Magistrates' Courts Statistics




MAY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2087

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 Year. (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.
Hawke’s Bay Provincial District—continued.
Ormondville 22 156 14 5 23 149 2 9 146 2 8
Porangahau 90 1,075 16 9 83 852 5 6 840 11 5
Waipawa 180 1,593 4 11 114 1,172 5 6 1,036 6 6
Waipukurau 136 2,472 18 2 112 2,046 5 3 1,872 15 1
Wairoa 540 6,979 15 6 407 5,600 8 5 4,594 6 0
Woodville 86 1,435 17 1 61 746 7 4 616 7 10
Wellington Provincial District.
Bull’s 54 456 0 2 36 367 3 7 313 2 1
Carterton 158 1,575 5 8 115 1,143 8 6 953 8 6
Ekatahuna 59 932 6 1 59 932 6 1 335 19 8
Featherston 136 2,611 10 0 120 2,464 1 4 1,515 1 10
Feilding 528 7,012 3 11 258 3,648 8 1 2,790 12 10
Foxton 88 907 4 3 92 1,059 4 11 513 0 1
Greytown 129 1,284 4 1 94 948 2 11 776 18 10
Hunterville 57 769 18 9 73 769 18 9 705 2 4
Kimbolton 13 147 12 9 13 153 5 3 89 6 3
Levin 178 2,659 17 10 130 1,880 1 8 1,518 9 4
Lower Hutt 158 1,443 18 3 121 937 9 5 879 10 11
Mangaweka 54 534 9 10 59 538 10 9 476 18 8
Martinborough 117 1,160 1 10 60 420 3 1 325 17 11
Marton 329 4,830 18 7 194 2,273 12 7 2,056 12 8
Masterton 474 5,978 14 3 248 3,388 14 4 2,758 2 11
Ohakune 143 2,145 4 5 121 1,688 6 5 1,202 6 10
Otaki 197 1,761 7 0 159 1,759 13 6 1,326 0 9
Pahiatua 132 2,432 17 0 86 1,487 4 7 1,332 16 9
Palmerston North 1,165 14,422 5 1 706 8,542 18 3 7,308 0 1
Petone 101 705 5 6 69 517 7 0 449 11 5
Pongaroa 26 143 4 6 13 58 1 5 44 13 11
Raetihi 95 1,227 5 7 74 1,108 5 1 834 19 1
Taihape 264 4,270 8 3 150 2,519 7 0 2,045 9 4
Upper Hutt 62 515 18 3 56 456 14 5 326 19 8
Wanganui 1,679 22,274 11 6 797 11,252 4 7 10,232 17 5
Waverley 70 1,254 5 7 45 731 18 0 598 18 0
Wellington 4,854 69,343 13 0 2,686 39,388 6 3 35,123 16 4
Whareama .. .. .. .. ..
Marlborough Provincial District.
Blenheim 400 4,186 13 8 270 3,329 10 2 2,720 14 10
Havelock 61 645 5 0 30 451 17 5 406 9 10
Kaikoura 121 1,303 9 8 76 983 17 8 125 5 11
Picton 24 466 0 6 19 348 16 7 145 9 9
Nelson Provincial District.
Ahaura 6 92 9 10 2 8 1 6 5 11 6
Brightwater 42 623 11 9 18 203 0 0 152 15 9
Brunnerton 15 83 10 2 8 27 15 0 27 15 0
Charleston 4 42 11 11 1 4 10 0 2 10 0
Cheviot 38 308 3 7 37 303 14 3 266 12 8
Collingwood 9 47 11 11 6 28 13 6 24 13 6
Culverden 42 368 3 11 26 180 16 3 168 16 3
Denniston 27 184 13 1 49 420 17 1 339 8 2
Granity 17 92 17 3 17 73 8 6 39 10 7
Karamea 13 174 17 0 8 81 3 5 61 15 10
Motueka 69 541 17 1 47 391 8 2 358 13 2
Murchison 31 300 16 2 21 245 13 1 167 15 1
Nelson 448 6,681 17 8 227 4,002 17 10 3,601 8 3
Reefton 169 1,810 5 4 145 1,356 6 11 1,036 0 6
Seddonville 3 19 11 0 2 19 11 0 2 11 0
Takaka 71 581 11 6 58 313 18 6 303 14 0
Westport 303 3,368 1 4 203 2,111 10 9 1,772 5 10
Westland Provincial District.
Greymouth 634 8,410 7 4 387 5,654 18 9 5,144 8 9
Hokitika 334 2,992 5 7 235 2,458 11 2 1,455 10 10
Kumara 18 223 6 7 18 155 8 11 110 18 10
Okarito 2 32 10 0 2 32 10 0 23 5 0
Ross 23 196 1 0 25 125 5 0 98 11 6
Stafford 4 52 14 2 4 51 12 2 51 12 2
Canterbury Provincial District.
Akaroa 23 347 8 4 23 489 5 3 477 17 3
Amberley 8 66 9 8 7 65 18 1 33 12 7
Ashburton 425 4,754 14 5 256 2,438 7 2 1,971 5 9
Chatham Islands 44 890 17 9 9 531 8 4 449 10 7


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⚖️ Statistics of Magistrates' Courts for 1916 (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Statistics, Magistrates' Courts, Civil Cases, Hawke’s Bay Provincial District, Wellington Provincial District, Marlborough Provincial District, Nelson Provincial District, Westland Provincial District, Canterbury Provincial District