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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1922.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1922.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1921, to 31st March, 1922. District. Number. r> Auckland .. ... ... ... ... 6,207 3,623,553 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... 1,148 812,476 Wellington ... ... ... ... 4,590 3,691,176 . Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 909 707,274 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... ... 504 469,353 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 576 330,985 Marlborough... ... ... ... ... 244 158,472 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... 3,418 1,910,271 Otago ... ... ... ... ... 2,062 .1,015,877 Southland ... ... ... ... ... 817 453,914 Westland ... ... ... ... ... 147 61,014 Totals ... ... ... 20,622 £13,234,365

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District. General Fees. Assurance Fees. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland £ s. d. 19,934 19 7 4,183 18 5 13,483 15 3 3,047 19 4 1,995 17 3 1,358 18 0 695 2 6 11,683 3 9 4,590 18 5 2,709 9 7 517 7 0 £ s. d. 1,003 8 9 138 4 9 480 4 0 264 12 5 3 17 2 45 18 4 68 16 4 442 14 8 124 15 10 28 18 4 Totals... 64,201 9 1 2,601 10 7 Corresponding period, .1920-21 91,137 14 T I 2,784 13 7

District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on the 31st March, 1921. Amount secured by Mortgage during the Year ended 31st March, 1922. Amount of Mort- I Amount , g • -, a -, • secured by Mortgage paid off during i ' , the same Period. 01 && , 10 oo 31st March, 1922. Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson ... Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland £ 43,785,574 16,921,424 45,221,501 17,830,462 8,016,228 3,272,055 3,385,025 32,986,111 9,857,917 10,888,989 673,707 £ 9,384,834 1,923,499 6,864,459 1,622,182 1,885,277 365,895 292,107 4,141,314 1,393,899 832,021 105,828 £ £ 2,703,516 50,466,892 718,238 18,126,685 3,194,202 48,891,758 495,992 18,956,652 462,296 9,439,209 194,056 3,443,894 116,433 3,560,699 1,740,661 35,386,764 726,523 10,525,293 417,070 11,303,940 55,289 724,246 Totals 192,838,993 28,811,315 10,824,276 210,826,032