New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 126

Page 3529

✨ Magistrates' Courts Statistics



Nov. 9. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3529

MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

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

Courts. Plaints entered. Cases tried and disposed of during Quarter. (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.)
Number. Total Amount sued for. Number. Total Amount sued for. Total Amount recovered.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Canterbury Provincial District—continued.
Geraldine 7 183 10 3 4 23 11 8 23 11 8
Kaiapoi 8 55 12 0 3 6 11 3 6 11 3
Leeston 2 26 6 10 2 48 8 3 29 10 0
Little River 1 14 14 9 4 39 11 3 39 11 3
Lyttelton 4 10 12 6 1 0 9 0 0 9 0
Methven 7 187 0 0 7 187 0 0 98 2 8
Oxford.. 11 201 19 3 7 184 9 0 164 19 2
Rangiora 34 332 11 0 16 144 12 4 143 12 4
Southbridge 3 32 18 5 3 19 0 0 19 0 0
South Rakaia 4 21 11 8 3 19 18 8 19 18 8
Temuka 45 240 1 0 23 96 4 11 82 10 5
Timaru 173 1,500 16 10 92 968 17 2 932 7 9
Waimate 57 474 16 8 27 355 3 5 337 18 5
Otago Provincial District.
Alexandra 24 170 0 7 21 171 5 6 170 9 0
Arrowtown 1 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 5 0 0
Balclutha 42 563 4 6 39 399 10 5 276 16 6
Black’s 4 12 19 0 7 34 19 0 25 10 5
Campbelltown 10 30 3 6 7 25 15 8 25 15 8
Clinton 2 4 6 1 1 1 4 0 1 4 0
Clyde .. 5 33 15 4 15 78 14 6 78 14 6
Cromwell 7 62 2 11 1 38 8 1 38 8 1
Dunedin 798 8,867 6 3 458 5,285 16 1 4,994 0 9
Gore .. 85 724 1 0 53 645 9 6 459 9 6
Hampden 4 87 13 5 .. .. ..
Hyde .. .. .. .. .. ..
Invercargill 387 4,990 13 9 236 3,049 7 0 2,769 14 8
Kaitangata 7 72 15 9 9 91 11 2 29 11 2
Kurow 3 22 5 7 2 19 4 7 19 4 7
Lawrence 14 131 14 1 7 77 18 0 73 0 0
Lumsden 7 82 1 5 5 43 16 3 43 16 3
Macrae’s .. .. .. .. ..
Mataura 9 123 9 5 9 123 9 5 117 11 11
Middlemarch 3 18 12 3 .. .. ..
Milton .. 14 94 13 8 11 101 17 6 98 7 3
Mosgiel 17 116 10 7 .. .. ..
Naseby 8 69 9 2 4 43 14 3 43 14 3
Oamaru 107 1,192 8 11 80 846 10 4 757 19 11
Orepuki 27 78 9 4 6 22 18 10 12 8 10
Otatau 59 238 8 4 37 126 8 7 120 8 3
Outram 1 3 0 0 6 117 1 2 117 1 2
Owaka.. 18 138 13 11 16 184 13 7 172 5 3
Palmerston South 9 93 1 11 9 54 1 0 39 8 11
Patearoa .. .. .. .. ..
Pembroke 1 2 11 11 .. .. ..
Port Chalmers 7 22 5 11 4 18 14 0 18 14 0
Queenstown 12 161 5 6 10 144 6 2 143 6 2
Riverton 51 347 15 1 35 215 3 2 169 11 2
Roxburgh 22 246 6 0 14 110 13 3 110 13 3
St. Bathan’s .. .. .. .. ..
Stewart Island 2 12 10 0 3 32 0 10 32 0 10
Tapanui 14 87 15 3 14 42 17 9 37 9 3
Waikaiia 2 10 18 9 1 6 10 3 6 10 3
Waikouaiti 2 3 4 1 5 5 19 9 5 19 9
Winton 45 302 4 3 30 171 0 2 165 0 2
Wyndham 22 467 16 1 21 284 9 4 213 18 4
Totals .. 11,718 150,420 17 0 7,389 99,714 10 10 83,355 3 9

TABLE III.—Showing Summary of Civil Cases heard during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1916,
in which Maoris were concerned.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
In which Europeans were plaintiffs and Maoris defendants 950 11,526 6 5 867 10,223 3 1 8,941 7 1
In which Maoris were plaintiffs and Europeans defendants 52 858 4 2 36 776 15 1 548 16 5
In which Maoris only were concerned 63 1,434 11 9 43 1,182 0 8 663 18 3
Totals .. 1,065 13,819 2 4 946 12,181 18 10 10,154 1 9

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⚖️ Statistics of Magistrates' Courts for the Quarter ended 30th September, 1916 (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
6 November 1916
Statistics, Magistrates' Courts, Civil Cases, Canterbury Provincial District, Otago Provincial District