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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Acts for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1889.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money remaining secured by Mortgages under the Land Transfer Acts on the 31st March, 1889.

D —Return showing Work in Arrear in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1889.

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District. General Pees. Land Assurance. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Nelson Marlborougb. ... Canterbury ... Otago Southland Westland £ s. 2,025 10 672 13 2,913 0 1,611 1 637 0 179 3 4,564 6 2,069 3 1,001 2 195 14 d. 0 7 1 0 0 5 6 6 8 0 £ s. d. 482 13 5 63 0 9 383 13 5 370 19 5 64 2 7 19 17 5 711 12 2 146 0 0 68 7 9 10 8 3 £ s. d. 2,508 3 5 735 14 4 3,296 13 6 1,982 0 5 701 2 7 199 0 10 5,275 18 8 2,215 3 *6 1,069 10 5 206 2 3 Totals 15,868 14 9* 2,320 15 2 18,189 9 11 Corresponding period 1887-88 ... 16,670 19 81 2,053 5 6 18,724 5 .2 Crown-grant district-agency fees included: * £416 13s. 8d.; t £1,047 12s. lid.

District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1888. Amount secured by Mortgage during the Year ended 31st March, 1889. Amount of Mortgages paid oft during the same. Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1889. Auckland ... Faranaki ... Wellington Eawke's Bay kelson Marlborough Canterbury Dtago ■Southland ... Wostland ... £ s. d. 3,313,446 0 0 495,999 18 9 3,079,780 0 0 2,933,925 0 0 533,994 18 10' 279,873 2 10 9,409,245 0 0 4,218,557 0 0 3,792,606 3 3 54,184 2 9 £ s. d. 267,981 2 6 122,326 1 2 767,105 0 0 731,599 10 4 70,637 1 0 34,917 6 9 985,429 8 0 250,370 0 0 257,405 1 8 24,773 8 4 £ s. d. 238,741 0 0 71,833 0 3 344,050 0 0 306,136 0 0 63,332 19 5 65,981 17 10 816,090 0 0 352,101 0 0 380,648 0 0 11,206 10 3 £ s. d. 3,342,686 2 6 546,492 19 g 3,502,835 0 0 3,359,388 10 4 541,299 0 5 248,808 11 9 9,578,584 8 () 4,116,826 0 0 3,669,363 4 11 67,751 0 1C Totals 28,111,611 6 5 3,512,543 19 9 2,650,120 7 9 28,974,034 18 Corresponding period) 1887-88 I 3,603,857 9 2 2,853,826 15 0

DistrictApplications awaiting Compliance with Requisitions. Applications detained for Examination in the Survey Office. Applications (other than those already mentioned) received during the Month not yet passed. Unregistered Instruments awaiting Compliance with Ecquisitions. Unregistered Instruments detained in the Survey Office. Certificates of Title duo but not issued. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Nelson Marlborough .... Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 18 18 36 39 6 1 20 28 2 17 "2 4 1 3 1 26 25 2 36 11 4 2 16 "■« i 3 Totals ... ' 168 24: 100 37 Notr. —Other instruments un charges of mortgages, 4 ; transfers irocorded—We , 6; mortgage! jstland : Certificates in liou of Crown grants, 24. Canterbury : Diss, 6; transmissions, 2.