Regulations and Fees for Deeds Registration




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a memorandum referring to the page or folio of the
record book where such plan and declaration shall be
recorded, and such other entries or references as he
may deem necessary or convenient. The aforesaid
declaration shall refer by Registrar’s number and date
to the registered will, and shall state that, to the best
of declarant’s knowledge and belief, the lands described
and delineated in the plan accompanying such declaration, are affected by the aforesaid registered will.

  1. The word “will” in the foregoing regulation
    shall include the authenticated copy of any will registered under the fifth section of “The Registration of
    Deeds Amendment Act, 1860.”

  2. Whenever an endorsement has been or shall be
    made on a Crown Grant, after the same shall have been
    registered, certifying the day of the payment of the
    purchase money for the land comprised in such grant,
    or the date at which the grantee became entitled to
    a grant of such land, or describing more correctly the
    boundaries thereof, such endorsement may be registered
    by a copy thereof being endorsed on the recorded copy
    in the Register of Deeds wherein the grant may have
    been registered.

  3. Every instrument in the Maori language presented
    for registration, shall be accompanied by a translation
    into English of the same, the correctness of which shall
    be certified by some Government Interpreter, or other
    officer of Government, to the satisfaction of the
    Registrar of Deeds, and the translation shall be
    registered as forming part of the original deed.

  4. In addition to the registration fees fixed by Order
    in Council of the 19th April, 1864, and Regulation of
    the 17th August, 1866, there shall be chargeable the
    following fees—

For the registration of any plan accompanied by statutory declaration ... 1 0 0
For recording, per folio ... 0 0 6
For every section or part of a section
delineated ... 0 1 0

For the registration of any endorsement on a Crown Grant previously registered—
If the endorsement be a correction of the
description of the boundaries of the
land granted ... 0 10 0
If of the day of purchase or date at which
grantee became entitled ... 0 5 0
For every certificate of amount of duty
payable under the fifty-sixth section of
“The Native Lands Act, 1865” ... 0 10 0
For every appointment of a valuer under
fifty-fifth section of said Act ... 0 10 0
For every application to the Chief Judge
of the Native Land Court under fifty-seventh section of said Act ... 3 0 0
For every copy of an instrument tendered for registration made under fifty-seventh
section of said Act, per folio ... 0 0 6
For copy of any plan attached ... 0 2 6
For every statement explaining transaction
under section fifty-seven not
exceeding six folios ... 1 1 0
For every additional folio ... 0 0 6
For every affidavit under section sixty-one not exceeding six folios ... 1 1 0
For every additional folio ... 0 0 6
For registration of the translation of any
instrument in the Maori language,
per folio ... 0 0 6
For recording any endorsement (after the first) of receipts of duty annually payable on any lease or other instrument ... 0 2 6

Alfred Domett,
Registrar-General of Land.

Approved by His Excellency the Governor, with the
advice of the Executive Council, this seventeenth day
of November, 1866.

Forsyth Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Correction—For “1866,” in the top line first page of the Supplement to the Gazette, read 1867.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Mills, Dick & Co., of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand,
Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.




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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1867, No 458





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⚖️ Regulations for the Practice and Procedure of Register of Deeds Offices (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
17 November 1866
Deeds Registration, Regulations, Procedure, Fees, Crown Grants, Māori Land, Translations
  • Alfred Domett, Registrar-General of Land
  • Forsyth Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council