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CONTENTS I ntroduction · The ,Judic iar y STAFF- Supreme Court Registry i Deeds ' R.egi stry • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • DEEDS REGISTRY C onveyrmc inc Companies Lif e Ar· s uranc e Companies Trade Unions Trade MEJrks Patents and Designs Business Nar::ies Industrial and Provident Societies Deeds SUPREME COURT Supreme Court Jurors Ap plic ations for P oor p( -r sons Legal Practitioners C omm i ttee Fe deral Supreme Court Civil Jurisdiction Criminal Juri~diction • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ~ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. Rev enue and Expenditure General APPENDICES A B C D E F G I-I J K L H H C onveynnc ing Companies Trade Unions Trade Marks Patents And Designs Business Names Industrial and Provident Societies 1\ttestation and Registration of Dee ds , etc .
Return of Suits instituted before the Supreme Court P ersons dealt with by the Supreme Court , 196 2 Misce llaneous Judie ial Matters Marshs.ls Re :v.::11 ue and Exp enditure .

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5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 1 0 ., DEEDS/SUPREME C OTJRT REGISTRY Georgetown, 14th September, 1961.

I have the honour to submit the Annual Depart­ mental �eport on the Deeds Recistr-y-and the Supreme Court q , Registry for the year 1961.
As � officio Registrar of the Supreme Co Llrt, and ex of .fie i o Registrar of the foll owing: J"oint ·stock Companies, Trade Marks, Patents and Desie;ns, Busine:Js �:rar1es, Life Assm'ance C omponies, Industrial and Prov lden t Societies 2.rid rrrade Unions, t!

'li s Report deal�, wi.th those matters also.

With the c.,ming into force of tbs Land Re2istry OrclinEmce on the 1st January, 1960, the .

:ie;;istrar of Deeds now 8.lso functions as ReGistrar of L£mds.

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The Magistr•e.tes are under the control of the Hon- ourable the Chief Justice, but subject to his direction th,=, administration of the Ma�istrP.tes' Department is the •• .

, rs□pcnsibllity of the Registrar.

PART I THE JUDICit.RY 3.

Mr. Justice Jailal's appointment as a PuisnG Judge was confirmed on thG 6th ,January, 196i.

It is recorded with regret, however, that he died on the 18th January� 1961.

The Honourable, The Attorney General.

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Mr. J ustic e Fr aser's ap pointment as a Puisne Judge ·1 ~ s con f irmed on the 12th January, 1961.

The f ollowing acting a ppo i ntments as a Puisne Judg e '1Jr:r c mad e d urin g 1961: Mr. G.L.

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P ers a ud, Senior Crown Counsel, with e f fe e t fr om t he:; 30t h Janua ry, 1961.

Mr .

Akbar Khan.9 Mag istra t e , with effect from th e 8t h April, 1961.

Mr. B. O. Adams , Q. C. with e ffect from the 27th /-1pr i l , 196 1.

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;h i e f J ust ic e an d Mr. Justice Dat e we re on va- ., ·;· ' : ~ t -'i.

on 1 e a v e d ur in g 1961 : '7o ' Du.ri ng tbs Chief Just i c e 's absence on l eave, Mr. J u~tJ.c e Date ac ted as Chi ef Justi c e. 2,'I'AFF SUPREME C OTJRT REGIS'l'RY u. Mr. R.S.

Pers aud , Re gi s trar of Deeds an d of the Su.p-r-'(_:n1e Co urt 1111a s cor.1.

firme d i n the a p 1:•o i n tme r1t a s C ornm is s i one r c,:i.'

'Jl i t le 1,t:i.th ef f ec t fr om the Li.t h Janua ry, 1 96 0 .

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Ad i ty a T. Si ngh, De puty Reg i s t r ar of th e Supreme '.j uu :0 t wh o was ac t i ng & 'S Reg istrar of De eds and of the Supr eme Cour t w~s on v ac at i on l eavo fr om the 12t h March, 196 1 t o the 1 9th Aur ust , 1 96 1 .

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Mr .

Arthur Chung , Senior Magic trat e wa.

s ap poin t e d t o 8.C t: at:i Re g i strar of Deeds an d of the Sup r eme Co ur t wi t h ef fe ct f ro;·, t he 1 2 t h Mar ch , 1 961 and be was sub seq uent ly c onfi rm ed in ' ' t h e e.pf,O :Ln trnent .

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Mr. Ha s 8 an Bacch us , M. B.E.

Princip al Off ic er , act e d 8 8 De puty Re gistrar of the Supreme Cour t f or t h e pe r i od 2nd :rni.

:n.12t , 196 1 to 20th Aug nst , 1 961 .

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It is re co r ded wi t h r egr et t ha t Mr .

J. E. N. Ear l, J ud icial Of fic er who ac ted as De put y Reg i s tr ar of th e Supreme Cour t f r om the 3rd J an uar y , 1 96 1 to t he 27 th Feb ru a r y , 196 1 /and.

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and as Principal Officer from the 28th February , 1961 died on th.e 8th Jun e , 196 1.

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Barnwell, Cl erk to the Chief Justice acted successivel y as Judi clial Officer , Conveyancing Officer and Notarial Off ic er during the period 1st January 1 961 to the 2nd ( ctob er 1961 when he went on vacation le ave .

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Romao , Assistant Conv eyancing Offic er acted as Judicial Offic e r f r om the 18th April , 1961 to the end of th e year.

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The fo ll owing officers were on vacation l eave dur- ing the year : Mr .

K. 1.tJ .

Barnwe l l, Clerk to the Chief J ustice Mr .

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A. Cra i gan , Class I I Clerk Mr .

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Sagar , Cl ass II Cl erk Mr .

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Sin gh , Class II Clerk Mr .

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Eurch- Smith, Cl ass II Clerk Mi ss T .

C. Rodney, Cl e rical .

:\s s istant .

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The fol lowing off icers res igned d uring the year : Mr .

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Sagar , Cl ass II Clerk Miss L. G. Henth , Sen io r Clerical Assis tant .

DEEDS REGISTRY 17.

Mr .

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Kerry , M. B.E.

Conveyanc ing Officer re tireq fr om t he Ser vice with effect from the li Apr i l, 1961 .

The fol lowing appointments were made : Mr .

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R. Chase , Sub - Reg i stry Offic er as Conveyancing Office r wit h effect from 1st April, 1961.

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King: , J~ssistant Sub - Registry Officer as Sub - Registry Officer with effect from the 1st Apri l , 1961 .

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N. J .

Bhulai , Class I Cler k , as Asst .

Sub - Registry Officer with effect from 1 st Apr il, 196 1 .

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The fol l owing officers were on vacation le ave dur - ing the year : Mr .

M. R. Chase , Conveyancing Officer Mr .

R. Sh a r ma , Cl ass II Clerk / Mr.• ••• · !- -- - - ·- .

Mr. H.V.

Hs r ~J , C~asc ~I Clerk Jl!iiss S .


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3 , 316 1 .•5 82 ::._32 app r oximately '.~5 : rnil:: .. io:1_ .over that _tor :1.. 960 .

The total amoun t sE:c: ~1·ed by m :'.

:'t3ngcs pass ,::,c1 '.i.11 1 96 1 decreased by $2½ : million whil e _the to l:;1;tl va::..u-:.

o:£' ca:1.celmcnt s decreased by ~3: mil l ion from the 196 0 f l .

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22 0 A return sbowing the 8Usin0st, t r ai1saett:J d in the con -- ~--,·~•"'-veyimcin g Section o:' t he I'2:;:1s Be r istry ap::-iea:r :-~ at hppendix 11 A11 • C. CT{?

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1 1 of 1961 .

Th:is r--:11.c,~·('.,:,~,nt has brought compan i es 1 le g islat ion more nearly inco J. i.r:..: .. _, ~'i::, '.

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The i n adcguacy of tr a in ed staff t o which referenc e ha s b een mad e i n p revious .Reports' co:1.tin ues t o mil itat e ag a :Ln st - -- - - ----·- ...._._.....~ / the.

•.~ ••• ... ... i-S- t he full and proper administration of the Ordinance .

The need f or United Kingdom training of Officers i n this s pecia l is ed branch of t he ·l aw cannot be stressed t oo much .

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Many c ompanies commit breaches of t he l aw but t hrough l ack of staff appropriate act ion cannot be taken against · them .

The Com pan le s re z istered in 196 1 a r e li sted at - Q - - Appen:Jix 11B 11 • L IFE ASSURANC E COMP /_,.

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The re were 16 l i f e assurance companies on the on .. .

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uary , 1961 1 6 Numbe r regis t ered in 1 96 1 1 Numb er taken off regist er in 196 1 Number on register at 31st Decomber ,1 961 17 On the 1 st Janua ry, 196 1, there were 44 Trccle unions on t h e register .

Durin g the year 4 trac1e unions uere re['.

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There has been no apparent imp l"c,vement in the manner in wh i ch ·the books of accounts of the unions are kept .
The Director of Audit h a s made some very adverse comments in this respec t .

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:b.J .e __ ~\12~ s~rictcr control of fundo should be excrcisec1 and that there should be b etter a ocow1t ing but as I commented in my l as t Report the fault is very -l argely due to the fact that the persons charged with · the han c1lj_nr of the funds of unions usually have "little' or -no knowl edge of book - keeping .
A s eparate report in pursuanc~ of sections 36 of the Trades Unions Ordin8.11ce wi ll be for warded to the Honourable the Attorney ·General .

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Pnrticulars relating to trade union busines:J in - - - 1961 t;p ' ear in Appendix _"C11 • TRADE MARKS JO .

Arrangements hQve been made f or one of our Senior Officers to take a course in trade marks practice at the P atents Ofi'ice in England e 2.rly next ye ar .

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It is t o b e hoped that th e se courses of training wi ll be mad e av a i lable to other officers from time to time as long as t he need exists .

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Append ix 11D11 gives the part ic ulars of trade mar ks business done in 1961.

PATENTS AND DESIGNS 32.


The miscell aneous Enactments ( Amendment) Ordin- ance No .

29 of 196 1 by g iving tb A Registrar the power to ap p o in.t suitab l e pe rs on s to examine patent s pee ificat i ons , has remov ed what has hitherto been an obstacle to the quick des patch of patent business .

The fe e .for examination l1owever st i ll remains fixed at ) 25: a sum which is not lilrnly to i nduce suitable persons to acc ept ' appointment as ex am'iners .

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Details of the business t ransacted in r~spect of Patents and Designs in 1 96 1 are gi ven at Append ix "E".

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Notices we r e s ent out int e r ms of section 12 (1) of the Business Names (Regi st ration ) Or din anc e 332, re- quiring persons to furni sh particulars of the b usiness car ried 9 on .
Unfortunately the Registrar is oft en not in aposition to prosec ute defaulters , as the evidence necessary t o secure a conviction is se l jom made available to him.

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Appendix 11 F 11 given particul a rs of business name s registered for the year 1 961.

IN DUSTRIAL !

'.ND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES 36.

Under the provisions of the Indus tr•ial and Pr ovident Societies Ordinance , t he Re g istrar continues to keep a re gis ter of t hese societies .

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Appendix "G" g ives the particulars of the societies /38, ••..• !

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A return showing t h e n umb e r of the vari ous deeds .,.

_______ _ rei::;istered or d eposited i n the Deeds Registry in 1961 ap,_pears ~ at Append ix "Hn • SUI' REME COURT 0 ~ - ,.

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Th e continuous 2nnual increase of business i n t he Supreme Court so often commented upon in the annual; report has to be recorded once again.
There was an lnc r~ase of 220 cau3es over the number filed during 1 960 , aqd when com par6d with 1 956 , the fi g ures for 1961 show an inc rease of ove r eight hundred mat t ors .

A comparat ive sta'tement show in g the fi gures for the last 6 years is as f ollows :- ~ 1956 1957 1 958 1 959 1 960 1961 Numbe r 1968 2352 2L1-26 2498 2567 2787 · ~.o .
To reduce further t h e arrears of matters for hear- ing , the Courts continued to sit long hour s and it i s 1:srat i fyln g to report tho.t the ~im e sho ul d not be far distant when tbe arrears wi ll be d own to a minimum .

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A return of suits, appeals and other causes filed in the Supreme Court Re g istry i n 1961 appears at Appendix 11 J 11 to this report.

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A return of criminal o1!l.us es ins t ituted cluring the y cc.

!r aprears at Appendix "K11 • 43 .


~ statement of misce llaneous judicial ma tters is at Appendix 111 11 , • • 44 A statement sbowing the matters dealt with by the Marshals of tbe Court appears at Appendix 11M11 • 45.

Representations were made to Government for the appointment of two more Mar shals to meet the great ino re ase_ ' - -~ · .. \_ .... ,.

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Owing to the inability of the present mRrshals' staff to cope with the large number of s urn.mat ions for the recovery of rates and taxes for the m1:,mi-cipal i tics o.f Georgeto1-m and New Amsterdam, complaints hav e b een receiv e d from those bodies of arrears of rev enue wh i c h th ey are un.

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JURORS Since rn.y last report there has been no change in the s itua tion t o whi c h I then a dverted in regard to the re mLm e r at ion of witnes s e s and jurors.

!+7• Th e law r el at ing to jury service wa s amend e d by O~d in ance No.

22 of 1961 t o orovide for the service of women on j u r i es an d to c:Jm e · into effect on the 1st January, 1962.

App r o pri a t e res t ro om and t o ilet facilities were fur nished.

APPLIC ATIONS BY POOR PERSONS 48.


In 1 96 1 t here were S9 ap ~lications by poor pe rsons to take proc eeding8 i n the Su preme Court, 2 less than i n 196 0.

T he g r eat maj ority of t h em were for divorce.

8 were g r anted , 27 r ef u se d an d 24 wer e p end ing at the end of th e ye ar.

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I commented in my las t Report on t h e difficulty u sually ex pe rienc e d in obtaining t he services of solicitors wil lin r to a ss is t in these ma tt e rs, and on~the long d e lays which oc c ur i n the pr os e cuti on of p oor pers on mitters.

The ,· s i t u a ti on rema in s th e sam e and will remain s o unt il some othe r sys t em of leg al a id i s intro d uced.
I h a d s ug g e sted t hat w s s h o ul d ad o pt in this country the same ma c hin e ry for l eg al aid t h at i s pr ov id e d in Brita in.

LEGJ-\L PRACTITI ONERS COMMITTEE 50 .

I n 1961 110 com pl a ints were f il e d against l egal , p r a c titi one r s as agai ns t 108 in 196 0.

The commit tee he l d 46 meot inc s ~ur ing the year a n d dealt with 102 a pp licati ons.

T his i s a con s ide r ab le im prov ement on t he r at e a t which t he s e ma tt e r s were dispos e d of in 196 0.
Th e urgen cy with wh ich _ • : , f , ·, /th e se •••••••• - f} .. these complai nts a r e dealt with i s impor t ant to t he legal practitione r s and compl ainant al ike .

F E D ERA L SU P R E M E C OU RT 51.

There were four sessions of the Fed~ral Supr eme -· g ~ 0 0 0 Court of t he West Indies beld in this Col ony durin g the year 1 961 .

The Cour t sat in the exercise of its civ i l and criminal jurisdictions on ea~h of those vis i ts , in February , May , August and Novembe r .
CIVI L JURISDICTION 52 .

24 appeal s were brought forwRrd from 1 960 , and 7 2 were fi l ed during 1961.

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The Court dealt with 43 ( forty- three ) appeal s during the y ear 1 961 , and d i sposed of them i n the mann er set cut hereunder : Number of app eals dismissed afte r hearing Number of appeal s all owe d Numbe r of ap peals in which decisions r eserved Number .. of appeals dism i ssed for f ai l ure to fi l e appeal records ..
Number of Notices· of Motion fo r ext ension of time i n which to a'tlpeal _ was r efus ed ...

Number of ap peals cflsmis.sed for n on- appearance· under Order I!, Rule 23 .

Number of ap pl ications for extension of time in which to ap peal refu~cd b y a Judge in Chambers Number of appeals dismissed f or fai l ure to c omply with Orders of Court for security for costs unde r Order I I .Rule 20(3 ) Number of ap peals withdrawn Number of ap r. eals pending on 31 .12 .

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The fol l owin~ matters were deal t with dur ing the y ear by a Judge in Chambers : Ap~i icat i on for extension of time to file appea,l records Applications for stay of execution 23 3 I - ___ ..,._ :;--• -- ,.,_ .. -~-, ........ - .. 10- Applicati ons for security for costs Appl i catibns for•.J.e ave to appeal in forma pauperis 3 6 CRD1INAL JURISDICTION 5S.

·There_ _ were 26 appeals brought forward from 1960, and 70 were filed during - 1961.
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appeals a uring the year under review, and d isposed of them in the manner set f orth b e 1 ow : Appeal s a ll owed Appeals dismissed Appeals abandoned Number of applications in w.1 ich l e ave to .

appeal was refused Number of applications for.

ext ension of time to appeal Number of appeals pending at 31.12.61 16 42 4 33 1 REVENUE AND EXPE:rillI'1'URE 57.
The total revenue collected by this department fo r 196 1 was ')717,0Sl.92, an increase of :i)192,.S08.4L~ •,· over that coll ected for the previous year.

The main con tributory factor to this.

increase was the duty and fees collected on transports because of the higher value of ·- •pr.operty transported.

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-The increase in business in the Supreme Court Re giobry has been re f l ected in the increase of fees collected und er th e heads "J udicial " and "Marshals".

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A comp3.rative statement of revenue and expend i ture for tho year s 196 0 and 1961 appears at Appendix 11Nn.

G E N E R A L 60.

I referred in my last ~eport to plans which had been ap prove cJ for tbs construction of a new eastern wing to t he Victoria Law Courts building t o provide accommodation for the Comm i ss i oner of Tit l e and new qua rters for the Depart- I -11- ment of Lands and Mines .

I t i s not known that any pr ogr es s has been made in this mat t er .
Until this or s ome ot her al te rn ative scheme is implemented the congestion which exists both in this Office and that of the Department of Lands an d Mines wi l l continue .

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Some consideration has since been given to the poss i bil ity of renting c ertain premises adj a cent t o the Law Courts compound which were then vacant , to which the off i ce of t he Depar tment of Lands and Mines could have be en r e moved but that proposal was not ap r roved by Gove r nment .

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As has been said before the separat i on of the Deeds and Supreme court Regis t ries, the need for whic h has al ready been r ecognised by Government , cannot take pl---;ace until adequat e accomm odati on is s e cur ed .

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I adverted in my l ast Rep ort t o the need fo r cr~atin [ inducements for officers in this Depar t ment to make their careers here .

The resignations which have since occurre d make this need more urgent than ever .
The r esignation of trained pe rsonnel in a Department s uch as this must seriously affect its efficie ncy .

0 I have the honour t o ~e , Sir , Your obedient Ser vant , / 'i, ~ -· ; .

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t __ •••• App l ications for co p ies ••• of 1 o st transports ••••....• 2o Mortp:ap.

:es Total n rnnber advertised 0 • • • Total nurnber passed •••••••• Total amount Ol).

........ • .... ' inort;~ages Highest single mort gage •••• Appl ic ations for co pies of lost mort gage bonds ..... J. Cano elmen ts 0 - .
C, 0 Demerara anfl Essequibo Berbice 2,156 2.,164 1,077 1,152 $20,753,758 $1,4 95 ,472 $ 7,,026,175 $ 50,000 120 1,352 1,336 47 301 246 $ 8,530,190 ~n ,149, s41 '.~ 206,400 ~p 100,000 cl~ 4 2 Total po.s s ed • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • T otal amount .............. 1,047 '1'43 $ 1,444,656 $ 591,675 ... " 0 • 4. t eases and tr a nsfers of Le ases Total numb er adv ertl sed ••• Tot al number pass e<;l- ...... 207 129 5.

0 ee ositions Tota-1 n umber entered ••••••••• 182 ~----0------- 9 3 61 .
• -• , APPEN DIX B COMPA N IES INCORP ORATED I N BRITISH GUIANA On tbe 1st day of Jan·u·ar·~,·' ·1·96-1· , there were 336 Com par1ies on the register.

Thirt.J'._· __ t:_v_o n ew, companie s were i n cor por ated in 1 961 and none was struck off the re gi s ter .

At the .3ist 'be"c srnb er, 1961, there wer e 368 com- 2nies on the re r i ster .

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l' The new c ompanies r c!I is ter ed are as fol l ows :- Ho .
on Ree).ster Name of- C-ompany Share Capital 704 705 706 7 07 708 709 71 O 711 712 : 1' 713 714 715 71 6 717 71 8 71 9 720 Edward B.Beharry and Com r an y Li mi ted .

The Guiana Printing Limited $2 00.,000 1 oo., 000 Robert E araii7- o:: Sons Limited 50., 000 Friendshi p Mi~iQe.L i mit cd B .

G. Agfa C 9l or .

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Limited Camacho ' s (196 0 ) Limi te d 80 ., 000 10, 000 50 , 00·0 Lyson ' s F o undnti on Ga rments L ind ted 1 00 ., 000 Barcellos I nvestments Limi t ed 50., 000 National Broadcasting Sy stems L imi t ed 250., 000 Muslim Bduca.t ion Trust C0ollei:!e (Limit ed by Qf · Br.i tish Q1.J,i_a,11_a.

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•• The BuildinCT and Civil Engin eer ing Emp l oyees As s oci ation Limi t ea ....... .

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(Limited by f·Guarantee Percy Wight Limited Modern Indus tries Limited Radio Gui ana Limit e d ·correia' $ .EI).t s=:r:t?

:r:ises L imited R .

M. Wight Limi ted T oucan Head wear · L'irn.i ted 50 , 000 250 ., 000 1 00., 000 200 , 000 400.,000 60,000 ~~...,...,----~~---~--~---~---~-~--- -~---~- , - -.. - .. ~---~·-··~-···~-- -~----~: ~-- - --~-= ...

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on Register Name oil' Company Share Capital 721 722 .
General Bl asting ·c ornpany Limi te d $10 , 000 Kiskadee Ent erprises Limit ~d 100,000 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 _731 732 733 734 735 Hari Prashad & Sons Limited B. Bhaichandeen Limit ed Gan ga Persaud Limited The Theatre Gul l d of British Guiana Limited · ·· Kishna & s ·o1i.s .
Li mi tGd JOO , 000 250 , 000 100, 000 (Limited by ( GuarantGe 100., 000 Guiana Health Insurance Limited 24 , 000 Guiana Trading Associates Lir:!i ted Guiana Industries Limited 2 , 000 1 00 , 000 Ahmadiyya Trust of British Guiana ··· (Limi ted by (· shares · ·· EGbert Li & Son Limi ted We t 0rloo Hotel Limit ed Essequibo Is lands Education Trust Red Circle Farms Limited 40 , 000 30.,000 (Limited by ( Guarantee :i~ 10., 000 336 Humber of C omnanieR on reo:ist er 1st January , 1~61 ~ .. ... .. ~ umb er of Companie s ·· struck off in 1961 un<;ler: .$eq~i on 216 Nurnbe?,., .
of Corrn-;i~i es qi$ sO :\.

'-~ '?.Q by Court l9b l under Se.ct ion 187 .

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Hur11b cr of Companies reg:i.stered in 1 961 32 }1umber of Companies vec em.ocr , 1 961 on regist er 31st • • 0 • • • 368 INC ORPOrtATED OU1'SlDE BRITISH GUI.AN A On the 1 s t January 1961 there .-Jere 130 companies on the register Three companis8 were registered in 1 96 1.

At the 31 st December 1 961 there were 133 companies on the re - • .I..

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on Regfsfer Name of Company· Country i n which :tn.:.

Share corporated Capital 2 1 2 2_13 GenerRl Board of the Bible l1Iis.

'Jionary Ch urch of America United States T a ylor Wo <Jc1row ( ovc-r SGa s ) Lim i ted Eng land £l0,000: Metal oc k Limited (Trini dad ) Trinidad -----0---- APFEHDIX C TRADE Ul'JIOITS Th e follow i ng un.ion was rc[[istered in 1961.

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on 1 17 118 1 1 9 120 J'J s.me of' Tr ade TJn ion United Guian a I'•Tiners Association Guiana Sug nr Workers I Union Br i.tish Guiana General Domestics Uni on .

British Guiana Rural L ocal Autndrities Officer 1 s As oci~tion .

TRADE UNIOI-fS i.; ur1b er O!"


Regist er 1st January 1961 e • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 44 ITumb 0r r ecistcred i n 1961 • •••••••e o •••• • ••••••••• 4 l ; umber on rr;c;:L nt 8r o.t 31st Decemb er, 1961 •• •••••·• 48 -----0----- APPENDIX D Part A of the Re~ is ter.

1·Tumbcr on regis t er 1st Januar y, 1961 :;; umber s tr uck off regist er in 1 961 - 3 , 300 44 Humb er of aor:ilic at i ons f' ilod during 196 1 Humber on register 31st December, 196 1 - 3 ,518 • .. • • 4 • ,.
0 0 P art B of the Re ~ ister Numb er on Regist0r 1st J·anuary,' l 961 Nm1ber of applications filed i n 1961 Nurriber struck off r egist e r in 1961 " F urnb er on regist sr 31st December, 1961 .

, ,Part ·G ·of' ·the Regist er Number on regist e r 1st J B.n u_ary, 1961 Humber of a p plication:, fil e d during 196 1 l'TLwber s truck off regi s t er i n 1961 IJL1mb er on re g ist er Jlst De cember, 196 1.
-----0----- APPENDIX E • PATE:i.TTS N uinl-:; er on re 3 ister 1st .Jan Lw.ry , 1961 Ii rnnb c,r r ·e g i s t ere d in 196 1 DESIGI'T S Wurnb e1° on r e g ist er 1 s t J anuor y , 1961 Ifumber r ery i.s t ered in 1961 Humb er on r e .s- ist cr 31st Dec s mb e:r, 1 9 61 ----- 0----- APPENDIX F • 8 1 9 28 7 32 162 25 19 2 21 Demer ar a and Es sequibo Be:ebice Numb er on Regi s t er 31st Decemb er, 1 96 0 Numb er r e g ist ere d in 196 1 Numb er lap se d f or non - p ayrnent of renewa l f ee s in 1961 E mrlb cr on re g i s t er 31st Decemb er, 1 961 398 110 78 307 _..., ..... _Q ____ _ 32 16 5 37 J • l!- APPEIIDIX G No notice of dissoluti on was fi led by any Trade Gnion dur i nc t h e year 1961 o nmus·rRIAL AND PROVIDENT soc IETIES Humber on reg is t er 1s t Jf-i11uary, 1961 •• , •••••••••••••••• .. 7 .Numb8r r31;istered in 1961 •••• • •••••• o • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 1-iumber on reg i ster at 31st December, 1961 •••••••••••••• 4 l·.
:u.mbl::r struck off durine; the ye ar •••••••••••••••••••• • • 4 --------0-------- • • e ' II • :·} .. .

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1 ' APPENDIX H MISCELLAl'JE OTJS--- -DEEDS -ATTESTNEION ,I\JTD REGISTRATION OF DEEDS.

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1 o I I _, 6 -1878 1 ' - I De ed,; of Sep!lration De ec} s of Trust Dc ed3 of Gif t De eds ro l l i • Disch ar g es l - I 1 Friendly Societies n ule c1 Not ing Ship,s ' Prote st I i I Plans i P owers ·of Attorne y 1-1 8 • ; - l ' 0 0 Revocations & Renunc i a.t j'_ ons Sub st i tuti ons c.:,, Assumptions ...., b 'l1r 11n sf er s Surrenders of Le a ses Miscellaneous Bills of Sal e and Charses ( i nclud ing Ren ewal s and Transfers of Bi ll s Sal e ).
203 I -I 1 J ' - l 2 I l - i1 06 I ' i - - 29 56 - 1 09 .

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11 09 .I R ETURN OF SUI.T.S AND CIVIL CAUSES INSTITUTED BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT • CIVIL JURISDICTI ON .... --Dem·eI•ar ·a .. & Essequib o_ Berbice ACTIOES As_:;rnlll t arfd battery Honey due Det lnue Br each ot Contract P ossession and Mesne Profits Declar at i'on of owner ship Tr e!
:J p g_ D s 'to land Spec i.fic :P"erf ormo.nc e Foree 1 os fil·e of Jfiortgage Oppo.si tion· to transport and mortcac:-;es etc .

· 3ills of' Ex.C?hange , -- Promissory :iTo tcs Declarc.tion .. 0f partnership Goods oc:_l d -Io uc: e Rent LaljcHius Pros e.cution ?=i r, c e ll ane ou'-s A<:: ti ons •· h1:'t tr:i.rnonial Causes '.n.r::0 Adrn:Lrnlty Administration of Es t ates OtbE:r Sunmonses /~pp 1 1 c at ions : • • • • • • • .

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328 o • • 3 (ii) Under the Adoption of Children Ord .

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,_., .. 31 2095 326 .... ~ APPENDIX J (cont ' d ) APP ELL ATE.
.. ... JJIB I SD.IC TI Or~ A~peal s £rom Magi s t~ctes Rent As sessm~nt Appeals ·_ Pnrtition Appeals • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • In~ ome T i:x Appeal s Ap pe;:,l~ f: ?m __ JllC1ge_~ , : .

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Criminal Appe~l s • • • • • •.

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_,, 2 6 i i ·, i ,;_'l Cr./) Tl': s1_1 P UBLIC F:Oi=tALITY .Rur,e :,;ri Ci Indecent A3S&ul t Unnc...trn° .. l 0 l:;L t er oi'fenc es J\G!I NST 'fi·IE I'Efl 30}'T , .,.., ,.., 1 r., .- .

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AD f:, f: \l 1 t 3 Othe r AG /\.I~l S'P PR OP'?RTY Th cf t;:: J.ngs imcl other s t e::-il Robb 0r y ~n d extor t i o n Bur g h ,ry , h O U3 C ;:.
;11.d st or c brr; cJ-:ing F.'al '.Jo Pr etcmccs , cheo.tlnr; I F'r r. u cl etc • R cceivinz stolen pr c, r· er t y Arson Pr ~: edi:.11 L ill' cony Other AGi'~I:JST P:2:E AL CODE P or flcr y Lmd C Dina-3:c Oth e2 AGAI HST LOG .AL LAWS Ac; a ins t 11r :-·.f f i c Or d i n - nnc e i_g :.::.

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A1,: :, ins t L l q u CJr Or d • Gamblin?

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APPENDIX L MISCELLANEOUS ,TUDIC I AL MATTERS I NSOLVENCY I.
Petitions for Receiving Orders : ( a ) By Credi tor s (b) By Debtors Inso l vency n ot ice.s filed Petitions dismis~ed or withdrawn Receiving Orders mad e: - ( a ) Pe ti t ions fi l ed in 1960 (b ) Petitions filed in 1961 ,_ Receivinq orders rescinded Public examinations held : ( a ) Petitions fi l ed in 195 9 (b ) Petitions f~ ed in 1960 (c ) P etitions filed in 1961 Or_.ders of Ad .i udicat ion ( a ) P etitions fi l ed- in 1 959 (b ) Petiti on s filed in 1960 (c ) Petition s f J l ed in 1961 App l ications for discharge ( a ) Applied for ( b ) Granted ( c ) Ref used Ap plications by assignees far re l ease II .
Petiti ons or app l icati ons to administer estates in ins olvency III o Admin1-stration Ord-.,rs Made Ref U3 cd or ap plico.t ion withdrawn Rc 3cindcd ,IV .

J udgment summonses issued - (bs. )

Dernerara and Ess eq uibo ( ) Berbicc COM?fa.3 I E8 WINDING UP • • • • • • • • .

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• • • • • • • • • • • • P et itions for ·Order ade Appl ication by l iquidat 0rs for re l ease • • • • • • P Ai~ATE EXECUT I ON Fiat s grontcd f or r ecovery of : ( a ) Town Taxes ( b) Villasc Rntos ( c ) Rates and Taxes other than the f n egoing gr unt6d PETIT IONS Applications ~'or substj_tut e:.d ser vice granted ( other thon t h ns e filed in Matrimonial Causes ) Number filed - ( a ) DcmGrara Rnd Essequibo (b) Bc.rbice mndc up as follows: - ( i ) For l eav~ to l evy on immovabl e propqrty in pursuance of a judgment of Magistro.te ' s Court • •• ( ii ) For admissi ~n by Barristers to practic e • 0 • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • 0 , .
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APPENDIX L (CDNT- 1 D} (ii i) For a dmission by so licitor s t o practise (iv ) For l~ ave to marry (v) ·For declaration of title ( vi ) Others PROBLTE . '

• • • • • • • • • • • • 15 2 8 12 • · Application for prob a t e of wil l s ( c1 ) Demer ar a and Es s E;quib o {b ) Bcrbic c , .

• • • • • • 221 1 04 Appl i cation for L etters of Administrntion ( a ) To t h e Court - • • ~ ( i ) Demerar a and E s r. equib o .
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.Berbice T·o· · thcJ Registrar (1 r beu1crara and Essequibo ( ii ) Bcrbice • • • • • • • • • 257 8h _.,.

26 13 :)E'CEJ\SED ?ER2 r-r,r.3 · EST,\TES ADfHNIS'rRATIOH ORDINJ: NC E Cl:i:PT'?R 46 Ac c ounts filed by r:;x c cutors and admini strators ( .s ection 46 ) :- {a ) D~tnerar · (b) BcrbicG r.md Essequibo • • • • • • 34 2 App li c :.:.

tton's to Re:gis tr Gr . '

' ( f;_ ) For l e·uve t o sell ( section 42 ) ( i ~ Demer br a un d Essequibo {ii Bcrbice (b ) l i::.
:1V€ F or, ( i ) Demer :ir £, and Essequib-o t o sub - divide sec .

42 (2 ) ( ii) Bcrbj_c e ( c ) For as~essmcnt of remu.riers.tior~ of e .x0cutors and administr::?tors (s ec .

(i) Domcr ~ra and Essequibo (ii) Berbic e C OMPL.HHTS !·.G A 1lffiT · LEG AL PrU,CTITION17RS JITISCELL 1JL2,0US .J UDICIAL MA'l'TERS DEP ) SIT OF WILLS FOR S,A,.FE c ~.TSTODY Ch a p ter 46. .

0 • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • l-1-8 ) • • • ( ::i ) Safe custody with Registrar ( soc .
S) (i) Demerar c and Essequibo (ii) Ber bice • • • • • • ( b ) Lo clg8 d ( sec .

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and Esseq uibo (i i) · B'erbice • • • • • • · 16 Nil Ni l 4 11 O 200 214 32 23 Nil .. ,J .

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CAVEATS ENTBRED ( i ) (i i ) Demer &r a and Es se q u ib o Berbic e · \/'.frl I TS OF EXECUT ION I ssued ago.inst movable and i mmov abl e · proper ty - · ( i ) ( i i ) Demer ara·an d Essequi bo Bcr b i ce 0 PUBLIC TRUSTEE undertaking to o.dminister cstriies ~f Decd~sed P ersons DIVORCE Citations is3ued I t • --~--0---- APPENDI X M M;\....1:tSIL!\.L S 1 BR l\!TCR .

0 0 Humber of Wr i ts ,·,f S limm ::ins e s : S er ved by: .
Hc1 rshnl s B~• i l iff s • • • • • • t han rorshal ~r Bai l i~ f , pers i n autb iri s e d Oth er by Registr ar uncl,cr Soc .

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Marshal or Bnil lff , pcrs -•n auth cris e d b y Ro g istr rr w1.der Sec .

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7 • • • • • • Nwnber of Summatj_ :-> n s Served by ~ Marshal s Bai l i f fs r--Iar sha l Ot h er than by Regis tr ~r under Se c .

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urt • • • • • • • • • Wi thdrnw n Number of J udrrmcnt S ummon s e s S er ved by: Marsha l s B o.i l iff s Number of Div orce Ci tati:m s Ser ved by : Marshal s Ba i l i f fs Misc e llanc o us • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. .

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• • • 18 13 257 272 52 33 306 1 ,.538 12S 47 814 25 0 1, 823 70 N i 1 978 APPENDIX M E (C ont 1 d) lT urnb cr of L evies 1-12.de by : Mc.
:r s hals B&iliffs than Marshals nr Bai li ffs, pers ·ms GtL cr J '_'.t h : rise::;d by Re g i strar, L111 d er Sec.

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7 vii th drawn ]umber :i f At t end an c es i n C ::; urt Civi l Jur i sdicti on Criminal Juris d icti on Appeal C c:i 1Jrt s Transp ort Court • • • • • • . '

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0 • • • • • • • • • • • • .. • 1489 29 Nil 217 1111 488 260 115 ],;t.:u 1L c_:0 .~•f c:bsent d a ys fr om C 0 urt on duty: 1104 part days ru1d 296 whole days l';Jmb er 'Jf Ex ec utL...1 n Sale s· O:-i p ,·si t L :r1 l:: ::, Exec utLm Sales _.,_c .·unt r -::: c e ived un d er · Exe·cuti on Sal es l't;c l ::J .r.rnd b o.Lmc e po.id int::, Tre as ury Bal ance in B:mk un p aid ' ', 11 • .

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Estate Dut y 1 960 1 961 $ 16, 862 .73 Duty 0n Transp~rts ~ etc .

219, 851 .

oo 374,864.56 Fees - J Ltd iciu.

l C ·nv ey ct11c ing 25, 986 .

92 24, 264 .

88 87,476 .

88 101,155.83 132 , 812.73 142,059.14 41 , 304.69 56 , 5'02 .34 Af fj_dav i ts 98,S ., 08 704 .

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00 TOT:.L FE~S ';t288, S66 03 0 A ;;p 325 , 324.63 EXPENDITURE C :Jmparative st c. temGnt '...: f exp,2.nciitur e for 196 Q £ind 1961 .

1 960 P eI's una l Emoluments $ 277,182 .

40 ~ 295 .

481 .

64 Other Charges 124,531.

72 96 , 52 0.

89 $ 401, 71 4 .

12 ~ 392, 002.

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