Magistrates' Courts Statistics




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

TABLE II.—Showing the Number of Civil Cases heard, &c., in the several Magistrates’ Courts—continued.

Courts. Number of Amounts sued for. Amounts for which Judgments were given.
Plaints issued. Cases tried.
£ s. d.
Canterbury Provincial District—continued.
Little River 27 22 242 6 6
Lyttelton 62 39 312 6 1
Methven 26 13 65 0 9
Oxford 57 15 528 14 8
Rangiora 260 166 2,087 4 0
Southbridge 41 25 293 7 6
South Rakaia 16 15 103 1 4
Temuka 139 121 1,337 15 10
Timaru 858 643 7,343 7 7
Waimate 349 139 2,494 1 4

| Otago Provincial District. | | | | |
| Alexandra | 61 | 33 | 267 9 8 | 145 3 10 |
| Arrowtown | 11 | 16 | 160 5 1 | 113 17 2 |
| Balclutha | 182 | 110 | 1,831 8 6 | 1,029 19 1 |
| Blacks | 43 | 32 | 298 9 0 | 97 14 0 |
| Campbelltown | 127 | 103 | 596 12 5 | 415 15 0 |
| Chatham Islands | 10 | 8 | 128 14 9 | 72 14 9 |
| Clinton | 6 | 6 | 99 6 9 | 92 6 9 |
| Clyde | 21 | 13 | 168 15 2 | 131 13 9 |
| Cromwell | 40 | 33 | 337 15 7 | 208 16 5 |
| Dunedin | 3,589 | 2,024 | 33,095 2 5 | 17,387 7 7 |
| Gore | 437 | 271 | 4,477 3 7 | 2,073 14 0 |
| Half-moon Bay (Stewart Island) | 10 | 6 | 49 18 7 | 28 11 1 |
| Hampden | 14 | 14 | 109 18 11 | 109 18 11 |
| Hawkesbury | 15 | 13 | 100 7 3 | 85 14 1 |
| Hyde | 2 | 2 | 9 6 4 | 2 11 10 |
| Invercargill | 1,257 | 704 | 15,158 8 6 | 7,387 7 4 |
| Kaitangata | 37 | 16 | 164 16 7 | 115 8 5 |
| Kurow | 50 | 46 | 480 2 10 | 437 2 2 |
| Lawrence | 109 | 48 | 677 15 0 | 345 5 0 |
| Lumsden | 39 | 37 | 261 14 6 | 191 12 6 |
| Macrae’s | 1 | 1 | 2 0 0 | 2 0 0 |
| Middlemarch | 21 | 12 | 54 0 9 | 19 12 7 |
| Milton | 78 | 83 | 879 15 10 | 787 10 4 |
| Mosgiel | 67 | 59 | 496 10 8 | 313 14 10 |
| Naseby | 31 | 22 | 250 17 4 | 103 10 2 |
| Oamaru | 657 | 382 | 4,396 1 1 | 1,870 18 0 |
| Orepuki | 95 | 65 | 606 14 0 | 419 10 4 |
| Otatau | 151 | 55 | 851 18 8 | 601 0 2 |
| Outram | 24 | 14 | 132 17 0 | 58 19 5 |
| Owaka | 85 | 35 | 784 9 3 | 482 10 0 |
| Palmerston | 60 | 37 | 681 19 4 | 302 12 9 |
| Patearoa | 2 | 1 | 56 8 0 | 21 0 0 |
| Pembroke | 8 | 5 | 67 12 10 | 54 0 2 |
| Port Chalmers | 73 | 23 | 583 19 7 | 128 3 2 |
| Queenstown | 12 | 7 | 87 18 7 | 57 0 10 |
| Riverton | 127 | 84 | 1,266 18 3 | 802 2 0 |
| Roxburgh | 39 | 34 | 396 15 0 | 225 1 4 |
| St. Bathans | 7 | 6 | 105 5 4 | 53 5 7 |
| Tapanui | 43 | 20 | 257 13 2 | 212 5 7 |
| Waikaiā | 16 | 5 | 92 5 3 | 46 13 5 |
| Winton | 167 | 214 | 1,159 17 6 | 611 8 4 |
| Wyndham | 69 | 38 | 1,167 9 11 | 843 10 3 |
| Totals | 53,394 | 34,627 | 557,157 14 2 | 296,628 13 4 |

TABLE III.—SUMMARY of Civil Cases tried during the Year 1911 in which Maoris were concerned.

Courts. Number of Amounts sued for. Amounts for which Judgments were given.
Plaints issued. Cases tried.
£ s. d.
In which Europeans were plaintiffs and Maoris defendants 3,280 2,575 30,416 19 2
In which Maoris were plaintiffs and Europeans defendants 112 72 2,146 18 7
In which Maoris only were concerned 164 115 2,635 14 8
Totals 3,556 2,762 35,199 12 5


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⚖️ Magistrates' Courts Statistics for the Year ending 31st December, 1911 - Canterbury and Otago Provincial Districts (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Statistics, Magistrates' Courts, Civil Cases, Amounts Sued, Judgments, Canterbury, Otago

⚖️ Summary of Civil Cases involving Maoris in 1911

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Statistics, Magistrates' Courts, Civil Cases, Maoris, Europeans