Land-Office-and-Marriage-Registry-Annual-report--1946-1947 — Page 3

APPENDIX X

REPORT OF THE LAND OFFICER AND REGISTRAR OF

MARRIAGES FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1946-1947.

1.

Registration.

Part I.——LAND OFFICE.

During the year, 4,228 instruments were registered under the provisions of the Land Registration Ordinance 1844, an increase of 389 compared with 1939, the last year in respect of which figures are avail- able. Assignments and Mortgages were each nearly trebled in number and there was an increase in each other category apart from Judg- ments and Orders of Court in respect of which there was a considerable decrease.

2.

The total number of instruments registered under the provisions of the Ordinance since 1844 excluding 1940 and 1941 was 168,185.

3. The number of instruments registered during the last 10 years for which figures are available is shown in Table I.

4.

The total consideration on sales, mortgages, surrenders and mis- cellaneous land transactions registered in the Land Office amounted to $124,842,877.39 as against a total of just under $50,000,000.00 in respect of the year 1939. Particulars are shown in Table II and a monthly and categorical analysis in Table III.

5. Crown Leases.

18 Crown Leases were issued during the year as against a total of 497 issued in 1939. Particulars are set out in Table IV. There have been a great many dispositions of Crown Land under Conditions of Grant or Conditions of Sale and these, together with a certain number of Crown Leases, the grant of which was pending at the commence- ment of the occupation, will result in a heavy increase under this head in the succeeding year, without doubt exceeding the figure of 1939.

6. The number of leases effected each year during the last 10 recorded years is shown in Table I.

7. Fees.

The total amount of fees collected (exclusive of the New Terri- tories) amounted to $90,984.30 as against $94,832.- in 1939. Table V shows the Monthly Revenue.