Enclosure 2.
COPY.
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His Excellency in his letter? Denier
Justice appears to be under the impression that there has been
a very considerable decrease in the work of the Land Office
during recent years, this however is not the case, in fact the
work has considerably increased. There has been a great cry
amongst the lawyers during the last year or two that there is no
conveyancing going on and as a matter of fact there have been a
for less deeds registered; the number registered during the two
years 1906 and 1907 being only 884 less than the number register-
-ed during the two years 1904 and 1905 or less than 450 per
annum and the number of leases issued have only decreased by
25 during the same period. I find that the Land Office fees for
the past 4 months have exceeded those of the corresponding
period for last year by over $650. The registration of deeds and
grants of Leases does not however form a great portion of the
Land Office work, during the past 2 years the number of C.S.0.
documents dealt with in this Office is nearly 700 in excess of
the previous 2 years and with reference to these documents it is
not usually, as in some departments, simply a question of noting, it frequently means a long search though various documents and
records interviews and correspondence with various people and
probably the drafting of a legal document which cannot be done
in a minute.
A reference to the Blue Book will show that
the area now held under Lease from the Crown is 4,378 A. 2 30
whereas 10 years ago it only amounted to 1,497 A. 3 . 35. The
annual Revenue from Leased lands (excluding New Territories)
amounted in 1907 to $371,167.80 whereas 10 years ago it only
amounted to $241,798.70 an increase of nearly $130,000 and
during the past 4 years there has been an increase in the
annual revenue of over $52,000 from Leased lands. The above
facts alone will show there is a large increase of work in the
Land Office apart from any work in connection with the New Ter-
-ritories which is by no means inconsiderable, papers are sent
to