LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS FOR 1881-82.)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1882 Session I, H-16

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1882. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS FOR 1881-82.)

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

The Secretary for Stamps to the Hon. the Commissioner of Stamps. Sib,— Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 19th June, 1882. I have the honor to submit the usual report on the working of the Land Transfer and Deeds Registration Departments for the financial year 1881-82. On a persual of the returns it will be seen that, with one exception, viz., the Land Assurance Fund, which is about £500 less than the previous year, the transactions are in excess, in some cases very largely, of the year 1880-81, and the revenue collected is over the estimate by about £360. The fees received under the Land Transfer Acts for the twelve months ended the 31st March last, exclusive of Land Assurance Fund and Crown-grant fees, amounted to £22,261 12s. 10d., whilst the receipts for the same period under the Deeds Registration Acts, which is also exclusive of Crowngrant fees, were £18,096 18s.; making a total of £40,358 10s. lOd. The Crown-grant fees collected during the year amounted to £2,611 19s. sd. The balance to the credit of the Assurance Fund according to the books of the Public Trustee on the 31st March last was £33,820 os. Bd. Of this sum £4,665 Bs. 9d. was collected during the year ended on the above date. The expenditure for the same period was £18,267 16s. 9d., or about £700 in excess of the amount voted, This was caused by the large increase of work during the year, there having been 4,723 more documents presented for registration during the year 1881-82 than during the previous year. The returns appended show- —(A) the business transacted under the Land Transfer Acts ; (B) the fees received thereunder, including fees received on account of Crown grants ; (C) the mortgages and discharges of mortgages and the amount remaining secured by mortgage under the said Acts, on the 31st March last; (D) the arrears existing in 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 Registration Offices, which also includes fees received on account of Crown grants ; and (F) comparative statement of the working of the Land Transfer system in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, and New Zealand. From this it will be seen that, with the exception of the number of transfers in South Australia, and the number of mortgages and amount of fees collected in Victoria, this colony occupies the premier position. It roust however be borne in mind that the New Zealand returns have been made up to the 31st March last, whilst those for the other colonies have only been made up to the 3lst December, 1880, this being the latest information which has been received. I have, <fec, J. Spebeey, The Hon. the Commissioner for Stamps, Wellington. Secretary for Stamps.

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A.—STATEMENT of Business Transacted under the Land Transfer Acts during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1882.

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APPLICATIONS. TRANSFERS. MORTGAGES. Aeea. :EA. Abea. DISTRICT. No. Value. No. o. Amount Secured. Town and Suburban. Town and Suburban. Money. Town and Suburban. Country. Country. Country. Auckland Otago Canterbury Wellington Nelson ... Southland Hawke's Bay Westland Taranaki Marlborough 201 162 • 345 104 41 253 29 13 36 17 A. B. P. 122 2 18 22 2 3 24 0 32 62 2 36-50 22 0 1 37 0 12 148 1 33-80 1 2 38-25 18 2 39-90 27 0 8 A. B. P. 15,032 0 32 21,358 1 38 14,418 2 19 19,556 1 5 16,586 2 15 67,117 3 20 17,688 0 0 11 3 8 1,256 3 27 1,087 2 11 £ s. d. 163,361 0 0 178,142 0 0 338,820 2 0 131,342 16 1 35,622 0 0 • 231,655 0 0 154,115 10 0 781 0 0 12,939 0 0 18,070 0 0 669 1,601 2,585 969 185 682 348 98 493 85 A. B. -P. 227 3 5 851 3 32 1,057 0 12-50 1,464 3 29 67 1 24 980 3 2-40 899 3 39-39 83 2 12-80 275 1 18 95 2 20-20 A. E. P. 107,447 3 11 112,457 2 32 238,324 0 1-50 68,871 1 14 3,759 1 25 166,680 0 32 176,263 3 34 2,960 0 16 11,155 1 26 3,810 0 22 £ s. d. 228,842 0 8 531,719 2 6 1,051,140 5 7 251,404 11 8 35,984 0 6 393,254 14 4 217,800 18 9 8,172 14 0 79,535 6 3 16,593 0 0 586 1,221 2,047 631 131 634 280 46 230 77 A. E. P. 239 2 30 510 0 26 675 0 2-75 1,707 1 15 89 1 23 467 3 13-90 2,017 1 2-09 147 1 5-50 72 1 14 131 1 1 A. E. P. 144,375 0 11 186,947 2 5 440,424 0 11-50 108,553 3 4 25,820 3 14 194,907 3 7 107,306 1 18-60 1,644 3 0 18,331 0 2 2,855 1 25 £ s. d. 714,536 7 0 817,996 0 0 2,948,745 1 11 520,114 6 10 74,723 0 4 706,495 5 7 244,927 14 6 7,015 18 4 88,888 14 6 28,352 17 5 Totals 1,201 487 0 22-45 174,114 1 15 1,264,848 8 1 7,715 6,004 1 3529 891,730 0 13-50 2,814,446 14 3 1 5,883 6,057 2 13-24 1,231,166 2 18-10 6,151,795 6 Corresponding period, 1880-81 j 1,119 909 0 34-12 219,383 0 11-60 1,433,845 19 0 7,097 4,843 2 23-04 638,517 0 2 2,309,801 1 1 5,735 j 3,761 1 3699 1,067,364 1 34 6,727,898 10 CROWN GRANTS. DISTRICT. Abea. Certificates Issued. Caveats. Registration Abstracts. Powers of Attorney. Searches. General Searches. Caveats against Dealing. Plans Deposited. Trust Deeds, &c, Deposited. Leases Registered. Encumbrances Registered, No. Value. Town and Suburban. Country. I I Auckland Otago ... Canterbury Wellington Nelson ... Southland Hawke's Bay Westland Taranaki *... Marlborough £ 154 211 943 586 5 169 7 A. E. P. 4 3 4 116 1 29 5 2 34 3,787 0 2 0 17 348 0 13 13 0 A. e. p. 36,058 3 27 17,957 3 22 136,454 2 37 179,664 1 17 1,185 1 12 7,766 2 25 7,893 0 0 •I 33 812 1,256 3,058 1,004 141 990 534 38 257 142 "20 6 23 4 1 3 i 45 69 120 41 8 16 20 801 1,333 3,628 762 44 753 332 25 96 86 29 36 313 23 2 108 30 2 32 5 52 71 102 26 2 23 23 1 9 1 12 84 89 28 1 34 40 17 4 1 2 , 17 4 79 120 158 47 10 33 29 1 1 1 "29 4 62 2 26 6,115" 1 17 816 2 7 13 3 23 19 -- 1 "71 3 Totals 2,108 4,326 2 35 393,912 3 4 ... 8,232 53 4 ! 4 i ! 335 7,860 580 I 310 I 330 46 550 Corresponding period, 1880-81 . 1 : ! I 1 328 7,481 547 . ! 370 3,441 2,709 1 13-40 525,629 0 13 6,089 62 I 3 229 It 437

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B.-Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Acts for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1882.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount in Money remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Acts on the 31st March, 1882.

D. —Return showing Work in Arrear in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1882.

Other Instruments Unrecorded. Canterbury. Otago. Mortgages ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 38 „ Discharges ... ... ... ... ... 19 26 Transfers ... ... ... ... ... ... 34 50 Sundries ... ... ... ... ... ~. 4 Taranaki— > Certificates in lieu of Crown Grants. Detained in Survey Office ... ... ... 73 Due but not Issued ... ... ... 360

District. General Pees. j I Land Assurance. Total. Lucldand )tago Janterbury Vellington kelson ■outhland lawke's Bay ... Vestland 'aranaki /Tarlborough ... £ s. 2,461 3 4,162 1 8,671 16 2,755 14 531 0 2,546 16 1,062 13 196 4 929 3 270 3 d. 8 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 £ s. d. 528 2 6 525 10 4 1,991 0 8 452 16 10 85 4 11 499 13 6 433 7 0 9 7 0 94 6 0 36 0 0 £ s. d. 2,989 6 2 4,687 12 0 10,662 17 1 3,208 11 3 616 4 11 3,046 9 6 1,496 0 0 205 11 0 1,023 9 0 306 3 0 Totals 23,586 15 2* 4,655 8 9 28,242 3 11* Corresponding period 1880-81 22,448 1 7t 5,166 1 2 27,614 2 9t * Includes £1,325 2s. 4d. Crown-grant fees. t Includes £1,762 ]s. Crown-grant fees.

District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1881. Amount secured by Mortgage during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1882. Total Amount of Mortgages Paid off during same Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1882. Auckland Otago Canterbury Wellington Nelson Southland Hawke's Bay ... Westland Taranaki Marlborough ... £ s. d. 1,075,119 14 0 3,897,078 17 7 5,634,963 3 0 1,732,139 3 6 238,930 11 6 1,808,743 4 10 1,101,530 8 8 74,349 13 1 158,953 8 6 116,009 6 9 £ s. d. 714,536 7 0 817,996 0 0 2,948,745 1 11 520,114 6 10 74,723 0 4 706,495 5 7 244,927 14 6 7,015 18 4 88,888 14 6 28,352 17 5 £ s. 186,990 0 475,995 0 1,033,936 0 313,540 ]5 37,414 12 307,658 0 178,475 16 13,290 8 40,495 14 8,295 0 d. 0 0 0 5 2 0 3 2 1 0 £ s. d. 1,602,666 1 0 4,239,079 17 7 7,549,772 4 11 1,938,712 14 11 276,238 19 8 2,207,580 10 5 1,167,988 6 11 68,075 3 3 207,346 8 11. 136,067 4 2 Totals ... 115,837,823 11 5 6,151,795 6 5 2,596,091 6 1 19,393,527 11 9 Corresponding period, ") 1880-81 j 6,727,898 10 0 2,402,207 4 5

District. Applications Awaiting Compliance with Requisitions. Applications Detained for Examination in the Survey Office. Applications (other than , ,. .. ■ v. , -, Applications those alreadv £» • _ ,. ,/ ! Received mentioned) T , . , -n • -, -,' i Previously Received du- j , ' Mron?hNot ! J 76* Passeclyet Passed. Unregistered Instruments Awaiting Compliance with Requisitions. Unregistered Instruments Detained in Survey Office. Certificates of Title Due but Not Issued. Liickland )tago... Canterbury Vellington Jelson outhland lawke's Bay Westland 'aranaki iarlborough 20 30 57 34 5 12 31 12 2 2 9 25 "7 18 2 9 187 17 5 5 "2 1 8 30 61 8 9 9 14 2 Totals « 207 16 43 IS 215 13 121

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E.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining Unregistered on the 31st March, 1881, the Number received for Registration and the Number Registered during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1882; also the Number remaining Unregistered on that Date, and the Total Amount of Fees collected for the same Period.

F.—Table showing the Work done and Fees received in the Offices for the Registration of Title in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, and New Zealand. (The particulars for Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia are for the Year 1880, and for New Zealand for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1882.)

By Authority: G-eobge Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB2.

District. Unregistered, 31st March, 1881. Eeceired for Registration during the 12 Months ended the 31st March, 1882. Registered during the 12 Mouths, same Period. Unregistered 31st March, 1882. Pees. Auckland Otago Canterbury Wellington Nelson Southland Hawke's Bay ... West] and Taranaki Marlborough ... 216 23 219 55 38 44 68 1 22 102 5,658 2.284 3,151 2,731 535 715 1,041 66 922 486 5,645 2,274 3,254 2,755 454 759 1,051 66 910 546 229 33 116 34 119 £ s. a. 5,846 9 9 2,584. 17 0 3,563 8 1 3,022 18 3 574 1 0 955 14 0 1,205 0 0 79 17 0 1,004 1 0 547 9 0 58 1 34 42 Totals 788 17,592 17,714 666 19,383 15 1* * This includes £1,286 17s. Id. Crown-grant fees.

Colony. Population of Colony. Number of Applications to bring Land under the Act. Number of Transfers. Number of M ortgages. Receipts (exclusive of Assurance Fund.) Victoria New South Wales South Australia New Zealand 900,000 739,385 267,573 484,864 865 191 585 1,201 7.620 4,696 8,596 7,715 6,540 2,193 5,759 5,883 £ s. d. 26,579 0 0 10,415 9 8 No information. 23,586 0 0