H.—3

B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1924.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1924.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1925, to 31st March, 1924. _. . XT , Amount. District. Number. n Auckland .., ... ... ... ... 9,813 6,827,989 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... 1,697 1,445,348 Wellington ... ... ... ... ... 5,627 5,114,766 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 1,269 1,629,188 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... ... 523 580,116 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 721 474,135 Marlborough... ... ... ... ... 285 329,531 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... 4,181 3,551,425 Otago ... ... ... ... ... 2,607 1,376,941 Southland ... ... ... ... ... 1,305 870,140 Westland ... ... ... ... ... 119 46,933 Totals ... ... ... 28,147 £22,246,512

3

District. General Feos. Assurance Pees. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago ... Southland ... ... ... Westland £ s. d. 23,609 13 8 3,917 3 6 14,498 12 5 3,060 4 3 1,511 4 9 1,422 17 0 767 11 10 12,620 8 6 5,533 9 0 3,097 17 6 620 0 0 £ s. d. 876 4 5 106 11 1 529 4 3 194 2 1 4 12 4 29 3 8 112 1 3 492 1 4 95 17 10 106 18 6 7 1 11 -Totals 70,659 2 0 2,553 18 8 Corresponding period, 1922-23 62,576 19 6 2,984 19 10

District. Amount remaining Amount socurod by secured by Mort- Mortgage during gage on the the Year ended 31st March, 1923. 31st March, 1924. a l i ■»«■ i. Amount remaining Amount of Mort- , , « T . ° ., « , ■ socured by Mortthe same Period. gls( . | Iaroh) 1924Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson ... Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland £ £ 53,474,153 9,346,977 18,187,019 1,658,899 51,025,063 7,546,295 19,552,126 1,696,654 9,983,146 1,954,830 3,611,867 393,475 3,729,820 440,535 37,019,469 5,784,543 11,313,897 1,510,592 11,456,867 1,033,670 759,154 105,657 £ 9,346,977 1,658,899 7,546,295 1,696,654 1,954,830 393,475 440,535 5,784,543 1,510,592 1,033,670 105,657 £ 5,241,095 1,291,483 4,396,732 1,234,505 567,611 289,291 230,592 3,335,213 1,033,768 771,867 43,862 £ 57,580,035 18,554,435 54,175,256 20,014,275 11,370,365 3,716,051 3,939,763 39,468,799 11,790,721 11,718,670 820,949 Totals 220,112,581 31,472,127 18,436,019 233,148,689