REGISTRATION OF DEEDS.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 30, 23 January 1862, Page 5 (Supplement)

REGISTRATION OF DEEDS.

In no department of our Colonial arrangements hare we so much reason for selfgratulation as in that for the Registration of Deeds. , Simplified and systematized it presents a striking contrast to the complicated and cumbersome course pursued in the mother country, where the labyrinthine mazes of record offices have engendered a host of professional querists, even with whose expensive aid success is not always attainable. The shilling's worth to be had here at the Registry Office by any lay inquirer, if interested, is an abundant evidence of the excellent superiority of the mode in use by the Britons of the antipodes, Number and letter given, the volume is referred to and the desired portion of earth is plainly exhibited with all its belongings.

But, however satisfactory this may be, it is well known that sometimes the truth itself is not pleasing, and as it were to render perfect the present plain and facile system of registration, and improvement has been introduced by the present Attor-ney-General, and soon to become fact, whereby not only is claim recorded but title also is assured. By this means, a purchaser obtaining title under the new Act will not only thereby hold against the vendor, but also against all previous claimants whether right or wrong. The title of the registrant will virtually have a parliamentary guarantee similar to that given by the Irish Land Commissioner.

So plain and important were the benefits conferred by that Commission, that many proprietors voluntarily petitioned to have their estates passed through its Court, thereby to obtain the security and advantage of its title. This is thetimelyboonabouttobeconferredupon the community, and there can be no question of its necessity. The seeds have been sown for a rich harvest of litigation, and those who donothopo to profit by its reaping, will speedily avail themselves of the complete security and protection to be all'orded by the new Registry. It is to be hoped that the building selected for offices will be of ready access and conveniently placed, and thereby the public will be advantaged and the daily reference and business of the office increased.

However pleasant it may be for the mass, the contemplation of this improvement may not be so agreeable to certain professional gentlemen, but they must bo prepared for still greater changes as the world grows older. Indeed, as the millenium approaches, their ultimate destiny is an interesting problem.—Auckland General Advertiser, Dec. 19.