LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1895-96)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1896 Session I, H-03

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1896. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1895-96)

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 June, 1896. I have the honour to submit the following returns showing the working of the Land Transfer and Deeds Begistration Departments for the year ended 31st March, 1896 : — 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 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 Begistration offices. I have, &c, C. A. Hickson, 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, 1896.

APPLICATIONS. TRANSFERS. MORTGAGES. DISTRICT, No. Abea. Value. No. Abe. Town and Suburban. Abea. SA. Country. Value. No. Abea. Value. Town and Suburban. Country. Town and Suburban. Country. Auckland .. .. .. 89 52 2 19 Taranaki .. .. .. 26 4 15 Wellington .. .. .. 84 25 3 22 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 25 I 29 1 13 Nelson .. .. .. 16 22 3 9 Marlborough .. .. .. 11 4 2 2 Canterbury .. .. ..207 53 3 5 Otago .. .. .. 39 12 0 7 Southland .. .. .. 34 3 3 17 Westland .. .. .. 4 0 2 36 89 26 84 25 16 11 207 39 34 4 A. E. P. 52 2 19 4 15 25 3 22 29 1 13 22 3 9 4 2 2 53 3 5 12 0 7 3 3 17 0 2 36 a. B. p. £ s. d. 27,745 3 24 85,233 13 8 726 2 27 8,956 0 0 8,899 2 15 118,732 0 0 1,353 2 24 11,900 0 0 2,085 1 26 6,158 0 0 2,898 3 39 ! 9,795 0 0 10,427 2 1 I 182,507 0 0 756 1 12 | 11,480 0 0 2,512 0 23 | 12,159 0 0 265 0 0 1,150 552 1,734 580 241 71 1,733 1,108 792 93 A. R. P. 258 3 30 149 3 25 813 3 4 1,020 2 29 55 1 26 j 24 1 3 ! 394 2 1 369 2 7 436 2 37 20 2 6 A. E. P. 200,353 3 0 47,538 2 1 110,489 3 29 119,125 2 2 110,547 0 26 4,439 0 27 239,791 0 15 115,041 3 25 91,859 1 4 4,124 2 35 £ . a. d. 325,952 15 11 183,820 18 4 619,791 9 7 197,698 8 0 71,995 9 6 25,299 3 6 772,309 0 0 295,244 0 0 174,764 5 11 9.960 11 7 A. B. P. 816 173 0 2 876 116 0 21 2,251 739 3 7 767 ! 1,096 0 32 229 80 3 29 113 31 3 14 1,677 281 0 12 814 i 384 0 24 780 j 380 0 31 42 12 3 24 A. E. P. 401,211 1 11 138,925 2 2 332,755 1 14 396,369 1 14 84,508 1 8 26,816 3 36 395,275 2 34 190,475 0 18 157,827- 1 10 21,288 1 26 £ s. d. 258,704 17 5 378,665 18 11 1,349,611 0 0 568,496 0 0 195,211 2 3 47,689 10 9 928,289 0 0 392,153 0 0 570,818 5 7 12,913 2 7 Totals .. .. .. 535 209 3 15 3,544 1 8 8,365 3,296 0 36 57,406 0 31 ! 447,191 13 8 8,054 11,043,311 0 4 i2,676,836 2 4 2,145,453 1 13 |4,702,551 17 6 Corresponding period, 1894-95 I 509 471 0 17 64,648 ' 0 18 524,170 15 0 7,319 3,153 0 24 846,398 3 37 2,153,246 12 11 6,789 |2,495 2 7 471 0 17 1,799,890 2 5 3,608,525 12 11 DISTRICT. CROWN GRANTS. Aeea. JCERTIP ICATES IN LIE Abe. Town and Suburban. Abea. SA. Country. OF CROWN GRANTS. Value. _ a "43 oi © CD o o to o ft CD CD o 03 O CO ■A CD ,4 CD _ <_ | 03 d.-s to cd _ P a CD co co 09 cd CD 6 ©_ o _ _ co ■a co 9 co cd _ No. Town and Suburban. Value. No. cd 03 O 02 o3 <D _ CQ CD CO cd CD - Country. a. b. p. A. B. P. 5,527 0 0 £ s. d. 2,072 0 0 186 115 444 117 125 6 126 118 164 8; A. K. P. 10,469 3 34 10 1 25 284 0 0 307 3 31 A. R. P. 86,647 2 6 i 10,674 0 0 il63,970 0 21 83,944 2 18 25,567 0 20 4,971 2 15 15,552 0 16 10,226 2 13 I 14,573 1 29 217 2 11 £ s. d. i 7,821 13 6 i 15,275 1 1 Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 13 i 6 " 12 0 0 " ■ 400"3 24 20 0 0 350 0 0 8 3 30 62 3 13 366 1 33' 0 0 6] 89,100 0 0 17,424 8 3 2,061 8 1 17,983 19 7 13,012 9 11 16,313 3 9 47 13 4 7 1 _ 1 .. 58 23 85 47 12 7 77 43 18 3 •■ 1 1,413 559 1,785 I 815 89 65 2,489 666 625 23 38 27 93 65 8 4 267 33 51 2 70 14 117 24 7 3 79 51 18 3 133 100 34 74 2 8 43 43 2 392 352 973 146 15 52 474 314 289 38 i 575 242 995 256 110 40 989 426 337 13 1 10 2 220 64 110 32 •' _ 23 S - 18 1 .. _ 42 0 0 I ■■ i Totals I 22 12 0 0 . 5,989 3 24 2,422 0 0 1409 |416,344 2 29 179,039 17 6 29 373 1 588 386 439 3,045 3 3,983 ; ! 37 11,510 2 12 8,529 | 431 Corresponding period, 1894-95 30 i 1740' ' ' 2,126 3 15 ' 475,261 0 8! ii 261,255 4 6 25 385 ! 8 6,902 494 I 400 439 2,561 3,852 20 66 1 39 4,586 1 3 4,132 0 0 •• 7 ! 537

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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Acts for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1896.

Note. —Includes Crown-grant and district agency fees : * £166 6s. 6d.; t £193 2s. 7d.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Acts on the 31st March, 1896.

D.—Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1896.

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District. General Pees. Assurance Pees. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... ... ... Hawke's Bay Nelson Marlborough... Canterbury ... Otago Southland Westland £ s. d. 2,690 18 7 1,695 11 9 5,062 3 1 1,735 7 5 542 12 0 234 10 6 4,765 2 6 2,093 8 5 1,678 10 0 159 4 6 £ s. d. 174 17 4 18 10 3 375 16 9 35 3 5 49 4 10 19 14 1 349 19 5 24 7 8 25 4 8 0 14 5 £ s. d. 2,865 15 11 1,714 2 0 5,437 19 10 1,770 10 10 591 16 10 254 4 7 5,115 1 11 2,117 16 1 1,703 14 8 159 18 11 Totals 20,657 8 9*1 1,073 12 10 21,731 1 7 Corresponding period, 1894-95 ... 18,644 6 4+ 1,020 17 3 19,665 3 7

District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1895. Amount secured by Amount of MortMortgage during gages paid off the Year ended during the same 31st March, 1896. Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1896. Auckland ... Taranaki ... Wellington Hawke's Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland ... Westland ... £ s. d. 4,086,403 18 8 1,182,564 16 10 5,759,244 0 0 4,079,525 0 8 736,605 7 10 250,682 2 7 8,997,916 8 0 2,848,893 0 0 2,560,948 13 11 68,894 18 4 £ s. d. 258,704 17 5 378,665 18 11 1,349,611 0 0 568,496 0 0 195,211 2 3 47,689 10 9 928,289 0 0 392,153 0 0 570,818 5 7 12,913 2 7 £ s. d. 324,488 14 0 184,261 2 2 888,465 0 0 431,854 0 0 65,385 18 1 27,847 0 0 1,123,821 0 0 383,326 0 0 196,105 0 0 8,827 0 10 £ s. d. 4,020,620 2 1 1,376,969 13 7 6,220,390 0 0 4,216,167 0 8 866,430 12 0 270,524 13 4 8,802,384 8 0 2,857,720 0 0 2,935,661 19 6 72,981 0 1 Totals 30,571,678 6 10 4,702,551 17 6 13,634,380 15 1 31,639,849 9 3 Corresponding period, 1894-95 29,606,579 9 11 3,608,525 12 11 j2,643,426 16 0 30,571,678 6 10

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. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay... Nelson . . Marlborough ... Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 44 8 30 6 4 1 16 21 5 16 2 3 1 2 4 52 2 36 11 6 ii 2 6 52 9 10 15 2 1 1 Totals ... 135 25 21 105 52 36 Othe Instruments unrecorded. Miscellaneous. 34 Christchurch .. Otago Transfers. 35 7 Mortgagei 32 5

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E.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March, 1895; the Number received for Registration, and the Number registered, during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1896; also the Number remaining on that date; and the Amount of Fees collected during the same Period.

■ ■ ■ £ s. d. * Includes Crown-grant fees .. ... .. .. 287 6 8 Includes district-agency fees .. .. .. .. 17 15 0 £305 1 8 Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given ; printing (1,1180 copies), _ 12s.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB96. Price, 3d.]

District. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1895. Received for Registration during the Year ended 31st March, 1896. Registered during the same Period. Unregistered on 31st March, 1896. Pees. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland 216 80 36 33 5 3,578 743 2,011 819 547 312 1,276 1,259 352 52 3,601 804 2,002 769 542 312 1,234 1,192 349 52 152 19 31 73 10 £ s. d. 3,590 3 7 727 11 6 2,183 8 1 922 17 6 517 19 0 311 0 0 1,424 14 6 1,328 2 6 366 18 6 44 11 0 6 6 6 43 73 9 Totals 388 10,949 10,857 410 £11,417 6 2*