New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 96

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✨ Magistrates' Courts Statistics

JULY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2539

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.
Kaiapoi	12	98 11 6	6	94 6 11	53 13 11
Leeston	14	47 1 1	4	42 11 9	22 11 9
Little River	8	135 2 10	..	..	..
Lyttelton	18	168 2 6	12	153 1 0	136 1 0
Methven	17	219 7 7	17	219 7 7	219 7 7
Oxford..	2	25 3 4	1	4 10 0	4 10 0
Rangiora	17	386 0 9	5	122 4 6	120 9 10
Southbridge	..	..	..	..	..
South Rakaia	..	..	..	..	..
Temuka	30	213 3 10	24	165 6 2	134 16 10
Timaru	148	2,092 10 8	81	1,195 10 4	1,169 18 1
Waimate	45	779 12 5	28	267 6 10	198 13 1
Otago Provincial District.
Alexandra	3	11 8 0	1	4 11 0	4 11 0
Arrowtown	..	..	..	..	..
Balclutha	44	583 3 11	25	414 5 2	372 5 2
Black’s	2	7 5 0	5	83 5 11	80 11 11
Bluff ..	5	46 2 5	1	1 15 0	1 15 0
Clinton	4	42 11 0	..	..	..
Clyde ..	9	71 18 10	..	..	..
Cromwell	2	3 10 0	1	1 10 0	1 10 0
Dunedin	628	5,316 13 2	238	1,964 17 0	1,941 15 6
Gore ..	60	802 6 1	39	473 0 3	418 19 6
Hampden	..	..	..	..	..
Hyde ..	..	..	..	..	..
Invercargill	237	2,644 12 5	127	1,764 5 3	1,518 0 3
Kaitangata	6	80 8 5	3	10 15 10	2 16 0
Kurow..	..	..	..	..	..
Lawrence	7	74 2 9	..	..	..
Lumsden	..	..	1	6 1 0	3 10 0
Macrae’s	1	4 18 6	1	4 18 6	4 12 6
Mataura	9	78 13 5	9	78 13 5	67 10 11
Middlemarch	2	18 16 2	3	27 0 4	9 13 10
Milton ..	12	122 1 4	9	111 1 6	111 1 6
Mosgiel	15	156 5 7	8	55 1 1	55 1 1
Naseby	2	6 12 8	1	0 17 9	0 17 9
Oamaru	61	590 2 4	29	484 7 8	302 9 0
Orepuki	3	6 8 3	3	6 8 3	6 8 3
Otatau	18	176 4 5	11	85 10 3	72 3 11
Outram	3	35 12 8	..	..	..
Owaka..	4	31 6 5	10	103 5 6	103 5 6
Palmerston	13	66 15 5	11	64 2 5	33 5 5
Patearoa	..	..	..	..	..
Port Chalmers	9	129 11 6	9	129 11 6	127 3 8
Queenstown	3	35 13 6	3	35 13 6	35 13 6
Riverton	7	57 0 6	4	57 3 7	25 19 7
Roxburgh	19	108 1 6	7	59 15 3	59 15 3
St. Bathan’s	1	1 5 0	1	1 5 0	1 5 0
Stewart Island ..	..	..	..	..	..
Tapanui	3	20 7 0	1	3 3 0	3 3 0
Waikaiia	..	..	..	..	..
Waikouaiti	7	89 15 11	1	3 9 0	..
Winton	26	260 1 7	21	260 1 7	161 5 11
Wyndham	9	80 0 2	5	66 15 6	52 17 2
Totals ..	10,470	152,156 9 2	6,893	97,276 15 10	82,301 10 7

TABLE III.—Showing Summary of Civil Cases Heard during the Quarter ended the 31st March, 1918,
according to Race of Plaintiff and Defendant.

Plaintiff.	Defendant.	Plaints entered.		Cases tried and disposed of during Quarter.
		Number.	Total Amount sued for.	Number.	Total Amount sued for.	Total Amount recovered.
			£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
European ..	European ..	9,430	137,946 15 4	5,977	85,162 17 2	72,472 15 6
European ..	Maori ..	977	12,800 7 7	860	10,885 0 10	9,415 14 8
Maori ..	European ..	22	470 10 0	18	396 19 8	143 10 0
Maori ..	Maori ..	41	938 16 3	38	831 18 2	269 10 5
Totals	..	10,470	152,156 9 2	6,893	97,276 15 10	82,310 10 7