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LAND DEPARTL2NT.

Land Registration. From the beginning of the year 1349

the registration of all sales was made compulsory within
six months of the. date of the transaction* The rates of
were,
registration fees for sales revised and it is now charged

according to a sliding scale depending on the price obtained
by the sale.
upto to Es 500/- registration fee of Rs 5/- fixed.

from 300 to Es 2000/- — do — 1%
" 2000 to Rs 10000/- — do — Rs 2/- per Ss 500/-
" 10000 to Rs 20000/- — do — Esl/- " "
20000 upwards — do — Rs —/8/— it

The registration fee of Rs 10/- on registration of titles
and gifts remains unaltered.

No of Sales registered during 1349 181
" Titles n it 183
" Gifts n it 24

Total registrations, 1349 394
— do — 1348 459

Ingpofr&e during 1349 65

The total amount realised in registration fees during
1349 was Rs 4,266/- 1 very much larger amount was antici­

pated but owing to the trade depression land values in Banrain
nave depreciated in a marked degree during the year, Date
gardens especially are being sold at half the price which

they would have realised during the previous year, The
number of sales hes also diminished very considerably.

Besides the registration work this department submitted
15 reports with plans to the Courts in connection with
land cases.
In spite of efforts made by various people including

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