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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 40

(Chapter 14: Land, Public Works and Utilities)

The Land Registry

1995

1996

1997

Documents received for registration (Numbers)

Assignments of land

6 469

6 231

Assignments of building units

112 212

159 520

10 959

220 911

Agreements for sale and purchase of land

2 522

3 292

5 133

Agreements for sale and purchase of building units

97 649

147 423

205 461

Building mortgages/building legal charges

101

63

75

Other mortgages/legal charges

129 235

194 970

252 324

Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and

certificates of satisfaction

98 257

146 012

201 651

Miscellaneous

75 339

83 972

94 052

Total

521 784

741 483

990 566

Considerations in documents received for registration ($ Million)

Assignments of land

49,656

38,098

93,750

Assignments of building units

309,475

412,420

790,408

Agreements for sale and purchase of land

17,412

43,107

69,787

Agreements for sale and purchase of building units

265,814

474,660

868,019

Building mortgages/building legal charges

7,912

11,090

20,007

Other mortgages/legal charges

76,804

75,281

98,072

Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and

certificates of satisfaction

36,701

42,309

35,188

Miscellaneous instruments

Total

763,774

1,096,965

1,975,231

Conditions of sale, grant, exchange, etc registered

(Numbers)

777

1 103

900

Government leases registered (Numbers)

17

13

15

Multi-storey building owners corporations registered

(Numbers)

296

234

258

Public searches of Land Registers and records (Numbers) 2 938 379

4 313 948

5 408 040

Source: Land Registry.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2867 2882)

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