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that a Deputy Registrar's Salary
twenty-five years ago was £100 less, and is now £200 more than mine,
Reasons
was £400, - £700,- or
Ana
local & otherwise
He
which
applied to the Salary of a Deputy Registrar, and other Salaries being increased, apply with greater force to my appointment the Salary of which never has been increased.
8. Twenty-five years ago the Land Roll of the Colony (the preparation of which each half year from the Land Office books is part of my duties) was $90,150. Now it is $155,491 - Exclusive of certain Lots lately re-entered the rents of which are new under adjustment.
9. The value of the leased lands of the Colony in December 1885 was upwards of $32,000,000, and when it is considered of what great importance the Land Office is to the Leaseholders representing so large a value, I trust your Lordship will consider that my request for a Salary adequate to the position & to its attached responsibilities is not unreasonable.
10. In addition to the reasons, and circumstances I have mentioned, I would bring to your Lordship's notice that the system of registration, adopted before I came into the Colony, did not provide any means of preventing errors, the consequence being that in course of time the registered Titles to Lots became seriously complicated, many and involved; deeds relating to Marine Lots were registered against Inland Lots; deeds belonging to one owner were registered against the Title of another owner, and many documents appear to have been registered against different Lots where the parties had...