LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1919-20.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1920 Session I, H-03

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1920. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1919-20.

Presented 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 June, 1920. 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, 1920. 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 Grown grants. o.—The mortgages and discharges of mortgages, and the amount remaining secured by mortgage under the said Act on the 31st March, 1920. 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 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, 1920.

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Ap; Certificates in Lieu of Crown Grants. Appl ications. Transfers. Mortgages. District. I Area _, Value. Town and Suburban. Area. ' r. a Country. Value. Area. I Town 3 and Country. S3 Suburban. Area. Area. To V* ■ Con- „ , ant ! sideration. Suburban. Area. S3 Area. Country, j Consideration. Area. M rt Are Town and Suburban. Area. ea. Amount secured. 3 S3 Area Country. Area. a. Amount secured. § 1 Acres. £ Auckland.. ..53 58 74,473 Taranaki .. ..12 4 13,207 Wellington .. 32 10 80,134 Hawke's Bay .. 7 6 1 4,814 Poverty Bay .. 2 3 1,100 Nelson" ... .. 5 2 3,398 Marlborough ..11 9 3,954 Canterbury .. 108 74 99,355 Otago .. ..27 7 99,025 Southland .. 7 2 4,999 Westland .. .... Acres. 100 11,028 14 1,229 30 6,237 2 1,234 1 1,189 4 523 5 55,579 63 4,169 8 2,331 6 1,718 £ 283,366 666 43,783 33 177, 9S7 i 99 20.426 i 107 24,450 : 21 15,880 10 170,961 8 179,674 59 24,428 58 17,829 138 7 Acres. Acres. Acres. £ 288 70,525 7,399 78,836 5,248,973 4,526 1,791 521 983,972 6 10,404 5,489 22,425 4,773,291 62 14,544 1,471 967 1,089,539 2,841 788 969 556,498 724 518 220 246,634 2 2,169 299 239 148,486 11 2,408 5,804 1,470 3,400,741 29 4,754 3,164 1,103 1,694,861 59 1,454 1,513 643 755,939 1,197 108 39 29,303 Acres. 4,115 807,515 1,663 278,024 4,005 649,298 875 281,632 358 278,344 608 239,095 290 94,286 2,610 452,471 1,033 378,928 1,119 286,386 108 29,272 £ 10,492.390 4,047,186 10,272,530 4,111,412 1,986,556 798,094 767,679 6,586,311 2,029.767 2,278,483 147,929 4,772 981 4,064 1,016 648 344 165 3,328 2,006 898 52 . Acres. £ 27,215 2,681,762 322 509,411 12,403 2,486,627 732 684,508 660 352,638 158 151,923 142 82,195 793 1,487,458. 609 868,206 346 406,684 18 15,409 a cres £ 5,112 1,110,886 7,075.423 1,993 383,015 3,419,018 3.328 1,419,098 6,775,326 949 363,886 2.545,942 372 429,397 1,734,234 691 275,118 701,758 313 285,190 687,325 2.244 766,420 4,594,368 955 613,615 1,550,056 1,246 363,526 1,709,399 155 40,400 150,379 I !_ Totals, 1919-20 .. 264 175 1384,459 175 ;384,459 233 85,237 958,784 1,206 467 115,546 28,344 107,432 18,928,237 16,784 3,775,251 43,518,337 18,274 43,398 9,726,821 17,358 6,050,551 30,943,228 Totals, 1918-19 .. 143 133 185,947 148 76,441 590,456 495 223,100 12,937 7,531 18,742 3,351,593 12,539,684 133 185,947 1,370 21,156 7,118,186 ]9,559 1,992,312 18,079,198 8,538 2,830,260 District. 5 .= S3 Discharges. sag —- a~.S Total Amount _- 2, discharged. = =5* S3 JO HP « ._ IfBHtCf- lii rf 5 *" cS S, ' , P. ai III |I1 |sa3g |il ■£ to dS 3S£ |g S3 S3 « H r5 ocisis S3 S3 S3 p . i g-o 1 3.T3 I OS'S o 5 - -3 t, og ij° o £ S3 * o <o •+-i a -S2--S 2-2o 3 o p. S3 93 fl I! ao S3 fl O ui a S3 I " tifj 111 -2 « a'dg . sh-2'£ 3 5 u *£o *>~ 2»2o.g. ~"& S3 I S3 I S3 ' Si c H if si §HOh' I rH S o I m p B HP ■ •r* <u fi I 404 231 2 487 2 140 111 26 20 180 6 106 5 110 16 648 141 292 129 112 120 43 230 72 108 15 431 107 142 110 .68 1 9 15 2 5 6 84 84 36 18 32 12 5 2 308 67 222 66 26 17 15 148 58 30 16 230 8,076 15 3,009 33 8,190 36 2,699 21 1,422 20 698 7 606 27 8,552 17 2,885 9 2,422 6 140 £ £ 440 . . 125 .. 661 1 58 .. 2 .. 41 .. 364 .. 575 j .. 153 .. 48 .. Auckland .. 6,416 Taranaki .. 2,143 Wellington .. 6,165 Hawke's Ba3 r .. 1,585 Poverty Bay .. 751 Nelson" .. .. 826 Marlborough .. 443 Canterbury .. 5,178 Otago .. .. 2,517 Southland .. 1,890 Westland .. 154 £ 4,022,568 1,601,896 4,546,419 1,731,113 748,755 354,325 314,389 3,417,896 1,333,016 1,100,936 94,162 2 1 1 473 49 233 44 31 24 12 209 21 22 17 2,910 35 682 10 2,350 9 473 2 287 4 348 2 136 1,852 3 887 2 475 31 440 29 157 117 18 32 19 110 93 88 52 504 71 182 30 ~2 57 8 7 5 188 79 311 142 84 51 45 615 139 251 28 1.546 ! 241 1,006 317 198 136 71 999 630 374 89 1 4 5 1 3 3 I 4 1 1,396 893 1.899 560 206 146 62 1,042 228 372 195 : £ 20,082 5,323 15,867 4,208 2,212 1,947 955 13,422 5,924 4,300 481 Totals, 1919-20 28,068 ,28,068 19,265,475 4 1,135 10,431 747 6,618 135 1 10,431 67 15 1,831 10 1,472 1,155 ! 11,910 896 I 1,232 1,104 273 973 \ 421 138,699 866 1,933 5,607 T - 14 I 6,999 74,721 2,467 Totals, 1918-19 13,658 13,6o8 9,019,833 7 747 6,618 64 |l,063 217 858 454 20,394 482 j 1,162 4,154 23 15 5,780 41,643 1,959 I

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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1920.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1920.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1919, to 'list March, 1920. _. . „ , Amount. District. JS umber. n Auckland .. ... ... 8,841 5,356,221 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... 2,512 1,916,876 Wellington ... ... ... ... 6,880 9,930,688 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 2,026 2,213,344 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... ... 708 757,955 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 1,261 562,239 Marlborough... ... ... ... ... 634 487,599 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... 5,560 3,417,896 Otago ... ... ... ... ... 3,324 1,772,770 Southland ... ... ... ... ... 2,078 1,290,516 Westland ... ... ... ... ... 172 102,189 Totals ... ... ... ..'. 33,996 £27,808,293

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District. General Pees. Assurance Pees. District Agency Fees. I Auckland ... Taranaki ... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland... £ s. d. 20,081 13 1 5,322 19 3 15,866 12 2 4,208 6 11 2,212 1 9 1,947 4 6 955 5 0 13,422 1 9 5,923 19 7 4,300 4 0 480 17 4 £ s. d. 440 0 1 125 9 4 660 12 6 58 8 6 2 5 10 40 15 11 364 8 7 575 9 4 152 19 10 47 12 3 £ s. d. 0 12 0 Totals 74,721 5 4 2,468 2 2 0 12 0 Corresponding period, 1918-19 ... 41,643 9 10 1,959 7 10 3 3 0

District. Amount remaining Amount secured by I . . , ,» Amount remaining secured by Mort- Mortgage during 0l " ' ot J ° r „ \ secured by Mortgage on the the Year ended Sesame Period gage on the 31st March, 1919. | 31st March, 1920. cue same jrenoa. 3i B t March, 1920. ! . ! _ _ Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland £ £ £ £ 27,334,788 9,757,185 4,022,568 33,069,405 11,570,948 3,928,429 1,601,896 13,897,481 34,729,839 9,261,953 4,546,419 39,445,373 14,116,974 3,230,450 1,731,113 15,616,311 5,155,859 2,086,872 748,755 6,493,976 2,410,345 853,681 354,325 2,909,701 2,209,012 769,520 314,389 2,664,143 25,522,395 6,081,826 3,417,896 28,186,325 7,543,827 2,418,262 1,333,016 8,629,073 8,653,508 2,116,083 1,100,936 9,668,655 499,671 165,788 94,162 571,297 Totals 139,747,166 40,670,049 19,265,475 161,151,740 19,265,475 161,151,740

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D .—Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1920.

Other Instruments unregistered. Transfers. Mortgages. Miscellaneous. Auckland ... ... ... ... 1,500 1,150 700 Taranaki Wellington ... ... ... ... 434 320 474 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 144 128 124 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... 59 34 74 Nelson ... ... ... ... 17 18 23 Marlborough ... Canterbury ... ... ... ... 224 153 199 Otago ... ... ... ... 14 10 12 Southland ... ... ... ... 52 50 33 Westland Totals ... ... ... 2,444 1,863 1,639

E.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March, 1919; the Number received for Registration and the Number registered during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1920; 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 detainod in the Survey Office. Certificates of Title due but not issued. Applications received previous to Current Mouth not yet passed. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay... Poverty Bay ... Nelson . . Marlborough ... Canterbury ... Otago Southland Westland ... 172 15 2 4 4 1 33 8 143 8 2 4 200 80 666 59 7 12 2 146 12 7 6 450 700 90 870 111 59 15 10 185 10 44 8 S7 1 20 7 2 18 3 726 27 1 13 10 1 2 2 1 114 9 Totals I 239 178 17 1,197 1,330 2,102 126

Received Unrecorded _ ,~ r . on Registration 31st March, during the iii-iii Year ended 31st March, 1920. Recorded during the same Period. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1920. Pees. District. luckland taranaki Vellington ... lawke's Bay 'overty Bay Telson tarlborough Canterbury ... )tago iouthland ... Vestl and -„ — ~ 688 12,052 61 1,383 566 3,475 146 2,060 77 41 1,552 4 j 892 31 1,934 107 3,426 91 939 98 1,735 27,888 10,177 1,345 3,795 1,378 61 1,501 799 1,670 3,098 732 94 2,563 99 246 828 16 92 97 295 435 298 4 £ s. 11,041 13 1.201 11 3,155 4 2,089 15 72 7 1.202 19 734 10 1,649 0 3,032 3 895 1 82 17 d. 6 0 9 6 0 0 6 6 6 0 6 Totals 24,650 4,973 4,973 25,157 3 9