The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 27
Property Tax Returns
Property Tax Returns.
Assessment capital value of real property under the Property
Assessment Act | £82,000,000 |
Exclusive of exemptions of £500 and under in value.
Note.—The returns of personal property are not yet complete. Some alteration was made in the Property Tax Acts last year which made foreign capital employed in the Colony liable as well as local capital.
Return showing the. Total Amount in Money remaining secured by Mortgages under the Land Transfer Acts on the 31st March, 1883.
District. | Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1882 | Amount secured by Mortgage during the Year ended 31st March, 1883. | Amount of Mortgages Paid off during the same Period. | Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1883 |
---|---|---|---|---|
£ | £ | £ | £ | |
Auckland | 1,602,666 | 415,104 | 136,397 | 1,881,373 |
Otago | 4,239,079 | 852,782 | 431,339 | 4,660,522 |
Canterbury | 7,549,772 | 2,187,680 | 1,304,440 | 8,433,013 |
Wellington | 1,938,712 | 487,983 | 254,929 | 2,171,767 |
Nelson | 276,238 | 108,248 | 79,672 | 304,814 |
Southland | 2,207,580 | 412,819 | 223,684 | 2,396,716 |
Hawke's Bay | 1,167,988 | 468,135 | 329,549 | 1,306,574 |
Westland | 68,075 | 8,817 | 7,647 | 69,244 |
Taranaki | 207,346 | 144,563 | 42,984 | 308,925 |
Marlborough | 136,067 | 27,469 | 12,790 | 150,746 |
Totals | 19,393,527 | 5,113,604 | 2,823,433 | 21,683,698 |
Corresponding Period 1881-82. | 6,151,795 | 2,596,091 |