LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1920-21.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1921 Session I-II, H-03

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Session 11. 1921. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1920-21.

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

The Secretary for Land and Deeds to the Minister of Stamp Duties. Sir, — Head Office, Stamp Duties Department, Wellington, 13th June, 1921. I have the honour to submit the usual report on the working of the Land Transfer and Deeds Registration Department for the year ended the 31st March, 1921. 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, 1921. D.—The arrears existing at 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 unrecorded on the 31st March last; also the fees received in the Deeds Registration Offices. I have, &c, P. C. Corliss, _~,,, „ „, „ . „ T „. Secretary for Land and Deeds. The Minister of Stamp Duties, Wellington.

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A.—Statement of Business transacted under the Land Transfer Act during the Year ended the 31st March, 1921.

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Applications. Certificates in Lieu of Crown Grants. Transfers. Mortgages. District. Area Area. I ~ Value. | - Town 3 § and 3 Country. Suburban. 15 Value 3 Area. Town and Country. Suburban. a a 3 To™ Conand sideration. Suburban. Area 3 a 3 Area. 3 3 Area. Town Conand sideration. suburban. Area. 3 3 Area Country. Area. a. Amount secured. Country. Consideration. Acres. £ Auckland.. ..64 83 127,578 93 Taranaki .. ..27 17 24.380 17 Wellington .. 52 16 104,419 45 Hawke's Bay .. 5 3 8,260 10 Poverty Bay .... Nelson .'. ..4 1 1,960 4 Marlborough ..11 8 29.558 8 Canterbury .. .125' 59 128,000 87 Otago .. ..37 11 58,725 13 Southland.. ..6 10 7,630 11 Westland .. .. I .. Acres. 15.675 1.276 14,150 7.247 215 868 26,801 2,454 1,850 348,633 i 760 46,052 I 51 295,611 218 95,063 82 85 11,062 6 23,465 12 392,253 61 34,819 64 29,929 131 42 Acres. Acres. ' 381 114,600 ill. 141 7,185 2,068 55 35.775 , 8,646 26 18.670 1.945 6 20.180 959 27 j 584 7 2.803 363 23 3.043 7.143 2 10.432 3,046 43 17.341 1,414 1 5,641 | 138 Acres. £ Acres. £ 5.927 8,981,545 6.640 1,464.017 17.004,147 7.7!).") 697 1,406,327 1.789 322.602 6,154,603 1.340 3,824 6,600.028 2.612 846,814 10,250,032 | 6,845 1,190 1,421.815 849 234,444 3,905.789 1,366 634 670.935 462 274.732 1.888,813 845 368 245,745 549, 138,859 941,185 369 247 227,185 299 80,459 1,119,904 230 1,720 4.972,134 2,621 478,863 8,799,078 j 4,758 1,024 1,812,624 1.246 432.699 2.343,987 2.152 459 792.905 1.0881 263,868 2,086,106 964 04 42,288 138 19,971 122,888 98 Acres. £ 3.699 5,211.968 402 795,948 3,039 4.449,261 860 868,982 437 449,797 184 ISO. 704 254 118,958 1.157 2.493.752 55,819 1.079.459 267 * 445,570 46 | 39,183 Acres. £ 6.585,1,583,815 11,437,818 2,385 549.616 4.176,742 3,027 973,405 7,771.007 1,149 425,658 3,014,406 488 468,331 1,892.279 660 231,902 629,232 358 472,302 975,909 2,9981,000,327 6,595,627 1.046 713,188 1,542,322 1.190 365,774 1,789.288 149 37,490 123,698 Totals, 1920-21 .. 331 208 490,510 288 208 490,510 288 70,536 1,276,887 1,512 544 235,697 37.447 16,154 27.173.531 18,299,4,557,328 54,616,532 ! 26,768 66,224 16,133,642 20.035 6,821,808 |39,948,328 Totals, 1919-20 .. 1264 175 384,459 233 85.237 958,784 1,206 457 115,546 28.344 107,432 18,928,237,16,784 3,775,251 [43,518,337 jl8,274 43,398 9,726,821 17,3586,050,551 30,943,228 District. 3 a Discharges. Total Amount _= So, discharged. a a§ 5SS "2 "3 3 oils •S.I5.SO 8 a_ 3 . a»3 Si ; S 3 M 15 HE IS Ps , la Vi i ID J p« go i if t ii i: £ I *d £ S3 I £ » 2 £ 2-3 3-3 I ' ■ 3 3 0 a ! o » -2* 3 oflo 3 o D. ao 3^ §1 I ls*fd • Ill »' ?J a"s u -7_e< S3 Ss 3-?3.S 5 g-g.3 gl |i I1J.M gll S«g a 8 ©.3 3 3 3 \ 3 3 3 3 3 OB 3 3 be 13 3 .. .J Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 8,724 2,421 6,819 1,740 875 743 410 6,079 2,573 1,644 169 £ 5,933,617 1,948,747 6,444,140 1,669,237 819,824 447,642 373,985 4,289,593 1,392,937 1,014,524 60,471 1 531 45 2 287 2 58 37 16 9 273 2 27 2 45 10 3,664 1,001 3.099 846 544 282 211 3,123 1,021 667 40 38 5 13 6 4 1 5 1 5 3 9 8 1 479 380 537 120 138 37 21 218 142 112 37 799 874 83 215 341 419 7 1 235 61 ! 136 95 I 96 68 66 287 : 503 184 ; 100 48 145 42 22 2,079 2,811 1,155 1,910 117 88 30 100 165 44 106 26 101 34 10 21 5 19 8 8 10 3 301 70 234 65 39 21 17 169 67 38 6 224 42 54 29 25 14 10 16 21 20 3 6,731 2,558 7,338 2,400 1,564 555 593 8,405 2,867 2,195 142 346 99 167 31 25 3 103 74 259 89 71 30 21 620 113 145 16 1,150 277 1,093 363 314 155 102 1.008 536 317 83 3 13 4 1 5 2 7 2,138 1,033 14 2,188 738 343 173 65 4 1,371 1 265 1 365 296 £ £ £ 27,323 46] 6,042 146 18,749 520 4,976 121 2,805 51 1,813 27 1,187 69 16,976 1,090 6,410 213 4,303 86 554 5 1 6 6 82 8 10 7 Totals, 1920-21 32. 197 24,394,717 9 1,338 4 1,135 14,498 78 I 41 1 f 2,221 563 I 332 896 273 1,027 I 458 35,348 778 1,541 5,398 28 27 8,975 91,138 12,784 Totals, 1919-20 _ 28,068 19,265,475 10,431 67 — 15 1,831 I 421 38,699 h866 8 6,999 74,721 2,467 1 973 1,933 5,607 14 I I

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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1921.

C. —Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1921.

Betum showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1920, to 31st March, 1921. _, .'. . -~ , Amount. District. Number. n Auckland .. ... ... ... ... 12,106 7,807,029 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... 2,782 2,182,470 Wellington ... ... ... ... 7,610 7,219,648 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 2,282 2,295,579 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... ... 901 853,314 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 1,171 728,316 Marlborough... ... ... ... ... 563 515,007 Canterbury ... ... . . ... ... 6,559 4,728,021 Otago ... ... ... ... ... 3,387 1,974,497 Southland ... ... ... ... ... 1,870 1,162,229 Westland ... ... ... ... ... 188 68,856 Totals ... ... ... ... 39,419 £29,534,966

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District. General Fees. Assurance Fees. District Agency Fees. Auckland ... Taranaki ... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland ... £ s. d. 27,323 0 10 6,042 2 5 18,749 4 8 4,975 11 5 2,804 13 11 1,813 2 6 1,187 1 9 16,976 3 0 6,410 2 9 4,302 19 1 553 12 0 £ s. d. 461 11 10 145 19 0 519 9 6 120 19 8 50 18 9 27 2 8 68 16 4 1,090 1 10 213 1 6 86 12 6 s. d. Totals 91,137 14 4 2,784 13 7 Corresponding period, 1919-20 ... 74,721 5 4 2,468 2 2 0 12 0

District. Amount remaining Amount scoured by secured by Mort- Mortgage during gage on the the Year onded 31st March, 1920. 31st March, 1921. Amount of Mort- i Amount gage paid off during j **Z*eoJthZ the same Period, j | I Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson ... Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland ... ... £ 33,069,405 13,897,481 39,445,373 15,616,311 6,493,976 2,909,701 2,664,143 28,186,325 8,629,073 9,668,655 571,297 £ 16,649,786 4,972,690 12,220,268 3,883,388 2,342,076 809,996 1,094,867 9,089,379 2,621,781 2,234,858 162,881 £ £ 5,933,617 43,785,574 1,948,747 16,921,424 6,444,140 45,221,501 1,669,237 17,830,462 819,824 8,016,228 447,642 3,272,055 373,985 3,385,025 4,289,593 32,986,111 1,392,937 9,857,917 1,014,524 10,888,989 60,471 673,707 £ 5,933,617 1,948,747 6,444,140 1,669,237 819,824 447,642 373,985 4,289,593 1,392,937 1,014,524 60,471 Totals 161,151,740 56,081,970 24,394,717 192,838,993

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D.—Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1921.

Other Instruments unrecorded. Transfers. Mortgages. Miscellaneous. Auckland ... ... 2,901 2,053 397 Taranaki ... ... ••• ••• ••• •• ••• Wellington •- 77 77 102 Hawke's Bay ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ■•• Poverty Bay ... ■•• ••• ■•• 6 Nelson ... H 10 9 Marlborough ... ... •-- ••■ 3 2 4 Canterbury ... ... ••• ••• 22 33 36 Otago ... ... ... ... 4 1 4 Southland 22 14 16 Westland Totals 3,054 2,196 _577

E.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March. 1920; the Number received for Registration and the Number registered during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1921; 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, 1920. Received for Registration during the Year ended 31st March, 1921. Recorded during the same Period. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1921. Fees. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland ... 2,563 99 246 828 16 92 97 295 435 298 4 17,291 1,729 4,506 2,706 131 1,655 870 2,424 3,884 1,031 142 17,735 1,771 4,577 2,911 142 1,690 943 2,657 4,302 1,254 140 2,119 57 175 623 5 57 24 62 17 75 6 £ s. 15,435 11 1,476 14 3,872 13 2,695 5 114 19 1,297 5 752 17 2,110 15 3,408 10 974 3 112 14 d. 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 Totals 4,973 36,369 38,122 3,220 32,251 9 0 Approximate Cost of Paper. —Prepi ration not given ; printing (475 copies), £10.