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rapid system of endorsement in cases recommended by the Sanitary Department.
Applications for extension of time for complying with building covenants have not been as numerous as they were a few years ago and agreements are dispensed with as often as possible, only twelve were prepared this year.
The procedure mentioned in the two foregoing paragraphs has afforded some relief but work has increased enormously in other directions.
The following statement is a classification of the documents which were prepared in the Land Office during the year:
(a) Three hundred and fifty-three Memorials for the registration of Undertakings relating to Verandahs or Balconies over Crown land.
(b) Two hundred and eighty-eight Deeds of Surrender in connection with resumptions for public purposes and improvements generally.
(c) Twenty-eight agreements for surrender in cases which could not be completed forthwith.
(d) Eighteen Deeds of Covenant relating to scavenging lanes.
(e) Twelve Mortgages and Equitable Charges for securing Government loans or the due performance of public works.
(f) Three hundred and fifty-six miscellaneous documents and memorials.
(g) Ninety Crown Leases and Counterparts.
(h) Five hundred and twenty agreements for lease, a total of One thousand six hundred and sixty-five documents.
9.—NAVAL AND MILITARY.
A small portion of the Naval Hospital Compound at Mt. Shadwell was transferred to the Colonial Government for the purpose of improving Wanchai Road.
The signal station at Cape D'Aguilar was transferred to the Colonial Government by the Admiralty. A Memorandum of the Transfer was in each case prepared and recorded here.
There were no dealings with land belonging to the War Department which necessitated any record here.