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Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1566, 12 August 1873, Page 4

GoTernment jVotice. La;nd transfer act : L!ANDS ' ALiENATEb ot 'conliracted^Q ; be alienated from the, Grown in fee prior to the coming into operation of " The Land Transfer Act, 1870," may be brought under the provisions of the Act by application irom the persons entitled thereto. '■' ; All Lands alienated from the Crown after the coming into operation ! of '*' The Land Transfer , Act, 1870," are, subject . 1jo v , and must be dealt with, in manner prescribed by the Act. : The following are examples of the feej payable for bringing the land under the, pro i visions of the Land; Transfer; Act :—.; 1. When the: Title consists of a Grant; ; . dated on or subsequent to the 26th December, 1841, none of' the 1 land included in which, -has been dealt With— ... „ ....... „ ..,; ; I Where the Certificate of :title is. '/,' „ , directed to issue in. the name of .^.-■- --the Applicant :. ,- V alue; of 'land £100 .:. !l ... ""!:: ... £011 2 .Where the Certificate of; title is • i '. directed to issue in the name of .. . the Purchaser : Value of land £100 ... 110 0 These charges: are-; increased,;,. by 4s 2d . (Assurance Fund) for every additional £100 in value. f " 2. ' When the ' A'pplicarit'' is the original Grantee, and the land, has^been^ dealt iii ■ 'with j r or: where' thV A ! ppiicabt ; is' not the original Grantee — . r „ , Where the value of the land^is 1 - '' ' i £100 .... „, ... ... £2 14 2 Where the value 'of the land is £200 , ... 33 4 Where the; value' of the' land is £300 ...■■■...■.":,:,..■' -".-,,, 3 12; 6 -Where' the'ValUe 1 'bf the'land' is" ' j f; £400 ... ... 4-18 ■ Where the value' of land: is above £400, the fees increase at/ the rate of 4s 2d (Assurance Fund) for every additional ■<.;£100: in value.? ■'•■■<>■■ ■>>'-■:■ : i ; 1 ' charge* also represent -the 5 cost 5 of ''.''...'■. ' Conveying .Land, ' : 'Inasmuch as applicants, tp bring land under : the ' Act tan 'direct ''^VOertificates. of Title to issue in the names of any other persons. '■ „. .., . ;; .-' Credit for Fees is Given, ; vWhen/ desired by the; Applicant, in all cases where the proprietor applies to hayeith'e land, registered' junder: the,; Act in his own. ' name, and the fees may remain unpaid until land is' dealt with I .' .. , , . ' 1 Any person^ ' theref qre, who wishes to ! '- bring his land under the provisions of tHe ■ ' ' Act in order that ; whenever ihe :deals with „; if ihe may bein a position to avail himself of - r ,-the facilities afforded by haying a Registered .'' 'Title, can do so, Without J P r ; es ' ent Cost, 1 'by allowing the fees tb remairi'uripaid until Jsuch dealing' takes place. He will then be „( i in a : poEition to Mortgage, . Transfer, Lease, or otherwise, deal with his land at a moment's notice.'-/ ' "_ "'"; :: ,'' . " '] ' /.': ' Any Title,, however long r and complex, may; be investigated at a cost to the Applicant of only 'Five Shillings ; for if the Title „is rejected all fees, are returned, .with, the exception of that amount. "/' ; i CERTIFICATES OF TITLE ARE ' ;■' 'ABSOLUTELY | Under the old system of Conveyancing, if a single deed is lost, the title is in many '-■' cases rondered absolutely ' defective, 1 arid therefore unmarketable, while l in others it — can only be rectified at great cost. Persons who -bring their land, under the; Act, surrender alt~tb«»r ''deeds, 'and' .receive in exbrange aCertShi^te of Title, 1 a 'duplicate of which is retained lu-the office., ( If the Ceri" titicate in the possession of 'the registered '.'^'-proprietor is.at any.' time; lost or destroyed "by fire, &c. & new Certificate ;is.,sup^lied : by jhe Registrar at a smalljjos'fcj ''"-__ _ j ALL TITLES ARE GUARANTEED:I ; BYa?HE'GOVERNMEiNT. j . 1 'On aU bbnveyances; by Deed r under tne '"■'• old system,, the ' cost of' Registration : in : the (■-Deeds -Registry, 'over and above the Soli-" citor's charge, is never ' less than Fifteen Shillings, frequently very much more ; while . land : which has ■beeri^brbught" under the ■ - I>: pr6vißibris of ' " The Land' Transfer : Act " ban be transfenred"a ; t/a-T6taf Cost of Eleven '•" Shillings where a section is conveyed ; ■'> and where dnly part is conveyed (and there;i fore' a' ; fresh •Certificate' of Title is necessiJl tated), of Thirty-one ; ; Shillings,' which is the 1 -highest sum- allowed' 'by 'the >Acb,{n6 matter what the value or area of the landi Under the Regulations in force on and after 'the Ist January, 1872, the charge for r Certificates, of Title, issued^ upon Memoranda ' bT Transfer is' Reduced 'to Tei 'Shillings in - ! aU cases wherethe value'df; the' iaridis under I '^'^^^-"-^ ; " ;;:v i ". TTSeT total "co^of executing a Mortgage or Lease of lanoyrigifltered under the Act,' s Twelve Shillings, . no 7 matter what the ' "amount involved.;.' ''"',':' *'■••'■"•*' ' . " •"" A' Mbrtgige'" ni'ay be '"'transferred or "dis- .. charged, or a lease transferred or surrendered ; : , forJ'iYe.Shillings.;.),.,;.:::. _.- ; . \ -i •;/ / ■ .■• ■, THESE OPERATIONS iNVbLVE NO ;■;"{ ;■_•;;<■■ ■■; ••■^ . ; 'DELAYSJ ; ;' ; / : ._/ \; ; ' ' .-.; „ ;.: conferred by the Land Transfer system :^— , ,1. It secures, the principal .benefits and ' ; ; '' '.pady^t^eß ; s'iragHtW Be' attained in a 1 '; ■• '. ' ■'systemyregistr'atibn; of deeds.' '■ ■>: v; ' '2: It fender's' v rißtr'o^ctiviB < '.in^Mga'laon8 >. •■■■■■■: bf title urinecess'ary 'as 1;o'- all lands r-: s r : ' : : ' : regJß^rfc :U ';^ ! " ■w ■•■'■; '• ,]'* " 3. It simplifies ihe Titles to Real Property '';■!,- ,;;''; "fo^thelftffttre;;^ " ■'■'••py •■■ ■■■ ; J ,V:,'.,\ '4. It makes puriihasefs of the fee and leases /■' ( ; ' : 'V .perfectly secure./" J . l1 '" •■•';■"> j !!s.^l^^mm^M^'^tißJßj'utinost possible m '~.'" "'" exlientj^heYomFof-tiraiSsfer and the modes of > conveyance. ; 6. It increases the saleable value of land. ,'■ ! 7. It tends to lower the rate of interest on loans secured on lands. '.\< 8. It gives facilities lor . the sale of large , estates in allotments. . •'..:, : ;9. Transactions can. . be., effected at| a moment's notice, and at a minimum j,,,..; '„ . -of cost. !. .'. . „,;.',' .'.■.' , : , ' ,. ,\ 10. Frauds in ;the r purchjise and sale of land : 1,.,', ; „ . are effectqaHypreyented, because the ' Certificate of ;Titleiri .|the possession of the,! Vendor shows the exact condition of the' estatei ».e., if the estate > i ,' be mortgaged,; encumbered, or leased. Memoranda disclosing the particulara .-.■■■■: ■;■.-., ,of any such transactions, affecting the •; j ■/ ■ estate are written upon the Certificate ftV. • ■ ofrTitle.,, •■.: . ;. ;i ; # ,-.;,_ ; ," ; : r „ .';;', " . Lands purchased f ;fron\ the ' Crown since the coining into operation f pf "The Land Transfer Act " cannoi be de^,lt with under the old system. '' ,U:j .■ .\ <y, . ■ \ Tm ' '.! ■''■ V f W. { sf MOORHOUSE, ! ; ! : - Regißtrar-General of Land: '