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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1923.

C .—Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1923.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1922, to 31st March, 1928. _. , . . , T , Amount. District. Number. « Auckland .. ... ... ... ... 6,733 4,134,673 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... 1,095 1,129,605 Wellington ... .. ... ... ... 4,265 3,731,931 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 989 996,317 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... ... 322 387,020 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 543 242,671 Marlborough... ... ... ... ... 230 255,548 Canterbury- ... ... ... ... ... 3,212 1,963,043 Otago ... ... ... ... ... 1,991 1,049,547 Southland ... ... ... ' ... ... 980 644,366 Westland ... ... ... ... ... 11l 45,046 Totals ... ... ... 20,471 £14,579,767

District. General Fees. Assurance Pees. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland £ s. d. 20,597 17 7 3,295 13 1 13,139 6 9 2,717 10 5 1,635 13 0 1,341 14 0 679 2 0 11,062 5 6 4,797 17 0 2,775 1 0 534 19 2 £ s. d. 1,047 1 2 41 18 2 822 3 1 166 13 6 38 7 3 40 1 0 52 5 3 578 5 11 82 1 2 114 1 8 2 18 Totals... 62,576 19 6 2,984 19 10 Corresponding period, 1921-22 64,201 9 1 2,601 10 7

District. Amount remaining Amount secured by secured by Mort- Mortgage during gage on the the Year ended 31st March, 1922. 31st March, 1923. Amount of Mortgage paid off during the same Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on the 31st March, 1923. Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland £ £ 50,466,892 6,174,707 18,126,685 1,038,240 48,891,758 5,373,991 18,956,652 1,319,145 9,439,209 907,994 3,443,894 330,794 3,560,699 373,442 35,386,764 3,445,328 10,525,293 1,581,137 11,303,940 745,947 724,246 73,139 £ 6,174,707 1,038,240 5,373,991 1,319,145 907,994 330,794 373,442 3,445,328 1,581,137 745,947 73,139 £ 3,167,446 977,906 3,240,686 723,671 364,057 162,821 204,321 1,812,623 792,533 593,020 38,231 £ 53,474,153 18,187,019 51,025,063 19,552,126 9,983,146 3,611,867 3,729,820 37,019,469 11,313,897 11,456,867 759,154 Totals 210,826,032 21,363,864 21,363,864 12,077,315 220,112,581