LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1898-99.)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1899 Session I, H-03

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— ♦ 1899. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1898-99.)

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

The Secretaby for Stamps to the Hon. Gommissioneb of Stamps. Sic, — Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, sth May, 1899. I have the honour to submit the following returns showing the working of the Land Transfer and Deeds Eegistration Departments for the year ended 31st March, 1899 : — 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 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. 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 Act during the Year ended the 31st March, 1899.

applications'. TRANSFERS. MORTGAGES. DISTRICT. Abba. Value. Abea. Area. No - I Town and Suburban. Country. No. Town and Country. Suburban, i Value. No ' Town and Suburban. Value. Country. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 89 32 108 17 7 11 2 265 64 34 9 A. R. P. 113 0 5 13 0 30 39 3 12 2 2 6 10 0 5 0 15 0 1 16 88 2 3 43 1 15 5 12 0 2 17 A. B. P. 3,355 0 19 411 0 32 20,731 3 0 10,012 1 12 1,432 1 20 22,931 1 19 625 0 14 14,276 1 19 2,777 2 0 1,143 3 11 227 3 0 £ a. d. 58,068 0 6 18,215 0 0 155,222 0 0 42,831 0 0 10,110 0 0 60,337 0 0 4,800 0 0 254,779 0 0 43,960 0 0 9,141 0 0 1,045 0 0 1,602 715 2,300 473 159 311 87 2,189 1,276 835 134 A. B. P. 912 1 19 163 0 39 441 2 10 624 0 20 102 1 7 96 1 33 78 2 34 462 2 7 271 3 31 353 0 9 27 2 21 A. B. P. 238,406 1 32 61,076 3 15 281,299 1 22 72,136 0 34 73,587 3 25 32,766 2 13 2,517 2 36 174,813 1 35 92,854 2 19 78,078 0 6 1,523 2 37 £ s. d. 412,428 6 8 324,689 16 0 1,026,648 0 0 209,077 0 10 130,799 10 i 82,219 9 7 35,495 19 10 1,189,967 0 0 334,933 0 0 229,743 15 0 14.115 2 7 1,178 814 2,383 589 179 302 86 2,018 891 629 63 A. B. P. 771 3 14 113 2 24 354 2 10 804 0 0 69 1 31 78 1 15 82 3 11 381 3 12 209 0 16 329 0 15 15 2 16 A. B. P. 309,105 0 1 149.441 2 14 422,116 1 36 255,827 0 28 215,319 3 35 86,142 2 0 11,395 3 3 371.442 0 21 157,530 3 10 104,865 0 3 5,596 3 13 £ s. d. 442,960 14 2 455,473 13 0 1,470,649 0 0 493,966 0 0 113,711 4 8 175,037 18 10 35,363 0 0 1,326,731 0 0 464,740 0 0 487,133 14 3 20,195 3 0 Totals 638 312 3 1 I 77,924 2 26 10,131 3,533 3 30 9,132 3,210 1 4 658,508 0 6 1,109,060 3 34 3,990,117 0 10 2,088,783 1 4 ]5, 485, 961 7 11 Corresponding period, 1897-98 582 4,012 3 7 8,653 2,348,790 2 19 329 0 22 72,968 1 2 613,028 13 6 9,609 934,596 3 36 3,444,959 8 6 3,804 0 21 5,126,707 5 7 CERTIFICATES IN LIEU OP CROWN GRANTS. Area. Are Town and Suburban. CROWN GRANTS. Area. 3A. Country. Value. ■5-2 "Seta cd u CD s B a o O Ph ad i CD 3 CD o CD O Cβ it Ii siCO o 1 a a o a to CD m CD O <g o DISTRICT. CO CD No. Town and Suburban. Country. Value. No. Cβ Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 157 350 552 44 51 141 15 57 100 122 1 A. B. P. 12 3 8 19 0 29 211 0 14 ! 10 0 OS 1 3 38j a. B. p. 21,084 0 14 44,602 2 24 ! 118,525 3 13 41,867 3 38 133,376 0 13 17,334 1 26 13,302 0 38 34,829 2 12 12,612 2 37 6,791 2 39 0 3 6 £ s. d.! 1.0,986 4 11 55,378 18 8 2 a. B. p. A. R. P. J 1,396 1 24 £ s. d. 2 50 24 76 20 18 17 5 81 37 16 4 •• 1,645 670 2,173 830 267 97 52 2,678 707 630 20 32 15 244 41 20 14 2 279 35 61 4 64 16 105 13 13 5 1 123 59 19 2 170 79 72 87 14 7 4 105 51 18 2 1 16 492 355 653 110 54 3 35 305 286 143 25 227 57 272 31 376 61 869 260 1,311 289 58 96 43 1,171 490 340 26 2 1 1 43,876 2 1 2 3 2 5 14 2 11 63 1 32 213 1 11 13,858 12 7 7,936 0 0 i 2 11,482 13 0 8,845 10 1 10 2 3 269 I " 19 1 21 0 0 i ■• Totals 1590 ! 549 3 28 444,328 0 20 339,193 3 31 152,364 1 4 3 I I .. i I 1,417 1 24 24 •• 348 i 9,769 747 I 420 607 34 2,461 8 1,293 1,147 4,953 Corresponding period, 1897-98 1433 35,962 2 33 I 123,805 10 11 5 1,575 0 0 33 405 3 9,228 698 420 561 53 4 15 1 24 1,125 1 25 •■ 2,216 4,775

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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1899.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1899.

D.—Return showing Arrears in the Land Department on the 31st March, 1899.

District. General Pees. Assurance Fees. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay ... Nelson Marlborough... Canterbury ... Otago Southland Westland £ s. d. 3,312 12 9 1,845 11 11 5,833 5 11 1,322 7 6 720 18 4 624 18 6 184 7 0 5,696 8 8 2,406 9 3 1,477 13 7 200 15 0 £ s. d. 160 4 3 27 17 1 224 17 8 85 9 6 21 0 6 126 19 2 9 13 8 488 2 1 84 8 9 18 13 2 1 6 11 £ s. d. 3,472 17 0 1,873 9 0 6,058 3 7 1,407 17 0 741 18 10 751 17 8 194 0 8 6,184 10 9 2,490 18 0 1,496 6 9 202 1 11 ■•<-,, ..Totals Correspom xjing period, 1897-98 ... 23,625 8 5* 1,248 12 9 24,874 1 r22,980 14 5f 1,365 13 3 2i 8 / Note. —. .Hi Irown-grant and district-agenoy fees : * 364 Is. TOd.; t £296 l!

District. Amount remainin] secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1898i Amount 0g& during ear ended larch, 1899. Amount of Mortgages paid off during the same Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1899. 3 M^ ::: ::: Wellington Hawks'sBay ... ; Poverty Bay ... Nelson ... ... Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland... Westland ... £ # :, s. d. 3,042,369 18 2 1,732,704 6 6 7,022,561 12 6 .4,390,897 9 2 243,592 11 0 & ' I s. d. 442,960%:- 2 455,473 lSkfl 1,470,649 0m 493,966 0 m 113,711 4 8' . .175,037 18 10 , d. b 2 I £ * s. d. 224,643 1 2 265,618 13 10 837,448 0 0 548,498 0 0 i 122,389 0 0 ' 150,975 4 10 41,809 0 0 £ s. d3,260,687 11 2 1,922,559 5 8 7,655,762 12 6 4,336,365 9 2 234,914 15 8969,896 7 7 249,149 11 7 <mtm*64&- 8 o I:, i 955!595 11 7 i ZOO,0»O 11 Y 8,398,676 ; 8 0 2,893,732 6 ; '^0 3,145,249 3 3 81,175 6 10 I I i 0 1, ', L L 1 r j X , J I I f i DO —" W™ 414,994 0 202,621 14 16,250 10 w 0 8 0 2,943,478 0 0 3,429,761 2 10 85,119 19 10 20,195 3 0 Totals 32,152,388 0 7 5,485,961 7 11 4,603, ! 4 6 33,035,337 4 0 Corresponding period, 1897-98 31,112,921 0 0 5,126,707 5 7 4,087,240 3 i 32,152,388 j 0 7

Applications } awaiting Compliance with 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 Bequisitions. ■' . Fnregistered nstruments detained Certificates of Title due but not issued. .pplicationa ■received previous to Current Month not ?et passed. District. r ill th( Survey 0: in the Auckland Taranaki--- fti ... ,0 14 1 4 9 TaranaJa 46 v **«lj 7 1 7 2 5 ■ 21 3 25 2 I 75 29 .Wellington Hawke's Bay... Poverty Bay ... Nelson . . Maryborough ... Canterbury Otago Southland Westland. i. ■ i 5 i '' "."■■ K. : 2 38 13 3 1 ? 5 ; "i 37 7 2 59 • ••■ ..«' ■ Totals 153 j I I 34 76 224 \ Wellington Canterbury ■ ,Otago I Other Instruments unrecorded. Transfers. 118 18 10 Mortgages. 123 20 '' iscellaneous. 159 19

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E.-Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March, 1898; the Number received for Registration, and the Number registered, during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1899; also the Number remaining on that date; and the Amount of Fees collected during the same Period.

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District. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1898. Received for Registration during the Year ended 31st March, 1899. Registered during the same Period. Unregistered on 31st March, 1899. Pees. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's BayPoverty Bay Nelson Marlborough ■Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland 174 49 30 144 1 3 4,240 729 2,061 867 87 525 408 1,431 1,582 317 45 4,094 746 2,071 888 82 511 398 1,429 1,561 290 57 306 32 10 115 6 17 10 28 50 36 2 £ S. d. 4,158 19 9 675 15 0 2,122 3 10 975 19 0 110 18 0 479 13 6 408 0 0 1,525 14 9 1,616 3 0 311 16 0 43 6 0 34 29 9 14 Totals 487 12,292 12,127 612 £12,428 8 10* * Includes CrownIncludes distric ■grant lees t-agency fees £ s. d. 163 4 10 18 11 0