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establishment. Not only does a Crown lease have to be
engrossed, but before its actual issue there is often
considerable correspondence.
Correspondence generally has
increased, notably in the number of C.S.0. files that are
sent, at times apparently somewhat unnecessarily, to the
Land Officer to deal with. It was stated that the
Stenographer writes between 2,000 to 3,000 letters per annum
In addition, the Land Officer was in 1927 made Registrar of
Marriages. This work takes the whole time of one clerk;
moreover it not infrequently happens that there are cases
involving difficult points of matrimonial law. The
Commissioners are satisfied that no reductions can safely
be made. It is of the utmost importance that the Deeds
Register be kept and entered by a responsible officer whilst
the issue of Crown Leases is a source of revenue to the
Government,
This was at
5. The present holder of the substantive post of Official
Receiver was appointed in 1927.
time when
there was a very large number of bankruptcies; the arreans
of which are only just being cleared off. Formerly, the
duties of the post were frequently performed by the
Registrar of the Supreme Court. The Commissioners recommend
that, when in three years' time, the present holder retires
the post should not be filled, but that the duties of it
should be performed by the Registrar. In the event of the re
being an abnormal increase in the number of bankruptcies
it would be more economical to engage on a temporary basis
a solicitor either locally or from home.
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