043 3 34 568,780 3 0 571 382 0 12 164,727 1 35 548,391 17 7 633 656 2 16 189,637 0 37 1,778,851 2 2 Havrke's Bay 29 330 1 5-50 25,375 0 34-10 103,985 0 0 234 | 568 2 11-99 9,280 0 0 45,662 18 4 260 312 1 8-99 53,959 1 7 158,886 19 8 Westland .. 13 1 2 1 20-25 60 0 0 1,690 0 0 95 46 1 27-80 544 2 33 6,668 18 0 j 36 20 I 13-10 4,237 1 22 22,819 1 5 Taranaki 21 9 2 17 1,608 3 16 12,543 15 0 224! 242 2 18 6,610 1 14 32,887 11 4 j 169 83 2 2 10,791 3 23 52,909 16 6 Marlborough 7 257 1 12-30 8,874 0 0 86 855 0 34-50 5,928 3 9 30,745 4 3 52 701 1 32-90 2,636 1 31 52,154 8 5 6,727,898 10 0 I 7,097 I I 4,843 2 23-04 638,517 0 2 5,735 Totals ... I 1,119! 909 0 34-12 219,383 0 11-60 1,433,845 19 0 2,309,801 1 1 3,761 1 36-99 1,067,364 1 34 Financial ~\ year 1879-80 V nine months j I . i i I I 657 258 3 14-70 I 84,199 3 7-50 713,867 14 2 4,702 I I 3,538 0 34-83 491,866 1 34-25 1,430,713 0 4 3,839 3,784 2 34-69 978,762 3 19-25 2,907,317 19 3 CROWN GRANTS. DISTRICTS. Area. Certificates Issued. Caveats. Registration Abstracts. Powers of Searches. General Searches. Caveats against Dealing. Plans Deposited. Trust Deeds, &c., Deposited. Leases Registered. Encumbrances Registered. Number. Value. Attorney. Town and Suburban. Country. Auckland 392 A. B. P. 209 2 24 A. B. P. 66,088 2 19 459 8 2 37 556 20 53 13 2 39 Otago 408 206 0 15 47,967 3 20 1,372 4 64 1,123 33 81 44 12 106 1 Canterbury ... 1,209 21 3 37 193,218 2 16 2,381 3 140 3,758 316 117 96 3 106 2 Wellington Nelson 388 172 489 1 10 87 0 2 75,353 2 2 11,573 £0 23 p 704 139 4 4 1 32 11 853 83 33 6 54 2 17 3 1 1 59 4 1 Southland 555 1,144 3 19 86,873 0 18 532 33 26 658 100 38 21 11 35 Hawke's Bay ... 101 51 0 36 33,690 0 20 194 4 11 295 18 19 18 8 29 Westland 78 36 0 26-40 2,476 2 18 56 1 32 4 2 Taranaki 92 30 1 29 7,562 3 34 171 6 71 16 3 9 55 llarlborough ... 46 432 2 15 824 2 3 81 2 52 1 3 8 2 Totals ... 3,441 2,709 1 13-40 525,629 0 13 6,089 62 3 323 7,481 547 370 229 44 437 4 Financial vear "^ 1879-80, nine f months J 2,985 1,224 3 35-50 475,848 3 12-50 4,255 14 174 4,623 436 283 205 34 320 6