Appendix G.
REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT
FOR THE YEAR 1915.
1.-ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
Two hundred and thirty-one (231) actions were instituted in this Division of the Court during the year 1915, and there were 785 pending at the commencement of that year, as against 342 and 655 respectively in 1914. 140 were disposed of during the year, 45 being settled or withdrawn before trial, leaving a balance of 831 undisposed of, as against 212, 57 and 785 respectively in 1914.
One injunction was granted during the year.
The amounts involved were $1,128,712, £987.4s.4d. and $673 U.S. Currency against $2,149,905 and £5,189.11s.3d. in 1914.
The debts and damages recovered amounted to $427,589 as against $1,437,417 and £4,519.18s.5d. in 1914 (corrected to reflect likely original OCR error in '11s.34d.' and '18.53d.').
The fees collected amounted to $12,502.15 as against $19,485.90 in 1914.
Tables setting out in detail the figures contained in this and the following paragraphs are printed at pages (O 2), (O 3), (O 4), (Y 3) and (Y 4) of the Blue Book for the year 1915.
14.-IN PRIZE.
Seventeen (17) actions were instituted under the above head. They are in connection with cargo consigned to alien enemy firms on board the following vessels:--
"Yuen Sang", "Loong Sang", "Gleniffer", "Antilochus", "Demodocus", "Stentor", "Sang", "Muttra", "Kut Sang", "Pyrrhus", "Kamo Maru", "Glaucus", "Polynesien", "Peleus", and "Novara".
During the year two ships were condemned, viz., "Paklat" and "Senegambia".
2. SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
One thousand six hundred and one (1,601) actions were instituted during the year, and 896 were brought forward from 1914, as against 2,380 and 412 respectively in 1914. The cases were disposed of as follows:- Settled or withdrawn 628, Judgment for the Plaintiff 555, Judgment for the Defendant 38, Non-suited 12, Struck out, Dismissed and lapsed Writs (not served) 30, leaving 338 pending, as against 1,006, 806, 49, 7, 48 and 896 respectively in 1914.