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Crown Rents
The Registration of all Title deeds, Leases, mortgages & ... The operations of half-yearly returns of ...
The Registrar will draw up all Returns and all Reports required by the Government on matters connected with Issuance of Grants, Renewal of Leases, Surrender of old Leases, and grants of new Titles.
The duties of the Registrar are considerable, not a few are of a difficult and responsible nature, and must be performed by the Registrar personally.
But he is assisted considerably with the supervision of the Land Office and the Registration of Titles, as can be gathered from the following facts:
According to the Revision of the Land Records, there are forty thousand and hundred Government Leases, and most of these holders having retained their Crown Leases in the Colony amount to about five thousand.
The Revenue collected from Land now reaches the sum of one hundred and fifty-three thousand one hundred and ten Dollars ($153,110) per annum and is yearly increasing.
This Revenue is collected from ... Returns made half-yearly in the Land Office, showing the number of the Title, the name of the owner, and the amount of Rent.