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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1904.

Note.—lncludes Crown grants and district agency fees : * £76 Bs. 9d.; t £110 3s. sd.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1904.

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District. General Fees. Assurance Fees. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty BayNelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland £ s. d. 4,743 7 2 2,739 3 4 9,006 8 0 1,851 1 8 878 9 1 744 10 0 282 8 6 7,938 5 0 3,422 8 6 2,114 3 5 408 9 0 £ s. d. 194 0 9 99 16 3 574 11 9 89 9 4 16 5 2 14 4 3 70 15 7 566 16 2 100 19 6 48 9 1 3 5 4 £ s. d. 4,937 7 11 2,838 19 7 9,580 19 9 1,940 11 0 894 14 3 758 14 3 353 4 1 8,505 1 2 3,523 8 0 2,162 12 6 411 14 4 Totals *34,128 13 8 1,778 13 2 35,907 6 10 Corresponding period, 1902-3 130,759 14 9 1,762 7 10 32,522 2 7

District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1903. Amount secured by Amount of MortMortgage during gages paid off the Year ended during the same 31st March, 1904. Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1904. Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson ... Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland £ s. d. 3,626,695 3 3 3,425,947 3 5 11,538,503 12 6 5,039,252 19 7 702,060 19 3 1,101,126 16 3 491,260 5 11 9,214,923 8 0 3,298,925 0 0 4,331,214 10 10 136,861 12 5 £ s. d. 766,358 0 7 912,908 10 1 2,407,144 0 0 743,944 0 0 247,904 8 8 126,791 19 9 59,799 0 0 2,046,863 0 0 539,984 0 0 401,637 6 4 39,694 12 6 £ s. d. 442,504 12 8 532,176 0 0 1,422,499 0 0 483,515 0 0 286,854 0 0 79,989 17 7 35,136 0 0 1,650,000 0 0 462,015 0 0 287,558 2 6 24,001 5 4 £ s. d. 3,950,548 11 2 3,806,679 13 6 12,523,148 12 6 5,299,681 19 7 663,111 7 11 1,147,928 18 5 515,923 5 11 9,611,786 8 0 3,376,894 0 0 4,445,293 14 8 152,554 19 7 Totals 42,906,771 11 5 [8,293,028 17 11 5,706,248 18 1 45,493,551 11 3 Corresponding period, 1902-3 40,587,168 12 5 7,185,636 3 10 4,866,033 4 10 42,906,771 11 5