New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 62

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✨ Magistrates' Courts Statistics

Aug. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2445

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.
Canterbury Provincial District—continued.
Kaiapoi	38	380 14 0	11	159 7 2	119 18 9
Leeston	9	162 18 8	15	62 17 4	62 17 4
Little River	2	6 5 0	7	24 16 0	24 16 0
Lyttelton	3	2 19 3	3	76 15 0	76 10 0
Methven	13	124 0 0	13	124 0 0	124 0 0
Oxford	7	19 12 11	5	17 10 0	17 10 0
Rangiora	57	416 10 4	25	231 9 6	176 18 4
Southbridge	3	5 2 5	1	1 14 11	1 14 11
South Rakaia	20	38 16 9	16	38 16 9	38 16 9
Temuka	61	424 5 6	35	195 17 4	185 9 11
Timaru	254	2,133 18 6	116	1,028 6 0	831 16 10
Waimate	94	828 14 4	69	778 2 2	577 15 0
Otago Provincial District.
Alexandra	66	288 8 5	37	258 4 5	258 4 5
Arrowtown	7	63 16 5	6	55 1 7	55 1 7
Balclutha	99	1,033 19 4	38	519 13 4	494 17 10
Black's	5	91 7 1	3	81 6 7	29 16 1
Campbelltown	54	256 16 10	27	98 8 6	82 16 6
Clinton	11	139 15 9	7	99 2 11	98 2 11
Clyde	2	7 17 3	1	5 14 5	5 14 5
Cromwell	9	57 19 9	8	137 9 9	137 9 9
Dunedin	1,262	10,122 13 5	730	7,254 3 10	6,837 18 0
Gore	119	927 18 9	49	538 10 9	504 2 3
Hampden	..	..	1	0 12 6	0 12 6
Hyde	..	..	..	..	..
Invercargill	580	5,913 4 2	263	3,356 14 3	2,997 2 10
Kaitangata	3	21 1 5	2	6 6 0	6 6 0
Kurow	2	31 5 5	5	64 2 8	61 12 8
Lawrence	49	240 7 0	16	117 16 7	113 12 3
Lumsden	12	151 9 11	10	71 19 4	68 0 10
Macrae's	..	..	..	..	..
Middlemarch	10	34 14 6	8	29 16 7	11 16 11
Milton	21	288 1 6	20	278 1 6	278 1 6
Mosgiel	9	57 2 2	12	57 2 2	53 12 2
Naseby	17	133 10 3	13	98 7 4	98 7 4
Oamaru	138	1,256 19 11	87	921 19 9	636 3 11
Orepuki	23	107 9 9	15	89 6 4	85 13 0
Otatatau	153	968 15 1	147	594 8 5	374 6 8
Outram	3	53 4 10	1	44 14 8	44 14 8
Owaka	20	268 12 0	12	184 11 11	166 11 11
Palmerston	13	76 11 7	8	76 11 7	68 11 7
Patearoa	..	..	..	..	..
Pembroke	..	..	1	5 0 0	1 11 6
Port Chalmers	21	164 9 9	1	2 3 6	2 3 6
Queenstown	7	285 19 9	4	185 2 10	185 2 10
Riverton	29	174 16 9	19	103 7 1	100 17 1
Roxburgh	15	215 3 11	7	65 0 8	65 0 8
St. Bathan's	..	..	..	..	..
Stewart Island	3	15 18 7	3	15 18 7	1 14 8
Tapanui	14	173 3 9	9	58 9 3	56 14 3
Waikaka	6	97 5 4	11	97 4 0	47 6 0
Waikouaiti	2	24 12 9	2•	24 12 9	24 12 9
Winton	94	445 2 5	64	369 10 5	316 15 9
Wyndham	37	179 1 9	12	87 4 10	87 4 10
Totals	16,255	178,190 14 4	10,289	117,277 15 2	98,609 4 6

TABLE III.—Showing Summary of Civil Cases Heard during the Quarter ending 30th June, 1913, in which Maoris were concerned.

Courts.	Plaints entered.		Cases tried.
	Number.	Total Amount sued for.	Number.	Total Amount sued for.	Total Amount recovered.
		£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
In which Europeans were plaintiffs and Maoris defendants	1,342	13,850 2 4	1,096	11,074 13 8	9,493 3 9
In which Maoris were plaintiffs and Europeans defendants	37	630 11 5	29	816 2 9	537 5 4
In which Maoris only were concerned	52	1,294 14 7	53	946 13 6	634 14 0
Totals	1,431	15,775 8 4	1,178	12,837 9 11	10,665 3 1