ADMINISTRATION
Public Works Department in controlling Crown Land and building development, and of the Registrar General in regard to records and deeds concerning private land. With the help of advisers from the Medical Department the District Commissioner is responsible in the New Territories for much of the work done in the city by the Urban Council.
Other Departments. The Commissioner of Regis- tration is responsible for the registration of persons and the issue of identity cards under the Registration of Persons Ordinance, 1949. The main work of register- ing the population was completed in the autumn of 1951.
The Quartering Authority is responsible generally for the allocation of accommodation within government and for the requisition of premises.
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