26. All instruments relating to flats and other units in new multi- storey buildings are registered on cards in accordance with the new card registration system described in the 1965-66 Report. This system was so successful that it was decided to transfer all the records now contained in the old type bound registers on to cards. Since the maximum benefit of the new system is obtained in the case of sub- divided multi-storey buildings, the existing subdivision registers relatng to such buildings were dealt with first, and by 31st March 1968 the records in all of the 198 subdivision registers had been transferred to cards. The old registers relating to lots, sections and subsections owned as single entities are now being replaced by cards, and satisfactory progress in this work was made during the year 1968-69. All instru- ments relating to new lots, sections and subsections are also being registered on cards.
27. Every instrument presented for registration in the Land Office, together with the memorial thereof, is scrutinized prior to its registra- tion. Where any error is discovered in any instrument or memorial, the instrument is 'stopped' and returned for correction to the solicitors certifying the memorial. Of the 50,015 instruments registered in 1968-69, 14,731 (29.5%) were 'stopped' for the correction of a total of 23,354 errors, which fell into the following categories:
Incorrect description of parcels
Omission of dates/Memorial Nos./Chinese characters
Incorrect spelling of words/typing errors
Stopped because of errors found in connected instrument Incorrect/insufficient description of parties
Authentication of amendments/deletions/additions required Incorrect/insufficient registration fee
Incorrect/insufficient description of plan ...
:
6,003
5,778
5,766
1,947
1,307
1,245
207
166
165
Incorrect/insufficient description of Crown rent...
161
Incorrect/insufficient stamp duty
...
157
Incorrect/insufficient description of consideration
145
Incorrect/insufficient execution
113
Suggestion by Land Office for improvement of instrument Land Officer's consent required for registration of instrument...
101
93
Total
23,354
Incorrect/insufficient information on partition
10