✨ Civil Cases Statistics
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 112
MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.
TABLE showing the NUMBER of CIVIL CASES HEARD, &c., in the several Magistrates’ Courts—
continued.
| Courts. | 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. | |||
| Canterbury Provincial District—continued. | |||||
| Fairlie .. | 9 | 112 11 3 | 7 | 72 8 3 | 65 12 3 |
| Geraldine | 8 | 73 11 3 | 5 | 32 2 9 | 27 12 9 |
| Kaiapoi | 6 | 231 11 10 | 7 | 121 3 3 | 121 3 3 |
| Leeston | 2 | 24 1 10 | 2 | 21 4 10 | 21 4 10 |
| Little River | 8 | 40 6 5 | 2 | 2 14 6 | 2 14 6 |
| Lyttelton | 4 | 65 14 9 | 4 | 65 14 9 | 53 3 9 |
| Methven | 17 | 114 19 6 | 17 | 114 19 6 | 24 18 6 |
| Oxford.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Rangiora | 13 | 251 0 1 | 9 | 100 14 3 | 100 2 4 |
| Southbridge | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| South Rakaia | 3 | 42 8 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Temuka | 22 | 656 12 3 | 10 | 111 7 1 | 89 1 7 |
| Timaru | 120 | 1,967 10 11 | 45 | 857 5 4 | 739 14 5 |
| Waimate | 63 | 745 16 6 | 41 | 370 1 6 | 328 16 4 |
| Otago Provincial District. | |||||
| Alexandra | 5 | 64 13 6 | 9 | 78 3 6 | 67 3 6 |
| Arrowtown | 3 | 38 3 9 | 1 | 18 3 9 | 18 3 9 |
| Balclutha | 36 | 503 9 7 | 14 | 162 3 11 | 162 3 11 |
| Black’s | 1 | 23 11 3 | .. | .. | .. |
| Bluff .. | 11 | 92 14 10 | 6 | 82 7 6 | 82 7 6 |
| Clinton | 1 | 4 16 0 | .. | .. | .. |
| Clyde .. | 3 | 66 13 11 | 3 | 66 13 11 | 64 8 11 |
| Cromwell | 7 | 217 7 4 | 5 | 232 9 3 | 149 16 2 |
| Dunedin | 543 | 4,188 3 3 | 181 | 2,327 7 0 | 2,039 9 9 |
| Gore .. | 51 | 792 8 7 | 40 | 684 4 2 | 323 11 9 |
| Hampden | .. | .. | 1 | 7 10 0 | 0 14 4 |
| Invercargill | 214 | 3,588 18 1 | 132 | 2,132 14 2 | 1,740 16 8 |
| Kaitangata | 8 | 55 15 8 | 1 | 2 5 0 | 2 5 0 |
| Kurow | 2 | 32 2 0 | .. | .. | .. |
| Lawrence | 17 | 551 11 6 | 11 | 558 0 1 | 440 8 8 |
| Lumsden | 4 | 140 17 11 | 2 | 28 9 6 | 20 16 9 |
| Macrae’s | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Mataura | 18 | 119 17 3 | 18 | 119 17 3 | 113 10 5 |
| Middlemarch | 1 | 6 0 0 | 1 | 6 0 0 | 5 6 0 |
| Milton .. | 9 | 118 19 1 | 10 | 109 12 5 | 106 13 10 |
| Mosgiel | 6 | 155 5 1 | 7 | 179 0 0 | 93 7 0 |
| Naseby | 2 | 73 12 2 | 3 | 19 6 6 | 18 2 9 |
| Oamaru | 28 | 521 6 2 | 39 | 512 2 0 | 450 19 6 |
| Orepuki | 3 | 22 1 10 | 3 | 22 1 10 | 22 1 10 |
| Otatau | 17 | 223 5 11 | 9 | 94 16 10 | 93 9 4 |
| Outram | 4 | 35 15 11 | 2 | 10 14 5 | 10 14 5 |
| Owaka | 3 | 27 15 3 | 1 | 2 1 6 | 2 1 6 |
| Palmerston | 2 | 6 14 8 | 1 | 3 7 6 | 3 7 6 |
| Port Chalmers | 4 | 31 11 1 | 5 | 17 15 11 | 17 5 11 |
| Queenstown | 10 | 51 9 0 | 2 | 23 11 0 | 22 9 9 |
| Riverton | 26 | 248 14 3 | 6 | 105 9 4 | 78 18 10 |
| Roxburgh | 7 | 53 12 3 | 3 | 20 2 5 | 15 13 2 |
| St. Bathan’s | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Stewart Island | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tapanui | 14 | 132 6 10 | 11 | 110 5 8 | 94 4 10 |
| Waikaia | 2 | 19 17 9 | 2 | 19 17 9 | 19 17 9 |
| Waikouaiti | 10 | 78 3 0 | 1 | 2 0 0 | 2 0 0 |
| Winton | 10 | 74 10 3 | 8 | 60 4 6 | 51 5 3 |
| Wyndham | 11 | 321 12 4 | 16 | 277 11 1 | 277 11 1 |
| Totals .. | 9,531 | 144,570 13 7 | 5,968 | 92,091 16 6 | 78,329 3 10 |
TABLE showing SUMMARY of CIVIL CASES HEARD during the Quarter ended 30th June, 1919, 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 .. | 8,507 | 131,688 7 8 | 5,173 | 81,053 7 6 | 68,711 5 0 |
| ,, .. | Maori .. | 898 | 10,400 2 6 | 685 | 8,911 3 2 | 8,240 10 7 |
| Maori .. | European .. | 22 | 505 12 1 | 14 | 391 14 1 | 185 10 4 |
| ,, .. | Maori .. | 104 | 1,976 11 4 | 96 | 1,735 11 9 | 1,191 17 11 |
| Totals .. | 9,531 | 144,570 13 7 | 5,968 | 92,091 16 6 | 78,329 3 10 |
Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1919.
MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.
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Civil Cases Statistics for Magistrates' Courts
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Statistics, Civil Cases, Magistrates' Courts, Quarterly Report, Financial Data
- MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician