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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1918.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1918.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgat/es released in each District from Ist April, 1017, to 31st March, 1018. District. Number. Auckland .. ... ... ... ... 4,169 2,244,128 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... ... 431 561,229 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 1,085 1,015,267 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... 1,185 828,785 Wellington ... ... ... ... 8,916 3,035,738 Marlborough... ... ... ... ... 249 294,404 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 484 198,149 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... 2,486 1,967,321 Otago ... ... ... ... ... 1,560 819,624 Southland ... ... ... ... ... 944 623,162 Westland ... ... ... ... ... ( 91 26,710 Totals ... ... ... ... 16,600 £11,614,517

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District. General Pees. Assurance Fees. District Agency Pees. Auckland ... Taranaki ... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury £ s. d. 12,550 2 3 2,872 18 2 9,002 19 4 2,621 8 10 1,566 4 9 981 7 0 451 3 0 6,748 16 0 2,837 5 8 2,257 16 8 320 18 7 £ a. d. 541 4 0 41 12 1] 325 10 10 58 17 10 83 18 5 18 2 9 293 1 0 189 11 2 159 18 11 32 2 5 £ s. d. 0 15 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 Otago Southland Westland... Totals 42,210 15 3 1,744 0 3 4 19 0 Corresponding period, 1916-17 ... 46,551 6 8 1,655 0 1 4 4 0

District. Amount remaining Amount secured by , , , ,, . Amount remaining secured by Mort- Mortgage during off dui'ins secured by Mortgage on the the Year ended g t l Period gage on the 31st March, 1917. j 31st March, 1918. cue same renoa. 3i s t March, 1918. Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 1} O J} . ft 22,723,816 3,738,641 1,601,650 24,860,807 10,380,796 1,247,947 740,365 10,888,378 32,450,823 3,479,322 2,668,047 33,262,098 12,916,640 1,305,010 753,545 13,468,105 4,210,555 836,908 519,569 4,527,894 2,238,936 184,768 144,219 2,279,485 2,167,651 215,036 248,026 2,134,661 24,474,336 2,441,969 1,788,919 25,127,386 7,372,098 710,167 612,779 7,469,486 8,257,105 692,307 541,803 8,407,609 446,228 27,565 23,980 449,813 Totals 127,638,984 14,879,640 9,642,902 132,875., 722