New Zealand Gazette – 1914 – No. 97

Page 3459

✨ Magistrates' Courts Statistics



Sept. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3459

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 12 85 14 6 2 34 5 0 34 5 0
Leeston 6 66 15 5 9 87 13 0 87 13 0
Little River .. .. 4 15 4 4 15 4 4
Lyttelton 19 62 9 6 22 86 5 2 48 5 10
Methven 13 108 8 3 13 108 8 3 101 16 9
Oxford.. 5 22 0 5 3 7 9 9 4 6 6
Rangiora 35 266 3 6 15 82 11 4 64 12 2
Southbridge 6 78 9 5 8 87 16 5 73 18 1
South Rakaia 2 18 0 3 3 19 10 3 18 9 3
Temuka 87 423 13 8 42 146 9 10 126 4 10
Timaru 246 2,220 17 7 177 1,380 0 4 1,288 11 4
Waimate 90 822 6 3 35 455 1 2 420 10 3
Otago Provincial District.
Alexandra 12 38 17 6 3 8 15 7 8 15 7
Arrowtown 4 26 2 6 4 26 2 6 24 2 6
Balclutha 83 757 7 10 62 439 6 1 415 1 5
Black’s 3 55 0 5 4 55 0 5 44 16 2
Campbelltown 43 162 12 11 20 76 7 7 73 6 3
Clinton 2 10 18 0 2 10 18 0 10 18 0
Clyde .. 1 7 5 0 .. .. ..
Cromwell 6 62 3 9 7 158 6 6 52 14 6
Dunedin 1,086 8,820 14 1 704 5,512 7 6 5,129 13 3
Gore .. 110 1,085 13 10 59 598 16 0 546 10 11
Hampden .. .. .. .. ..
Hyde .. .. .. .. .. ..
Invercargill 660 5,682 6 10 320 2,969 1 3 2,801 2 4
Kaitangata 11 33 2 1 6 41 3 1 25 16 7
Kurow.. 7 73 8 4 4 23 8 11 23 8 11
Lawrence 24 149 13 5 12 121 7 8 98 10 5
Lumsden 5 38 18 5 6 67 6 9 62 3 5
Macrae’s .. .. .. .. ..
Mataura 5 144 4 9 5 144 4 9 144 4 9
Middlemarch .. 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Milton .. 32 406 8 3 24 188 2 3 163 2 7
Mosgiel 18 200 1 8 15 197 3 10 171 1 1
Naseby 8 62 12 10 4 45 15 1 45 15 1
Oamaru 290 1,469 15 4 97 1,021 8 6 904 0 10
Orepuki 79 382 2 1 31 334 12 0 308 0 6
Otatau 126 951 18 5 106 503 5 0 503 5 0
Outram .. .. .. .. ..
Owaka 51 352 4 6 41 303 17 9 300 1 10
Palmerston 9 114 6 1 10 64 6 1 25 8 9
Patearoa .. .. .. .. ..
Pembroke 2 51 12 2 2 51 12 2 4 2 2
Port Chalmers 10 133 8 5 7 66 15 7 65 18 1
Queenstown 10 68 14 3 3 35 7 9 33 7 9
Riverton 24 172 12 2 14 156 5 11 150 15 11
Roxburgh 5 46 4 10 7 23 12 3 23 12 3
St. Bathan’s 3 15 19 8 3 15 19 8 15 19 8
Stewart Island 10 34 19 10 4 9 13 3 9 13 3
Tapanui 8 87 6 3 8 170 3 5 106 3 3
Waikai 3 28 1 6 1 16 19 0 16 19 0
Waikouaiti 4 27 9 0 5 41 2 7 21 2 7
Winton 45 460 19 10 43 450 9 10 380 11 6
Wyndham 48 484 10 4 23 267 11 5 224 7 2
Totals .. 15,612 173,638 15 10 10,210 110,836 18 10 96,070 9 6

TABLE III.—Showing SUMMARY of CIVIL CASES HEARD during the Quarter ending 30th June, 1914, 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 1,379 13,941 10 8 1,007 10,144 5 3 8,772 8 4
In which Maoris were plaintiffs and Europeans defendants 30 517 19 1 21 573 4 11 354 3 1
In which Maoris only were concerned 51 763 16 6 53 1,083 3 1 865 12 11
Totals .. 1,460 15,223 6 3 1,081 11,800 13 3 9,992 4 4


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⚖️ Magistrates' Courts Statistics for Quarter Ending 30th June 1914 (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
22 August 1914
Statistics, Magistrates' Courts, Civil Cases, Amounts Sued, Amounts Awarded, Canterbury, Otago