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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1920.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1920.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1919, to 'list March, 1920. _. . „ , Amount. District. JS umber. n Auckland .. ... ... 8,841 5,356,221 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... 2,512 1,916,876 Wellington ... ... ... ... 6,880 9,930,688 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 2,026 2,213,344 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... ... 708 757,955 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 1,261 562,239 Marlborough... ... ... ... ... 634 487,599 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... 5,560 3,417,896 Otago ... ... ... ... ... 3,324 1,772,770 Southland ... ... ... ... ... 2,078 1,290,516 Westland ... ... ... ... ... 172 102,189 Totals ... ... ... ..'. 33,996 £27,808,293

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District. General Pees. Assurance Pees. District Agency Fees. I Auckland ... Taranaki ... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland... £ s. d. 20,081 13 1 5,322 19 3 15,866 12 2 4,208 6 11 2,212 1 9 1,947 4 6 955 5 0 13,422 1 9 5,923 19 7 4,300 4 0 480 17 4 £ s. d. 440 0 1 125 9 4 660 12 6 58 8 6 2 5 10 40 15 11 364 8 7 575 9 4 152 19 10 47 12 3 £ s. d. 0 12 0 Totals 74,721 5 4 2,468 2 2 0 12 0 Corresponding period, 1918-19 ... 41,643 9 10 1,959 7 10 3 3 0

District. Amount remaining Amount secured by I . . , ,» Amount remaining secured by Mort- Mortgage during 0l " ' ot J ° r „ \ secured by Mortgage on the the Year ended Sesame Period gage on the 31st March, 1919. | 31st March, 1920. cue same jrenoa. 3i B t March, 1920. ! . ! _ _ Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland £ £ £ £ 27,334,788 9,757,185 4,022,568 33,069,405 11,570,948 3,928,429 1,601,896 13,897,481 34,729,839 9,261,953 4,546,419 39,445,373 14,116,974 3,230,450 1,731,113 15,616,311 5,155,859 2,086,872 748,755 6,493,976 2,410,345 853,681 354,325 2,909,701 2,209,012 769,520 314,389 2,664,143 25,522,395 6,081,826 3,417,896 28,186,325 7,543,827 2,418,262 1,333,016 8,629,073 8,653,508 2,116,083 1,100,936 9,668,655 499,671 165,788 94,162 571,297 Totals 139,747,166 40,670,049 19,265,475 161,151,740 19,265,475 161,151,740