LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1899-1900.)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1900 Session I, H-03

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1900. NEW ZEALAND. a

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1899-1900.)

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

The Secretary for Stamps to the Hon. Commissioner of Stamps. Sir, — Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 15th May, 1900. I have the honour to submit the following returns showing the working of the Land Transfer and Deeds Registration Departments for the year ended 31st March, 1900 : — A. —The business ti "T,eted under the Land Transfer Act. • B.—The fees receiv sunder, including the fees received on account of Grown grants. C—The mortgages an£ discharges of mortgages, and the amount remaining secured by mortgage under the said Act on the 31st March, 1900. D.—The arrears existing *..% the various Land Transfer offices at the close of business on the same date. B.—The number of deeds received for registration, and the number remaining unregistered on the 31st March last; also thf 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, 1900.

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APPLICATIONS. TRANSFERS. MORTGAGES. DISTRICT, .BEA. .BEA. Abea. I No. No. alue. No. m Town and Suburban. Value. Value. Town and Suburban. Country. Country. Town and Suburban. Country. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 101 66 95 14 8 7 7 251 45 22 7 A. B. P. 73 3 20 18 0 7 69 3 24 7 2 37 110 1 2 34 1 1 24 76 1 19 9 2 17 3 2 8 12 5 A. B. P. 13,167 0 9 1,508 0 39 18,968 3 13 5,596 3 23 1,841 1 2 17.155 2 0 33.156 2 4 11,376 0 1 14,355 3 9 715 3 14 £ s. d. 110,836 2 2 29,394 4 4 172,542 0 0 25,501 0 0 16,197 0 0 16,210 10 0 38,535 0 0 224,155 0 0 79,532 0 0 5,722 0 0 987 0 0 1,862 881 2,522 477 308 356 97 2,365 1,342 994 180 A. B. P. 824 0 36 213 1 7 588 3 15 546 3 37 87 3 19 140 1 10 76 1 23 576 0 15 304 0 34 507 0 15 42 0 6 A. B. P. 243,136 1 21 83,565 0 4 173,066 2 33 40,563 3 23 205,855 3 38 21,625 0 7 13,326 3 35 241,792 0 14 128,966 1 17 91,381 2 4 13,213 0 0 £ s. d. 555,140 8 5 474,659 18 5 1,250,656 0 0 233,411 7 0 169,321 6 4 77,874 3 10 190,144 1 2 1,425,014 0 0 429,977 0 0 297,497 4 6 21.950 12 0 1,141 920 2,551 476 281 248 89 2,063 881 725 67 A. B. P. 698 1 14 119 2 6 539 0 1 572 0 31 82 2 1 132 1 25 48 1 17 404 0 21 244 1 34 282 2 18 34 3 18 A. B. P. 294,944 0 1 154,866 2 37 659,989 0 33 204,582 3 39 222,625 1 11 61,033 2 3 26,214 1 37 322,576 2 20 170,597 2 0 111,657 2 4 1,145 0 5 £ s. d. 482,663 5 2 593,352 1 11 2,693,584 0 0 501,585 17 9 221,103 8 8 110,696 10 2 58,380 18 10 1,511,084 0 0 401,226 0 0 340,000 2 11 18,631 1 11 Totals 623 264 3 35 117,841 3 34 [ 719,611 16 6 i 11,384 3,907 1 17 1,256,492 3 36 5,125,646 1 8 9,442 3,158 1 26 2,230,282 3 30 6,932,307 7 4 Corresponding period, 1898-99 638 j 10,131 3,533 3 30 1,109,060 3 34 3,990,117 0 10 9,132 312 3 1 77,924 2 26 ] 658,508 0 6 3,210 1 4 2,088,783 1 4 15,485,961 7 11 DISTRICT. CERTIFICATES IN LIEU OP CBOWN GRANTS. Abea. CEOWN GRANTS. Abea. A a o 'Mm CD a o o © Is o ft IE ■*- © o © © oi CD © © © Ik CD m •6 © O Pi ■s* a E ©£ fig ft EH □0 © a ca A a © a 6 Ol a o DO a a EH © © © © No. Town and Suburban. Country. L Value. No. Town and Suburban. Country. Value. © o 01 C c u © CD CD A. B. P. 22 0 17 11 0 22 143 3 20 5 1 24 3 3 28 A. H. P. 32,981 0 35 18,433 3 13: 51,652 1 12! 10,055 0 7 93,672 0 13 16,286 3 6 28,535 1 21 4,899 3 10 13,718 2 2 8,168 1 32 1,228 2 22 279,632 0 13 £ s. d. 17,650 13 5 22,243 11 6 .J a. B. P. a. e. p. 3,087 1 20 £ a. d. 1,605 0 0 57 18 94 36 18 17 9 93 45 24 5 1,619 778 2,275 715 330 89 63 2,749 697 715 24 21 5 269 64 26 7 5 286 35 80 6 70 15 119 15 33 4 2 64 67 30 1 170 101 108 62 24 14 12 97 58 10 1 4 1 15 1 5 443 426 773 61 42 4 58 290 335 206 24 300 66 287 19 438 72 1,063 373 1,510 276 140 105 28 1,206 458 366 37 Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 214 108 269 42 69 125 21 63 130 117 20 6,977' 14 lOj 1 10,982' 16 OJ 20,592 0 0 ■■ I •• I •• 5 i •• •• " 1 2 1 3 1 16 71 2 9 17 1 32 12,673 9 6| 10,117 6 II 20 0 0 • • I 3 14 0 "2 33 1 20 3 283 10 'o 0 io"o 0 " Totals 1178 278 3 8 101,257 12 2 : 152,364 1 4 ; 6 i 14 0 3,097 1 20 1,615 0 0 42 I 416 -- 10,054 804 420 657 I 46 2,662 7 1,465 1,293 5,562 4,953 Corresponding period, 1898-99 1590 549 3 28 444,328 0 201 24 348 9,769 747 420 607 8 3 1,417 1 24 -• •- 34 2,461

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B. —Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1900.

Note.—lncludes Crown grants and district agency fees : * £222 45.; t £364 Is. 10d.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1900.

D. —Return showing Arreares in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1900.

Other Instruments unrecorded. Transfers. Mortgages. Miscellaneous. Wellington .. .. .. .. ..198 170 66 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. 32 24 27 Otago .. .. .. .. .. 12 7

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District. General Pees. Assurance Pees. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland £ s. d. 3,665 5 7 2,167 1 7 6,360 6 1 1,136 6 8 839 9 8 602 0 6 248 11 0 5,848 10 11 2,364 2 5 1,729 9 6 242 11 0 £ s. d. 221 19 8 53 1 7 404 9 11 56 14 8 28 18 0 32 12 1 38 2 0 464 17 3 170 13 1 11 18 6 2 2 6 ' £ s. d. 3,887 5 3 2,220 3 2 6,764 16 0 1,193 1 4 868 7 8 634 12 7 286 13 0 6,313 8 2 2,534 15 6 1,741 8 0 244 13 6 Totals *25,203 14 11 1,485 9 3 26,689 4 2 Corresponding period, 1898-99... 123,625 8 5 1,248 12 9 24,874 1 2

District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1899. Amount secured by Amount of MortMortgage during gages paid off the Year ended during the same 31st March, 1900. Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1900. Auckland ... Taranaki ... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland... £ s. d. 3,260,687 11 2 1,922,559 5 8 7,655,762 12 6 4,336,365 9 2 234,914 15 8 969,896 7 7 249,149 11 7 7,947,642 8 0 2,943,478 0 0 3,429,761 2 10 85,119 19 10 £ s. d. 482,663 5 2 593,352 1 11 2,693,584 0 0 501,585 17 9 221,103 8 8 110,696 10 2 58,380 18 10 1,511,084 0 0 401,226 0 0 340,000 2 11 18,631 1 11 £ s. d. 604,223 4 2 310,213 6 2 998,703 0 0 544,152 0 0 40,056 0 0 73,304 17 5 39,334 4 6 1,431,949 0 0 351,866 0 0 261,849 2 1 8,266 0 0 £ s. d. 3,139,127 12 2 2,205,698 1 5 9,350,643 12 6 4,293,799 6 11 415,962 4 4 1,007,288 0 4 268,196 5 11 8,026,777 8 0 2,992,838 0 0 3,507,912 3 8 95,485 1 9 Totals 33,035,337 4 0 6,932,307 7 4 |4,663,916 14 4 135,303,727 17 0 Corresponding period, 1898-99 32,152,388 0 7 5,126,707 5 7 4,087,240 5 0 133,035,337 4 0

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 Vellington ... lawke's Bay... 'overty Bay ... kelson Marlborough... Canterbury ... )tago buthland Vestland 42 39 9 6 5 21 3 7 1 1 3 84 7 1 5 8 i 15 137 4 1 1 26 15 1 2 4 1 40 11 "i 4 119 17 2 1 61 Totals ... 143 26 1.4 146 80 296

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E.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March, 1899; the Number received for Registration, and the Number registered, during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1900; also the Number remaining on that date; and the Amount of Fees collected during the same Period.

£ a. d. * Includes Crown grant fees .. .. .. .. 176 17 11 Includes district agency fees .. .. .. 20 0 0

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District. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1899. Received for Registration during the Year ended 31st March, 1900. Registered during the same Period. Unregistered on 31st March, 1900. Fees. Auckland ... Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland ... 306 32 10 115 6 17 10 28 50 36 2 4,088 645 2,139 724 132 643 449 1,392 1,540 372 47 4,242 656 2,116 752 138 653 456 1,397 1,539 349 49 133 21 24 85 7 3 19 51 59 £ s. 4,008 i 567 4 2,198 16 879 19 148 5 554 17 484 8 1,433 9 1,546 1 392 8 39 14 d. 3 9 8 6 3 6 6 0 6 0 0 Totals 612 12,171 12,347 402 £12,253 5 11*