LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1916-17.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1917 Session I, H-03

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1917. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1916-17.

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

The Secretary for Land and Deeds to the Minister op Stamp Duties. Sir, — Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 21st May, 1917. I have the honour to submit the usual report on the working of the Land Transfer and Deeds Eegistration Departments for the year ended the 31st March, 1917. 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, 1917. 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 Eegistration Office. I have, &c, P. C. Corliss, The Minister of Stamp Duties, 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, 1917.

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Applications. Certificates in Lieu of Crown Grants. Transfers. Mortgages. District. Area. Area, j - Town = [ § i and 5 Country. I fc Suburban. I i 3 Value. Area. s Town 3 and Country. j 2< Suburban., Area. c £ Area. T <>wn Con- _ * nd L sideration. Suburban. Area. ft A Country. Area. j Consideration. Area. 3 to Are Town and Suburban.! Area. ea. Amount secured. -3 3 Area Country. Area. a. Amount secured. Auckland .. 56 Taranaki .. .. 10 Wellington .. 24 Hawke's Bay .. 4 Poverty Bay .. 3 Nelson .. .. 5 Marlborough .. 6 Canterbury . . 50 Otago .. .. 23 Southland .. 3 Westland . . . . 1 Acres. 43 13 16 8 1 2 8 35 5 2 £ 93.043 89 10,732 2 89,948 32 8,640 2 9,865 .. 5.755 8 5,003 10 31,580 i 62 18,709 : 14 990 5 20 .. Acres. 15,185 76 3.603 1,563 1,484 9,118 4,597 1,501 320 £ 422,943 4,343 j 90,728 ! 9,842 23,071 55,528 115,671 27,525 5,207 Acres. Acres. Acres. £ 953 267 1,099.833 3,542 74,982 14,287,748 3,136 115 24 24,949 676 381 259,344 ' 760 248 94 | 51,791 3,572 1,656 1,670,647 1,249 66 19 ! 17,544 788 680 352,478 467 123 138 38,378 293 138 121,307 j 272 SS 1 6,329 246 130 62,097 249 77 186 5,089 165 79 21.742 94 77 7 4,710 2,588 576 950,152 1,017 145 67 20,124 1,144 441 444.351 604 59 91 2,300 580 215 130,768 618 12 .. 2,825 78 38 21,326 49 Acres. 710,771 124,196 468,128 178,883 145,336 56,516 133,700 384,302 293,724 171,122 10,013 £ Acres £ 3,198,295 2,470 1,340 1,095,971 2,905 1,272,892 448 222 180,067 1,029 4,220,822 2,494 1,107 1,200,068 1,583 1,459,542 629 524 297,540 539 717.646 316 132 167,250 320 163,811 191 85 65,530 277 303.137 ! 53 39 20,459 138 2,841,467 1,687 415 736,318 1.331 761,103 782 297 295,213 563 1,000,618 347 168 144,001 607 27,538 45 13 12,849 49 Acres. 784,881 308,579 651,041 261,196 280,471 119,042 208.503 493,020 366.274 228,426 12,962 i. £ 3,078,465 1,311,432 3,004,161 1,124,152 650,680 177.183 283,833 2,373,859 635,948 722,855 30.690 Totals, 1916-17 .. 185 . 185 133 ! 133 274,285 224 274,285 224 37,447 37,447 754,858 1. 754,858 1,940] ,940i 894 1,273,87213,672 79,316 18,321,960 8,515 2 : 894 1,273,87213,672 79,316 18,321,960 8,515 2,676,691 15,966,871 9,462 2,676,691 : 15,966,871 9,462 4,342 4,215,266 ;9,341 3 4,342 4,215,266 ;9,341 3,714,395 13,389,258 1,714,395 113.389,258 Totals, 1915-16 .. 282 185 |] 185 158,332 ;146 158,332 146 64,914 1 64,914 1,057,220 l,89l! ,057,220 1 ,891! 946 i 374,55617,082 7,073 |3,346, 792 5,312 2 946 374,55617,082 7,073 3,346,792 5,312 2,414,007 18,917,831 14,430 2,414,007 18,917,831 14,430 j 4,872 2,395,963 6,115 4 4,872 2,395,963 6,115 4,608,014 16,032,809 :,608, 014 I: 16,032,809 District. I Discharges. Total Amount discharged. Discharges. 3 =.2 8-3 H~g = 3 5 8 ail 3 3 5-5 srt ■§ g S i is 00 ■ il-g m l3o T3 £ ro —in 3 M -; O 5 hi o >,+= o „ 3 o _; OS B(S 3 ft --! o = a 03-d 3S J " ■°-3 5 J 3 -S += J3<i a 4 = = a Z; So 2-3 3 IK 2 g SO talis ■§ 3-d £31 f 53 U J*. ■ a 2 o.s 55 3 J: •n i I I Auckland .. .. 3,194 Taranaki .. .. 1,271 Wellington .. 3,423 Hawke's Bay .. 840 Poverty Bay .. 550 Nelson .. .. 366 Marlborough .. 169 Canterbury . . 2,509 : Otago .. .. 1,308 Southland .. 956 Westland .. .. 91 £ 1,926,635 787,535 2,696,031 884,724 488,510 170,064 210,844 2,232,258 602,650 631,035 30,652 3 ' 2 i 1 ' 1 346 40 186 65 41 32 2 163 41 29 4 2,619 418 1,823 631 362 237 56 1,308 598 320 38 30 3 17 5 5 1 5 1 4 4 2 349 363 432 147 128 28 13 153 135 157 70 522 56 165 101 6 175 39 64 201 110 66 655 110 316 137 78 79 20 247 65 46 15 578 46 363 135 88 2 16 14 6 2 109 28 14 26 24 6 8 14 5 275 65 198 85 47 23 15 147 58 42 7 309 28 46 31 23 49 10 48 23 18 3 5.655 1,745 4,136 1,595 795 440 342 4,059 1,535 1,160 78 582 128 91 I 31 I 32 ! 8 4 195 41 12 11 162 89 236 104 70 54 26 347 94 44 10 1.060 192 718 224 262 84 56 626 435 198 57 2 1 4 7 1 2 3 6 3 15 1 2 1,756 899 1.508 614 441 115 19 1,244 353 359 128 9 7 4 Totals, 1916-17 .. 14,677 Totals, 1915-16 .. 14,534 10,660,938 10,489,555 7 10 1 7 949 1,149 949 8,410 8,634 8,410 80 18 I 1,975 1,505 1,768 1,250 234 962 588 21,540 1,135 1,236 ( 3,912 i>n 27 j 7,436 10 1,149 8,634 59 12 2,126 1,298 1,656 625 81 752 357 21,870 1,111 1,359 3,669 61 .„ 12 13,139 i

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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1917.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1917.

District. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland Goneral Fees. £ s. d. 13,144 8 5 3,159 17 8 9,742 5 10 2,924 7 6 1,767 12 6 1,171 11 6 512 18 0 7,580 3 0 3,536 14 6 2,345 6 0 366 1 9 Assurance Fees. £ s. d. 613 9 11 23 2 3 322 15 5 63 15 1 21 14 7 3 9 6 98 2 7 319 14 8 104 13 6 33 1 9 0 0 10 District Agency Fees. £ s. d. 0 9 0 0.9 0 2 17 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 Totals 46,551 6 8 1,655 0 1 4 4 0 -— — Corresponding period, 1915-16 ... 47,341 2 7 2,309 18 4 10 16 0

District. Amount remaining Amount secured by I A TV , r „ lvl i- „* m« t- Amount remaining secured by Mort- Mortgage during off durine secured by Mortgage on the the Year ended g t i eS ame Period gage on the 31st March, 1916. 31st March, 1917. Cne same renoa - 31st March, 1917. . Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland £ £ £ £ 19,645,541 4,174,436 1,926,635 21,893,342 9,522,339 1,491,499 787,535 10,226,303 30,394,145 4,204,229 2,696,031 31,902,343 12,214,507 1,421,692 884,724 12,751,475 2,130,929 817,930 488,510 2,460,349 2,048,909 242,713 170,064 2,121,558 23,341,029 304,292 210,844 23,434,477 3,797,578 3,110,177 2,232,258 4,675,497 6,876,817 931,161 602,650 7,205,328 7,903,118 866,856 631,035 8,138,939 420,523 43,539 30,652 433,410 £ 1,926,635 787,5.35 2,696,031 884,724 488,510 170,064 210,844 2,232,258 602,650 631,035 30,652 £ 21,893,342 10,226,303 31,902,343 12,751,475 2,460,349 2,121,558 23,434,477 4,675,497 7,205,328 8,138,939 433,410 Totals 118,295,435 17,608,524 10,660,938 125,243,021 17,608,524 10,660,938 125,243,021 Corresponding period, 1915-16 112,752,181 16,032,809 10,489,555 118,295,435

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D.—Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1917.

Other Instruments unrecorded. Transfers. Mortgages. Miscellaneous. Auckland ... ... ... ... 310 341 329 Taranaki ... ... ... ... 4 3 3 Wellington ... ... ... ... 311 257 465 Hawke's Bay ... ... .".. ... 15 17 10 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... 4 3 39 Nelson Marlborough ... Canterbury ... ... ... ... 23 14 32 Otago ... ... ... ... 3 5 10 Southland ... ... ... ... 19 22 28 Westland Totals ... ... ... 689 662 916

B.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March 1916; the Number received for Registration and the Number registered during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1917; also the Number remaining on that Date, and the Amount of Fees collected during the same Period.

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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 Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay... Poverty Bay ... Nelson . . Marlborough ... Canterbury ... Otago Southland Westland 156 7 14 4 4 3 3 21 5 71 20 2 IO 107 8 340 12 2 7 2 77 21 18 20 92 326 is 32 475 394 40 15 6 66 "a "i "8 "3 96 10 39 1 "2 i Totals ... 217 104 M 614 456 1,076 61

District. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1916. Received for Registration during the Year ended 31st March, 1917. Registered during the same Period. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1917. Fees. Auckland ... Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland ... 722 10 191 91 17 37 37 21 52 6,459 597 2,091 1,197 57 759 313 1,210 1,835 449 48 6,948 595 2,241 1,209 74 789 310 1,183 1,857 410 48 233 12 41 79 "l 40 48 30 39 £ •6,201 554 1,957 1,233 55 675 346 1,173 1,719 417 41 Totals 1,178 15,015 15,664 529 14,371* * Includes Jrown-grant fei is, £166, and district-agency fees, £14.