Magistrates' Courts Statistics




SEPT. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3155

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.
£ s. d.
Canterbury Provincial District—continued.
Kaiapoi 13 237 15 9
Leeston 21 70 10 7
Little River 3 42 17 6
Lyttelton 27 150 10 5
Methven 5 38 8 4
Oxford 2 8 3 7
Rangiora 15 146 3 2
Southbridge 4 32 11 11
South Rakaia .. ..
Temuka 54 323 11 6
Timaru 143 1,928 3 2
Waimate 70 555 10 6
Otago Provincial District.
Alexandra 8 83 0 10
Arrowtown 1 8 4 6
Balclutha 32 323 6 1
Black’s 1 5 17 7
Bluff 17 60 13 11
Clinton 5 33 14 0
Clyde 1 4 10 0
Cromwell 8 346 9 2
Dunedin 593 5,584 3 0
Gore 65 1,230 16 3
Hampden 1 10 0 0
Invercargill 340 3,596 17 3
Kaitangata 9 79 17 2
Kurow .. ..
Lawrence 18 98 16 10
Lumsden 9 94 12 3
Macrae’s .. ..
Mataura 14 272 9 11
Middlemarch 4 15 11 9
Milton 6 59 8 5
Mosgiel 4 61 8 5
Naseby 6 68 3 6
Oamaru 63 1,269 2 9
Orepuki 3 22 2 0
Otatau 15 226 19 2
Outram 1 25 13 4
Owaka 8 88 7 5
Palmerston .. ..
Port Chalmers 3 28 9 10
Queenstown 2 36 6 9
Riverton 16 97 19 6
Roxburgh 16 277 7 8
St. Bathan’s .. ..
Stewart Island .. ..
Tapanui 12 34 9 11
Waikaia 1 20 0 0
Waikouaiti 2 33 3 2
Winton 15 150 9 9
Wyndham 12 178 12 9
Totals .. 10,919 148,691 13 7

TABLE III.—Showing Summary of Civil Cases Heard during the Quarter ended 30th June, 1918, according to Race of Plaintiff and Defendant.

Plaintiff. Defendant. Plaints entered. Cases tried and disposed of during Quarter
Number. Total Amount sued for.
£ s. d.
European European 9,868 132,726 5 2
,, Maori 986 14,291 11 0
Maori European 23 651 12 3
,, Maori 42 1,022 5 2
Totals 10,919 148,691 13 7

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⚖️ Magistrates' Courts Quarterly Statistics (continued from previous page)

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Statistics, Magistrates' Courts, Civil Cases, Amounts Sued, Amounts Awarded, Canterbury Provincial District, Otago Provincial District