LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS FOR 1882-83.)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1883 Session I, H-16

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1883. . NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS FOR 1882-83.)

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

The Secretary for Stamps to the Hon. the Commissioner of Stamps. Sir, — Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 11th July, 1883. 1 have the honour to submit the following returns showing the working of the Laud Transfer and Deeds Eegistration Departments for the year ended the 31st March, 1883 : — A.—The business transacted under the Land Transfer Acts. 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 Acts, on the 31st March last. 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 unregistered on the 31st March last; also the fees received in the Deeds Eegistration Offices. P.—Comparative statement of the working of the land-transfer system in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, and New Zealand. I have, &c, J. Sperrey, The Hon. the Commissioner of 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, 1883.

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APPLICATIONS. TRANSFERS. MORTGAGES. DISTRICTS. As: AREA. SEA, i. Area. Area. _1 o. Town and | Suburban. I Country. i Value. No. Town and Suburban. I Country. ! r Considerat Honey. o. Town and Suburban. I Country. Amount Secured. Auckland .. .. ! Otago ;„ Canterbury v, .. j Wellington .. .. i Nelson .. Southland .. .. I Hawke's Bay .. ., I Westland " .. .. j Taranaki .. .. | Marlborough ., .. ! 183 138 352 85 48 126 31 19 48 13 A. P.. P. 173 3 35 38 3 05 20 1 25-50i 31 2 27-501 24 3 34-50 15 3 18-50: 54 0 35-85 | 3 3 15-50: 42 2 25-10; 0 3 18 A. R. P. 23,900 0 32 5,099 0 34 22,680 0 10 9,267 1 13 2,327 3 31 36,858 0 20 41,234 2 34-30 18 2 0 1,769 1 19 23,470 0 09-00 £ s.i d. 186,902 0 0 980 ! 198,963 7 6 ! 1,432 454,904 0 0 ! 2,500 113,803 0 0 : 1,007 ; 27,005 0 0 186 : 128,082 1 0 832 | 135,589 0 0 ' 329 1,934 0 0, 174 25,469 0 0: 519 47,462 0 0 129 [ A. B. P. A. B. P. 794 2 21 ; 400,405 2 07 696 2 21 80,696 3 10 1,093 0 36-50 j 457,966 0 31 1,322 1 19 72,175 2 17 06 3 25 4,819 3 03 1,955 3 27-501 105,901 3 32 676 0 13-50 ' 140,832 3 26-70 33 2 39 8,243 3 06 478 1 14 22,022 1 07 298 2 09-70 4,480 3 22 £ s. a. 639,913 14 5 432,488 10 9 1,808,111 10 1 252,899 5 2 44,621 4 11 353,949 15 5$ 198,784 10 1 | 14,249 19 0 110,672 2 9 25,058 0 0 050 1,161 2,258 707 153 600 267 51 334 69 ! A. R. P. 593 3 20 445 1 23 843 0 21-25' 709 3 31 47 1 15-50! 589 0 18-78 1,216 1 21-05 11 0 05-30! 248 0 14 206 2 17-20 1 A. B. P. 79,502 2 19 112,507 1 11 446,330 0 01 126,251 2 10 8,495 0 04 95.509 0 32-50 139,383 3 21 1,294 2 28 22,807 1 18 4,488 1 36 £ s. d. 415,104 12 0 852,782 0 0 2,187,680 16 1 487,983 19 7 108,248 3 0 412,819 9 10 468,135 18 10 8,817 0 0 144,563 10 0 27,469 0 0 Totals .. .. j ] 1,043 1,043 407 1 00-45! 166,625 2 02-90 1,320,113 8 6 8,088 7,416 1 26-20; 1,297,545 3 01-70 3,880,748 12 9J 6,250 4,910 3 27-03! 1,036,630 0 26-50! 5,113,604 9 10 Corresponding ) period, 1881-82 J 1,201 1,201 4S7 0 22-45 J 174,114 1 15 1,261,848 8 1 7,715 0,004 1 35-29 891,730 0 13-50 2,814,446 14 3 5,883 6,057 2 13-241 1,231,166 2 18-10 6,151,795 0 5

DISTRICTS. CROWN GRANTS. Area. Value. Caveats. Registration Abstracts. Powers of Attorney. Revocation Order. Searches. General I Caveat f a i i against Searches. Plans Deposited. Trust Deeds, &c, Deposited. t..™ EncumCertificates Issued. No. Town and Suburban. Country. • I Auckland .. .. | 56 Otago .. .. j 346 Canterbury ,. ,. I 239 Wellington .. .. i 130 Nelson .. .. 1 Southland .. .. 83 Hawke's Bay .. .. 1 4 Westland .. .. Taranaki .. .. j 124 Marlborough .. A. B. P. 4 3 36 82 1 0 110 0 0 21 A. E. P. 33,553 2 03 24,591 2 28 57,080 2 04 92,430 2 02 13 1 14 9,009 2 15 1,578 0 0 CD A CD 0 5 1 4 3 1 34 2 I 1 37 53 I 133 39 16 35 26 4 10 5 I •■ 847 1,115 3,786 691 70 872 358 27 179 86 33 50 313 24 6 89 37 1 43 18 40 63 149 37 7 34 13 2 18 3 42 69 78 16 1 25 26 11 6 4 14 4 1 3 4 76 90 133 96 11 47 26 1 1 1 1,144 1,322 3,013 1,043 175 1,083 384 111 704 151 23"o 27 1 2 28 1 5l"0 17 72,244 0 34 14 17 73 1 2 2 I 164 2 09 j 290,507 1 20 53 | 358 ! Totals .. .. j 983 Corresponding ) . 1f . R period, 1881-82 J "'i08 4,326 2 35 j 393,912 3 04 53 8,031 614 366 288 49 553 9,130 335 7,860 580 310 330 46 550 8,232

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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Acts for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1883.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount in Money remaining secured by Mortgages under the Land Transfer Acts on the 31st March, 1883.

D.—Return showing Work in Arrear in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1883.

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District. General Fees. Land Assurance. Total. Auckland Otago Canterbury Wellington Nelson Southland Hawke's Bay Westland Taranaki Marlborough ... £ s. d. 3,241 15 10 3,860 2 5 8,321 15 0 2,646 0 9 575 4 0 2,293 13 8 1,033 18 3 334 8 3 1,055 17 0 344 4 0 £ s. d. 1,055 11 6 613 7 6 1,947 10 5 610 10 9 71 7 3 356 14 10 304 10 0 14 12 0 469 11 7| 115 3 0 £ s. d. 4,297 7 4 4,473 9 11 10,269 5 5 3,256 11 6 646 11 3 2,650 8 6 1,338 8 3 349 0 3 1,525 8 7i 459 7 0 Totals 23,706 19 2* 5,558 18 10£ 29,265 18 0i* Corresponding period, 1881-82 ... 23,586 15 2f 4,655 8 9 28,242 3 lit * Includes £1,209 14s. 2d. Crown-grant fees. t Includes £1,325 2s. id. Oown-gn nit fees.

District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1882. Amount secured by Mortgage during the Year ended 31st March, 1883. Amount of Mortgages Paid off during the same Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1883. Luckland )tago lanterbury ... Wellington ...' Jelson Southland lawke's Bay Vestland Aaranaki larlborough ... £ 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 £ s. d. 415,104 12 0 852,782 0 0 2,187,680 16 1 487,983 19 7 108,248 3 0 412,819 9 10 468,135 18 10 8,817 0 0 144,563 10 6 27,469 0 0 £ s. a. 136,397 0 0 431,339 0 0 1,304,440 0 0 254,929 4 4 79,672 7 7 223,684 0 0 329,549 6 5 7,647 13 5 42,984 12 1 12,790 0 0 £ s. d. 1,881,373 13 0 4,660,522 17 7 8,433,013 1 0 2,171,767 10 2 304,814 15 1 2,396,716 0 3 1,306,574 19 4 69,244 9 10 308,925 7 4 150,746 4 2 Totals 19,393,527 11 9 5,113,604 9 10 2,823,433 3 10 21,683,698 17 9 Jorresponding period, 1 1881-82 J 6,151,795 6 5 2,596,091 6 1

District. Applications awaiting Compliance with Requisitions. Applications Detained for Examination in the Survey Office. Applications (other than those already mentioned) Received during the Month Not yet Passed. Applications Received Previously Not yet Passed. Unregistered Instruments awaiting Compliance with Requisitions. Unregistered Instruments Detained in Survey Office. Certificates of Title Due but Not Issued. Auckland Otago j Canterbury Wellington Nelson Southland Hawke's Bay ... Westland ' Taranaki Marlborough ... 27 20 42 31 10 14 32 18 2 5 12 6 1 1 2 17 4 16 187 12 6 4 "i 2 11 25 75 "4 "i 10 4 "5 2 "i "i Totals ... 190 25 27 20 223 14 118

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Other Instruments Unrecorded. Auckland. Otago. Transfers ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 43 Leases ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Mortgages ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 20 ~ Discharges ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Certificates in lieu of Croivn Grants. Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 29

E.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining Unregistered on the 31st March, 1882, the Number received for Registration and the Number Registered during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1883; also the Number remaining Unregistered on that Date, and the 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 Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. (The particulars for Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania are for the Year 1881, and for New Zealand for the Year ended the 31st March, 1883.)

By Authority: Geoege Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB3.

.District. Unregistered 31st March, 1882. Eeoeived for Eegistration during the Year ended the 31st March, 1883. Eegistered during the same Period. Unregistered 31st March, 1883. Fees. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Nelson Marlborough... Canterbury ... Otago Southland Westland 229 34 34 58 119 42 116 33 5,959 1,042 2,185 960 581 528 2,942 2,020 597 47 6,000 1,054 2,207 907 706 502 2,951 2,046 597 48 188 22 12 111 68 107 7 £ s. 6,282 1 1,078 15 2,474 5 1,096 19 601 18 641 12 3,298 3 2,305 1 727 17 51 18 d. 9 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 666 16,867 17,018 515 18,558 10 5* * Thi: includes £1, !81 6s. lid. Or. iwn-grant foe:

Colony. Population of Colony. Number of Applications to bring Land under the Act. Number of Transfers. Number of Mortgages. Receipts (exclusive of Assurance Fund). Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland ... Tasmania .«* ... New Zealand... 862,346 751,468 286,324 213,525 118,000 ■t-500,910 1,256 298 585 193 99 1,043 10,958 6,317 8,596 4,744 441 8,088 6,269 2,366 5,759 1,793 323 6,250 £ s. d. 30,920 0 0 13,589 10 0 No information. 6,888 0 3 No information. 22,497 5 0