LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1896-97.)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1897 Session II, H-03

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Sess. 11.—1897. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1896-97.)

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

The Sbcbetaby for Stamps to the Hon. Commissioneb of Stamps. Sib, — Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 16th June, 1897. I have the honour to submit the following returns showing the working of the Land Transfer and Deeds Eegistration Departments for the year ended 31st March, 1897. A.—The business transacted under the Land Transfer Act. B.—The fees received thereunder, including the fees received on account of Crown grants. C.—The mortgages and discharges of mortgages, and the amount remaining secured by mortgage under the said Acts on the 31st March last. D.—The arrears existing at the various Land Transfer offices at the close of business on the same date. B.—The number of deeds received for registration, and the number remaining unregistered on the 31st March last; also the fees received in the Deeds Eegistration offices. I have, &c, C. A. Hickson, The Commissioner of Stamps, Wellington. Secretary for Stamps.

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A.—Statement of Business transacted under the Land Transfer Acts during the Year ended the 31st March, 1897.

I APPLICATIONS. ' TRANSFERS. MORTGAGES. DISTRICT, Abe No - ! Town I and [ Suburban. Abea. EA. Country. Value. JN Abe Town and Suburban. Abea. EA. Country. Value. No. !" Town and Suburban. Area. Country. Value. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 87 44 : 106 ! 13 1 3 218 j 44 32 8 i A. B. P. i A. E. P. £ S. d. A. B. P. 461 0 33 ! 2,421 3 16 | 61,016 3 0 1,407 ! 636 0 24 6 2 32, 1,107 1 29 16,090 0 0 ! 582 ! 127 3 5 306 0 31 ! 12,002 1 2 123,312 0 0 1,851 563 2 0 60 2 5 ' 1,763 0 17 15,172 0 0 604 916 2 29 53 0 0 954 0 0 i 49 51 0 33 3 0 0 324 0 16 1,338 4 0 :. 301 : 118 3 26 229 0 0 1,660 1 0 83 i 102 0 36 71 3 30 : 18,376 2 10 : 198,698 0 0 1,970 . 546 3 8 46 3 35 1,745 1 38 ', 29,046 0 0 1,073 | 298 2 81 5 2 25 504 3 5 : 9,637 2 0 ; 831 532 3 18 2 2 26 : 32 1 34 599 10 0 1 81 14 2 34 A. B. P. 553,296 2 9 31,422 1 29 167,686 1 38 137,954 2 30 22,307 0 15 15,627 0 31 37,217 3 4 175,664 0 0 87,576 ] 36 60,605 3 16 1,912 1 5 £ s. a. 502,121 19 9 188,626 10 0 755,941 9 4 260,549 13 9 204,638 15 0 52,786 19 9 39,039 16 6 861,334 0 0 256,657 0 0 179,304 4 4 9,633 11 3 988 878 2,313 732 41 279 98 1,887 824 807 62 A. B. P. i A. K. P. 437 0 8 I 436,345 3 14 122 3 21 142,239 0 27 542 1 3 404,271 3 17 1,513 2 33 ' 320,181 1 20 69 1 26 24,954 1 29 52 3 15 31,410 0 20 86 3 26 57,942 3 j9 393 2 4 305,059 1 2 184 2 3 152,178 1 32 351 1 18 142,860 0 21 6 3 8: 4,423 1 19 £ s. d. 405,564 8 6 372,598 13 0 1,253,906 12 6 611,068 0 6 48,513 0 0 66,176 16 5 62,106 18 3 1,191,786 0 0 373,148 0 0 346,325 15 11 12,627 0 0 Totals 565 964 3 17 38,560 0 7 : 457,523 0 0 8,832 3,909 2 4 ! I i 1,291,270 3 13 3,310,633 19 8 8,909 i 3,761 1 5 2,021,866 3 20 4,743,821 5 1 Corresponding period, 1895-96 535 209 3 15 : 57,406 0 31 447,191 13 8 .8,054 3,544 1 8 1,043,311 0 4 2,676,836 2 4 8,365 [3,296 0 36 12,145,453 1 13 4,702,551 17 6 I I! I ~ ~' I CERTIFICATES IN LIEU OP CROWN GRANTS. CROWN GRANTS. Pn O I © m CD DISTRICT. Abba. Area. Country. Value. ■2 ■Is I o CD a a 1 to it si , l © i i a o EH No. Town and Suburban. Country. Value. NO. m Town and Suburban. o Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 143 153 289 110 22 147 2 81 90 52 20 A. E. P. 8,321 1 9 16 3 31 133 1 29 92 1 37 24 0 10 2 18 A. B. PJ 22,190 3 21 49,424 2 29 42,381 6 4 26,830 0 10] 3,055 1 25: 35,429 2 6 4 0 0 74,611 2 13 6,731 2 25 3,098 0 2 549 0 5i £ s. d.\ : 7,741 17 0 34,007 7 6 31,227 10 0 3,500 0 0 21,791 18 0 10 0 0 3 I I •• I A. E. P. A. B. P. 3,659 2 9 £ s. d. 1,968 0 0 " ■■ •■ 4 6 1 •• 53 26 55 51 11 10 2 89 54 37 2 ■■ h ;1,913 657 1,961 924 51 96 66 2,560 700 590 41 39 20 107 48 2 10 7 249 28 68 4 63 22 104 31 4 3 86 50 7 1 154 69 59 73 4 2 7 77 52 4 6 2 1 15 5 517 313 797 201 4 13 51 352 430 107 37 ■■ *2 ■• 216 56 145 16 64 717 254 1,127 275 17 86 30 1,011 462 330 18 •• I 14 1 28 55 3 26 120 2 21 0 3 0 I .. ] 2 10 178 5,947 5 1 4,115 4 10 149 17 10 9 2 h 5 10 50"3 11 10 0 1 6 1109 ■• I Totals 8,782 0 39 1 264,306 2 20 108,491 0 3 ! 5 10 3,710 1 20 1,969 0 0 22 : 390 i 9,559 582 373 507 I 36 2,822 ; 8 675 4,327 3,983 ! Corresponding period, 1895-96 1409 11,510 2 12 i i 416,344 2 29 ! 179,039 17 6 22: 2,422 0 0 29 373 i ! 8,529 I 1 588 386 : i 3,045 3 431 12 0 0 5,989 3 24 i 439 37

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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Acts for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1897.

Note. —Includes Crown-grant and district-agency fees : * J3175 175.; t £166 6s. 6d.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Acts on the 31st March, 1897.

D. —Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1897.

Other Instruments unrecorded. Transfers. Mortgages. Miscellaneous. Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 48 54 55 Christehurch .. .. .. .. .. 16 14 35 Otago .. .. • • .. .. 2 5

District. General Fees. Assurance Pees. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay (three months only) Nelson Marlborough ... Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... ... Westland ~£~ s. d. 3,084 5 4 1,704 19 7 5,410 8 11 1.749 18 9 145 14 0 582 8 0 206 8 0 5,259 9 4 2,273 L2 1 1,607 19 5 195 9 0 ~~£ s. d. 119 5 8 28 10 11 260 7 7 42 15 4 1 19 9 44 10 5 0 18 2 501 15 2 62 15 6 19 12 9 1 12 8 £ s. d7 3,203 11 0 1,733 10 6 5,670 16 6 1,792 14 1 147 13 9 626 18 5 207 6 2 5,761 4 6 2,336 7 7 1,627 12 2 197 1 8 Totals 22,220 12 5* 1,084 3 11 23,304 16 4 Corresponding period, 1895-96 ... 20,657 8 9| 1,073 12 10 21,731 1 7

■ District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1896. Amount secured by Mortgage during the Year ended 31st March, 1897. Amount of Mortgages paid off during the same Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1897. Auckland ... Taranaki ... "Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland ... Westland ... £ s. d. 4,020,620 2 1 1,376,969 13 7 6,220,390 0 0 4,216,167 0 8 866,430 12 0 270,524 13 4 8,802,384 8 0 2,857,720 0 0 2,935,661 19 6 72,981 0 1 £ s. d. 405,564 8 6 372,598 13 0 1,253,906 12 6 611,068 0 6 48,513 0 0 66,176 16 5 62,106 18 3 !l,191,786 0 0 373,148 0 0 346 325 15 11 12,627 0 0 £ s. 1,454,825 8 206,610 14 917,566 0 519,689 0 9,902 0 47,827 11 84,087 0 1,350,386 0 393,251 0 269,407 0 17,198 0 d. 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 £ s. a. 2,971,359 2 2 1,542,957 11 11 6,556,730 12 6 4,307,546 1 2 38,611 0 0 884,779 17 2 248,544 11 7 8,643,784 8 0 2,837,617 0 0 3,012,580 15 5 68,410 0 1 Totals 31,639,849 9 3 4,743,821 5 1 5,270,749 14 4 31,112,921 0 0 Corresponding period, 1895-96 30,571,678 6 10 4,702,551 17 6 3,634,380 15 1 31,639,849 9 3

District. Applications awaiting Compliance with Requisitions. Applications detained for Examination in the Survey Office. Applications (other than those already mentioned) received during the Month and not yet passed. Unregistered Instruments awaiting Compliance with Eequisitions. Unregistered Instruments detained in the Survey Office. Certificates of Title due but not issued. Applications received previous to Current Month not yet passed. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay... Poverty Bay ... Nelson . . Marlborough ... Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 49 18 5 6 6 9 13 26 3 6 4 67 1 61 3 5 1 2 20 5 4 4 33 10 8 31 3 1 Totals 117 22 12 118 18 123

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E.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March, 1896; the Number received for Registration, and the Number registered, during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1897; also the Number remaining on that date; and the Amount of Fees collected during the same Period.

& s. a. * Includes Crown-grant fees .. .. .. .. 221 2 5 Includes district-agency fees, &c. .. .. .. 23 11 0 £244 16 5 Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,405 copies), £3 15s od.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB97. Prke 3d.]

District. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1896. Received for Registration during the Year ended 31st March, 1897. Registered during the same Period. Unregistered on 31st March, 1897. Pees. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland 152 19 31 73 10 3,949 846 2,359 886 17 535 360 1,513 1,381 326 51 3,880 842 2,322 845 17 540 360 1,528 1,445 297 51 194 23 54 96 5 £ s. 3,860 17 775 14 2,475 19 1,003 0 18 7 489 16 405 16 1,655 0 1,398 16 365 2 51 7 a. 3 9 2 0 6 0 6 9 0 6 6 43 73 9 19 9 38 Totals 410 12,223 12,127 438 £12,499 17 11*