LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1929-30.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1930 Session I, H-03

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1930. NEW ZEALA ND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1929-30.

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

Head Office, Stamp Duties Department, Wellington, Ist August, 1930. 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, 1930. 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. C.—The mortgages and discharges of mortgages, and the amount remaining secured by mortgage under the said Act on the 31st March, 1930. 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 land-titles under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, as required by the Land Transfer (Compulsory Registration of Titles) Act, 1924, is still being proceeded with, and has been completed, or nearly completed, except in the districts of Auckland, Nelson, and Otago, and 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. A large amount still remains to be done in the districts mentioned. There were 11,734 more dealings registered than during the previous year, and registration fees amount to £5,250 more than for the previous year. 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, £6,357 ; outstanding, £21,023 15s. 0. E. N ALDER, Registrar-General of Land, and Secretary for Land and Deeds.

Year ended 31st March, 1926. | 1927. I 1928. 1929. 1930. ' I I Instruments .. .. . . . 188,622 158,883 139,375 165,020 176,754 Searches (Land Transfer Act only) .. 45,577 41,726 40,254 42,568 46,613 Fees, excluding fees under Compulsory £106,526 £97,990 £86,604 £85,232 £90,482 ' Registration Act, 1924.

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A.—Statement of Business transacted under the Land Transfer Act during the Year ended 31st March, 1930.

Applications. 1 ° f Transfers. Mortgages. Town and Suburban. Country. . Town and Suburban. Country. Town and Suburban. Country. District. - J ; . Area - 7 j 7 1 - ; 1 ; - c Area. Value. g Area. Value. g Town g Area. "g i Area. .. g Area. Amount Area. Amount s | S | and ; Country. § sideration. g sideration. § secured. § secured. ! £i Suburban. S Acres. £ Acres. £ Acres. Acres. Acres. £ Acres. £ Acres. £ Acres. £ Auckland .. ..54 41 326,232 29 1,746 45,268 295 142 23,606 6,712 2,881 3,992,964 2,713 490,915 4,002,415 6,539 2,689 4,508,756 3,853 873,734 4,053,936 Taranaki .. 2 | 1 180 2 32 1,417 43 15 1,216 834 244 497,362 629 74,899 1,028,842 818 295 585,579 1,227 258,678 1,662,898 Wellington .... 5 1 9,310 .. .. .. 194 26 26,620 6,492 1,241 4,959,686 1,463 270,663 2,948,074 8,397 1,622 7,133 ,503, 2,179 727,169 4,037,651 Hawke'sBay .. 23 13 1,853 1,103 728 794,465 434 165,505 1,356,299 1,289 721 907,453 751 j 308,754 1,465,072 Gisborne .. .. 1 63 2,130 8 2 2,023 406 280 170,153 239 124,777 621,662 376 211 246,868 311 ' 287,523 687,112 Nelson .. ..I 14 230 2 56 1,610 23 5 711 511 137 248,480 398 46,568 209,251 485 112 242,328 359 85,962 321,950 Marlborough.. .. 2 1,223 6,000 5 626 197 161 77,677 135 100,697 360,727 213 177 125,452 200 210,115 334,520 Canterbury .. ..7 2 108 2 15 885 51 7 399 3,853 932 2,907,574 1,223 23,104 2,726,980 4,295 1,022 3,146,371 1,975 ! 664,279 3,014,865 Otago ..20 9 41,177 4 5,103 67,251 72 9 3,585 2,399 568 1,352,385 715 242,079 1,080,478 2,536 632 1,398,728 813 j 467,689 : 917,589 Southland .. ..1 1 50 .. .. .. 26 10 2,771 890 472 419,416 500 130,851 918,626 1,098 520 539,284 843 288,359 1,058,394 W estland .. ..1 .. 50 .. .. .. 11 2 297 260 106 90,942 106 27,150 87,847 210 51 101,897 95 ! 34,336 127,501 Totals, 1929-30 .. 91 72 377,337 42 8,238 124,561 751 231 ! 63,707 23,657 7,750 15,511,104 8,955 1,697,208 15,341,201 26,256 8,052 18,936,22912,606 j 4,206,598 17,681,448 ' ' I 1 J I ___ Totals, 1928-29 .. 141 j 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 1 I I ■ I "as 03 2 7"? £. 1 ® fn i "co Discharges. ,S® B Certificates of Title « • sj§ w |g | issued (other than ■§ 1 $ . g g a o § aS °f 8 § § - I . , 03 V " Certificates m Lieu g a o _ S .2' " 22-iS n o ii o £ h District. | g, of Crown Grants). ? | g |S « g "S|0 | S | g |a fl - Sg g £ g © -2-3 igs a • H £ Z, ' w £ 6 ©-r- « " © dS m - *52 o « «a - a ■2 Amount. g p, . I 1 § <& g« g © «5 >»33 -S o 8-g § © £ £ J Compulsory! Qh J g % * % K i g s 8 o g a g« S gZrs gSn J g 1 fc o o Registration.! m m H S O <3 £ I ! £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. 7,505 5,496,300 4 684 1.897 4,554 41 j 2 460 753 821 173 49 256 262 12,874 321 475 ! 1,363 2 111 7,984 21,774 18 8 Taranaki .. 1,786 1,814,400 .. 59 592 424 59 i 3 275 103 101 85 19 34 30 2,014 135 168 280 .. .. 1,351 3,757 10 10 Wellington .. 7,690 7,601,843 .. 467 1,265 3,474 .. 11 518 360 542 142 , 84 238 103 9,371 359 418 1,208 3 147 4,144 19,385 7 6 Hawke'sBay .. 1,736 2,045,110 7 479 95 732 JO 5 194 28 172 79 13 68 25 2,281 54 123 392 1 1 1,443 4,460 13 3 Gisborne .. 662 882,524 .. 19 2 278 1 159 21 43 178 10 30 23 893 2 89 103 .. 664 1,712 14 2 Nelson.. .. 708 334,147 .. 56 527 261 16 2 80 64 100 3 12 10 13 992 10 62 183 .. .. 388 1,774 1 0 Marlborough .. 381 449,100 .. 35 370 121 2 .. 17 13 27 41 2 8 7 514 3 43 91 .. 238 852 0 0 Canterbury .. 4,926 4,109,506 .. 2.18 132 2,106 19 13 207 98 401 1 14 178 41 8,609 175 560 1,053 .. 20 5,313 14,111 13 6 Otago.. .. 2,584 1,754,448 .. 118 995 1,017 2 2 152 57 151 3 82 65 32 3,100 85 181 662 .. 11 1,832 6,559 3 0 Southland .. 1,697 1,286,174 .. 38 330 409 2 4 237 21 80: 3 .. 22 14 2,057 94 134 286 1 .. 1,283 3,616 18 0 Westland .. 199 90,490 .. 6 23 180 1 48 77 15 1 8 13 322 63 32 63 1 113 771 13 0 Totals, 1929-30 29,874 25,864,042 11 2,179 6,228 13,556 152 43 2,347 1,595 2,453! 708 286 917 563 43,027 1,301 J 2,285 5,684 8 290 24,753 78,776 8 11 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 I

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B. —Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Year ended the 31st March, 1930.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1930.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1929, to 31st March, 1930. Amount. District. \ Number. £ Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 9,648 7,004,545 Taranaki .. .. .. .. .. 1,873 1,910,270 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 7,892 7,810,767 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. .. 1,738 2,050,999 Gisborne.. .. .. .. .. .. 664 884,224 Nelson .. 789 383,567 Marlborough .. .. .. 399 499,370 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. 4,929 4,110,806 Otago .. .. 3,272 2,355,918 Southland .. .. .. .. 1,697 1,286,174 Westland .. .. .. .. .. 199 90,490 Totals .. .. .. ..33,100 £28,387,130

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District. General Pees. Assurance Fees. _ 9 om P u ' i ' 0^ Registration Pees. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. .. .. 21,774 19 4 .. 1,165 0 0 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 3,857 10 10 .. 576 5 0 Wellington .. .. .. .. 19,385 7 6 .. 1,186 5 0 Hawke's Bay .. . . .. 4,460 13 3 .. 1,066 5 0 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 1,712 14 2 .. 30 0 0 Nelson .. .. .. .. 1,774 1 0 .. 456 5 0 Marlborough .. . . . . . . 852 0 0 .. 406 5 0 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 14,11113 6 .. I 482 10 0 Otago .. .. .. .. 6,559 3 0 .. 591 5 0 Southland .. .. .. .. 3,616 18 0 .. 368 10 0 Westland .. .. .. .. 771 13 0 .. 30 0 0 Totals .. .. .. 78,876 13 7 Nil. 6,358 10 0 Corresponding period, 1928-29 .. 72,700 18 3 6 5 4 6,720 0 0

: Amount remaining Amount secured by Amount of Amount remaining , secured by Mortgage during Mortgage paid secured by JJistrict. Mortgage on the the Year ended ofl during the Mortgage on the 31st March, 1929. 31st March, 1930. same Period. 31st Maroh, 1930. £ £ £ £ Auckland .. 71,662,837 8,562,692 5,496,300 74,729,229 Taranaki.. .. 20,491,409 2,248,477 1,814,400 20,925,486 Wellington .. 67,109,877 11,171,154 7,601,843 70,679,188 Hawke's Bay .. 20,865,887 2,372,525 2,045,110 21,193,302 Gisborne.. .. 11,306,956 933,980 882,524 11,358,412 Nelson .. .. 3,750,385 564,278 334,147 3,980,516 Marlborough .. 4,272,990 459,972 449,100 4,283,862 Canterbury .. 48,583,975 6,161,236 4,109,506 50,635,705 Otago .. .. 16,736,556 2,316,317 1,754,448 17,298,425 Southland .. 13,124,963 1,597,678 1,286,174 13,436,467 Westland.. .. 1,127,597 229,398 90,490 1,266,505 Totals .. 279,033,432 36,617,707 25,864,042 289,787,097

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D.—Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1930.

Other Instruments unrecorded. District. Transfers. Mortgages. Miscellaneous. Auckland Taranaki ... ... ... ... 10 9 18 Wellington ... ... 59 78 93 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 30 37 48 Gisborne ... ... ... ... 11 8 1 Nelson Marlborough ... ... ... ... 5 5 6 ... ... ... .. 68 65 103 Otago ... ... . . ... 10 5 14 Southland ... ... ... ... 13 18 22 Westland ... ... ... ... 2 2 5 Totals ... ... ... 208 227 310

E.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March, 1929; the Number received for Registration and the Number registered during the Year ended 31st March, 1930; also the Number remaining on that Date, and the Amount of Fees collected during the same Period.

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Applications * i • i • A i. ,. (other than Unregistered TT . , Applications Applications Applications those already Instr * ments Unregistered Certificates deceived awaiting detained for mentioned) „ waitin „ Instruments f previous to District. Compliance Examination received c lian g ce detained Title due but P 0urren t with m the during he m the not issued. Month not Requisitions. Survey Office. Month Requigitions . Survey Office. yet passed. and not yet J r passed. Auckland ... 67 12 7 124 33 89 Taranaki ... 1 2 ... 11 2 16 Wellington ... 4 ... 3 173 142 125 1 Hawke's Bay... 1 ... ... 60 11 26 Gisborne ... ... 1 ... 3 4 13 Nelson .. ... ... ... 8 1 4 2 Marlborough... 1 ... ... 9 2 7 Canterbury ... 1 ... 1 54 37 38 Otago ... 4 ... ... 51 ... 35 1 Southland ... ... 1 ... 20 I 23 Westland ... ... ... ... 17 ... 10 Totals ... 79 16 11 530 232 1 386 4_

Received Unrecorded _ . r ,. Recorded Unrecorded on Registration during on District. 31st March during the the ga^ e 31sfc March Fees. 1929. Yearended Period _ lg30 31st March, 1930. £ s. d. Auckland ... ... ... 179 8,411 8,504 86 7,683 9 6 Taranaki ... ... ... 4 209 213 ... 186 10 0 Wellington ... ... ... 12 703 701 14 ■ 634 10 0 Hawke's Bay ... ... 2 47 48 1 6 16 0 Gisborne ... ... ... ... 7 7 ... 6 3 0 Nelson ... ... ... 4 352 355 1 297 16 0 Marlborough ... 1 75 76 ... 95 12 0 Canterbury... ... ... 13 22 34 1 18 3 0 Otago ... ... ... 69 2,917 2,883 103 2,664 6 11 Southland ... ... ... 8 5 13 ... 7 19 0 Westland ... Totals ... ... 292 12,748 12,834 206 11,601 5 5