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I have nothing further to add, but to tender my sincere thanks to those gentlemen who have assisted me in the task of administering the Department; a task which, so far as lam concerned, has been rendered comparatively light, by the complete manner in which the Department was originally organized by my predecessor. I append returns —(A) of the business transacted under the Act during the past year; (B) of the fees received during the same period; and (C) of the amount secured by mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on 30th of June last. Deeds Registry. The estimated revenue for this Department for the past year was £13,500; the actual receipts were £13,434. The amount voted for the year's expenditure was £9,186 10s.; the amount expended about £8,700. For the ensuing year I anticipate a falling off in the receipts, mainly from the fact that the number of Crown grants registered will be further diminished owing to the grants of land bought from the Crown since the beginning of 1871 being under the Land Transfer Act. Apart from this, the general revenue of the Deeds Registry keeps up steadily. The greatly increased number of transactions consequent on the prosperity of the Colony tends to replace the business that has been diverted by the Land Transfer Act. I estimate the revenue for the ensuing year at £12,500 ; the expenditure at £8,360. I have, &c, Joshua Steange Williams, Registrar-General of Land.
(For Return A, see next page.) B.—FEES received under the LAND TRANSFER ACT for the YEAR ending the 30th JUNE, 1873.
C.—RETURN showing Total Amount of MONEY remaining secured by MORTGAGE under the LAND TRANSFER ACT on the 30th JUNE, 1873.
District. General Fees. Land Assurance. Total. Auckland Otago Canterbury Wellington Nelson Southland Hawke's Bay ... Taranaki Westland Marlborough ... Land Brokers' Licenses ... £ s. d. 701 18 0 1,996 17 6 1,750 2 0 606 18 0 575 16 4 427 3 4 331 19 0 58 5 6 201 18 6 264 19 10 210 0 0 £ s. d. 250 12 7 614 19 1 434 13 6 162 11 9 124 12 2 93 14 7 83 16 2 5 6 6 12 9 10 46 13 5 £ s. d. 952 10 7 2,611 10 7 2,184 15 6 769 9 9 700 8 6 520 17 11 415 15 2 63 12 0 214 8 4 311 13 7 210 0 0 Total ... 7,125 18 0 1,829 9 7 8,955 7 7
District. Total amount secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act from the date of its coming into operation to the 30th June, 1873. Less total amount of Mortgages paid off during same period. Balance, being total amount remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act, on the 30th June, 1873. Auckland Otago Canterbury Wellington Nelson Southland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Westland Marlborough £ s. d. 99,423 4 10 231,167 13 4 212,264 9 1 41,733 11 6 23,368 10 0 100,913 0 4 7,030 0 0 2,057 0 0 2,542 19 6 4,874 0 0 £ s. d. 19,686 3 9 20,428 16 9 4,599 10 0 2,760 0 0 560 0 0 7,532 0 0 1,060 0 0 100 0 0 306 19 6 100 0 0 £ s. d. 79,737 1 1 210,738 16 7 207,684 19 1 38,973 11 6 22,808 10 0 93,380 5 11 5,970 0 0 1,957 0 0 2,476 0 0 4,774 0 0 1 Total 725,374 8 7 57,133 10 0 668,240 18 4
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