LAW AND ORDER
have been converted into a second Training Centre. This has been done by building a new kitchen, offices and stores. Tung Tau Wan was gazetted in October 1954. The maximum age for committal to a Training Centre has been raised from 18 to 21. It will now be possible to offer an alternative to imprisonment for all male offenders under 21 who are suitable for training in a Centre.
Records
The Registrar General's Department comprises the Land Office and Deeds Registry, the Registry of Marriages, the Companies Registry, the Office of the Official Receiver in Bankruptcy and Companies Winding Up, and the Trade Marks and Patents Registry. It includes also the offices of the Official Trustee, the Official Solicitor in Lunacy and the Judicial Trustee.
Land Office
The form of tenure of land in general use through- out the Colony is leasehold, all land grants by the Crown (with the exception of a few grants of a special nature) being by means of long term Crown Lease.
The registration system obtaining in Hong Kong in regard to land transactions, as prescribed by the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128), is one of Registration of Deeds, not Registration of Title, but since the inception of Land Office records in the year 1844, Registers of Title have also been maintained as part of the permanent records of the Registry, providing
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