Magistrates' Courts Statistics




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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MAGISTRATES' COURTS—continued.

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.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Canterbury Provincial District—continued.
Lyttelton 30 608 17 5
Methven 20 308 2 3
Oxford.. 9 183 3 11
Rangiora 28 503 2 0
Southbridge 5 37 11 4
South Rakaia 4 33 19 6
Temuka 39 333 4 6
Timaru 131 2,289 7 11
Waimate 84 1,394 12 0
Otago Provincial District.
Alexandra 10 125 0 6
Arrowtown 2 59 5 8
Balclutha 40 850 10 0
Black's 3 122 12 3
Bluff 5 36 14 1
Clinton 5 13 9 10
Clyde .. 9 37 0 1
Cromwell 9 142 6 2
Dunedin 756 11,118 10 1
Gore 151 1,782 2 5
Hampden 2 28 17 7
Invercargill 368 7,355 10 9
Kaitangata 4 43 14 0
Kurow.. 7 80 12 10
Lawrence 11 186 18 6
Lumsden 6 218 19 8
Mataura 23 543 1 4
Middlemarch 6 153 0 7
Milton 9 466 10 0
Mosgiel 9 92 19 5
Naseby 8 133 5 4
Oamaru 79 979 3 1
Orepuki 40 509 12 5
Otautau 37 573 4 7
Outram 7 64 10 1
Owaka 10 88 8 9
Palmerston 1 6 0 0
Port Chalmers 10 60 11 2
Queenstown 15 117 6 8
Riverton 39 744 17 10
Roxburgh 14 195 1 11
St. Bathan's
Stewart Island
Tapanui 27
Waikaia
Waikouaiti 5
Winton 17
Wyndham 44
Totals 16,031 309,285 13 1

(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.)

TABLE showing SUMMARY of CIVIL CASES HEARD during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1921, 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.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
European European 14,542 284,451 15 3
"" Maori 1,396 22,720 9 7
Maori European 35 798 13 1
"" Maori 58 1,314 15 2
Totals 16,031 309,285 13 1 10,855

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 1921.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.



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

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
5 November 1921
Magistrates' Courts, Cases, Statistics, Quarter, September 1921
  • MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician