the war was located the Marriage Registry, where in a small room partitioned off the main office the Assistant Land Officer conducted the ceremonies of a small but growing stream of Registry weddings. The Strong Room in the north east corner which with its solid shelves, its batteries of wooden drawers, its private cockloft reached by a perilously steep iron ladder, and its forbidding iron grilled windows, safely housed the Colony's land records for half a century, is now converted to other purposes and the cheerful bustle of the messengers returning registers, leases, memorials, to their own peculiar places is heard no more.
87. There is no doubt that the staff as a whole have welcomed the move to the new Offices, and the better lay-out of the offices, the air- conditioning, and the generally brighter and more stimulating working conditions have resulted in a marked all-round advance in efficiency. The re-uniting of the Companies, Trade Marks and Patents Registries with the main body of the Department has also proved of much benefit and convenience, greatly facilitating as it does the movement of papers and the interchange of staff according to the needs of the various Registries.
Law Reform Committee
88. The Registrar General continued during the year to serve as a member of the Law Reform Committee set up to examine and consider legislation enacted in the United Kingdom and to make recommenda- tions, in the light of local circumstances, for the reform of the laws of the Colony. The Committee's Third Report was submitted to H.E. the Officer Administering the Government on 19th September, 1959.
Revenue
89. Table XXV shows the total revenue of the Department for 1959/60, amounting to $2,395,096.62 as against a total expenditure of $1,376,996.24. These figures exceed the previous year's by some $536,000 and $100,000 respectively.
Photostat Section
90. The Department's new Offices include a specially equipped room housing the Photostat Machine acquired in 1957, and a Verifax Copying Machine acquired in June 1959. The better accommodation enabled fuller use to be made of the Photostat Machine, and the number of documents copied increased by nearly 50% over the previous year's figure to 6,325. Of the copies taken 4,174 (about 66%) were supplied to the public. The other 2,151 (about 34%) were made for Government
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