Registrar-Generals-Department-Annual-report-1965-1966 — Page 27

Lot No.

Area

Date of Sale

Consideration

I.L. 6132

745 sq. ft.

4,2.66

$ 85,000

(321 Queen's Road West)

I.L. 62 sec. F. ss. 3

632 sq. ft.

16.2.66

$ 35,200

(3 Man Hing Lane)

I.L. 493 sec. A R.P.

797 sq. ft.

18.2.66

$101,600

(322 Queen's Road West)

I.L. 493 sec. A ss. 2

752 sq. ft.

18.2.66

$115,400

(324 Queen's Road West)

K.I.L. 3839

780 sq. ft.

24.2.66

$ 30,000

(626 Reclamation Street)

Card Index of Owners and Mortgagees

61. Besides complete card indexes to all lots and sections of lots, the Land Office maintains an index, not open to the public, of all persons registered as the owner or mortgagee of land in the Colony. According to this, on 31st March 1966 there were 113,570 landowners (excluding mortgagees). Many of these own several properties, many simply a small undivided share in a property coupled with the right to a flat. Table VI shows the growth of the number of landowners (exclud- ing mortgagees) since 1959-60. The figures, however, cannot be taken as completely accurate since it is possible that the holdings of two people with identical names, both in Romanized form and in Chinese characters, may be on the same card.

Safe Custody of Deeds, Wills, etc.

62. Under Section 22 of the Land Registration Ordinance deeds, wills, etc., may be deposited in the Land Office for safe custody. A fee of $15 is normally payable in respect of each document so deposited, but where two or more instruments relate to the same property the charge is $15 for the first instrument and $2 for each additional instru- ment. 38 deposits were made during the year.

Liaison with Legal Profession

63. From time to time the Land Office issues Circular Memoranda to all Solicitors on matters of land policy and Land Office practice. During the year six such Memoranda, being Nos. 23 to 28 in the series, were issued. New Solicitors are supplied with back numbers on request.

Crown Rents

64. Tables VII and VIII give details of the numbers of lots on the Principal and Village Rent Rolls. The number of lots on the Principal

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