LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1928-29.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1929 Session I, H-03

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1929. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1928-29.

Presen&ed to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Head Office, Stamp Duties Department, Wellington, Ist August, 1929. The Hon. the Minister of Stamp Duties, Wellington. 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, 1929. 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 Grown grants. G. —The mortgages and discharges of mortgages, and the amount remaining secured by mortgage under the said Act on the 31st March, 1929. 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 unrecorded on the 31st March last, also the fees received in the Deeds Registration Offices. The work of bringing all titles to land under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, as required by the Land Transfer (Compulsory Registration of Titles) Act, 1924, is being steadily proceeded with, and has been completed in the districts of Canterbury, Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, and Westland, with the exception of a few titles in each district that it has been considered unwise to deal with at present owing to grave doubt as to ownership or for some other reason. The work is nearing completion in several other districts. There were 5,491 more dealings registered than during the previous year, and registration fees amount to £1,372 less than for the previous year. The apparent anomaly is accounted for by the operation of the Compulsory Registration Act and the fact that registration under the Land Transfer Act is cheaper than under the Deeds Registration Act. The following table shows the amount of registration business under the Land Transfer and the Deeds Registration Acts transacted during the last five years : —

Fees under Compulsory Registration Act, 1924 —Paid, £6,720; outstanding, £19,583 15s. C. E. N ALDER, Registrar-General of Land, and Secretary for Land and Deeds.

Year ended 31st March, I I i | 1925. j 1926. i 1927. 1 1928 I 1929. Instruments .. .. . .. 168,523 188,622 158,883 139,375 14-2,552 Searches (Land Transfer Act only) .. 43,965 45,57 7 41,726 40,251 42,568 Fees, excluding fees under Compulsory £100,623 £106,526 £97,990 £86,604 £85,232 Registration Act, 1924.

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A.-Statement of Business transacted under the Land Tranfer Act during the Year ended 31st March, 1929.

Applications. "mtate" 0 ' Transfers. Mortgages. Town and Suburban. Country. »Town and Suburban. Country. Town and Suburban. Country. District. — j I | . Area. Value. | Area. Value. | Town | Area. 3id %? aoTl . f Area. aderatton. | Area. | j Area. ft \ ft ft Suburban. ft ft ft ft Acres. £ Acres. £ Acres. ! Acres. Acres. £ Acres. £ Acres. £ Acres. £ Auckland .. ..91 65 283,874 49 5,675 177,830 203 157 16,255 6,799 3,101 4,487,451 2,353 448,298 3,518,804 6,210 2,642 4,361,602 3,124 8,028,924 3,390,795 Taranaki .... 5 6 2,686 .. .. 44 8 2,259 763 221 411,388 674 95,922 1,251,807 688 224 412,735 1,033 257,183 1,370,662 Wellington .... 5 4 3,150 4 1,460 46,601 423 71 6,615 6,271 1,319 5,288,385 1,265 546,225 3,786,843 7,511 1,508 5,386,082 1,854 715,986 3,341,019 Hawke'sBay .. 23 3 4,610 895 517 497,803 410 156,676 1,088,509 1,029 526 631,427 598 341,153 1,316,413 Gisborne .. .. 21 27 2,082 340 222 174,614 249 156,254 581,774 352 203 205,205 355 371,523 847,780 Nelson .. .. 18 3 I 642 465 115 234,302 308 38,922 192,909 420 140 225,244 314 78,737 160,222 Marlborough.. ..2 1 1,250 1 103 50 11 7 228 169 149 86,084 127 94,788 264,522 145 121 77,232 185 174,075 347,320 Canterbury .. ..12 1 2,494 1 20 900 50 892 2,285 3,829 890 2,662,674 1,301 230,148 2,806,909 4,022 940 2,357,558 1,806 693,558 2,503,600 Otago .. ..25 9 42,872 7 765 13,310 96 15 I 1,060 2,234 583 1,349,551 605 230,333 1,127,020 2,402 678 1,226,827 759 600,554 903,137 Southland .. ..1 .. 8 1 61 500 39 18 4,003 895 425 420.480 448 145,506 744,964 965 414 474,065 739 244,652 738,809 Westland .. .. 14 2 J 203 254 57 109,013 106 18,024 69,320 184 40 74,034 101 1 23,543 106,847 Totals, 1928-29 .. 141 86 336,334 63 8,084 239,191 942 1,203 | 40,242 22,914 7,599 15,721,745 7,846 2,161,096 ! 15,433, 381 23,928 7,436 15,432,011 10,868 11,529,888 15,026,604 Totals, 1927-28 .. 182 126 567,418 62 3,689 156,539 958 336 jl74,429 23,732 8,188 16,486,632 7,409 1,892,819 13,671,033 24,578 7,341 15,633, 142j 9,724 3,626,937 13,773,805 +3 I® * III ■ [ tl> /-A I (HI pj "oo Discharges. .5 £ Certificates of Title j| -g © I £ : • m sJs 5 8>§ & issued (other than © © S § S 3 £ a °| S* 3 « £ District. — 1 xts I ! I ii ° 5 § | i§« 11. i I 5 | Amount. fl 11 | | i % g B § tf | If |l 1 |l I nil 8,1.1 | ! I S 3° Registration. others - I I I I S* S o I"" | I ! ° | | | £ 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. 6,468 5,313,778 7 331 1,601 4,475 65 2 478 382 814 156 40 276 215 8,995 270 313 1 200 .. 71 7,273 20,285 7 1 5 6 6 Taranaki .. 1,435 1,409,702 2 67 708 404 58 6 285 82 135 86 14 54 32 2,025 85 137 264 .. .. 1,373 3.561 11 0 0 1 10 Wellington .. 6,594 6,090,957 .. 417 1,143 2,729 .. 8 444 298 474 144 94 223 98 10,513 183 365 1 129 . 44 4,089 17,543 16 0 0 17 0 Hawke'sBay .. 1,394 1,873,617 .. 140 1,926 558 5 3 148 45 153 64 17 58 24 1,982 34 82 329 .. 3 1,108 3,624 14 6 Gisborne .. 691 1,267,363 .. 18 .. 248 3 1 95 28 48 174 20 31 26 859 5 74 132 •• 511 1,601 5 11 Nelson.. .. 679 337,520 .. 56 563 213 11 6 27 48 102 1 4 23 13 756 1 55 177 1 394 1,632 17 7 Marlborough .. 310 500,180 .. 39 502 94 7 2 13 8 40 27 4 17 8 509 3 27 102 •• 170 741 0 0 Canterbury .. 4,440 3,553,824 .. 308 909 2,166 10 14 202 35 439 ] 6 187 41 8,526 823 639 1,109 .. 18 5,073 13,743 5 0 Otago.. .. 2,370 1,438,428 .. 109 700 959 6 6 114 126 91 1 20 82 45 2,900 25 171 596 1 7 1,293 6,082 0 6 Southland .. 1,486 955,682 4 38 547 372 85 2 158 48 72 3 3 33 16 1.636 49 129 323 3 4 466 3,082 19 8 Westland .. 154 76,292 .. 19 17 254 .. 81 75 16 2 13 10 338 15 44 69 •• 161 802 1 0 Totals, 1928-29 26,021 22,817,343 13 1,542 8,616 12,472 250 50 2,045 1,175 2,384 659 222 997 528 39,039 1,493 2,036 5,430 4 148 21,911 72,700 18 3 6 5 4 Totals, 1927-28 23,858 21,122,467 24 1,632 8,878 14,547 294 40 2,068 1,153 2,555 568 200 881 634 37,969 486 1,799 j 5,320 18 320 18,615 71,493 0 0 23 13 11

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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Year ended the 31st March, 1929.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1929.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1928, to Slst March, 1929. „ , Amount. District. Number. £ Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 8,405 6,622,733 Taranaki .. .. .. .. .. 1,533 1,515,994 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 6,890 6,449,830 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. .. 1,466 1,947,465 Poverty Bay .. .. .. .. .. 691 1,267,363 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 774 385,755 Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. 336 589,485 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. 4,453 3,582,139 Otago .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,999 1,867,448 Southland .. .. .. .. .. 1,501 965,109 Westland 154 76,292 Totals .. .. .. .. 29,202 £25,269,613

District. General Fees. Assurance Fees. Compulsory Registration Fees. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. .. .. 20,285 7 1 5 6 6 716 5 0 Taranaki .. .. .. . . 3,561 11 0 0 1 10 463 15 0 Wellington .. .. .. .. 17,543 16 0 0 17 0 1,241 5 0 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 3,624 14 6 .. 1,483 15 0 Poverty Bay .. .. .. 1,601 5 11 .. 40 0 0 Nelson .. .. .. .. 1,632 17 7 .. 402 10 0 Marlborough .. .. . . .. 741 0 0 .. 342 10 0 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 13,743 5 0 .. 1,161 5 0 Otago .. .. .. .. 6,082 0 6 .. 373 15 0 Southland .. .. .. .. 3,082 19 8 .. 440 0 0 Westland .. .. .. .. 802 1 0 .. 55 0 0 Totals .. .. .. 72,700 18 3 6 5 4 6,720 0 0 Corresponding period, 1927-28 .. 71,493 0 0 23 13 11 6,580 0 0

! I | Amount remaining [ Amount secured by Amount of Amount remaining , . . j secured by j Mortgage during Mortgage paid secured by District. | Mortgage on the I the Year ended ofi during the Mortgage on the < 31st March, 1928. j 31st March, 1929. same Period. 31st March, 1929. I ! £ £ £ £ Auckland .. 69,224,218 7,752,397 5,313,778 71,662,837 Taranaki.. .. 20,117,714 1,783,397 1,409,702 20,491,409 Wellington .. 64,473,733 8,727,101 6,090,957 67,109,877 Hawke's Bay .. 20,791,664 1,947,840 1,873,617 20,865,887 Poverty Bay .. 11,521,334 1,052,985 1,267,363 11,306,956 Nelson .. .. 3,702,439 385,466 337,520 3,750,385 Marlborough .. 4,348,618 424,552 500,180 4,272,990 Canterbury .. 47,276,641 4,861,158 3,553,824 48,583,975 Otago .. .. 16,045,020 2,129,964 1,438,428 16,736,556 Southland .. 12,867,771 1,212,874 955,682 13,124,963 Westland.. .. 1,023,008 180,881 76,292 1,127,597 Totals .. 271,392,160 30,458,615 22,817,343 279,033,432

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D.—Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1929.

Other Instruments unrecorded. District. Transfers. Mortgages. Miscellaneous. Auckland ... . ... 14 18 29 Taranaki ... ... ... ... 10 5 22 Wellington ... ... ... 35 53 79 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 33 43 42 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... 5 4 8 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... Marlborough ... ... ... ... 4 3 3 Canterbury ... ... ... ... 46 56 181 Otago ... ... ... ... 7 9 12 Southland ... ... ... ... 38 48 52 Westland Totals ... ... ... 192 239 428

E.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March,. 1928; the Number received for Registration and the Number registered during the Year ended 31st March, 1929; also the Number remaining on that Date, and the Amount of Fees collected during the same Period.

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Applications (other than TT . , n . ' . ,. Applications Applications those already Unregistered istered Applications awaiting detained for mentioned) Instruments Instr^ments Certificates received District. Compliance Examination received awaiting detained m-,, j , previous to with in the during the Compliance Title due but Current Requisitions. Survey Office. Moith „ wlt t h Survey Office. not 1SSUecL M ? mh n ° l . and not yet Requisitions. * yet passed. passed. Auckland ... 83 12 9 134 32 95 2 Taranaki ... 5 ... ... 29 8 20 1 Wellington ... 5 1 ... 188 177 197 3 Hawke's Bay... 1 ... ... 22 28 53 Poverty Bay ... ... ... ... 4 1 4 Nelson . . ... ... ... 11 6 8 Marlborough ... 1 ... 1 1 ... 5 Canterbury ... 2 ... ... 103 42 31 Otago ... 5 ... ... 40 ... 68 10 Southland ... 1 1 ... 12 ... 23 Westland ... ... ... ... 25 ... 8 Totals ... 103 14 _ 10 569 294 512 16__

Received Unrecorded . Ior 1 . Recorded Unrecorded on Registration durincf on Dlstrl0t - 31st March, during the the game glgt Maroh Fees. 1928. £ e f,? nde , d Period. 1929. 31st March, 1929. £ s. d. Auckland ... ... ... 201 8,501 8,523 179 7,611 12 0 Taranaki ... ... ... 3 377 376 4 323 4 0 Wellington ... ... ... 68 1,028 1,084 12 982 11 6 Hawke's Bay ... ... 19 328 345 2 314 6 0 Poverty Bav ... ... ... 4 4 ... 4 12 0 Nelson "... ... ... 6 440 442 4 394 5 0 Marlborough ... ... ... 153 152 1 169 8 0 Canterbury... ... ... 15 106 108 13 92 8 0 Otago ... ... ... 46 2,849 2,826 69 2,662 5 0 Southland ... ... ... 8 63 63 8 64 4 6 Westland ... ... ... ... 2 2 ... 2 12 6 Totals ... 366 13,851 13,925 292 12,621 8 6