New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 38

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✨ Magistrates' Courts Civil Cases Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

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 Year.
Number. Total Amount sued for. Number.
£ s. d.
Canterbury Provincial District—continued.
Geraldine 18 331 9 9 16
Kaiapoi 40 434 19 1 25
Leeston 17 226 11 0 13
Little River 20 173 18 3 16
Lyttelton 37 555 16 3 22
Methven 43 561 18 7 39
Oxford.. 10 70 10 0 8
Rangiora 83 1,114 4 11 40
Southbridge 1 1 10 0 2
South Rakaia 13 139 7 3 11
Temuka 76 1,156 15 2 45
Timaru 376 7,274 4 1 189
Waimate 170 1,995 7 2 89
Otago Provincial District.
Alexandra 37 272 19 3 27
Arrowtown 10 127 5 8 9
Balclutha 183 2,445 19 1 100
Black’s 5 61 19 2 5
Bluff .. 24 230 9 5 17
Clinton 8 48 6 10 6
Clyde .. 33 201 6 10 24
Cromwell 21 754 16 3 10
Dunedin 2,032 20,665 5 9 908
Gore .. 234 3,673 1 8 155
Hampden 27 488 12 1 23
Invercargill 1,000 15,105 10 6 504
Kaitangata 70 641 8 7 11
Kurow 7 84 3 5 5
Lawrence 56 995 19 6 41
Lumsden 9 248 5 7 12
Macrae’s .. .. ..
Mataura 62 444 4 3 47
Middlemarch 7 121 1 2 9
Milton 40 354 11 4 29
Mosgiel 27 238 10 2 22
Naseby 11 143 0 3 6
Oamaru 141 1,734 7 6 80
Orepuki 18 87 10 5 15
Otatau 77 798 9 2 54
Outram 8 89 5 5 6
Owaka 12 109 1 10 11
Palmerston 7 74 1 0 9
Port Chalmers .. 37 219 2 1 24
Queenstown 21 199 10 11 13
Riverton 78 1,054 5 8 45
Roxburgh 34 379 11 6 50
St. Bathan’s .. .. ..
Stewart Island .. .. .. ..
Tapanui 28 319 17 2 30
Waikai 8 57 5 4 7
Waikouaiti 14 119 6 2 10
Winton 27 294 19 4 25
Wyndham 53 1,181 15 2 29
Totals .. 38,775 619,576 7 5 24,680

TABLE showing SUMMARY of CIVIL CASES HEARD during the Year 1919, according to Race of Plaintiff and Defendant.

Plaintiff. Defendant. Plaints entered. Cases tried and disposed of during Year.
Number. Total Amount sued for. Number.
£ s. d.
European .. European .. 34,702 559,800 10 9 21,339
„ .. Maori .. 3,639 50,217 14 6 2,991
Maori .. European .. 110 3,414 10 10 72
„ .. Maori .. 324 6,143 11 4 278
Totals .. 38,775 619,576 7 5 24,680

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1920.

J. W. BUTCHER,
Acting Government Statistician.



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⚖️ Magistrates' Courts Civil Cases Statistics for 1919 (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
9 April 1920
Civil Cases, Magistrates' Courts, Statistics, Amounts Sued, Amounts Awarded
  • J. W. Butcher, Acting Government Statistician