LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1921-22.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1922 Session I, H-03

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1922. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1921-22.

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, 9th June, 1922. 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, 1922. 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, 1922. 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, (Sic, D. G. Clark, „ _ _ , „. ... 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, 1922.

Applications. Certificates in Lieu of Crown Grants. Transfers. Mortgages. District. Area. S Z Value. a Town 3 and fc Suburban. Area. a 3 Country. fc Value. Area. f ' Town 3 and Country. fc Suburban. 3 fc Town j Conand sideration. Suburban.] Area. fc Country. Consideration. Area. E fc T <«™ j Con . „ , a , i sideration. Suburban. Area. 3 fc j— Country. Area. Amount secured. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland | Acres. £ 79 81 95,503 94 15 7 37,955 12 56 I 19 197,945 22 9 I 9 57,030 3 .. j .. .. 3 13 j 11 15,836 5 9 i 16 6,745 4 91 49 114,058 35 22 4 j 25,585 11 4 I 2,556 4 I Acres. £ Acres. Acres. Acres. 13,937 271.072 952 373 155,571 8,944 4,718 1,180 33,439 265 8 } 48,476 | 1,130 ; 406 3,371 69,838 313 200 45,439 3,915 2,385 3,763 33,327 60 33 4,602 952 I 586 160 1,762 38 1 3,311 596 i 337 122 6,202 122 52 18,941 365 j 113 1,323 24,360 14 7 4,368 177 109 4,860 142.794 57 9 570 ' 4,100 i 977 2,797 j 33,986 91 25 13,939 2,159 ! 745 272 | 11,324 103 26 14,769 785 ' 239 40 2 3,S21 j 136 | 39 £ 8.148.280 636,588 3,507,789 525,073 309,796 176,696 79,824 2,665.530 1,171,846 389,586 33,588 3,971 816 2.286 318 215 317 119 1,241 642 509 91 Acres. £ Acres. £ Acres. £ 739,629 7,596,641 6,884 2,992 3,881,661 4,536 1,480,896 5,269,173 130,284 1,829,865 903 334 ' 483,047 1,375 358,262 1,294,455 252.397 3,965,612 4,052 2,984 2,615,039 2,675 777,958 4,248,420 127,394 1,168,766 861 462 411,362 646 441,415 1,210,820 141,204 621,473 608 315 I 421,158 395 385,191 1,464,119 39,441 194,391 254 100 102,735 363 135,305 323.160 49,734 141,806 148 273 80,010 207 288,759 210,627 236,712 2,673,719 3,440 805 1,755,071 2,012 856,168 2,386,243 153,530 900,619 1.608 481 721,542 783 441,483 672,357 98,957 638,309 643 201 i 252,467 815 263,762 578,972 15,413 61.026 80 24 ; 19,673 121 40,015 86,155 •• Totals. 1921-22 298 197 553,213 193 31,786 628,104 2,055 70,536 1,276,887 1,512 736 1313,808 \ 23,259 10,652 544 235,697 37,447 16,154 736 1313,808 23,259 10,652 15,644,596 10,525 11,984,695 i!9,792,227 19,481 ! I 8,971 10,743,765 13,928 5,469,212 17,744,501 Totals, 1920-21 331 I 208 ,490,510 288 27,173,531 18,299 4,557,328 54,616,532 26,768 66,224 16,133,642 20,035 6,821,808 39,948,321 District. fc Discharges. I|, || ggil ||" If 1 discharged. ||* f! a °j|J|9| gfS gjj S$ fc fc | 6 | fc I fc fc Ml 33 I O)^ fc fc | fc 1.9 'I fc 3 p| 0 « O © ©£ .T 3 S cS » DO CO >, SO fr 23 "a- Sm2o| fc fc fc III - 3S ■gaS | Sol fc fc I o a a \ ID © © TO TO o 3 < fi Auckland .. I 4,439 Taranaki .. ! 998 Wellington .. 4,050 Hawke's Bay .. 665 Poverty Bay . . 495 Nelson" .. .. 366 Marlborough .. 157 Canterbury .. 3,137 Otago .. .. 1,543 Southland .. 745 Westland .. 134 £ 2,703,516 718,238 3,194,202 495,992 462,296 194,056 116,433 1,740,661 726,523 417,070 55,289 52 6 1 I 422 70 32b' 102 81 27 14 330 55 40 16 [ 8,588 843 3,136 728 384 253 157 2,391 689 373 56 48 12 11 26 io 1 9 1 567 6 444 4 509 4 135 2 110 1 39 1 13 225 5 177 3 99 61 | " | 704 909 I 254 128 145 84 225 683 147 37 158 106 50 103 85 90 95 3 55 43 15 66 404 3 109 | 101 21 39 74 15 57 23 .. 06 I 86 I 92 12 19 11 6 11 1 2 249 245 43 42 165 50 45 45 18 29 10 19 11 9 123 33 57 31 27 13 7 | 15 I 5,771 1,897 i 6,081 : 1,637 1,053 520 457 6,142 2,332 1.662 131 285 01 109 31 25 4 65 18 10 1 97 I 114 218 i 99 72 58 26 506 138 122 18 1,610 261 1,127 256 208 137 37 883 539 231 57 1 8 8 ;; i 4 2 £ £ 17 2,259 19,935 1,003 6 1,172 4,146 138 22 2,352 13,484 480 3 608 3,084 265 389 1,996 4 1 218 1,359 46 70 695 69 4 1,620 11,683 443 505 4,591 125 421 2,709 29 246 515 1 4 Totals, 1921-22 j 16,729 10,824,276 64 1,483 17,598 125 27 2,379 1,560 2,738 733 306 755 531 127,683 j 610 1,468 5,346 23 53 9,860 64,198 2,602 Totals, 1920-21 32,197 1,338 14,498 78 41 2,221 2,079 2,811 332 1,027 458 27 8,975 91,138 2,784 24,394,717 563 35,348 778 1,541 5,398 28

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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1922.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1922.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1921, to 31st March, 1922. District. Number. r> Auckland .. ... ... ... ... 6,207 3,623,553 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... 1,148 812,476 Wellington ... ... ... ... 4,590 3,691,176 . Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 909 707,274 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... ... 504 469,353 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 576 330,985 Marlborough... ... ... ... ... 244 158,472 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... 3,418 1,910,271 Otago ... ... ... ... ... 2,062 .1,015,877 Southland ... ... ... ... ... 817 453,914 Westland ... ... ... ... ... 147 61,014 Totals ... ... ... 20,622 £13,234,365

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District. General Fees. Assurance Fees. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland £ s. d. 19,934 19 7 4,183 18 5 13,483 15 3 3,047 19 4 1,995 17 3 1,358 18 0 695 2 6 11,683 3 9 4,590 18 5 2,709 9 7 517 7 0 £ s. d. 1,003 8 9 138 4 9 480 4 0 264 12 5 3 17 2 45 18 4 68 16 4 442 14 8 124 15 10 28 18 4 Totals... 64,201 9 1 2,601 10 7 Corresponding period, .1920-21 91,137 14 T I 2,784 13 7

District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on the 31st March, 1921. Amount secured by Mortgage during the Year ended 31st March, 1922. Amount of Mort- I Amount , g • -, a -, • secured by Mortgage paid off during i ' , the same Period. 01 && , 10 oo 31st March, 1922. Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson ... Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland £ 43,785,574 16,921,424 45,221,501 17,830,462 8,016,228 3,272,055 3,385,025 32,986,111 9,857,917 10,888,989 673,707 £ 9,384,834 1,923,499 6,864,459 1,622,182 1,885,277 365,895 292,107 4,141,314 1,393,899 832,021 105,828 £ £ 2,703,516 50,466,892 718,238 18,126,685 3,194,202 48,891,758 495,992 18,956,652 462,296 9,439,209 194,056 3,443,894 116,433 3,560,699 1,740,661 35,386,764 726,523 10,525,293 417,070 11,303,940 55,289 724,246 Totals 192,838,993 28,811,315 10,824,276 210,826,032

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D.—Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1922.

Other Instruments unrecorded. Transfers. Mortgages. Miscellaneous. Auckland ... ... 62 73 24 Taranaki ... ... ... ... 3 5 3 Wellington ... ... 49 23 26 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 12 18 20 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... 2 3 3 Nelson ... ... ... ... 5 3 3 Marlborough ... Canterbury ... ... ... ... 63 47 71 Otago ... ... ... ... 18 20 49 Southland ... ... ... ... 12 16 17 Westland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Totals ... ... ... 226 208 216

E. —Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March, 1921; the Number received for Registration and the Number registered during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1922; 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. I I I I Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay... Poverty Bay ... Nelson . . Marlborough ... Canterbury ... Otago Southland Westland 220 8 15 4 4 2 12 7 2 1 138 2 34 2 "i 4 "l II 2 154 26 433 42 2 10 2 87 31 7 6 63 242 49 696 36 4 8 1 61 59 17 5 67 i 926 12 4 10 1 l l 1 11 12 7 ... Totals ... 275 182 L6 800 1,017 1,178 97 I

j District. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1921. Received for Registration during the Year ended 31st March, 1922. Recorded \ Unrecorded during on the same . 31st March, * ees ' Period. 1922. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland ... 2,119 57 175 623 5 57 24 62 17 75 6 11,972 992 3,070 1,432 55 1,023 499 1,786 2,876 521 119 £ a. 12,437 1,654 10,532 19 1,041 8 892 0 2,858 387 2,816 2 2,028 27 1,443 2 57 3 51 12 1,046 34 906 5 522 1 446 13 1,802 46 1,597 2 2,855 38 2,670 15 581 15 508 16 125 ... 90 19 d. 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Totals ... 3,220 24,345 25,352 2,213 21,956 6 0