LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1918-19.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1919 Session I, H-03

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1919. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1918-19.

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

The Secretary for Land and Deeds to the Minister of Stamp Duties. Sir, — Head Office, Stamp Duties Department, Wellington, 10th July, 1919. I have the honour to submit the usual report on the working of the Land Transfer and Deeds Registration Department for the year ended the 31st March, 1919. 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, 1919. 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 unrecorded on the 31st March last; also the fees received in the Deeds Registration Offices. I have, &c, P. C. Corliss, „, ~. . . . -~ _, . „, „. Secretary for Land and Deeds. The Minister of Stamp Duties, Wellington.

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A.—Statement of Business transacted under the Land Transfer Act during the Year ended the 31st March, 1919.

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Applications. Certificates in Lieu of Crown Grants. Transfers. Mortgages. District. as I Area. Area. \~ Value. | Town g ; and § j Country. Suburban. ft Value. Area. is f Town a and Country. fe Suburban. § Town Con . c n< l sideration. Suburban. Area. 9 Jo 3 Area. Country. Consideration. Area. I I Are Town and Suburban.! Area. ea. Amount secured 3 Country. Area. Amount secured. Acres. £ Acres. Auckland.. ..30 37 48,939 63 12,246 Taranaki .. ..11 5 14,217 5 604 Wellington ..14 5 28,825 13 4,205 Hawke's Bay .. 4 3 9,695 .. Poverty Bay .. I .. .. .. 1 53 Nelson .. ..3 49 1,091 6 1,526 Marlborough .. 4 5 4,786 3 14,871 Canterbury ..47 18 19,820 28 4,464 Otaco .. ..27 10 57,663 12 725 j Southland.. ..2 1 895 18 37,747! Westland .. .. 1 .. 16 .. £ 159,382 18,839 105,731 2,540 9,846 85,720 54,322 7,366 146,710 Acres. Acres. 733 291 119,924 52 2 9,532 158 56 33,687 56 23 14,964 67 2 17,113 43 10 7,237 12 1 2,919 30 4 1,616 71 14 8,670 140 92 16,304 8 .. 1,134 Acres. £ 3,510 2,357 2,065,964 734 294 330,429 2.544 16,193 2,145,184 651 469 356,823 276 121 j 180,028 231 108 | 60,967 101 81 27,323 2,834 609 1,114,237 1,418 385 i 589,822 569 510 236,148 69 29 11,261 3,174 822 2,462 442 325 274 90 838 526 538 68 i I 688.123 5,309,041 2,161 1,146 ' 904,097 2,631 143,846 1,605,250 388 176 I 144,525 863 270.124 4,486,231 1,821 16,106 ll,049, 591 1,886 134,302 1,478,146 364 263 ! 174,952 508 145,373 1,048,150 260 101 106,040 251 65,493 235,037 156 84 76,944 272 39,350 242,586 37 37 9,994 79 190,705 2,033,140 1,328 331 489,401 933 158,820 762,719 679 195 247,655 519 137,577 809,701 309 298 141,408 536 18,599 69,197 28 5 6,986 60 Acres. £ 543,386 3,406,098 219,261 1,151,674 467,286 2,896,204 282,087 1,266,148 297,093 i 902,884 94,240 200,081 52,594 143,348 388,044 1,452,324 249,938 451,144 215,516 594,193 20,815 75,586 , Totals, 1918-19 .. 143 133 185,947 148 76,441 133 185,947 'l48 76,441 590,456 1,370; 590,456 ll, ,370 495 223,100 495 223,100 |l2,937 21,156 7,118,186 9,559 1,992,312 18,079,198 7,531 18,742 3,351,593 8,538 2,830,260 12,539,68- . . _J _ Totals, 1917-18 .. 149 99 215,651 167 89,388 I I 99 215,651 167 89,388 ! 749,438 2,125 749,438 2. 1,125 1,040 392,159 1,040 392,159 11,998 6,156 4,594,921 7,951 2,008,370 13,488,713 7,680 4,118 3,280,235 18,219 3,559,517 ll,599,40i i S a Discharges. Discharges. a-| « a Total Amount 3|5 .g S « discharged. g a» ||* a n ik a "- 1 13 O 0 ShI«-H X r- O . 3 3-j-r.a t-i .2 h>j .5 C3 — a . a a - 3 'Sd a u 3 b"S oS 3 H ■_■—. - — , a) S|g £-£ ft ft I ft r§" j £.2.21 Hfl O'Ti rH * r* Pi S3 g -.3 5<~Z 5 as a ft | ft | ft 9 So ft o< a g ° 938 . rS^ .as .a a n2 a S a 3 -- = 3% =S . §g||-5 2 = 8 -J— lrj)-i->aF-iM a rtS ft ft I ft fc }s| a 2 o.g ft o I 3 fa a 07 a a 5 i trO O GO District. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 2,997 906 3,493 765 466 383 112 2,348 1,326 766 96 £ 1,836,214 613,629 2,478,054 792,231 380,959 146,165 78,991 1,546,716 624,458 489,702 32,714 2 275 45 176 1 48 9 26 .. I 3 1 122 2 11 1 24 8 2,055 j 443 : 1,378 ; 441 I 224 151 46 1,077 428 346 29 29 9 12 6 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 4 1 350 246 393 94 66 22 11 137 64 63 26 479 471 30 88 122 210 63 93 11 47 67 49 20 j 14 50 ! 150 145 60 55 41 21 9 588 143 166 69 110 4 5 11 8 82 34 22 21 25 13 16 3 1 233 71 206 62 37 13 8 111 71 40 6 223 4,304 278 10 1,763 50 33 4,036 76 37 1,453 9 25 845 6 27 394 10 14 264 31 4,487 35 31 1,529 12 18 1,224 ; 2 5 95 ' 4 137 67 230 71 35 20 11 396 58 119 18 1,111 184 748 200 264 102 50 741 475 237 42 2 7 10 1 3 9 1 4 1 £ £ £ 1,304 11,827 600 .. 546 2,917 68 1 1,479 9,171 431 | 2 573 2,335 33 I .. 229 1,461 11 .. 116 1,049 25 J .. 51 364 189 .. 909 6,803 150 .. 176 3,237 144 .. 228 2,159 308 .. 169 320 .. Totals, 1918-19 13,658 9,019,833 747 6,618 64 10 1,472 1,063 1,232 1,104 217 858 454 |20,394 482 1,162 4,154 23: 15 5,780 41,643 1,959 Totals, 1917-18 13,526 9,642,902 18 894 8,105 68 18 1,806 1,105 1,500 1,145 239 922 479 |l9,003 673 1,144 4,097 10 11 6,905 42,211 1,744

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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1919.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1919.

Return shoiving Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1918, to 31st March, 1919. _. , xt i Amount. District. Number. n Auckland .. ... ... ... ... 4,080 2,589,624 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... 1,038 678,240 ■ Wellington ... ... ... ... 3,938 2,918,360 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 983 1,006,708 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... ... 472 383,024 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 584 232,890 Marlborough... ... ... ... ... 156 130,687 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... 2,553 1,659,766 Otago ... ... ... ... ... 1,712 817,726 Southland ... ... ... ... ... 885 587,506 Westland ... ... ... ... ... 107 36,366 Totals ... ... ... ... 16,508 £11,040,897

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District. General Pees. Assurance Pees. District Agency Pees. Auckland ... Taranaki ... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland ... £ s. d. 11,827 9 11 2,917 10 4 9,171 1 4 2,334 17 10 1,461 2 3 1,049 1 0 363 19 0 6,802 19 1 3,236 14 7 2,158 13 6 320 1 0 £ s. d. 600 0 3 67 14 10 431 1 9 33 9 5 11 11 8 24 15 4 189 9 8 149 14 5 143 17 1 307 12 9 0 0 8 £ s. d. 0 3 0 0 18 0 2 2 0 Totals 41,643 9 10 1,959 7 10 3 3 0 Corresponding period, 1917-18 ... 42,210 15 3 1,744 0 3 4 19 0

District. Amount remaining Amount secured by , , . M . Amount remaining secured by Mort- Mortgage during *™° a ™ off Trine secured h * Mort " gage on the the Yoar ended s 1 / Period § a S e on the 31st March, 1918. 31st March, 1919. Ine same erloa - 31st March, 1919. r Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland £ £ £ £ 24,860,807 4,310,195 1,836,214 27,334,788 10,888,378 1,296,199 613,629 11,570,948 33,262,098 3,945,795 2,478,054 34,729,839 13,468,105 1,441,100 792,231 14,116,974 4,527,894 1,008,924 380,959 5,155,859 2.279.485 277,025 146,165 2,410,345 2,134,661 153,342 78,991 2,209,012 25,127,386 1,941,725 1,546,716 25,522,395 7.469.486 698,799 624,458 7,543,827 8,407,609 735,601 489,702 8,653,508 449,813 82,572 32,714 499,671 Totals 132,875,722 15,891,277 9,019,833 139,747,166 15,891,277 9,019,833 139,747,166

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D.—Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1919.

Other Instruments unregistered. Transfers. Mortgages. Miscellaneous. Auckland ... ... 191 163 142 Taranaki ... ... ... ... 5 4 5 Wellington ... .. ... ... 254 142 273 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 8 4 10 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... 9 3 6 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... Marlborough ... ... ... ... 9 5 12 Canterbury ... ... ... ... 38 22 46 Otago ... ... ... ... 9 14 6 Southland ... ... ... ... 19 14 23 Westland Totals ... ... ... 542 371 523

E.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March, 1918; the Number received for Registration and the Number registered during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1919; 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 m 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 188 1 8 "_ 7 19 8 80 19 6 1 3 9 1 "3 139 5 410 49 3 8 4 76 8 10 10 64 173 2 566 6 5 27 3 78 29 37 4 1 437 20 30 3 "i Totals ... j 235 109 13 722 551 930

District. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1918. Received for Registration during the Year ended 31st March, 1919. Recorded during the same Period. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1919. ' Pees. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland ... 237 21 288 92 3 3 6 50 37 49 5,744 623 2,019 1,009 41 831 246 993 1,724 462 55 5,293 583 1,741 955 44 793 248 1,012 1,654 420 55 688 61 566 146 41 4 31 107 91 £ s. d. 5,645 12 1 577 18 0 1,850 12 0 1,047 7 6 40 6 0 722 7 0 241 15 0 891 3 0 1,626 12 6 448 15 6 55 15 6 Totals 786 13,747 12,798 1,735 13,148 4 1