H.—27.

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 £5000.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages released in each District from 1st April, 1915, to 31st March, 1916.

Approximate, Cost of Paper. -Preparation, not given ; printing (750 copies), M

By Authority : Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9l6.

Price 3d.]

2

District. £500 a Number. tnd under. Amount. £501 to £1,000. . ] jj™- Amount, N ™'- Amount. £1,001 to £5,000. Ovc ir £5,000. 3 5 Total Zfo Number. Amount. Total Amount. Number. Auckland .. Poverty Bay Hawke's Bay Taranaki .. Wellington Marl borough Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland Westland .. 4,631 425 951 944 2,633 170 523 2,070 1 ,439 770 105 £ I,260,308 120,122 249,223 265,048 705,249 38,546 121,163 517,312 324,111 193,100 23,092 1,222 78 262 345 708 39 121 432 235 186 21 £ 910,907 59,048 197,511 289,773 525,729 30,477 90,169 318,901 179,455 142,173 14,552 1 ,032 130 314 368 923 65 71 569 215 226 18 £ 2,174,152 304,928 756,603 731,247 2,144,228 148,271 144,344 1,351,162 480,813 510,043 37,971 112 30 89 34 189 17 8 163 27 22 £ 1,093,329 706 7,703 261,385 81 744 1,090,884 184 1,800 272,195 181 1,872 1,832,565 316 4,769 538,526 37 328 61,476 14 737 1,522,787 219 3,453 233,633 40 1,956 195,586 157 1,361 10 154 £ 5,438,696 746,083 2,294,221 1,558,263 5,207,771 755,820 417,152 3,710,162 1,218,012 1,040,902 76,215 Totals 14,661 3,817,874 3,649 2,759,295 3,931 8,783,762 691 7,102,366 1,945 24,877 ' 22,463,297 •

District. Number. Amount. Auckland .. Poverty Bay Hawke's Bay Taranaki .. Wellington Marl borough Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland .. Westland .. 4,210 603 I ,143 1 ,420 4,071 222 509 2,788 1,772 1,014 113 £ 2,310,601 537,829 1,250,494 935,498 3,464,636 130,678 233,944 2,471,359 824,968 596,789 45,753 Totals 17,865 12,802,549