LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1897-98.)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1898 Session I, H-03

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1898. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION. (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1897-98.)

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

The Secketaby for Stamps to the Hon. Commissionee of Stamps. q m _ Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 17th May, 1898. I have the honour to submit the following returns showing the working of the Land Transfer and Deeds Eegistration Departments for the year ended 31st March, 1898. 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 morion pp under the said Acts on the 31st of March last. . gS D -The arrears existing at the various Land Transfer offices at the close of business on the Same E d !!.The number of deeds received for registration, and the number remaining unregistered on the 31st March last; also the fees received in the Deeds Eegistration offices. I have, &c, C. A. Hickson, The Commissioner of Stamps, Wellington. Secretary for Stamps.

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A.—Statement of Business transacted under the Land Transfer Acts during the Year ended the 31st March, 1898.

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APPLICATIONS. TRANSFERS. MORTGAGES. Area. Abba. Aeea. DISTEICT. Value. No. Value. Value. No. No. Town and Suburban. Country. Town and Suburban. Country. Town and Suburban. Country. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 100 42 107 21 5 13 5 212 41 31 5 A. B. P. 150 3 1 9 2 35 49 1 2 20 3 2 20 1 0 4 1 10 1 2 37 42 1 30 19 2 7 9 10 1 0 18 A. B. P. 2,452 2 10 891 3 34 11,446 2 34 16,626 0 21 7,851 0 0 978 1 13 2,878 1 12 20,859 1 6 7,250 2 26 1,733 1 6 £ s. d. 63,927 0 0 11,972 0 0 148,646 0 0 77,008 8 6 18,187 0 0 5,745 5 0 5,550 0 0 226,603 0 0 43,043 0 0 11,711 0 0 636 0 0 1,597 602 2,213 440 140 277 83 2,065 1,223 868 101 A. B. P. 726 3 14 142 1 33 529 0 6 848 2 36 196 1 38 87 1 30 30 0 22 486 1 2 345 0 35 587 3 20 32 1 11 A. E. P. 206,450 3 39 39,305 0 9 150,771 0 0 50,914 2 1 45,803 2 6 19,886 3 15 4,974 1 4 253,497 2 18 71,321 1 23 90,620 2 14 1,051 0 27 £ s. d. 343,128 8 5 229,263 2 9 900,228 0 0 181,139 18 4 79,489 8 3 68,898 17 0 29,911 17 0 1,087,243 0 0 261,488 0 0 253,629 19 7 10.538 17 2 ;1,022 : 840 2,213 557 171 279 84 1,887 831 698 71 A. B. P. 515 2 28 90 0 8 358 3 16 1,307 3 8 232 1 21 61 0 11 23 1 22 353 2 5 237 1 37 606 2 12 17 1 13 A. B. P. 268,105 3 27 137,700 3 23 591,423 0 7 132,417 1 16 481,960 3 22 44,773 3 30 18,210 1 2 392,434 2 22 123,221 1 35 155,742 3 26 2,799 1 9 £ s. d. 464,401 17 1 384,117 0 2 1,373,028 0 0 483,695 8 0 328,898 7 5 109,069 18 1 34,545 0 0 1,086,549 0 0 463,641 0 0 380,776 0 8 17,985 14 2 - Totals 582 329 0 22 72,968 1 2 613,028 13 6 9,609 4,012 3 7 J 934,596 3 36 3,444,959 8 6 8,653 3,804 0 21 2,348,790 2 19 5,126,707 5 7 Corresponding period, 1896-97 565 8,832 3,909 2 4 1,291,270 3 13 ,8,909 2,021,866 3 20 964 3 17 38,560 0 7 457,523 0 0 '3,310,633 19 8 13,761 1 5 4,743,821 5 1 DISTRICT. jCERTIFICATES IN LIEU OF CROWN GRANTS. Abba. CROWN GRANTS. Abba. Country. Value. o CD o o o 01 CD C o o <D s © m a I" O ■a ■x 0 Si CD a s 6 « ft EH CD CD 3 o en a EH •6 s O No. Town and Suburban. Value. No. Town and Suburban. > 03 CD Q re Country. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 206 23 580 75 36 164 14 169 124 42 a. B. p. 35,434 1 9 3 1 17 140 1 19 26 2 38 81 2 13 A. B. p. 22,108 3 39 3,173 2 19 221,683 0 9 15,014 1 0 17,510 2 29 23,558 2 15 10,682 1 10 6,435 0 30 16,125 3 36 2,901 1 4 £ s. d. 14,645 9 0 3,448 6 8 •• 3 A. B. P. " " 15 6 4 A. B. P. £ s. d. 1,575"0 0 I 5 3 2 •• 48 26 79 30 25 18 12 96 46 24 1 •• 3 1,610 613 1,953 715 259 66 71 2,511 729 657 44 34 22 231 41 10 13 243 26 70 6 80 19 87 24 24 7 2 86 70 18 3 204 60 89 58 14 6 9 73 38 9 1 1 1 30 8 344 300 597 82 120 12 49 260 282 162 8 •• 2 232 40 88 485 62 870 265 1,181 239 53 97 36 1,120 475 386 53 57,287 0 0 8,000 0 0 16,361 6 2 5,682 0 0 ! 1,093 3 25 - •• "i 45 2 21 79 3 8 150 3 28 9 i l 240 14,14119 0 4,239 10 1 2 19 2 2 0 1 20 3l"2 0 " I - Totals 35,962 2 33 339,193 3 31 123,805 10 11 5 15 1 24 1,125 1 25 1,575 0 0 33 3 9,228 9,559 698 420 561 53 2,216 4 1,147 1433 405 4,775 Corresponding period, 1896-97 1109 264,306 2 20 108,491 0 3 6 5 10 1,969 0 0 22 390 1 582 373 507 36 2,822 8 675 4,327 8,782 0 39 3,710 1 20 ••

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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Acts for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1898.

Note. —Includes Crown-grant and district-agency fees : * £296 19s. 4d.; t £175 17s.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Acts on the 31st March, 1898.

D.—Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1898.

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District. General Fees. Assurance Fees. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay ... Nelson Marlborough... Canterbury ... Otago Southland Westland £ s. d. 3,303 10 9 1,731 12 6 5,940 9 0 1,210 6 1 708 18 9 599 2 0 209 17 0 5,301 9 8 2,197 5 8 1,591 16 0 186 7 0 £ s. d. 146 13 2 32 9 4 312 0 6 155 10 11 38 16 9 74 15 8 5 7 3 480 9 8 88 1 7 29 19 5 19 0 £ s. d." 3,450 3 11 1,764 1 10 6,252 9 6 1,365 17 0 747 15 6 673 17 8 215 4 3 5,781 19 4 2,285 7 3 1,621 15 5 187 16 0 Totals 22,980 14 5 * 1,365 13 3 24,346 7 8 Corresponding period, 1896-97 ... 22,220 12 5+ 1,084 3 11 23,304 16 4

District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1897. Amount secured by Amount of MortMortgage during gages paid off the Year ended during the same 31st March, 1898. Period. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1898. Auckland ... Taranaki ... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland... Westland ... £ S. d. 2,971,359 2 2 1,542,957 11 11 6,556,730 12 6 4,307,546 1 2 38,611 0 0 884,779 17 2 248,544 11 7 8,643,784 8 0 2,837,617 0 0 3,012,580 15 5 68,410 0 1 £ s. d. 464,401 17 1 384,117 0 2 1,373,028 0 0 483,695 8 0 328,898 7 5 109,069 18 1 34,545 0 0 1,086,549 0 0 463,641 0 0 380,776 0 8 17,985 14 2 £ s. d. 393,391 1 1 194,370 5 7 907,197 0 0 400,344 0 0 123,916 16 5 48,016 1 8 27,494 0 0 1,331,657 0 0 407,526 0 0 248,107 12 10 5,220 7 5 £ s. d. 3,042,369 18 2 1,732,704 6 6 7,022,561 12 6 4,390,897 9 2 243,592 11 0 945,833 13 7 255,595 11 7 8,398,676 8 0 2,893,732 0 0 3,145,249 3 3 81,175 6 10 Totals 31,112,921 0 0 5,126,707 5 7 4,087,240 5 0 32,152,388 0 7 Corresponding period, 1896-97 31,639,849 9 3 4,743,821 5 1 5,270,749 14 4 31,112,921 0 0

District. Applications awaiting Compliance with Requisitions. Applications detained for Examination in the Survey Office. Applications (other than those already mentioned) received during the Month and not yet passed. Unregistered Instruments awaiting Compliance with Requisitions. Unregistered Instruments detained in the Survey Office. Certificates of Title due but not issued. Applications received previous to Current Month not yet passed. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay... Poverty Bay ... Nelson Marlborough ... Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 44 42 10 5 4 15 5 2 i 1 1 1 1 1 8 82 2 5 14 7 5 145 3 "2 30 9 3 "2 30 14 6 5 27 3 2 Totals 144 28 142 24 194 Ottw Instruments unrecorded. Wellington Canterbury Otago Transfers. 52 19 4 Mortgages. 40 19 Miscella] 61 25 3 leous.

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E. —Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March, 1897; the Number received for Registration, and the Number registered, during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1898; also the Number remaining on that date; and the Amount of Fees collected during the same Period.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9B. Price 3d.]

District. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1897. Received for Registration during the Year ended 31st March, 1898. Registered during the same Period. Unregistered on 31st March, 1898. Fees. tuckland ?aranaki Vellington ... lawke's Bay 'overty Bay Jelson Marlborough Canterbury ... )tago Southland ... Vestland 194 23 54 96 "5 4,229 693 2,318 812 89 567 311 1,355 1,489 316 74 4,227 667 2,326 744 88 569 311 1,335 1,469 345 60 174 49 30 144 1 3 £ s. 4,207 4 649 8 2,398 15 928 10 113 16 521 5 389 1 1,461 6 1,478 14 320 7 67 1 d. 5 5 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 19 9 38 34 29 9 14 Totals 438 12,253 12,141 487 £12,535 9 4* £ s. d * Includes Crown-grant fees .. .. .. .. 173 12 1( Includes district-agency fees .. .. .. 18 5 C Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (1,425 copies), £3 12s. 6d.