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Return showing Number and Total Amount of Mortgages from 1st April, 1910, to 31st March, 1911, for Sums (1) not exceeding £500, (2) between £500 and £1,000, (3) between £1,000 and £5,000, and (4) over £5,000.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages released in each District from 1st April, 1910, to 31st March, 1911.

P. C. Coeliss, Commissioner of Stamps Approximate Volt ol Paper. —Preparation, £66 10s.; pilntint' (1,400 topieai, £> at.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer. Wellington.—l9l2. Prict Bd.]

District. £500 and under. £501 to £1,000. £1,0(11 to £5,000. Over £3,000. Total i Total Number, j Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Auckland Poverty Bay.. Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington . . Marlborough Nelson Canterbury .. Otago Southland Westland 4,654 1,197,992 875 384 i 105,882 100 1,030 ' 256,018 I 232 ! 1,281 ; 341,175 i 324 4,141 , 1,078,648 j 887 306 j 77,875 ! 61 661 : 148,093 i 88 3.060 938,360 ! 595 2.061 480,848 ! 310 1,016 229,479 j 222 170 39,251 20 18,764 4,893,621 3,714 I £ 713,457 75,418 177,994 246,653 691,627 45,223 69,718 442,509 226,446 171,500 13,940 i 667 111 263 338 821 61 67 615 188 239 10 £ 1,365,955 61 280,481 ' 32 617,977 84 691,989 ! 32 2,010,329 I 176 160,887 : 7 136,266 I 2 1.451,707 130 392,678 24 482,871 15 20,439 £ 588,674 361,816 938,795 262,344 1,778,328 58,000 12,000 1,249,141 252,789 117,050 U Totals .. 2,874,485 3,380 7,611,679 563 5,618,937 26,421 20,998,622

Auckland Poverty Bay .. Hawke's Bay .. Taranaki Wellington Marlborough .. Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland Westland District. Number. .. ! 4,191 479 1,1G6 1,634 4,843 248 556 3,339 1,995 1,144 . . i 124 Amount. £ 2,117,743 640,913 1,147,088 1,045,855 3,757,211 473,858 221,114 2,807,094 988,916 587,203 42,462 Total .. 19,719 1 19,719 13,829,457 13,829,457