LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1930-31.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1931 Session I-II, H-03

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1931. NEW ZEALAND

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT, 1930-31.

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

Head Office, Stamp Duties Department, Wellington, Ist August, 1931. 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, 1931. 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. 0. The mortgages and discharges of mortgages, and the amount remaining secured by mortgage under the said Act on the 31st March, 1931. D. —The arrears existing at the various Land Transfer Offices at the close of business on the same date, jj. 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. 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 for year ended 31st March, 1931, £5,755 ; outstanding, £22,980. : C. E. Naldee,. Registrar-General of Land, and Secretary for Land and Deeds.

Year ended 31st March, 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. 1931. I Instruments .. .. • ■• 158,883 139,375 165,020! 176,754 144,436 Searches (Land Transfer Act only) .. 41,726 40,254 42,568! 46,613 41,240 Fees, excluding fees under Compulsory £97,990 £86,604 £85,232 | £90,482 £71,230 Registration Act, 1924. I

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A.-Statement of Business transacted under the Land Transfer Act during the Year ended 31st March, 1931.

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Anolications I Certificates in Lieu of Transfers. Mortgages. Application». Crown Grants. . Town and Suburban. I Country. Area . Town and Suburban. j J &>nntry. ":; Town and Suburban. Country, ! Are, ! Vatue. 1 Area. I Value. f . *tf . I | I «&L. J Area. j Are, f = ! f Are, >g" I £ Suburban.] S | I ~~ * _ _| Acre* J £ Acres £ Acres. I Acres. j Acres. £ Acres. £ | _ _■ I Acres. £ Acres. £ Auckland 30 17 107 248 26 4 078 62,316 360 ! 271 ! 19,118. 4,918 3,076 2,684,444 2,293 369,351 ; 3,428,858 ; 4,550 i 2,050 3,358,503 3,426 735,027 3,530,152 Auckland .. .. .W 1/ zo i,u,o """ | ™ 6 y ' 1ol ' 6s0 2 22 254,143 502! 66,094 i 795,051 | 671 ! 255 342,276 1,035 215,288 1,181,470 S,w' " "■ 2 "2 21890 " " 1217 59 1 o>54 5,062 1,042 3,243,018] 1,063 253,067 I 2,070,229 [ 7,244 1,586 5,277,61712,019 614,846,3,142,544 ' £ o e 3°K~ r ' " 2 I 190 " " ! 18 22 I 32 737 449 "442,859] 317 98,066 810,181; 854 450 709,714' 546: 229,910 1,265,570 H aJ i'!'"" 9 3 ! 1 004 279 247 137,948J 182 130,347; 353,651! 271 174 | 187,681 265 256,697 439,216 S o °™ 5 '4 72 16 ' 485 "j " 2 " 20 39 7! '831 454 126 198,616 320 31,492 215,752! 429 127 225,961 327 71,795 211,251 m £ i," " 8 8 ! 18 190 135 78,360] 104 58,535 j 247,682 176 140 114,161 186 163,760! 364,216 fWeZ.rf 2 "l0 1 "31 57'485 ' 56 ' 7 2,894 3,587 702 2,135,608 1,025 196,490 | 2,210,069 ! 3,542 | 886 2,382,445] 1,841 ! 702,047] 2,484,589 Otam "l0 "l 9 680 i 1 242 3'388 63 13 I 4,007 1,802 412 946,354| 662 147,696 I 749,011:2,126] 479 1,030,741 811 424,464] 749,176 q ,S , •• ' ' so 26 2 568 757 i 397 301,885! 429 112,883' 632,968! 955] 465 500,242 744] 255,118 779,123 Westland '.'. .'.'.'.]'.'. '.'. '.'. '■'■ '■'■ 18 1 1,485 216] 55 95,525! 77 10,019 j 36,602 222 | 57 133,578i 89 20,559J 55,980 Totals, 1930-31 .. 492 155, 443 ~31 4,353 123,209 I 863 423~ 38,712 18,652 j 6,883 10,518,760 69,741 474,040 jll,550, 054 21,040 6,669 14,282,91911,289 3,689,51114,203,287 Totals, 1929-30 .. HT 72 377, 337 42 8,238 124,561 751 23T~63/7o7 23,657 7,750 15,511,10484,551 697,208 15,321,201 J26, 266 I 8,052 18,936, 219J 12,606 j 4,206,59817,681,488 Dkrhircco S • " Certificates of Title » • S £ S ■" £ 2 ' ,; Z, * a> "a « ■«■£ . » Discharges. „ issued (other than |- J % S . "g ' | ; § S g g* . °g | g § 9 £ «-S Certificates in Lieu 11 I o o a § - 2-8 o -| ° « -b S . g-g o g « District. . 1 I of Crown Grants). | J | || „ s Sj° | _ „§ « ||« 9|j :«|w | 5 I I Amount. II |l , I I S i "- {I - J | III | fl f| f ||! flf ||1 ! | I „ ■ £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 5 398 ! 3 968 700 4 360 3,322 3,534 46 8 354 471 686] 153 51 . 174 j 365 12,361 249 423- ; 1,305 1 159 6,099 16,857 9 4 TaraoSd " 1400 ! 1291 003 .. 59 351 405 82 8 249 56 104! 65 24 34 60 1,755 83 155: 265 .. 3 1,160 3,138 13 0 WelWton " 6 805 i 6 168 328 ! 839 951 2,793 .. 19 412 180 414 111 69 214 129 8,758 214 448; ,1,125 .. 205 4,592 16,149 11 0 HawkVsBav ' 1 080 ! 1153 408 7 51 1 705! 5 1 182 25 104 57 13 44 36 1,516 30 97 294 1 2 1,292 2,910 7 0 5r Biy "443 561279 26 ! 236 6 .. 66 38 43 I 125 13 15 33 785 ! 5 88 107 .. .. 455 1,330 10 3 Nelson 556 29 203 '.'. 63 354 331 6 2 118 50 107 1 26 15 35 858 | 15 60 191 .. 4 326 1,745 18 0 Nelson.. .. 000 ori n?q 1 11 122 105 19 7 32 28 5 10 10 448 4 61] 96 .". .. 210 759 0 0 "Zrl I! UJ32 2 .. I 175 6 1.586 ! i 3 " 9 296 59 309! 2 20 126 49 6,730 100 681: 991 ] .. 20 4,363 11,305 17 0 Canterbury 1155426 .. .. 1,099 828 9 7 140 72 156: 1 78 52 40 2,792 54 162! 594 .. 5 1,956 5,58315 0 Southland I! 1300 876 748 1 24 403 2 12 131 39 77 7 10 16 37 1,759 50 134! 290 j 2 5 759 2,978 4 6 West" I! ?55 7CU46 __194_ JL JL 3 15 294 41 6 715 4 ° Totals, 1930-31 23,140 18,759,796 13~TTeOs 6,206 11,120 173 66 2,0411,080 2,060! 552 - 313 J 703 809 38,056 845 2,339 ] - 5,323" 4 403 21,338 63,484 9 1 .. Totals, 1929-30 29,874 ĪT2 ; 179 6,228 "l3~556 152 43 2,347 1,595 2,453 708 286 917 563 43,027 1,301 2,285 5,684 8 290 24,753 78,876 8 11

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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Year ended the 31st March, 1931.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1931.

Return showing Number and Amount of Mortgages under Land Transfer and Deeds Registry released in each District from Ist April, 1930, to 31st March, 1931. tn, .• i >T , Amount. District. Number. e Auckland .. .. ... .. .. 6,776 4,892,687 Taranaki .. .. .. .. .. 1,404 1,293,003 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 6,841 6,194,419 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. .. 1,080 1,153,408 Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. 443 561,279 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 621 338,033 Marlborough .. .. .. 261 354,029 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. 3,733 2,870,126 Otago .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,432 1,345,011 Southland .. .. .. .. .. 1,300 876,748 Westland .. .. ... .. .. 155 70,146 Totals .... .. .. .. 25,046 £19,948,889

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. . District. General Fees. Assurance Pees. ! D 9° m P? lso^ I Registration Pees. , . . _ l ■ ;■ ' : ' ' ■'■ • ■■".....■■ . .. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. .. .. 16,857 9 4 .. 1,743 15 0 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 3,138 13 0 .. 477 10 0 Wellington .. .. .. .. 16,159 11 0 .'. 1,320 0 0 Hawke'sBay .. .. .. 2,910 7 0 .. 316 5 0 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 1,330 10 3 15 0 0 Nelson .. .. .. .. 1,745 18 0 .. 373 15 0 Marlborough .".■•■ . . .. .. 759 0 0 .. 243 15 0 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 11,305 17 0 .. 323 15 0 Otago .. .. .. .. 5,583 15 0 .. 697 10 0 Southland .. .. .. .. 2,978 4 6 .. 180 0 0 Westland .. .. .. .. 715 4 0 .. 63 15 0 Totals .. .. .. 63,484 9 1 .. 5,755 0 0 Corresponding period, 1929-30 .. i 78,876 13 7 .. 6,358 10 0

IAmount remaining Amount secured by Amount of Amount remaining ■p. , . , secured by Mortgage during Mortgage paid secured by Mortgage on the trie Year ended off during the Mortgage on the 31st March, 1930. 31st March, 1931. same Period. 31st March, 1931. £ £ £ £ Auckland .. 74,729,229 6,888,655 3,968,700 77,649,184 Taranaki .. 20,925,486 1,523,746 1,291,003 21,158,229 Wellington .. 70,679,188 8,420,161 6,168,328 72,931,021 Hawke'sBay .. 21,193,302 1,975,284 1,153,408 22,015,178 Gisborne .. .. 11,358,412 626,897 561,279 11,424,030 Nelson .. .. 3,980,516 437,212 291,203 4,126,525 Marlborough .. 4,283,862 478,377 . 354,029 4,408,210 Canterbury .. 50,635,705 4,867,034 2,869,526 52,633,213 Otago .. .. 17,298,425 1,779,917 1,155,426 17,922,916 Southland .. 13,436,467 1,279,365 876,748 13,839,084 Westland .. 1,266,505 189,558 70,146 1,385,917 Totals' .. J 289,787,097 28,466,206 18,759,796 299,493,507 I

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D. —Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1931.

Other Instruments unrecorded. District. Transfers. Mortgages. Miscellaneous. Auckland .. .. . ■ • • .... Taranaki .. .. .. • ■ . . 1 5 9 Wellington .. .. . • • • .... .. ... Hawke's Bay ~ .. • • 35 42 136 Gisborne .. .. . • •• .-4 1 . \ 7 Nelson .. .. .. .L" ;••.,■ • • .... Marlborough .. .. .- ■• . . 22 2 Canterbury .. .. .. .. -.30 45 68 Otago 7 10 15 Southland .. .. .. .. --5 9 7 Westland .. . . . • ..... 10 1 8 Totals 94 115 252

E.-Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March, 1930; the Number received for Registration and the Number registered during the Year ended 31st March, 1931; 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 (455 copies), £6 ss.

By Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.—l93l. Price 3d.]

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Applications , (other than unregistered TT . , , Applications Applications Applications those already Instr * ments Unregistered Certificates deceived awaiting detained for mentioned) awaifcin „ Instruments of previous to District. Compliance Examination receded Complian 5 ce detained Title due bufc Gurrent „ „ ln with a m Affi not issued. Month not Requisitions. Survey Office. Month Eequ i s itions. Survey 0ffioe - yet passed, and not yet passed. Auckland ... 49 8 2 100 24 69 Taranaki ... ... ■■■ 22 ... 10 Wellington ... 4 ... ... 70 53 41 Hawke's Bay... Gisborne ... 1 ... ••• 3 ... 5 Nelson . . ... ... ... 12 8 24 3 Marlborough... ... ... • ■ ■ 5 ... 3 Canterbury ... 2 ... 106 27 22 1 Otago ... 3 ... 3 45 13 38 1 Southland ... ... 6 ... 12 Westland ... ... ... ••• 13 ... 21 Totals ... 59 8 5 382 125 245 5

Received Unrecorded „ .* or ,. Recorded Unrecorded on Registration during on _ District. 3lst March, during the same March, »»• fiSS, p » m - ,mi - 1931. £ s. d. Auckland ... ••• ••• 86 5,851 5,910 27 5,213 5 10 Taranaki ... ... ••• ••• 33 33 ... 30 13 Wellington ... ... 14 173 187 ... 170 18 0 Hawke's Bay ... ••• 1 5 6 ... 2 10 0 Gisborne ••• ® 6 12 0 Nelson ... 1 302 282 21 256 4 6 Marlborough ... ... 10 10 ••• 10 9 0 Canterbury... ... 1 20 21 ... lo 16 6 ••• 103 2,183 2,203 83 2,038 3 6 Southland ::: ... 10 0 Westland Totals ... 206 8,585 8,660 131 7,745 12 4