Appendix I.
REPORT OF THE LAND OFFICER AND REGISTRAR OF MARRIAGES FOR THE YEAR 1936.
PART I-LAND OFFICE.
REGISTRATION.
1. During the year 3,962 instruments were registered under the provisions of Ordinance No. 1 of 1844,-a decrease of 82 compared with the preceding year.
2. The total number of instruments registered under the provisions of the above mentioned Ordinance (since 1844) to the end of the year 1936 was 153,018.
3. The number of instruments registered each year during the last ten years is shewn in Table I.
4. The total consideration on sales, mortgages, surrenders and miscellaneous land transactions registered in the Land Office amounted to $70,683,398.27, particulars of which are shewn in Table II.
CROWN LEASES.
5. 638 Crown Leases were issued during the year, as against 503 in the previous year-an increase of 135. Particulars are set out in Table III. A great number of Crown Leases were outstanding at the end of the year for which the fees will be collected in due course.
6. The number of leases issued each year during the last ten years is shewn in Table IV.
FEES.
7. The total amount of fees collected (exclusive of the New Territories) amounted to $99,566.75, being an increase of $6,352.25 on the preceding year. Table V shews the Monthly Revenue.
8. Land Registration Fees in the New Territories amounted to $5,950.00, and Crown Lease Fees to $150.00.