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APPENDICES
APPENDIX 46
(Chapter 13: Land, Public Works and Utilities)
The Land Registry
1998
1999
2000
Documents received for registration (numbers)
Assignments of land
7 350
4 448
Assignments of building units
134 994
140 858
4 006
152 022
Agreements for sale and purchase of land
2 080
1 678
1 396
Agreements for sale and purchase of building units
111 489
98 466
85 744
Building mortgages/building legal charges
65
38
85
Other mortgages/legal charges
154 228
181 144
183 307
Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and
certificates of satisfaction
93 015
121 176
137 656
Miscellaneous
97 401
100 071
121 559
Total
600 622
647 879
685 775
Considerations of documents received for registration ($ million)
Assignments of land
24,311
35,670
19,921
Assignments of building units
348,352
300,059
273,040
Agreements for sale and purchase of land
23,706
30,369
20,476
Agreements for sale and purchase of building units
340,906
256,641
222,520
Building mortgages/building legal charges
4,877
4,158
11,292
Other mortgages/legal charges
92,129
94,679
93,951
Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and
certificates of satisfaction
16,881
23,952
25,587
Total
851,162
745,528
666,787
Conditions of sale, grant, exchange, etc registered
(numbers)
655
589
413
Government leases registered (numbers)
14
20
7
Multi-storey building owners corporations registered
(numbers)
285
287
277
Public searches of Land Registers and records (numbers)
3 133 845
3 245 319
3 270 293
Source: Land Registry.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2867 2882)