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Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 124, 26 March 1872, Page 8

Government Notices NOTICE. Subsidies to works for the SUPPLY OF WATER UPON THE GOLD-FIELDS. Companies or Persons d.esirous of making APPLICATION for SUBSIDIES under the Immigration and Public Works Act,” will obtain tne necessary information at the Warden’s Office.—-(See New Zealand Gazette, Jan. 1872). (Signed) C. E. HAUGHTON, Under- Secretary for Public Works, Gold-fields Department. Dunedin, January 12, 1872. 28 LAND TRANSFER ACT. LANDS ALIENATED or Contracted to be Alienated from the Crown in fee, prior to the coming into the operation of “ The Land Transfer Act, 1870,” 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, 1870,” are subject to, and must be dealt with in manner prescribed by the Act. The following are examples of the fees payable for bringing land under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act:— 1. When the Title consists of a Grant, dated on or subsequent to the 23th December, 18 LI, none of the land included in which has been dealt with— Where the certificate of title is directed to issue iu the name of the applicant: value of land, £IOO 0 11 2 Where the certificate of title in directed to issue in the name of the purchaser; value of land, £IOO 1 11 2 These charges are increased by 4s 2d (Assurance Fund) for every additional £IOO in value. 2. When the Applicant is the original Grantee, and the land has been dealt with ; or where the Applicant is not the original Grantee—■ Where the value of the land is £IOO 2 14 2 Where the value of the land is £2OO 3 3 4 Where the value of the land is £3OO 3 12 6 Where the value of the land is £4OO 4 1 8 Where the value of the land is above £4OO, the fees increase at the rate of 4s 2d (Assurance Fund) for every'additional £IOO iu value. These Charycs also represent the co.it of Conreyiny Lon I, 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 ytrem, 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 bis laud 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. Ho will then be in a position to J lortyayc, Transfer, Lease, or otherwise deal-with his laud at a, moment's notice. Any Title, however lony and complex, may he hive.stlqntcd at a cost to the applicant of only Fiir ShUlinys ; for if the title is rejected, all fees are returned, with the exception of that amount. L’ertificates of Title are Absolutely Indefeasible. Under the Old System of Conveyancing, if a single deed is lost, the title is in many cases rendered absolutely defective, and therefore unmarketable, while in others it can only be rectified at great cost. Persons who bring their land under the Act surrender all their deeds, and receive in exchange a certificate of title, a duplicate of which is retained in the office. If the certificate in the possession of the registered proprietor is at any time lost, or destroyed by fire, &c., a new certificate is supplied by the Registrar at a small cost. AH Tit'es are yuiwuilced hy the Government. On all Gonreyaners hy Deed, under the old system, the cost of Registration in the Deeds Registry, over and above the solicitor's charge, is never loss than fifteen shillings, frequently very much more ; while land which has been brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act can be transferred at a TOTAL cost of elf.vkn shtllinos where a whole section is conveyed ; and where only part is conveyed. (and therefore a fresh certificate of title necessitate!,) of thirty-one shillings, which is the highest sum allowft> by the Act, no matter what the value or area of the land. Under the Regulations in force on and after the Ist of January, 1872, the charge for certificates of title issued upon Memoranda of Transfer is p 'TtrTCEn to ten shillings in all eases WHERE THE VALUE OF THE LAND IS UNDER TEN FOUNDS. The total cost of executing a mortgage or lease of land registered under the Act is twelve shillings, no matter what the amount involved. A Mortgage may be transferred or discharged, or a T.oasa transferred or surrendered, for five shillings. Ties; Operations it solve. no D> '■<,