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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 38

(Chapter 14: Land, Public Works and Utilities)

The Land Registry

Item

Instruments registered

1993

1994

1995

Assignments of land

8 017

7 465

6 469

Assignments of building units

151 501

137 876

112 212

Agreements for sale and purchase of land

3 855

3 589

2 522

Agreements for sale and purchase of building units

133 060

114 892

97 649

Building mortgages/building legal charges

100

82

101

Other mortgages/legal charges

155 652

133 023

129 235

Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and

certificates of satisfaction

100 478

104 557

98 257

Miscellaneous

79 186

75 490

75 339

Total

631 849

576 974

521 784

Conditions of sale, grant, exchange, etc registered

710

806

777

Government leases registered

26

25

17

Multi-storey building owners corporations registered

281

258

296

Public searches in Land Registry records

3 328 390

3 480 033

2 938 379

Considerations in Instruments Registered in The Land Registry

$ Million

Assignments of land

81,791

3

80,977

49,656

Assignments of building units

326,702

397,910

309,475

Agreements for sale and purchase of land

75,378

81,548

17,412

Agreements for sale and purchase of building units

348,951

423,948

265,814

Building mortgages/building legal charges

10.508

10,208

7,912

Other mortgages/legal charges

104,033

102,072

76,804

Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and

certificates of satisfaction

41,612

44,706

36,701

Miscellaneous instruments

Total

988,975

1,141,369

763,774

467