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B. —Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1925.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1925.

Return shoiving Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1924, to 31st March, 1925. ~ , vr i Amount. District. Number. Auckland .. ... ... ... ... 10,481 8,677,061 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... 2,027 1,955,691 Wellington ... ... ... ... 7,000 7,138,788 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 1,773 2,596,921 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... ... 610 1,074,734 Nelson ... ... ... ... 860 573,332 Marlborough... ... ... ... ... 370 628,628 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... 4,610 3,888,430 Ocago ... ... ... ... ... 2,965 1,835,925 Southland ... ... ... ... ... 1,663 1,311,115 Westland ... ... ... ... ... 141 53,258 Totals ... ... ... 32,500 £29,733,883

District. ! General Fees. Assurance Fees. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland ... ... ... 23,612 13 S 1,585 18 11 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,103 19 0 103 11 11 Wellington ... ... ... ... ... ... 16,079 19 3 692 8 7 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... ... 3,560 19 9 70 4 10 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... 1,691 19 0 3 8 7 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 1,452 14 0 26 4 10 Marlborough ... ... ... ... ... 661 19 0 6 1 8 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... ... 13,873 13 6 361 19 9 Otago ... ... . ... ... ... 6,304 8 0 142 1 5 Southland ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,499 15 10 23 12 5 Westland ... ... ... ... ... ... 620 2 8 2 13 9 Totals ... ... ... ... 75,471 3 8 3,018 6 8 Corresponding period, 1923-24 ... ... 70,659 2 0 2,553 18 8

Amount remaining Amount secured by . , f M . Amount remaining tv . . t secured by Mort- Mortgage during moun o or ." secured by MortDistrict. J 4.u it. a j gage paid on during , J gage on the the \ear ended s the same Period gage on the 31st March, 1924. 31st March, 1925. Ine same rerloa - 3i s t March, 1925. £ £ £ £ Auckland ... 57,580,035 9,517,296 6,766,100 60,331,231 Taranaki ... 18,554,435 2,023,843 1,740,059 18,838,219 Wellington ... 54,174,626 7,954,002 6,240,660 55,887,968 Hawke'sBay ... 20,014,275 2,061,105 1,915,960 20,159,420 Poverty Bay ... 11,370,365 1,073,039 1,052,188 11,391,216 Nelson ... ... 3,716,051 451,946 400,274 3,767,723 Marlborough ... 3,939,763 536,146 472,233 4,003,676 Canterbury ... 39,468,799 5,708,930 3,607,717 41,570,012 Otago ... ... 11,790,721 3,162,753 1,368,873 13,584,601 Southland ... 11,718,670 1,474,114 1,217,936 11,974,848 Westland ... 820,949 109,465 47,868 882,546 Totals ... 233,148,689 34,072,639 24,829,868 242,392,460