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APPENDICES
APPENDIX 38
(Chapter 14: Land, Public Works and Utilities)
The Land Registry
1994
1995
1996
Documents received for registration (Numbers)
Assignments of land
7 465
6 469
6 231
Assignments of building units
137 876
112 212
159 520
Agreements for sale and purchase of land
3.589
2 522
Agreements for sale and purchase of building units
114 892
97 649
3 292
147 423
Building mortgages/building legal charges
82
101
63
Other mortgages/legal charges
133 023
129 235
194 970
Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and
certificates of satisfaction
104 557
98 257
146 012
Miscellaneous
75 490
75 339
83 972
Total
576 974
521 784
741 483
Considerations in documents received for registration ($ Million)
Assignments of land
80,977
49,656
38,098
Assignments of building units
397,910
309,475
412,420
Agreements for sale and purchase of land
81,548
17,412
43,107
Agreements for sale and purchase of building units
423,948
265,814
474,660
Building mortgages/building legal charges
10,208
7,912
11,090
Other mortgages/legal charges
102,072
76,804
75,281
Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and
certificates of satisfaction
44,706
36,701
42,309
Miscellaneous instruments
Total
1,141,369
763,774
1,096,965
Conditions of sale, grant, exchange, etc registered
(Numbers)
806
777
1 103
Government leases registered (Numbers)
25
17
13
Multi-storey building owners corporations registered
(Numbers)
258
296
234
Public searches of Land Registers and records (Numbers)
3 480 033
2 938 379
4 313 948
Source: The Land Registry.