✨ Magistrates' Courts Statistics
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11
MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.
TABLE II.—Showing the NUMBER of CIVIL CASES HEARD, &c., in the several Magistrates’ Courts—continued.
| Courts. | Plaints entered. | Cases tried.* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Total Amount sued for. | Number. | Total Amount claimed. | Total Amount recovered. | |
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |||
| Wellington Provincial District. | |||||
| Bull’s | 37 | 483 7 2 | 21 | 176 15 2 | 118 16 2 |
| Carterton | 85 | 881 2 0 | 60 | 683 17 1 | 639 16 8 |
| Ekatahuna | 98 | 990 17 11 | 75 | 772 18 11 | 595 1 7 |
| Featherston | 209 | 1,247 2 10 | 189 | 909 2 8 | 859 2 6 |
| Feilding | 619 | 6,439 6 9 | 474 | 4,073 3 7 | 3,703 17 9 |
| Foxton | 134 | 694 19 4 | 126 | 716 10 9 | 365 14 2 |
| Greytown | 137 | 1,438 2 2 | 102 | 847 8 7 | 775 10 3 |
| Hunter ville.. | 84 | 815 6 8 | 102 | 815 6 8 | 494 14 1 |
| Kimbolton | 20 | 204 4 2 | 24 | 223 13 0 | 68 2 3 |
| Levin | 336 | 2,684 18 7 | 264 | 2,127 4 1 | 1,962 6 1 |
| Lower Hutt | 314 | 2,018 3 5 | 234 | 1,414 17 5 | 1,369 10 8 |
| Mangaweka | 106 | 969 13 8 | 90 | 815 1 4 | 581 8 7 |
| Martinborough | 133 | 1,259 13 1 | 85 | 720 17 2 | 710 0 3 |
| Marton | 361 | 3,141 8 11 | 246 | 1,864 12 9 | 1,537 5 4 |
| Masterton | 540 | 5,342 3 8 | 374 | 4,252 14 2 | 2,819 17 10 |
| Ohakune | 423 | 4,092 19 6 | 304 | 2,671 13 0 | 2,145 1 2 |
| Otaki | 116 | 1,350 4 9 | 81 | 1,394 15 8 | 932 6 6 |
| Pahiatua | 172 | 2,279 13 6 | 120 | 1,747 11 1 | 1,324 9 11 |
| Palmerston North | 1,217 | 14,093 0 11 | 735 | 8,250 0 9 | 7,311 17 0 |
| Petone | 118 | 770 1 11 | 68 | 571 4 1 | 561 9 1 |
| Pongaroa | 39 | 189 16 5 | 12 | 45 15 3 | 45 15 3 |
| Raetihi | 149 | 1,206 18 1 | 106 | 939 16 0 | 728 16 8 |
| Taihape | 396 | 3,868 8 0 | 265 | 2,348 14 4 | 1,976 17 8 |
| Upper Hutt | 64 | 553 19 6 | 73 | 479 17 4 | 412 7 8 |
| Wanganui | 1,968 | 19,432 7 11 | 1,081 | 10,958 4 9 | 8,722 19 8 |
| Waverley | 83 | 792 19 5 | 61 | 545 4 5 | 490 8 11 |
| Wellington | 5,696 | 82,846 11 4 | 3,139 | 49,325 14 5 | 44,137 6 11 |
| Whareama | 1 | 22 1 0 | 1 | 22 1 0 | .. |
Marlborough Provincial District.
| Blenheim | 557 | 5,040 15 8 | 483 | 3,104 13 5 | 2,892 18 7 |
| Havelock | 61 | 386 6 2 | 42 | 330 2 4 | 173 9 6 |
| Kaikoura | 159 | 1,481 19 6 | 120 | 1,174 13 1 | 227 15 2 |
| Picton | 70 | 590 16 4 | 49 | 361 8 2 | 335 15 11 |
Nelson Provincial District.
| Ahaura | 20 | 227 8 2 | 11 | 215 10 5 | 67 17 11 |
| Brightwater | 53 | 457 16 1 | 31 | 330 18 7 | 321 8 7 |
| Brunnerton | 54 | 278 4 4 | 34 | 182 19 5 | 174 13 6 |
| Charleston | 5 | 60 3 6 | 2 | 48 2 4 | 48 2 4 |
| Cheviot | 62 | 453 3 6 | 39 | 183 8 1 | 126 0 3 |
| Collingwood | 14 | 229 19 3 | 8 | 92 4 3 | 23 13 1 |
| Culverden | 41 | 457 5 11 | 37 | 458 11 1 | 392 15 1 |
| Denniston | 51 | 281 6 6 | 49 | 263 0 1 | 250 9 7 |
| Granity | 30 | 366 15 0 | 19 | 285 11 11 | 277 8 5 |
| Karamea | 38 | 373 5 5 | 28 | 224 13 3 | 204 11 8 |
| Lyell | 4 | 16 3 7 | 4 | 16 3 7 | 0 16 1 |
| Motueka | 109 | 651 16 3 | 76 | 384 17 5 | 382 11 7 |
| Murchison | 46 | 859 1 8 | 23 | 764 3 2 | 520 6 9 |
| Nelson | 667 | 6,621 0 9 | 346 | 3,454 2 3 | 3,105 16 9 |
| Reefton | 165 | 1,254 10 4 | 122 | 874 13 8 | 782 19 4 |
| Seddonville.. | 28 | 147 19 11 | 16 | 110 13 0 | 27 8 5 |
| Takaka | 66 | 591 7 10 | 78 | 669 1 3 | 460 14 0 |
| Westport | 855 | 6,591 16 3 | 554 | 4,244 5 3 | 3,899 8 2 |
Westland Provincial District.
| Goldsborough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Greymouth.. | 664 | 4,807 1 5 | 430 | 3,079 7 8 | 2,901 10 0 |
| Hokitika | 240 | 1,451 3 9 | 206 | 1,268 19 2 | 847 0 1 |
| Kumara | 42 | 357 19 3 | 20 | 242 16 9 | 216 11 9 |
| Okarito | 6 | 52 2 7 | 4 | 45 13 7 | 45 13 7 |
| Ross | 14 | 123 7 4 | 8 | 87 11 1 | 36 15 7 |
| Stratford | 1 | 34 0 3 | 1 | 34 0 3 | 34 0 3 |
Canterbury Provincial District.
| Akaroa | 51 | 470 17 7 | 41 | 421 13 11 | 356 6 5 |
| Amberley | 46 | 544 19 2 | 33 | 476 16 9 | 381 8 9 |
| Ashburton | 366 | 3,435 3 9 | 230 | 1,873 4 1 | 1,693 18 1 |
| Chatham Islands | 28 | 429 10 3 | 18 | 315 3 8 | 171 18 8 |
| Christchurch | 5,755 | 53,611 1 0 | 3,110 | 36,056 1 0 | 33,718 12 1 |
| Darfield | 54 | 362 15 2 | 40 | 292 12 4 | 259 6 6 |
| Fairlie | 76 | 237 2 3 | 68 | 218 6 5 | 189 7 5 |
| Geraldine | 103 | 505 2 7 | 87 | 278 6 3 | 276 1 10 |
| Kaiapoi | 103 | 903 3 11 | 62 | 585 16 1 | 511 15 11 |
| Leeston | 75 | 446 1 4 | 43 | 277 16 11 | 246 3 11 |
| Little River | 31 | 282 14 6 | 25 | 176 16 5 | 126 15 5 |
| Lyttelton | 52 | 366 15 7 | 35 | 264 1 11 | 245 10 2 |
| Methven | 52 | 970 8 9 | 52 | 970 8 9 | 761 7 6 |
*Including cases where the amount is paid into Court and accepted in discharge of the debt, also cases where judgment is by default, confessed, or consented to in Court.
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Statistics of Magistrates' Courts Cases for 1912
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⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement10 January 1913
Statistics, Magistrates' Courts, Civil Cases, 1912, Wellington Provincial District, Marlborough Provincial District, Nelson Provincial District, Westland Provincial District, Canterbury Provincial District