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Star (Christchurch), Issue 1480, 25 November 1872, Page 4

LAND TRANSFER ACT. X AND 3 ALIENATED or contracted to be J-^ alienated from the ;Crown in fee, prior to the coming into operation of " The Land Transfer Act, 1570," may be brought under the provisions of the Act by application from the persons entitled thereto. All Lands alienated from the Crown after the coming into operation of " The Land Transfer Act, 1570," are subject to, and must be dealt -with in manner prescribed by the j Act. The following are examples of the fees payable for bringing land under tlie provisions of the Land Transfer Act : — - 1. When the Title consists of a Grant, dated on ©r subsequent to the 28th December, 1841, none of the knd included in which has been dealt with — £ 8. d. Where the Certificate of Title is directed to issue in the name of the Applicant Value of land £100 ... Oil 2 Where the Certificate of Title is directed to issue in the name of the Purchaser : Value of knd £100 ... 11l 2 These charges are increased by 4s 2d (Assuvanee Fund) for every additional £100 in value. 2. When the applicant is the original grantee, and the land has been dealt with ; or where the applicant ia not the original grantee — £ b. d. Where the value of the land is £100 2 14 2 Where the value of the land ia £200 ... 3 3 4 Where the value of the land is £300 3 12 6 Where the value of the land is £400 ... 1 8 Where the value of the land is above £-100 the fees increase at the rate of 4s 2d (Assurance Fund) for every additional £100 in value. These charges also represent the cost of conveying land, inasmuch as applicants to bring land under the Act can direct the Certificates of Title to issue in the names of any other persons. Credit for fees is given when desired by the applicant, in all cases where the proprietor applies to have the land registered under the Act in his own name, and the fees may remain unpaid until the land is dealt with. Any person, therefore, who wishes to bring his land under the provisions of the Act, in order that whenever he deals with it he may be in a position to avail himself of the facilities afforded by having a Registered Title, can do so without any present cost, by allowing the fees to remain unpaid until such dealing takes place. He will then be in a position to mortgage, transfer, lease, or otherwise deal with his, land at a moment's notice. Any title, however long and complex, may he investigated at a cost to the applicant of only 53, for if the title is rejected, all fees are returned, with the exception of that amount. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE ARE ABSOLUTELY INDEFEASIBLE. Under the old system of conveyancing if a single deed is lost, the title is in j many cases rendered [absolutely defective, | and therefore unmarketable, while in othfTS it can only be rectified at great cost. Persons who bring their land under the Act, surrender all their deeds, and j receive in exchange a Certificate of Title, a ' duplicate of which is retained in the office j If the certificate in the possession of the registered proprietor is at any time lost, or • destroyed by fire, &c, a new certificate s supplied by the Registrar at a small cost. ALL TITLES ARE GUARANTEED BY THE GOVERNMENT. On all Conveyances by Deed under the old ! system, the cost of Registration in the Deeds I Registry, over and above the Solicitor's charge, j is never less than 15s, frequently very much ! more; while land which has been brought 1 under the provisions of the Land Transfer ; Act can be transferred at a total cost of lls ' where a whole suction is conveyed ; and where ' only part is conveyed (and therefore a Fresh Certificate of Title necessitated), of 31s which is the highest sum allowed by the Act, no matter what the value or area of the land. Under the Regulations in force on and after the Ist January, 1872, the charge for Certificates of Title issued upon Memoranda of Transfer is reduced to 10s in all cases where tiic value of the land is under £10. The total cost of executing a Mortgage or Lease of Land registered under the Act is 12a mo matter what the amount involved. A Mortgage may be transferred or dis-L'lis-rgetl ; or a Lease transferred or surrendered for ss. THESE OPERATIONS INVOLVE NO DELAYS. L'lie f ollowing are some of the advantages conferred by the Land Transfer 83 T stem : 1. It secures the principal benefits and ad- | Vantages sought to be attained in a system i o registration of deeds. :