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Return for Same, showing Number and Total Amount of Mortgages for Sums (1) not exceeding £500, (2) between £501 and £1,000, (3) between £1,001 and £5,000, and over £5,000.

Return showing Total Amount owing at 31st March, 1912. 4290,138,264 9s. lOd. (For particulars vide Return H.-3, p. 3.)

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages released in each District from 1st April, 1911, to 31st March, 1912.

P. C. Corliss, Secretary for Lands and Deeds.

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (1,400 copies), £2 15s.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9l2. Price 3d.]

£500 and under. £501 to £1,000. £1,001 to £5,000. Over £5,000. District. Total Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Niirn Number, be?? Am °un<iiuokland Poverty Bay.. Hawke's Bay raranaki Wellington .. tfelson Marlborough Canterbury .. Dtago Southland .. JVestland ! 5,444 445 1,183 1,217 3,832 689 291 3,523 2,017 1,171 175 £ 1,170,752 127,413 292,403 315,473 992,653 157,496 68,935 884,291 ±91,778 281,867 41,742 1,302 135 213 351 993 134 69 645 311 273 27 £ 1,027,355 104,920 187,546 255,683 748,591 99,732 54,421 406,236 225,955 207,762 18,967 1,005 102 274 401 931 64 50 652 260 311 26 £ 1,902,937 240,625 641,204 797,796 2,071,242 133,522 112,421 1,494,298 550,833 641,186 47,739 61 33 86 48 155 9 10 168 28 24 £ 715,789 362,607 927,625 273,423 1,617,178 88,240 118,260 1,513,118 200,670 195,683 7,812 715 1,756 2,017 5,911 896 420 4,988 2,616 1,779 228 £ 4,816,833 835,565 2,048,778 1,642,375 5,429,664 478,990 354,037 4,297,943 1,469,236 1,326,498 108,448 Totals .. 19,987 4,824,803 4,453 3,337,168 4,076 8,633,803 622 6,012,593 29,138 22,808,367

District. Number. Amount. Auckland Poverty Bay .. Hawke's Bay .. Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough .. Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 5,228 566 1,384 1,986 5,101 655 326 4,001 2,016 1,487 156 £ 2,746,514 565,766 1,535,098 1,181,607 3,993,036 282,216 225,573 2,994,912 1,023,443 787,224 49,500 Totals 22,906 15,384,889