New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 170

Page 4313

✨ Magistrates' Courts Statistics



Nov. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4313

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 5 15 11 4 7 39 7 4 39 7 4
Kaiapoi 24 169 9 10 12 76 8 7 76 8 7
Leeston 9 117 17 5 5 44 9 11 27 9 11
Little River .. .. .. .. ..
Lyttelton 10 95 9 5 10 95 9 5 89 8 8
Methven 12 200 9 9 12 200 9 9 139 18 2
Oxford.. 5 26 11 2 3 16 5 9 16 5 9
Rangiora 21 169 0 0 21 488 3 6 425 3 7
Southbridge 2 21 11 10 3 35 5 2 35 5 2
South Rakaia 2 14 19 9 .. .. ..
Temuka 40 272 15 5 25 189 12 6 182 5 5
Timaru 138 1,789 2 3 79 1,200 8 6 997 17 6
Waimate 71 744 10 9 54 526 18 1 246 13 6
Otago Provincial District.
Alexandra 13 68 3 0 7 75 5 0 75 5 0
Arrowtown .. .. .. .. ..
Balclutha 28 376 3 3 19 354 18 11 276 18 9
Black’s 5 62 0 8 1 4 7 0 4 7 0
Bluff .. 8 72 15 7 11 66 16 8 60 19 0
Clinton 2 7 7 4 .. .. ..
Clyde .. 5 45 2 5 2 16 8 9 16 8 9
Cromwell 1 0 7 0 11 227 4 9 196 1 4
Dunedin 570 5,082 12 2 330 2,662 2 0 2,434 14 0
Gore .. 47 613 3 11 35 617 15 10 418 7 8
Hampden 4 11 5 5 4 11 5 5 11 5 5
Hyde .. 1 12 16 7 1 12 16 7 12 11 7
Invercargill 266 3,113 14 2 138 1,617 11 5 1,395 8 3
Kaitangata 4 68 1 3 5 68 1 3 18 1 3
Kurow.. 3 33 6 11 2 14 17 5 14 17 5
Lawrence 4 37 9 9 1 2 14 9 2 14 9
Lumsden 5 76 11 1 6 27 0 1 22 0 1
Macrae’s .. .. 1 26 1 6 26 1 6
Mataura 9 121 13 9 9 121 13 9 54 1 7
Middlemarch .. .. 3 41 10 2 24 5 8
Milton .. 15 47 15 4 13 376 5 2 373 5 2
Mosgiel 15 203 18 6 9 163 14 0 160 16 6
Naseby 4 30 16 9 4 40 6 0 38 6 0
Oamaru 81 1,206 11 6 57 690 3 6 544 4 9
Orepuki 16 75 4 7 18 127 18 11 105 16 10
Otatau 10 172 4 10 8 86 2 11 85 0 11
Outram 2 39 0 3 1 29 0 3 29 0 3
Owaka.. 6 107 9 2 4 96 19 11 85· 0 5
Palmerston 7 63 3 0 5 49 10 0 14 10 0
Patearoa .. .. .. .. ..
Port Chalmers .. 12 63 6 6 9 55 14 0 55 14 0
Queenstown 3 13 13 5 1 6 3 7 6 3 7
Riverton 12 169 17 11 18 123 13 2 109 9 2
Roxburgh 10 131 17 6 10 79 13 2 79 13 2
St. Bathan’s .. .. .. .. ..
Stewart Island .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tapanui 7 93 11 10 5 61 12 8 61 12 8
Waikaia 1 4 18 10 1 4 18 10 2 0 0
Waikouaiti 1 10 9 6 3 18 16 0 18 16 0
Winton 25 246 3 2 37 310 9 5 294 9 5
Wyndham 6 113 5 5 5 95 18 5 95 18 5
Totals .. 11,615 161,028 6 2 7,539 108,645 8 7 88,690 12 10

TABLE III.—Showing SUMMARY of CIVIL CASES HEARD during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1917,
in which MAORIS were concerned.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
In which Europeans were plaintiffs and Maoris defendants 1,190 15,775 15 1 886 12,191 11 2 11,192 1 5
In which Maoris were plaintiffs and Europeans defendants 28 1,085 16 5 22 773 6 2 357 12 5
In which Maoris only were concerned .. 39 1,490 18 8 31 1,168 5 7 745 13 0
Totals .. 1,257 18,352 10 2 939 14,133 2 11 12,295 6 10


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⚖️ Magistrates' Courts Statistics for Quarter Ended 30th September 1917 (continued from previous page)

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