LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1922-23.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1923 Session I-II, H-03

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Ordered to be printed and published in the Appendices by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 7th November, 1923.

Session 11. 1923. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1922-23.

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, Ist June, 1923. 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, 1923. 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, &c, D. G. Clark, ... . A , „, ... „. ... 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, 1923.

Applications, Certificates in Lieu of Crown Grants. Transfers. Mortgages. District. 9? Area 1 Area. Value. % 3 Country. Value. Area. Area. Area. Area. ■ea. Town and Suburban. a 3 Town and Country. Suburban.! rd Town Con . ana i s i ae ration. Suburban. s a ri Country. Consideration. .3 Town and Suburban. Consideration. •X) rQ Consideration. Country. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland T.i 12 39 12 5 10 5 69 33 4 2 Acres. 50 3 10 2 3 11 7 27 10 6 1 £ 118.788 9,889 68,698 15,900 18,600 6,925 2,005 127,292 22,253 3,700 1,191 58 4 14 2 1 6 3 38 8 7 Acres. 10,190 85 963 48 12 533 422 9,637 584 12,041 £ 150,171 4,422 15,092 1,300 600 12,298 23,080 150,267 12,325 51,059 283 64 175 40 65 43 7 21 47 32 11 Acres. 150 11 58 28 40 5 Acres. 24,178 10,595 11,817 2,446 3.219 8.884 673 1,774 4,077 2,719 949 8,068 879 4,802 856 443 376 168 4,244 2,059 823 112 Acres 3,586 284 1,346 463 249 137 118 938 529 276 29 £ 5,765,427 431,434 3,300,508 429.696 189,218 157,971 65.800 2,455,387 1,127,147 389,587 36,377 3,000 664 1,255 319 212 288 101 1,103 675 502 72 Acres. 1,024,658 107,244 359,408 89,081 83,418 127,042 66,880 252,863 256.423 122,264 9,842 £ 5,056,921 1,442,692 3,039,009 731,445 484,503 301,185 214,466 2.531,207 1.157,582 633,763 38,828 I 6,455 719 4,269 715 368 302 131 3,140 1,514 674 74 Acres. 3,716 267 1,193 367 223 141 108 756 374 235 24 £ 3,295,665 282,912 2,634,498 385,391 201.270 139,258 52,892 1,568,901 699.365 250,158 23,306 2,743 849 1,503 471 272 274 125 1.496 639 628 77 Acres. 1,214,072 178,110 672,090 242,759 325,867 144,442 126,906 588,224 413,828 233,642 32,il4 £ 3,160,754 755,328 2,739,493 933,754 707,924 191,536 300,506 1,875,082 917,292 495,759 39,833 1 15 10 •- ■■ Totals, 1922-23 266 130 | 395,241 141 34,515 420,614 788 318 71,331 22,830 7,955 14,348,552 8,191 2,499,123 115,631,601 118,361 ! 7,404 9,533,616 9,077 4,172,054 12,117,261 Totals, 1921-22 298 1 197 313,808 23,259 10,652 553,213 193 31,786 628,104 2,055 736 15,644,596 10,525 1,984,695 19,792,227 19,481 8,971 10,743,765 ,13,928 5,469,212, 17,744,501 I Discharges. <U.S O =3 . — m Ts O 01 2 -rt 3 <a a (flrt! es Hjs5 c O rt ci . C-3-rt, S • S a— bc Si 3 = 3 CD CD 3 P a u CR ■ If Sit Is J Ids rt "H ~ Ol -rt § C3 rt. rC Is 0°ci £■+- rt i <0 rt O 3-3 rt o g 6 =■- o >!Hi o Ph r! a a .„ g |2=d all 3 oPh 0 Job « rd 41 Cl Ol — CQ >, O oo So 3~ 15 3 3 w E3 w -rt M rt 3 es 3 P a o O-rt rt Jill a C a S 0.2 grHOrt? 01 01 rH 01 a rt - < Cl Cl ci A 'rt % P District. S3 § Total Amount =Sp, discharged. g s3 a CD 01 % Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterburj* Otago Southland Westland 4,932 940 3,706 719 315 379 128 2,998 1,505 883 97 £ 3,167,446 977,906 3,240.686 723,671 364,057 162,821 134.283 1,812,623 792,533 593.020 38,231 10 6 517 53 272 79 56 10 7 319 39 51 15 5,029 471 3,405 511 248 239 140 2.008 730 411 65 58 14 1 4 6 2 19 32 4 7 4 3 3 2 512 300 488 107 105 31 14 177 141 87 118 396 49 123 25 23 68 46 50 139 : 30 46 993 101 614 130 73 88 40 • 314 99 75 33 319 129 383 85 93 36 14 22 37 224 47 28 68 139 11 32 12 16 8 5 1 13 5 103 18 54 3 19 236 35 62 32 26 10 5 24 24 13 6 8.215 2,171 7.007 1,747 902 507 384 7,347 2,750 1,803 281 356 67 148 42 31 4 4 102 20 7 13 121 142 251 116 57 47 26 502 149 117 32 1,323 253 1,289 264 221 134 69 966 492 238 63 3 8 2 •■ 30 18 6 1,481 1,028 2,221 617 335 256 113 1,970 519 429 243 £ - 20,598 3,296 13,139 2,718 1,636 1,342 679 10,975 4,978 2,775 534 1,047 42 822 ■ 167 38 40 52 578 - 82 114 2 1 1 "' . 1 7 2 6 1 4 3 1 13 - 4 1 •• 1 210 633 306 755 •• Totals, 1922-23 22 1,418 13,257 147 38 2,080 995 2,560 1,083 473 33,114 794 16,602 12,007,277 1,560 5,312 30 58 9,212 62,670 2,984 i ! : 64,198 2,602 Totals, 1921-22 16,729 10,824,276 64 1,483 17,598 125 27 i |2,370 1,560 2,738 733 531 27,683 610 i j 1,468 5,346 23 I 53 9,860

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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1923.

C .—Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1923.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1922, to 31st March, 1928. _. , . . , T , Amount. District. Number. « Auckland .. ... ... ... ... 6,733 4,134,673 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... 1,095 1,129,605 Wellington ... .. ... ... ... 4,265 3,731,931 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 989 996,317 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... ... 322 387,020 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 543 242,671 Marlborough... ... ... ... ... 230 255,548 Canterbury- ... ... ... ... ... 3,212 1,963,043 Otago ... ... ... ... ... 1,991 1,049,547 Southland ... ... ... ' ... ... 980 644,366 Westland ... ... ... ... ... 11l 45,046 Totals ... ... ... 20,471 £14,579,767

District. General Fees. Assurance Pees. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland £ s. d. 20,597 17 7 3,295 13 1 13,139 6 9 2,717 10 5 1,635 13 0 1,341 14 0 679 2 0 11,062 5 6 4,797 17 0 2,775 1 0 534 19 2 £ s. d. 1,047 1 2 41 18 2 822 3 1 166 13 6 38 7 3 40 1 0 52 5 3 578 5 11 82 1 2 114 1 8 2 18 Totals... 62,576 19 6 2,984 19 10 Corresponding period, 1921-22 64,201 9 1 2,601 10 7

District. Amount remaining Amount secured by secured by Mort- Mortgage during gage on the the Year ended 31st March, 1922. 31st March, 1923. Amount of Mortgage paid off during the same Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on the 31st March, 1923. Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland £ £ 50,466,892 6,174,707 18,126,685 1,038,240 48,891,758 5,373,991 18,956,652 1,319,145 9,439,209 907,994 3,443,894 330,794 3,560,699 373,442 35,386,764 3,445,328 10,525,293 1,581,137 11,303,940 745,947 724,246 73,139 £ 6,174,707 1,038,240 5,373,991 1,319,145 907,994 330,794 373,442 3,445,328 1,581,137 745,947 73,139 £ 3,167,446 977,906 3,240,686 723,671 364,057 162,821 204,321 1,812,623 792,533 593,020 38,231 £ 53,474,153 18,187,019 51,025,063 19,552,126 9,983,146 3,611,867 3,729,820 37,019,469 11,313,897 11,456,867 759,154 Totals 210,826,032 21,363,864 21,363,864 12,077,315 220,112,581

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D.—Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1923.

Other Instruments unrecorded. Transfers. Mortgages. Miscellaneous. Auckland ... ... ... 19 16 8 Taranaki ... ... ... ... 7 9 16 Wellington ... ... ... 33 35 54 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 15 15 39 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... 12 3 6 Nelson ... ..; ... ... 3 4 1 Marlborough ... ... ... ... 2 1 1 Canterbury ... ... ... ... 31 32 38 Otago ... ... ... ... 1 4 8 Southland ... ... ... ... 41 45 30 Westland Totals ... ... ... 164 164 201

E.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March, 1923; the Number received for Registration and the Number registered during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1923; 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. Luckland taranaki Vellington ... lawke's Bay... 'overty Bay ... Telson . . /Tarlborough ... Janterbury ... )tago Southland Vestland 155 5 7 6 71 1 11 2 61 21 256 36 19 13 1 86 15 4 3 42 24 77 M 1 52 15 205 28 9 13 1 21 56 37 2 . "2 "l "7 2 I 2 1 5 5 2 5 1 1 "3 1 i 23 Totals ... 188 90 6 515 182 439 12

District. Received Unrecorded ,, , f ° r ,. on Registration 31st March, during the 11)99 Year ended 31st March, 1923. Recorded during the same Period. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1923. Pees. Auckland ... Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland .,. Westland 1,654 8 387 27 3 34 1 46 38 15 11,170 859 2,661 1,386 60 ■ 962 390 1,394 2,737 559 68 12,078 848 2,821 1,367 53 921 386 1,405 2,661 568 68 717 19 227 46 10 75 5 34 115 6 £ s. d. 10,528 6 9 811 11 0 2,474 19 6 1,373 3 0 62 18 6 853 18 6 364 13 0 1,250 17 0 2,578 13 6 530 16 0 66 16 6 Totals 2,213 22,244 23,176 1,254 20,896 13 3