LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION: ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1908-9.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1909 Session II, H-03

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1909. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION: ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1908-9.

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

The Secretary for Land and Deeds to the Minister of Stamps. g IR> Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 12th May, 1909. I have the honour to submit the usual report on the working of the Land Transfer and Deeds Registration Departments for the year ended the 31st March, 1909. The returns appended show, — 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 Act on the 31st March, 1909. D.—The arrears existing at the various Land Transfer offices at the close of business on the same date. E.—The number of deeds received for registration, and the number remaining unregistered on the 31st March last; also the fees received in the Deeds Registration Office. I have, &c, C. A. Hickson, The Minister of Stamps, Wellington. Secretary for Land and Deeds.

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A.—Statement of Business transacted under the Land Transfer Act during the Year ended the 31st March, 1909.

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APPLICATIONS. TRANSFEBS. MORTGAGES. Area. Area. Area. DISTEICT. Value. No. No. Value. No. Value. Town and Suburban. Town and Suburban. Country. Town and Suburban. Country. Country. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough ... Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 157 16 125 25 6 13 18 183 60 11 3 A. B. P. 141 1 21 0 3 36 254 0 7 15 1 13 0 10 24 1 19 12 2 30 40 2 13 31 0 21 5 1 28 0 0 30 A. E. P. 10,116 1 28 1,001 2 18 16,882 3 11 14,973 1 17 866 1 13 214 3 12 290 1 24 11,525 1 7 23,211 3 2 72 3 23 10 0 £ s. d. 162,087 0 0 21,185 0 0 340,343 0 0 138,305 0 0 9,480 0 0 6,332 0 0 15,251 13 3 189,954 0 0 171,710 0 0 6,598 11 3 291 0 0 4,123 1,041 4,481 1,068 370 469 236 3,565 2,186 1,389 168 A. B. P. 1,140 3 25 353 1 16 2,036 3 25 481 3 16 146 3 14 175 1 5 140 0 39 674 0 38 250 0 10 569 3 39 30 1 37 A. E. P. 489,744 0 5 106,090 2 11 319,005 3 4 167,223 0 16 107,019 1 32 31,166 2 10 73,134 1 27 262,132 3 2 171,905 3 36 190,844 0 20 6,951 2 35 2,200,117 5 11 940,866 0 0 2,925,845 0 0 912,863 1 7 305,699 10 0 161,831 6 9 144,393 0 11 2,581,359 0 0 1,289,413 0 0 709,571 8 2 37,883 18 9 3,4481: 1,770 6,017 1,006 563 575 266 3,947 1,747 1,184 192 A. B. P. 1,291 2 15 366 1 17 1,974 0 2 481 3 1 130 0 4 214 0 32 120 2 17 653 3 29 249 3 36 356 2 38 64 2 22 A. E. P. 774,576 0 4 369,856 1 14 882,217 2 5 305,428 3 20 390,837 1 25 77,384 0 10 254,238 3 26 529,068 0 0 272,475 2 0 307,818 1 34 10,135 1 14 £ s. d. 1,853,298 1 2 1,224,411 0 0 4,187,879 0 0 1,182,719 12 2 779,121 0 0 217,128 5 2 224,454 2 10 2,993,410 0 0 1,145,981 0 0 777,100 12 4 64,963 12 9 Totals 1,061,537 4 6 19,096 .6,000 0 24 20,715? 4,174,036 1 32 14,650,466 6 5 617 526 1 18 79,156 2 35 1,925,218 1 38 12,209,842 12 1 5,903 3 13 Corresponding period, 1907-8 797 388 2 34 124,028 0 22 1,693,271 2 10 21,791 6,678 0 38 2,939,491 1 27 17,226,141 12 7 19,795 5,351 2 24 5,090,682 0 11 15,637,486 6 9 CERTIFICATES IN LIEU OP CBOWN GBANTS. ♦ Area. CBOWN GEANTS. Abe a. .11 s S I o ! 3 o i o s a s 51 1 3 1 m ffl o> O DISTRICT. Value. No. Value. Q 1 3 No. Town and Suburban. Country. Town and Suburban. Country. A. E. P. 12 3 5 24 2 12 792 1 35 14 1 0 A. B. P. 21,609 2 18 31,411 2 19 40,695 0 6 798 2 16 44,119 0 34 8,607 1 10 1,898 3 12 5,429 3 37 5,085 1 35 1,771 0 0 48 2 0 £ s. d. 11,712 8 4 A. B. P. A. R. P. £ s. d. 5 1 17 2 98 28 146 53 26 21 9 103 55 22 5 3,528 1,621 5,083 1,309 751 212 277 4,490 1,895 1,075 61 69 86 412 90 42 14 15 457 80 96 35 219 47 423 53 16 29 6 120 47 37 6 295 83 169 134 35 21 23 168 93 90 20 777 369 709 138 177 109 55 220 332 119 166 398 101 494 120 1,141 469 28 448 360 95 300 1,887 409 3,109 538 222 176 90 1,958 880 456 48 Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 232 54 154 36 55 62 5 51 83 64 1 2,361 17 3 5,297' 4 6 647 6 10 - 2 8 2 1 •• ■• 1 •• 56 8 2 i 6 13 6 2 36 40 1 11 1 2 5 8,910 0 0 1,502 7 10 1 'a " •• .. I I - Totals 797 897 1 22 161,475 0 27j 30,431 4 9 — •• 38 •• 566 2 20,302 1,396 1,387 1,003 1,131 63 3,171 3,332 9 3,954 9,771 Corresponding period, 1907-8 847 27 675 21,964 1,143 56 3,655 10,36: 705 3 10 143,974 3 9; 27,357 11 6 1,561 3 0 .. 983

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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1909.

C.-Return showing the Total Amount of Money remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1909.

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District. General Fees. Assurance Pees. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago ... ... ... Southland ... Westland £ S. d. 7,815 12 7 3,016 7 11 12,235 19 11 2,225 13 6 1,468 11 5 1,020 10 0 517 10 0 8,746 4 6 4,143 13 6 2,473 11 4 484 14 0 & s. d. 343 7 7 106 16 4 696 11 9 283 11 2 60 1 7 19 3 6 31 15 11 447 16 1 368 12 1 16 19 11 0 14 £ s. d. 8,159 0 2 3,123 4 3 12,932 11 8 2,509 4 8 1,528 13 0 1,039 13 6 549 5 11 9,194 0 7 4,512 5 7 2,490 11 3 484 15 4 Totals 44,148 8 8* 2,374 17 3 46,523 5 U Corresponding period, 1907-8 ... 46,774 17 10t 2,913 2 6 49,688 0 4 Note.—Includes Crown-grant and [istrict-agency fees : * £59 Os. 6d.; t £75 2s, 8d.

District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1908. Amount secured by Mortgage during the Year ended 31st March, 1909. Amount of Mortgages paid off during the same Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1909. Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson ... Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland £ s. d. 5,889,121 12 11 5,255,925 14 1 19,970,037 12 6| 6,776,496 2 9 1,427,624 3 11 1,471,582 14 5 863,395 16 4 14,307,471 8 0 4,134,199 0 0 5,139,087 8 3 218,998 10 7 £ s. d. 1,853,298 1 2 1,224,411 0 0 4,187,879 0 0 1,182,719 12 2 779,121 0 0 217,128 5 2 224,454 2 10 2,993,410 0 0 1,145,981 0 0 777,100 12 4 64,963 12 9 £ s. d. 785,530 11 2 647,731 0 0 2,183,137 0 0 391,973 0 0 374,384 0 0 385,813 7 0 114,615 0 0 1,587,364 0 0 540,188 0 0 777,100 0 0 22,501 11 2 & s. d. 6,956,889 2 11 5,832,605 14 1 21,974,779 12 6 7,567,242 14 11 1,832,361 3 11 1,302,897 12 7 973,234 19 2 15,713,517 8 0 4,739,992 0 0 5,139,088 0 7 261,460 12 2 Totals 65,453,940 3 9 14,650,466 6 5 7,810,337 9 4 72,294,069 0 10 Corresponding period, 1907-8. 59,097,070 7 4 15,637,486 6 q 9,280,616 10 4 65,453,940 3 I

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D. —Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1909.

Other Instruments unrecorded. Transfers. Mortgages. Miscellaneous. Auckland .. .. .. .. ..123 101 69 Taranaki .. .. .. .. .. 8 7 3 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 25 57 66 Poverty Bay .. .. .. .. .. 5 1 3 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. 34 33 37 Otago .. .. .. .. .. 16 2 2 Southland .. .. .. .. .. 3 2 4

E.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March, 1908; the Number received for Registration, and the Number registered, during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1909; also the Number remaining on that date; and the Amount of Fees collected during the same Period.

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (1,600 copies), £4 6s.

Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o9.

Price 3d.]

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 Requisitions. Unregistered Instruments detained in the Survey Office. Certificates of Title due but not issued. Applications received previous to Current Month not yet passed. Auckland ?aranaki Vellington ... lawke'sBay... 'overty Bay ... kelson . . /Tarlborough... Canterbury ... )tagq louthland Vestland 43 •27 16 1 5 41 5 7 184 6 17 23 7 94 6 160 16 10 7 3 80 13 4 58 18 19 3 12 i 71 50 i "8 27 58 Totals ... 136 53 303 155 451

District. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1908. Eeceived for Registration during the Year ended 31st March, 1909. Registered during the same Period. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1909. Pees. Auckland ... ... raranaki ... Wellington ... ... iawke's Bay ,.,".. 3 overty Bay Jelaon ilarlborough Canterbury ... )tago iouthland ... Vestland ... t 425 18 30 311 3 9 3 103 74 27 14 6,394 928 2,565 1,246 77 1,039 497 1,415 2,109 577 140 6,478 941 2,553 1,505 80 1,040 500 1,444 2,144 590 124 341 5 42 52 ".8 £ s. d. 6,273 2 7 851 0 6 2,525 0 11 1,489 6 0 84 3 6 885 3 0 485 1 0 1,395 17 6 2,061 16 0 570 4 0 119 8 0 74 39 14 30 Totals ... 1,017 16,987 17,399 605 *16,740 3 0 * Includes Crown-j rant fees, £331 Is.; and dii itrict-agency f< >es, £8 5s.