Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 7

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✨ Proclamation and Land Transfer Fees

II.—If any person shall land, or cause to be landed, or assist in landing any cattle coming from either of the said infected districts in or upon any part of the Province of Canterbury, unless into a Quarantine ground, and after having obtained a Quarantine certificate, he shall be liable to a penalty of fifty pounds for every head of cattle so landed.

III.—It shall be lawful for and the duty of any Inspector of Cattle or Police Constable to destroy, or cause to be destroyed, any cattle which shall be imported or landed contrary to these Regulations.

IV.—If any person shall wilfully impede or obstruct any Inspector of Cattle or Police Constable acting under the authority of these Regulations, every person so offending shall be liable to a penalty of fifty pounds.

V.—These Regulations shall take effect from and after the day following the date of publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch, this thirteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Superintendent.

Office Registrar-General of Land,
Wellington, 31st January, 1871.

The following examples of the fees payable for bringing land under "The Land Transfer Act 1870," are published for general information:—

All lands sold by the Crown after the Act is brought into force are registered forthwith, the fees payable being only two shillings for registration, and the assurance fee of one halfpenny in the £ on the value.

When the title consists of a Grant dated on or subsequent to the 28th December, 1841, and none of the land included therein has been dealt with; value of land £100—

	£ s. d.
Application	... 0 5 0
Registration	... 0 2 0
Assurance fee (½d. in the £)	... 0 4 2
Certificate of Title	... 1 0 0
	£1 11 2

This charge is increased by 4s. 2d. for every additional £100 in value.

When the title is of any other description, and the value is £100—

	£ s. d.
Application	... 0 5 0
Registration	... 0 5 0
Assurance fee	... 0 4 2
Certificate of title	... 1 0 0
Advertising (say 15s.)	... 0 15 0
	£2 9 2

*In ordinary cases the sum of £1 is taken as deposit for cost of advertisements, the balance unexpended being returned to applicant.

When the title is of any other description than that in the first example, and the value is £200—

	£ s. d.
Application	... 0 5 0
Registration	... 0 10 0
Assurance fee	... 0 8 4
Certificate of title	... 1 0 0
Advertising (say 15s.)	... 0 15 0
	£2 18 4

When the title is of any other description than that in the first example, and the value is £400—

	£ s. d.
Application	... 0 5 0
Registration	... 1 0 0
Assurance fee	... 0 16 8
Certificate of title	... 1 0 0
Advertising (say 15s.)	... 0 15 0
	£3 16 8

This charge is increased by 4s. 2d. for every additional £100 in value.

The above charges also represent the cost of conveying land, inasmuch as an applicant can direct the certificate of title to be issued in the name of another person.

The cost of dealing with land Registered under the Act is as follows:—

Transfer—

	£ s. d.
Forms	... 0 2 0
Registering Memo. of transfer	... 0 10 0
New certificate of title	... 1 0 0
	£1 12 0

Mortgage—

	£ s. d.
Forms	... 0 2 0
Registering Memo. of mortgage (no matter for what amount)	... 0 10 0
	£0 12 0

The cost of a lease is also 12s.

Fee for registering transfer or discharge of mortgage or encumbrance, or the transfer or surrender of a lease 5s.

The following is an example of the cost of a comparatively large transaction:—

A man possessed of land of the value of £1,500, the title to which consists of a Grant dated on or subsequent to the 28th December, 1841, and none of the land included in which has been dealt with, desires to mortgage the same for £100. He finds that he can effect the transaction under the Land Transfer Act upon payment of the following fees:—

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1871, No 7

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🏛️ Proclamation on Diseased Cattle from Australia (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated13 February 1871
KeywordsDiseased Cattle, Proclamation, Australia, Infected Districts, Quarantine
👩‍💼 Officials

WM. ROLLESTON, Superintendent

🗺️ Fees for Land Transfer Act 1870

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated31 January 1871
KeywordsLand Transfer, Fees, Registration, Assurance, Certificate of Title
👩‍💼 Officials

Registrar-General of Land

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