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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Acts for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1897.

Note. —Includes Crown-grant and district-agency fees : * J3175 175.; t £166 6s. 6d.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Acts on the 31st March, 1897.

D. —Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1897.

Other Instruments unrecorded. Transfers. Mortgages. Miscellaneous. Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 48 54 55 Christehurch .. .. .. .. .. 16 14 35 Otago .. .. • • .. .. 2 5

District. General Fees. Assurance Pees. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay (three months only) Nelson Marlborough ... Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... ... Westland ~£~ s. d. 3,084 5 4 1,704 19 7 5,410 8 11 1.749 18 9 145 14 0 582 8 0 206 8 0 5,259 9 4 2,273 L2 1 1,607 19 5 195 9 0 ~~£ s. d. 119 5 8 28 10 11 260 7 7 42 15 4 1 19 9 44 10 5 0 18 2 501 15 2 62 15 6 19 12 9 1 12 8 £ s. d7 3,203 11 0 1,733 10 6 5,670 16 6 1,792 14 1 147 13 9 626 18 5 207 6 2 5,761 4 6 2,336 7 7 1,627 12 2 197 1 8 Totals 22,220 12 5* 1,084 3 11 23,304 16 4 Corresponding period, 1895-96 ... 20,657 8 9| 1,073 12 10 21,731 1 7

■ District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1896. Amount secured by Mortgage during the Year ended 31st March, 1897. Amount of Mortgages paid off during the same Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1897. Auckland ... Taranaki ... "Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland ... Westland ... £ s. d. 4,020,620 2 1 1,376,969 13 7 6,220,390 0 0 4,216,167 0 8 866,430 12 0 270,524 13 4 8,802,384 8 0 2,857,720 0 0 2,935,661 19 6 72,981 0 1 £ s. d. 405,564 8 6 372,598 13 0 1,253,906 12 6 611,068 0 6 48,513 0 0 66,176 16 5 62,106 18 3 !l,191,786 0 0 373,148 0 0 346 325 15 11 12,627 0 0 £ s. 1,454,825 8 206,610 14 917,566 0 519,689 0 9,902 0 47,827 11 84,087 0 1,350,386 0 393,251 0 269,407 0 17,198 0 d. 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 £ s. a. 2,971,359 2 2 1,542,957 11 11 6,556,730 12 6 4,307,546 1 2 38,611 0 0 884,779 17 2 248,544 11 7 8,643,784 8 0 2,837,617 0 0 3,012,580 15 5 68,410 0 1 Totals 31,639,849 9 3 4,743,821 5 1 5,270,749 14 4 31,112,921 0 0 Corresponding period, 1895-96 30,571,678 6 10 4,702,551 17 6 3,634,380 15 1 31,639,849 9 3

District. Applications awaiting Compliance with Requisitions. Applications detained for Examination in the Survey Office. Applications (other than those already mentioned) received during the Month and not yet passed. Unregistered Instruments awaiting Compliance with Eequisitions. Unregistered Instruments detained in the Survey Office. Certificates of Title due but not issued. Applications received previous to Current Month not yet passed. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay... Poverty Bay ... Nelson . . Marlborough ... Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 49 18 5 6 6 9 13 26 3 6 4 67 1 61 3 5 1 2 20 5 4 4 33 10 8 31 3 1 Totals 117 22 12 118 18 123