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1915. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND TRANSFER, ACTS COMPILATION: MEMORANDUM BY THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Act.

LAND TRANSFER ACTS COMPILATION. Puksuant to section 2 of the Statutes Compilation Act, 1908, the Solicitor-General submits the following memorandum directing attention to the consequential and other alterations in, additions to, or omissions from the text, made by him in preparing the compilation of the Land Transfer Act, 1908, and its amendments:— L9OB, No. 99—The Land Transfer Act, 1908 :— Long Title : The Long Title has been altered to read, " An Act compiling the Land Transfer Act, 1908, and its amendments." Section 1 (1) : The Short Title is altered from the Land Transfer Act, 1908, to the Land Transfer Act, 1915. (2) : Subsection (2) is omitted. A saving clause to the same effect, but expressed in different terms, is included in the enacting Bill (clause 3). Section 2 : The definition of " former Land Transfer Act " has been extended to include the Land Transfer Act, 1908, and its amendments. The definition of " Surveyor-General " has been altered to accord with the present practice of appointments being made by the Public Service Commissioner pursuant to the Public Service Act, 1912. The definition of " transmission " has been omitted, and the definition contained in section 3 of the Land Transfer Amendment Act, 1913, has been substituted. Section 3 : The words " any former Land Transfer Act " have been substituted for " the Land Transfer Act, 1885," so as to include the Land Transfer Act, 1908. Section 4 (1) : The words " who shall respectively be appointed by the Governor " have been omitted, as being inconsistent with the Public Service Act, 1912. (2) : For the same reason the words " there may be appointed " have been substituted for the words " the Governor may, if he thinks fit, appoint. The amendments made by section 4 of the Land Transfer Amendment Act, 1913, have been incorporated. Section 5 : For the reason mentioned in the note to section 4, the words " There may also be appointed from time to time " have been substituted for the words " The Governor may from time to time appoint." Section 6 : For the reason mentioned in the note to section 4, the words " Any person may from time to time be appointed " have been substituted for the words " The Governor may from time to time appoint." Section 8 : The words " Public Service " have been substituted for the words " Civil Service " ; for the reason mentioned in the note to section. 4 the words " any such appointment may be cancelled " have been substituted for the words " the Governor may cancel any such appointment " ; and the words " any new appointment may be made " have been substituted for the words " may make any new appointment." Section 11 : The words "eighteen hundred and seventy-four" have been substituted for the words " one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four." Section 12 : A reference to the First Schedule has been consequentially substituted for a reference to the " Second Schedule." Section 16 : The words " eighteen hundred and seventy-one " have been substituted for the words " one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one." Section 17 (3) : The words " eighteen hundred and eighty-nine " have been substituted for the words " one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine."

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