HC Deb 03 September 1895 vol 36 cc1542-3

Returns ordered, Of the work done in the Land Registry under the various Acts hereinafter mentioned, namely:—

1. Under the Land Transfer Act, 1875 ('Lord Cairns' Act'):—

  1. (a) The number, value, and acreage (where known) of estates the titles to which were annually registered, on first registration, from the 1st day of January, 1882 to the 31st day of December, 1894, distinguishing the period before and after the Rules of 1889, and showing the numbers of estates registered with absolute, qualified, and possessory title, and leaseholds, and also the number of estates registered under The Small Holdings Act, 1892;
  2. (b) The total number of separate titles on the register on the 31st day of December 1894 (i.) by first registration, (ii.) by subdivision of estates already registered, and (iii.) by transfer from the 1862 register.

2. Under The Land Registry Act, 1862 (Lord Westbury's Act):—

  1. (a) The total number, value, and acreage (where known) of estates the titles to which were registered on first registration;
  2. (b) The total number of separate titles on the register on the 31st day of December, 1894 (i.) by first registration, and (ii.) by subdivision of estates already registered;
  3. (c) The total number of separate titles which had been removed from the register on the 31st day of December, 1894 otherwise than by transfer to the 1875 register.

3. Under both the Acts of 1875 and 1862:—

  1. (a) The total number and value (where known) of separate titles on the register on the 31st day of December, 1894;
  2. (b) The total number and value (where known) of transactions annually registered from the 1st day of January, 1889 to the 31st day of December, 1894, showing the numbers of (i.) first registrations 1543 under the Act of 1875, (ii.) conveyances, transfers, and transmissions of land, (iii.) mortgages, charges, further charges, and transfers of mortgages and charges, (iv.) reconveyances of mortgages and cessations of charges, (v.) leases and surrenders of leases, (vi.) miscellaneous;
  3. (c) A general statement as to the work of the Mapping Department since its establishment in the office in February, 1889.

4. Under the Mortgage Debenture Acts, 1865 and 1870, and The Improvement of Land Act, 1864:—

A Statement, so far as may be practicable, of the nature and amount of the work done under these Acts during the last ten years.

5. Under The Land Charges Registration and Searches Act, 1888:—

The number of registrations, official searches, and ordinary searches annually made down to the 31st day of December, 1894.

6. Under the Middlesex Registry Act, 1708, and The Land Registry (Middlesex Deeds) Act, 1891:—

The number of registrations and searches annually made from the 1st day of January 1892 to the 31st day of December, 1894." And, a Return, in continuation of the Return No. 334, of the year 1882, showing the amount of fees received each year, and the amount of salaries and expenses each year in the Land Registry from the 1st day of April, 1881 to the 31st day of March, 1895."—[Mr. Hanbury.)

[Returns presented accordingly; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 463.]

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