LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION: ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1912-13.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1913 Session I, H-03

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1913. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION: ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1912-13.

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

The Shohetary tor Land and Deeds to the Minister op Stamps. Sir, — Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 10th May, 1913. I have the honour to submit the usual report ou the working of the Land Transfer and Deeds Registration Departments for the year ended the .'list March, 1913. 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, 1913. 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 3.lst March last; also the fees received in the Deeds Registration Office. I have, &c, P. C. Corliss, 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,. 1913.

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1 © 0 CO Applications. Transfers. Mortgages. District. No. Town and j Suburban, j Area. Country. Value. CD e3 © © No. i _ Area Town and Suburban. Area. sa. Country. isiderati tion No. Area. Country. Amount secured. Money. Town and Suburban. I i 1912-13. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 213 35 90 16 2 13 10 206 42 27 2 A. R. P. A. R. P. 110 2 10 22,496 2 36 72 0 6 1.966 1 18 25 0 10 15,104 2 16 23 3 14 14.854 0 3 0 10 31 0 0 12 0 13 577 3 7 118| 14,971 3 18 30 2 30 ! 38,392 1 33 112 2 3 345 1 14 9 0 20 204 3 32 0 1 19 | 397 3 13 j 108,945 0 17 330 0 1 65,028 1 10 £ s. d. 576.726 10 0 62,711 2 5 265,216 0 0 128,316 18 9 4,014 0 0 7,987 0 0 91,400 15 0 361,312 1 3 45,751 0 0 17,955 0 0 199 0 0 3,503 7.180 492 1,163 2,268 4,522 687 1,334 459 763 197 515 200 279 2.047 4,508 899 2,339 624 1,706 54 186 11,430 24,495 10,860 24,297 A T? "P A R ~P 2,451 2 31,038,643 3 2 395 2 11 89,652 1 3 1,808 1 10 309,484 1 13 194 0 28 255,716 2 13 330 3 0 100,350 3 6 126 0 3 67,420 2 15 99 3 3 65,983 1 31 787 1 3 294,258 1 36 538 0 37 106,835 2 29 675 1 19 180,666 3 7 63 2 38 7,808 2 16 7,470 2 352,516,821 1 11 7,298 0 29 2,391,003 3 19 £ s. d. 4,231,289 8 11 1,091,115 0 0 3,268,027 0 0 1,655,708 14 4 634,491 0 0 228,241 13 9 226,976 12 3 3,664,438 0 0 1,167,890 0 0 1,112,775 17 4 44,776 9 11 6,070 1,942' 4,768 : 1,331' 8471 578 273 4,329 1,953 1,604 188 A. B. P. 1,804 2 34 344 1 23 1,493 1 1 166 1 4 254 3 39 151 1 4 135 0 16 686 1 24 5,338 1 39 546 0 8 44 1 33 A. E. P. 1,183,923 2 13 307,328 0 24 649,303 0 23 491,122 3 10 515,071 2 1 125,294 3 23 168,219 1 25 623,448 1 14 355,546 2 2 1,111,659 3 34 18,466 3 13 £-.p:T -. d. 3,591,740 9 10 1,470,854 0 0 4,370,066 0 0 1,715,328 3 9 837,035 0 0 305,097 3 3 260,784 8 2 3,605,875 0 0 1,245,504 0 0 1.171.981 15 4 69,442 8 8 Totals, ! 1,561,589 7 5 17.325,729 16 6 1 I I 5,549,385 0 22 18,643,708 9 0 656 I '23,883 i J10.965 1 25 Corresponding period, 1911-12 571 1,078,123 11 1 17,405,277 11 11 25,127 8,033 0 18 4,784,882 3 36 19,128,732 4 10 I i I Area. No. m Town and Country. Suburban. Certificates of Title in lieu of Crown Grants. Value. Area. Crown Grants. I | . Sol § < : d ] SS ! o ' o hh Ph '. M ! 00 CD © CC. 07 6 CO <SJ 0J e3 I cc » o cc o ; ft Is *> ft JjT3 H EH hi OJ a s o -j. S jEH District. No. _ Town and Suburban. Country Value. CD > £ s. d. 28,673 7 9 107,601 0 0 A. R. P. £ s. d.i 1912-13. A. K. P. 154 1 23 4,806 1 15 126 1 35 A. R. P. 215,928 3 2 40.425 0 38 38,801 3 35 6,289 3 2 ! 18,005 3 16 : 10,681 2 38 ! 1,118 1 15 1,865 3 31 6,216 3 32: 21,581 1 20| 6,770 2 9 A. B. P. 4,574: 83 437 2,455 111 85 4,820 553 473 1,565 114 78 1,209 82 48 323 ! 18 29 384 20 13 5,640 588 171 1.965] 84 : 58 1,596 62 ; 76 75 IO] 6 24,606 ,474 26,6551,967jl,327 Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 759 99 323 44 44 44 13 51 75 150 43 13 2 19 6 3 18 0 1 0 2 0 22 26 2 10 42 3 18 2 2 0 6,182 1 11 2,806" 0 0 1,593 5 8 ! 1,74316 11 I 10,381 19 11 I 1 3 2 ..I ! i " I 151 45 151 65j 31 18 11 114 44 29 4 .. ! ■■ - 1 605 ! 130 142 128 81 39 30 330 99 133 14 \ 2 '76 2 '• I 1 3 55 1,304 .. 4,649 3401 1 156 667; 2 600 161 1 203 89 .. 1,009 69 .. 665 50 .. 39 294 .. 4,150 256 3 1.060 208 1 1.016 100 .. 370 3,538 8 13.917 3,585 15 12.859 2 1 ■•■ Totals i — 1,731 j 1,645 ,182 0 0 367,686 1 38 591 3 31222,354 3 25 158,981 12 2 8 .. 663 26 .. 744 i 139 ' .'. 1,147 — 1,485 1 137 i Corresponding period, 1911-12 101,874 19 4 41 21 1 33 10,575 0 22| 1,693 15 0 5 I

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B. —Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1913.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1913.

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District. General Fees. iissurance Fees. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson ... ... .... Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago ... ... ... ■•• Southland ... Westland Totals Corresponding period, 1911-12 ... ] £ s. d. 14,135 4 9 3,631 1 10 10,604 13 1 3,008 1 4 1,946 12 10 1,219 14 10 728 2 0 9,994 6 8 4,280 8 3 3,457 7 0 439 12 0 53,445 4 7* 55,144 13 4t £ s. d. 588 19 3 124 10 0 582 4 6 49 9 10 8 7 3 22 17 4 191 5 10 721 0 11 95 9 7 35 8 1 0 8 4 £ s. d. 14,724 4 0 3,755 11 10 11,186 17 7 3,057 11 2 1,955 0 1 1,242 12 2 919 7 10 10,715 7 7 4,375 17 10 3,492 15 1 440 0 4 2,420 0 11 55,865 5 6 2,610 13 8 57,755 7 0 Note.—Includes Grown-grants and district-agency fees : * £33 18s. 9d.; t £44 2s.

District. Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson ... Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on the 31st March, 1912. £ s. d. 1 ... 11,731,176 2 ll j ... 7,409,765 14 1 ... 25,052,493 12 6 ... 9,113,048 6 1 ... 2,629,360 3 11 ... i 1,653,525 18 6 : ... 1,168,653 2 10! ... 19,409,905 8 0 ... 5,525,349 0 0 ... 6,134,068 8 1 310,918 12 11 Amount secured by ! Amount of MortMortgage during gages paid off the Year ended during the same 31st March, 1913. Period. I ! £ s. d.i £ s. d. 3,591,740 9 10 1,366,681 10 7 1,470,854 0 0 946,812 0 0 4,370,066 0 0 2,852,092 0 0| 1,715,328 3 9 1,138,229 0 o! 837,035 0 0 434,102 0 0! 305,097 3 3 167,820 0 0 260,784 8 2 121,803 0 0 3,605,875 0 0 : 2,389,379 0 0 1,245,504 0 0! 880,209 0 0 1,171,981 15 4] 638,473 16 11 69,442 8 8] 29,996 7 2! i_ Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on the 31st March, 1913. £ s. d. 13,956,235 2 2 7,933,807 14 1 26,570,467 12 6 9,690,147 9 10 3,032,293 3 11 1,790,803 1 9 1,307,634 11 0 20,626,401 8 0 5,890,644 0 0 6,667,576 6 6 350,364 14 5 Totals ... |90,138,264 9 10 !l8,643,708 9 0 10,965,597 14 8 97,816,375 4 2 Jorresponding period, 83,536,631 1911-12 4 8! 19,128,732 4 10 12,527,098 19 8 90,138,264 9 10

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D. —Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1913.

Other Instruments unrecorded. Transfers. Mortgages. Miscellaneous. Auckland ... ... ... ... 133 95 63 Taranaki ... , ... ... ... 3 4 4 Wellington ... ... ... ... 185 284 244 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... 15 16 14 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 11 1 Canterbury ... ... .... ... 58 53 43 Otago ... ' ... ... • ... 3 2 2

E.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March, 1912; the Number received for Registration and the Number registered during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1913; also the Number remaining on that Date, and the Amount of Fees collected during the same Period.

* Includes Crown-grant fees, £277 13s. 5d.; and district-agency fees, £4 ss.

Approximate Cost oj Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (1,500 copies £3 15s

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9l3. Price 3d.

District. Applications awaiting Compliance with Requisitions. i Applications ' (other than. Applications ithose already detained for mentioned) Examination! received in the during the Survey Office. Month and not yet passed. Unregistered Instruments awaiting Compliance with Kequisitions. Unregistered Instruments detained in the Survey Office. Certificates of Title due but not issued. Applications received previous to Current Month not yet passed. luckland taranaki Vellington lawke's Bay... 'overty Bay ... ,elson . . /larlborough ... Canterbury ... )tago ... , iouthland ... Vestland ... 109 5 10 2 6 7 1 28 7 3 96 35 1 1 21 12 1 '•2 79 8 226 2 14 115 25 28 6 ii 52 351 3 122 9 17 12 170 29 41 1 1 45 25 Totals 178 154 15 1 514 97 738 43

I District. Received I Unrecorded _ . I ° r ,. on Registration 31st March, , d r urin § * he . iq.n Year ended 31st March, 1913. eeordec on March .912. 245 10 288 126 26 2 41 28 171 ld R i ' 3 I for legislation during the Year ended 31st March, 1913. 8,3B3 801 2,099 1,550 90 921 494 1,546 2,350 695 106 n 1 i, Registered during the same Period. 8,387 808 2,190 1,607 90 847 493 1,559 2,176 863 106 Unrecorded on 31st March, 1913. 221 3 197 69 100 3 28 202 3 Fees. £ s. d. 8,201 16 9 780 5 0 2,004 2 2 1,663 18 0 83 3 6 771 17 6 501 12 0 1,467 8 6 2,237 7 6 682 6 6 93 18 6 I Auckland ... taranaki Vellington ... lawke's Bay 'overty Bay , elson Marlborough Canterbury ... )tago southland .... Vestland Totals 937 I 19,015 I 19,126 826 18,487 15 11* j J - _