LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION: ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1911-12.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1912 Session II, H-03

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Session 11. 1912. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION: ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1911-12.

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

The Secbetaby fob Land and Deeds to the Minister of Stamps. •$i Rj _ Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 10th May, 1912. I have the honour to submit the usual report on the working of the Land Transfer and Deeds Eegistration Departments for the year ended the 31st March, 1912. The returns appended show, — 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, 1912. 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 Office. I have, &c, P. C. Cobliss, The Minister of Stamps, Wellington. Secretary for Land and Deeds.

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A.—Statement of Business transacted under the Land Transfer Act during the Year ended the 31st March, 1912.

Applications. Transfers. Mortgages. ■ District. Area - Area - Area - No. ~ " Value. No. C0n ,?*T ti0n No. _ Town Town Money. Town and Country. and Country. and Country. Suburban. Suburban. Suburban. | 1911-12. A. |{. P. A. R. P. £ S. d. | A. R. P. A. R. P. £ S. d. ] A. R, P. A. R. P. Aueklaiid .. .. ..185 78 3 16! 21,266 2 2 305.150 14 0 6,328 2,280 125 804.002 3 35 4,312.642 10 5 5,4782,870 2 22 1,239,638 1 8 Taranaki .. .. 22 4 2 30 625 0 28 22.800 2 6 1.368 431 2 2 156,646 0 3 1,290,959 0 0 2,166! 364 2 33 491,486 3 28 Wellington .. .. .. 74 135 0 16 6,505 2 31 229,082 0 1 4,809 1,761 2 16 361,235 2 0 3,184,924 0 0: 5,5151,765 3 29 706,462 2 21 Hawke's Bav.. .. 12 3 2 3 6,306 1 24 121,226 3 8 1,396 266 3 1 195,235 1 0 1.485.834 6 10 1.469 233 0 23 432,498 3 29 Povertv Bav .. .. 5 0 2 0 1,060 0 11 ! 17.760 0 0 627 202 2 37 95,967 0 15 511,909 0 0 772 232 3 28 469,904 3 38 Nelson .. .. .. 14 0 3 31 2.548 3 7 19,670 0 0 551 139 3 29 78.766 2 20 251,919 II 4 681 1.91 I 34 j 128,793 2 28 Marlborough .. .. .. 10 4 0 33 14.464 2 11 56,052 2 6 257: 74 2 27 84.155 2 3 277,621 14 4 313 129 2 10! 193,970 0 7 Canterbury .. .. .. 172 31 0 37 5.703 3 12 204,768 0 Oi 4,406' 819 0 18 279.222 3 15 3,680,288 0 0 4,773 1,358 0 25 607,824 2 16 Otago .. .. .. 57 61 1 23 1,516 3 0 57.013 0 0 2.251 768 0 7 120,348 0 1 ! 1,130,494 0 0 2,109! 582 137 162,950 3 38 Southland .. .. 20 9 2 12 5,030 2 4 44.601 8 7 2.116 456 3 32 190,489 0 2 1.223,370 17 1 1,6411 270 2 25 313,297 0 25 Westland .. .. .... .. .. .. 188 96 1 35 24,935 0 5 I 55.314 11 11 210 33 1 32 ' 38,054 2 38 Area. Amount secured. £ s. d. 3,667,617 18 1 1,630,068 0 0 4,453,987 0 0 1.588,521 13 1 806,868 0 0 315,816 13 4 278,838 6 10 4,190.155 0 0 1.108,907 0 0 992,913 9 10 95,039 3 8 Totals .. .. .. 571 | 330 0 1 65.028 1 10 1,078,123 11 4 24,297 ! 7,298 0 29 2,391,003 3 19 17,405,277 II 11 25,127 8,033 0 18 4,784,882 3 36 571 ] 330 0 1 65,028 1 10 1,078,123 11 4 24,297 ! 7,298 0 29 2,391,003 3 19 17,405,277 1111 25,127 8,033 0 18 ! 4,784,882 3 36 19,128,732 4 H 1 : , . . I : , Corresponding period, 1910-11 | 705 | 323 3 15 73,053 2 22 I 1.229,990 6 8 22,157:7,394 0 37 1,958,709 1 27 14,285,758 14 6 23,397] 6,068 3 25 4,485,401 2 36 16,896,484 8 8 District. Certificates of Title in lieu of Crown Grants. Area. No. _ Value. Town and Country. Suburban. No. Crown Grants. Area. Town and Country. Suburban. Value. ~ o ■ .2 • : 2 g i © .s 43 1 & 9 > taxa £ __ 1 If 1 * 2 ©n a 2,2 CD o of O Q_ 6 s i 1911-12. A. K. P. A. R. P. £ s. d. A. Auckland .. .. 385, 98 2 24:101,390 0 26 24.390 13 0 41 21 Taranaki .. .. 109 23 3 3 1 29,334 2 32 57,305 18 8 .. Wellington .. .. 149 48 1 39 29,560 2 7 Hawke's Bay .. .. 24 .. 2,847 0 17 3.246 13.. Povertv Bav .. .. 40 1 3 14 9,306 I 16 Nelson .. 58 4 3 0 9,568 2 14 3,888 13 2 .. Marlborough .. .. 30 12 I 39 940 2 25 1.942 11 I .. Canterbury .. .. 71 38 1 26 1.075 1 26 Ota-o ' .. .. .78 35 0 20 6,293 2 34 4,709 S <; . . Southland .. .. 106 18 1 32 21,555 1 34 6,391 13 S .. Westland .. .. 97 309 3 34; 10,482 0 34: . . Totals .. .. 1,147 591 3 31222,354 3 25; 101,874 19 4 41 21 Corresponding period, 1,2813,754 3 11203,442 0 5 71.733 10 3 .. 1910-11 I j i r. p. 1 33 1 33 A. K. P. £ s. d. 10.575 0 22 1,693 15 0 14 . . 149 .. 4,948 98! 350 485 .. 1,184 4 . . 45 .. 2,437: 123- 93 135 1 ! 323 1 .. 181 1 5,223' 864=] 403! 88 96 557 1 .. 56 .. 2,022 129 66 1 ! 175 .. .. 32 .. 1,215 61 53 82: .. 168 1 .. 17 .. 271 18 19 20 .. 165 j 3 .. I 8 . . 338: 191 15 .. 50 1 .. , 144 4 6.271 473 180 285 4 264 57 .. 2,077 99; 66 1 102 35 320 1 .. : 47 .. 1,735 61 68 109 ... 148 .. .. j 8 • .. j 118 19 10 35 .. 231 26 .. 744 5 26.655 1,967 1.327 1.485 137 3,585 i . I i ' : , I 3,700 3 157 3 499 1 165: 1,124! 694, 1 32| 5.567' 368 7 154! 399 j 15 12,859 ! 2,84( 561 2,26! 61i 391 16' 12! 2,30! 86! 65' .10,575 0 22| 1,693 15 0 26 .. 15 12.859 10,861 14 | . . 651 2 23,930i 1,667 1,159 1,251 51 2,988 7 8.289 10,3(1

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B. —Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1912.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1912.

District. General Fees. Assurance Pees. Total. £ s. d. Auckland ... ... ... ... 13,074 8 3 Taranaki ... ... ... ... 3,983 10 7 Wellington ... ... ... ... 11,612 6 5 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 3,114 17 7 Poverty Bay ... ... ... 1,857 8 10: Nelson ... ... ... ... 1,257 2 3 Marlborough ... ... ... 687 3 9 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ! 10,523 6 4 Otago ... ... ... ... 4,646 5 3 Southland ... ... ... ... 3,802 14 1 Westland ... ... ... ... 585 10 0 £ s. d. 997 1 6 60 10 3 393 2 10 184 10 5 128 7 5 41 3 9 117 8 1 467 7 4 126 5 2 93 5 10 1 11 1 £ s. d. 14,071 9 9 4,044 0 10 12,005 9 3 3,299 8 0 1,985 16 3 1,298 6 0 804 11 10 10,990 13 8 4,772 10 5 3,895 19 11 587 1 1 Totals ... ... ... 55,144 13 4* 2,610 13 8 57,755 7 0 Corresponding period, 1910-11 ... j 50,055 4 6f 2,245 16 6 52,301 1 0 Notk.—Includes Crown-grant and district-agency fee is : * £44 2s.; t £42 1, Note.—Includes Crown-; Is.

District. Amount remaining i Amount secured by secured by Mort- Mortgage during gage on the Year ended 31st March, 1911. ! 31st March, 1912. Amount of Mort- Amount remaining gages paid off secured by Mortduring the same gage on Period. 31st March, 1912. Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson ... Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland £ s. d. £ s. d. ... 9,855,876 4 10 3,667,617 18 1' ... 6,824,168 14 1 1,630,068 0 0 ... 24,111,716 12 6 4.453,987 0 0 ... ! 8,599,618 13 0 1,588,521 13 1 ... 2,366,057 3 11 806,868 0 0 ... 1,502,223 5 2 315,816 13 4! ... 1,023,281 113 0 278,838 6 10 : ... 17,879,439 8 0 4,190,155 0 0 : ... 5,190,429 0 0, 1,108,907 0 0\ ... 5,872,901 14 3 992,913 9 10 310,918 12 111 95,039 3 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,792,318 0 0: 11,731,176 2 11 1,044,471 0 0 : 7,409,765 14 1 3,513,210 0 0! 25,052,493 12 6 1,075,092 0 Ol 9,113,048 6 1 543,565 0 0 : 2,629,360 3 11 164,514 0 o: 1,653,525 18 6 133,467 0 0 1 1,168,653 2 10 : 2,659,689 0 0 ! 19,409,905 8 0 773,987 0 0 5,525,349 0 0 731,746 16 0 6,134,068 8 1 95,039 3 8 310,918 12 11 Totals Totals ... 83,536,631 4 819,128,732 4 10 12,527,098 19 8 90,138,264 9 10 Corresponding period, 77,771,721 1901-11 5 4!l6,896,484 8 8 11,131,574 9 4 83,536,631 4 8

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D.—Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1912.

Other Instruments unrecorded. Transfers. Mortgages. Miscellaneous. Auckland .. .. .. .. ..156 154 88 Taranaki .. .. ., .. .. 5 9 9 Wellington .. .. .. .. ..179 200 330 Poverty Bay .. .. .. .. .. 4 3 6 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. 11 13 15 Otago .. .. .. .. .. 19 20 16 Southland .. .. .. ' .. .. 5 11 4

E.-Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March, 1911; the Number received for Registration, and the Number registered, during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1912; also the Number remaining on that Date; and the Amount of Fees collected during the same Period.

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (1,500 copies), £3 ss.

By Authority : John Mackat, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9l2.

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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. FnXuSs O-S— detained Tm du(j bufc Survey Office. not issued ' Applications received previous to Current Month not yet passed. 109 27 1 3 16 i i I 24 2 i 37 8 185 5 84 21 7 45 l i ! 19 115 5 13 1 123 ■ I 210 2 152 10 13 2 210 97 14 15 Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay... Poverty Bay ... Nelson Marlborough ... Canterbury ... Otago Southland Westland 95 5 14 4 5 5 1 25 13 3 L0 2 Totals ... 170 156 26 i 392 276 725 12

Unrecorded on 31st March, 1911. Received _, . f ° r .. Registered Registration during during the the game Yearended p eriod 31st March, 1912. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1912. Pees. District. I Auckland ... Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland ... 916 20 74 414 1 22 17 73 81 30 [ 8,581 9,252 967 977 2,432 2,218 1,524 1,812 89 90 990 986 453 468 1,560 1,592 2,274 2,327 784 643 106 106 I 245 10 288 126 26 2 41 28 171 £ s. 8,271 10 911 16 2,348 9 1,735 13 85 3 828 1 445 1 1,424 5 2,197 13 728 10 89 4 d. 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 6 Totals 1,648 19,760 20,471 937 *19,065 7 7 * Includes Crown-i [rant fees, £336 17s. Id.; and district-agency fees, £5 5s.