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BRITISH GUIANA -r t" <\ • OF THE < · D:GEDS ANP SUPRSME COURT R'.hISTRISS .t., ,,� • 1959 111 • • 1, t �: - ---0000000--; -°t' ·J -� , t • ,, ., J,, Introduction ,_ I ( PART I -STAFF The Judiciary Supreme Court Registry Deeds Registry .

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PART II DE L DS REG I S'rRY ' I ... Conveyancing Companies Life Assurance Companies Trade Unions Trade Marks Patents and Designs Business Industrial and Provident Deeds Names Societies .

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PArtT III - SUPRE1\f?


COURT ; jffj' Court Reporters Jurors Applications Probates Legal Practitioners Court of Criminal Appeal Federal Supreme Court for Poor Persons Committee and Jdministretions .

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10 11 11 12 12 13 13 PART IV - RF,VBNU:-� M: D PART V -GE�·JT.
:::1AL 1� APP-;::'.NDI C":S - A B C D ' F '-' * • :onveyancing Branch Cempsnies Trade Unions Trade Harks Patents & Desi�ns Business N8.m.es Industri�l and Provident Societies Attestation Return of Suits Instituted Persons 0ealt with by the Supreme Court, 1959 Miscellaneous Marshals' Revenue qnd Expenditure .

and Registration of Deeds, etc.

Judicial Matters Branch before the Supreme .

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DEEDS REGISTRY, Georgetown, ,.

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Sirs, ,,.


I have the honour to submit the Annual Departmental Report on the Deeds Registry and the Supreme Court Registry for the year 1959.

As� officio Registrar of the Supreme Court, and ex officio Registrar of the following: Joint Stock Companies, Trade ::'farks, Patents and Designs, Business Names, Life Assurance Companies, Industrial and Provident Societies and Trade Unions, this Report deals with those matters also.
On the coming into force of the Land Registry Ortlinance, the Registrar of Deeds will also function as Registr�r of Lands.

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The t1agistrates are under the control of the Honourable the Chief Justice, but subject to his direction the administration of the Magistrates' Department is conducted by the Registrar.

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., PARI1 I/ The Honourable The Chief Secretary, ·Member for the Supreme Court Registry.

The Honourable The Attorney General, Nember for the Deeds Registry .

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'THE JUDICIARY 3.

The Honourable the Chief Justice returned to the Colony and assumed duty on 14th January, 1959 after spending his casual leave in Barbados.

He subsequently left British Guiana on 30th De cembcr, 1959 for' Barbados on pre-retirement leave.

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J·ust ice Luckhoo assumed duty on the same date as acting Chief Justice.

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Just ice Phillips left the colony on 16th December, 1959 on transfer to Ja;naica.

As a result -of the vacancy created, Mr.


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Ballers, whose previous acting appointment had come to an end on 1st Septe:nber, 1959, was again appointed to act as Puisne Judge as from 16th December.

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Mr. Justice Date who was on vacation leave from 20th December>, 1958, returned to the colony on 31st May, 195G, and resumed duty on 1st Ju.ne.

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Mr. Justice Gordon arrived in the colony on 2nd Septe,·tb er, and assumed rl.uty on the same date 9.S a Puisne ,Tudge of the colony.

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Justice Miller was appointed a Puisne Jud�e of British Guiana as from 24th Dece·:1ber.

8. :i1r • .Just ice Ja ilal continued to act as Puisne Jude;e until the return to the colony of Mr. Justice Date on 31st :-ray.

Mr. Justi.ce Jailal then proceeded on v9.cation leave.

i·Ie returned to the colony in December, and as a result of ,•[r. Justice Luckhoo 1 s appointment to act as Chief ,Juotice, he was asain appointed to act as Puisne Jud�e with effect fro-11 30th Dece,nber.
SUPREi,fil COURT ::tEG I STRY 9.

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Persaud, negistrar of Deeds and of the Supreme Gourt left the Colony on vacation l eave on 22nd July, and resurned duty later in the yet:J.r. Durinp; his • f absence/ absence Mr. A.T. Singh, Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, I , ' acted as Registrar and Mr. H. Bacchus, Principal Officer acted as Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court.

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During the year Mr. H. Bacchus, Sub-Registry Officer, was appointed Principal Officer vice Mr. J.E.
Murray, now Deputy Registrar of Deeds.

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�vJ:r. H. Bacchus, Principal Officer, went on vacation leave on the 21st November, and was away on leave for the rest of the year.

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Mr. J.E.N.

Earl, Judicial Officer, left the colony on vacation leave on 21st May, and resumed duty later in the year.

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Miss A.M.F.

McWatt, Secretary, left the colony on vacation leave on 30th September, and was still on leave at the end of the year.

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Akai, Class I Clerk, went on leave on 29th Oct'ober, and resigned from the Public Service on 4th December.

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Mr. A.B.A.

Deane, Class II Cle rk, who was away on leave at the beginning of the year, resigned from the Public Service with effect from 15th March.

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Messrs. A.I.M.

Subryan, A.A. K11.an and D.A.

Robinson, Class II Clerks, left the colony on vacation leave on 6th October, 15th July, and 24th February, respectively prior to resignation from the Piblic Service.

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Misses J.P. Misir and Y. Ho-A-Shu, Clerical Assistant s, went on vacation leave on 6th and 1st October, respectively, prior to resignation from the Public Service.

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Mr. R.C.

Jacobs, Marshal, retired from the Public Service on 15th June.

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L.P, Kerry, Conveyancing Officer, continued to act for the whole year as Principal Officer, and as a result,/ 4. result, Mr. I✓i.R.

Chase, Assistant Conveyancing Officer, continued to act as Conveyencin5 Officer.

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Singh, Class II Clerk, left the colony on vacation loave on or about the 10th February.

He was granted an e.xtens ion of lo ave start in,c:,; from 1st Sept e•�1ber.

His resirm':'ltion from the Public Service took effect from 1st De ce mb er • 21.

Mr. J.A.

Patterson, Class II C lerk, who was on vacation leave when the year began, was granted an extension of leave from 30th April to 14th September.

His resignation from the Public Service took effect from 15th Septeriber.

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11an•�et, Senior CL-:,rical Assistant, who was on vqcation leave when tho yosr began, was �ranted an extension of leave of six mont�s and accordingly did not resume until 24th �ugust.

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Ganpstsinr_r,h 5 Clerical Assistant, was pranted 140 days vacation leave with effect from 26th August and rormission was 8lso siven h0r to resi�n from the Public Sefvice at the expiration of her leave.

PART II DEEDS REGISTRY C () l'JVEYAN CI NG- 24.


During the year under review, the establishment of a modern land registration system for the Colony reached its final stages.

The new Lqnd Registration 0rdinqnce, 1959, was published as a Bill in the Official Gazette of 17th Janhary, and again appeared in the Official Gazette of 5th September as Ordinance No.

18 of 1959.

Its actual intro­ duction will be by procla�ation in the very noa� future.

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By this ordinance, the Registrar of Deeds becomes also the Re�istrar of Lands, and the implications as regards staffing and the s pecial equip�ent and the establishment of I a Land/ 5 .

a Land Registry has been given much anxious thou,zht.

It is to be hoped that adequate provision will be made so 'that the objects and reasons behind the new ordinance will be properly realised and achieved.

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The appointment under the new ordinance of one or more C0mmissioners of Title will perhaps shortly be made, and it is hoped that the staff of the Conveyancing Branch will be able to give the necessary assistance to the Commissioner or <>Jmmiss loners appointed.

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The new ordinance does not rep-0al the present Deeds �egistry Ordinance, and it would appear that there will be two syste�a of conveyancing runnin� side by side for many years to coma.

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A decrease in the number of transports number of mortga�es passed during 1958 as compared with 1957 was noted in my last annual report, but I have to record this year thqt the upward trend has been resumed.

3 ,25tl transports were passed as compared with 2,994 in 1958 while 1,733 mortrages were passed as compared with 1,519 in 19580 Cancel�ents of mortgages and long 1 eases also shm,J an increase over tho previous year.

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A return showing the business trans�cted in the Conveyancing section of the Deeds Registry appears at Appendix A. COMPAFIE:S 30.

The Companies Ordinance presently in force wss e nact d 46 Years aryo Several of l�u� dn�and� are archaic _ � u "'- .

6 • e � when com.pared with the present English Act., 2-nd 1,Jith the industrial and economic development of the colony,· it is desirable, and even urgent that our �ompany Law should be revised.

This h8s been repeatedly urrred in recent reports.

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Several companies have committed and continue to commit breaches under the existing ordinance but it is debatable/ 6. debatable whether under the present ordinance the Registrar has power to prosecute and oven if there is power there is grqve need for a parson specially trained in companio3 work to supervise this section which continues to exp9.nd in this developing community of ours.

Greater care is necessary to protect investors.

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There were 352 companies incorporated in the colony on the register on 1st January, 1959.

26 now companies were incorporated in 1959, and 10 were struck off the reglster .

At 31st December, 1959, accordingly, there 1,1ere j(:,8 com.panics on the re?:;ister.

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There were 125 compsnios incorporated outside of British Guiana on the register on l□t Januqry, 1959.

8 companies were registered in 1959.

At 31st T),3co:r1bor, 1959, there 1,1e.re ac cordine;ly 133 comp an ios on the register.

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The companies rec;istrcred in 1959 9.re listed at /�ppendix B. LLFE ASSURAN8E COHP '',NIES 35.

In accordance with Section 11 (3) of the Life Assurance Companies Ordinance, Chapter 329, I shsll in due course forward to Eis F.xcelloncy the Governor ffi \T .., annual report on Life Assurance Companies in respect of docu�ents filed during 19G'.J.

r�hr::rc wore 10 companies on the register throushout the year, and no new companiP.s were registered.

T:"i.A.D� mn O�JS 36.


On 1st January, 1959, t�ore were 52 Trade Unions on the register.

During the year one Trade Union was reBistered, and the certificates of six were canceJlod.

No notice of dissolution was filed by any �-·rade Gnion in 1959.

At 31st DecembLr', 1859, there wcr'c therefore 47 Trade Unions on the resister.

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Tho union registered in 1958 was the UnitGd Mineral and General Workers' Union.

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The Certificates of Registration on t·he ground that tt1e unions had of the following unions wore C8.ncellec1 wilfully and despite notice from the ner;istrar the violated provisions o f section 35 of the Trades Unions Ordinance:­ (l)British Guiana Domestic Helpers, Workers and Union.

General Workers (2)Working Women's Perseverance U.:1ion.

(3)British Guiana Sugar Workers' Union.

(4)Coastal Maritime Association, (5)Quarries Marketing Organize.tioE.

(6)British Gu'�i?.na ".

'ruck Owners l-.ssoci1?.


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The Director of A1.

:Jit Lus mf-tdP u:-:favour ablo cv:-1.men'lis > on annual accounts subr11ittec1.

by ,'3C'iler8.l unions.

There ·appears J I to be need for strictor Gontral �vf.r union funds and accounts.

The Police have had to i.nvo3tignte in a few instances •.

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In compliance v}_t}1 �:c:ctio::i 36 of tho Trades Unions Ordinance5 a report on natters t:,.-•9.rw-9.cted Trade Unions i'o:::> the year ending '.
:Hst December, by tl--ie Reg:.strar of ::i_959 s will be forwarded s cpL!r�.

;:;cl:" �c 0:he Evr,ourable tho Attorney General.

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There is r-.r:➔ed for an offic£," sr,,cin.lly trained in Trade Marks.

Like Comp�ny Law this is a Jpocielised bra�ch and with the increase in the sco�s of �rA�0 M8rks in the colony, specialisation becomes necess�7y.

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Traders are now much more j0a2ous of their trPde marks and each yoar br:nss a g�eate� incre8se of registration.
With the tremRndous n���Rr of ��ado K�rks already on the register, �reater cgre and skill ere demanded in registration.

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Informst1.

on extracted from the resister is given at Appendix D. Patents/ 8.

PATENTS AND :JESIGNS 44.

In any course of training in the law and practice relating to trade marks there should be included a course in the law and practice in respect of Patents and Designs.

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Great difficulty is still being experienced in obtaining the services of persons qualified to examine patent specifications.

At present only persons from within the government service are permitted to be used but in many cases there is none available as tho only one in the service is on lPave.

ThG fee allowable is also an obstacle in negotiating for an examiner fro� outsid0, as a result applications have to be sholvcd until the government officer is available.

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£\.ppondix E gives tho number of patents s.nd dcsie;ns registered during the year.

BUSINESS NAMES for non- 4,7.

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!, 19-59, there wore 30 prosecutions compliance with the Business Names (Registration) Ordinance.

111 tho defaulters were found guilty and reprimanded.

It is hoped that regular prosecution would deter traders from com­ mitting breeches of the Ordinance and ultimately result in a reduction in the number of fraudulent traders.
Various means have been tried by the available staff to obtain evidence of trading for use in defended prosecutions but this is usually difficult as there is not, in this department, officers similar to revenue runners or investigators to obtain the no cos sary evidence.

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many prosecutions have had to be withdrawn or not instituted at all.

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Please sec Appendix F for statistics relating to Business Names.

INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES 49.


Under the provisions of the Industrial B.nd Provident Societies/ 9.

Societies Ordinance, the Registrar of Deeds continues to keep a register of those societies, but there have been no r0cent registratie>ns.

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Appendix on tho G gives the number of societies register.

DE:SD.S 51.

A return showing the various types of documents received in the Deeds Registry during the year appears at Appendix H. PART III SUPRF.1''1F COURT 52.
The total number of suits pre3ented to the Courts during 1959 shows a rise of 72 matters over the previous year .9.nd a comparison with previous years reveals that this is part of a steady and continuous increase in the voluxne of liti­ gation which bas boon instituted in tho Supreme Court of this colony with alarming continuity ovor the past 10 yuars.

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In an effort to cope with this ever increasing flow of work in the Courts, the number of the Judges of the Supreme Court has boon incroasod and the Courts have had to resort not only to sitting lonisor hours but also to continue working t:1roue_;hout that period of the year which is reserved as the statutory vacation.

Notwithstandin g these efforts however, tho arrears remain formidable, and in fact, at the end of for the year 9.bout 2 to 3 years arrears of cases remained determination by the Courts.
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Unfortunately, while the business of the Courts continues to swell 9 the staff of tho Judie ial branch rem.a ins inadequate.

The usual problem of insufficiency of staff still exists, but there is also the greater menace of resignation of officers after they have gained some decree of experience.

This involved this year, five officers -one Class I Clerk and four Class II Clerks, with service ranging from 3 to 9 years.

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��eroas, in the previous years, the experience of the Cle.ss II Cl2rks in this se:ction averaged around 4 years, last year the fi�uro dwindled to a mere 15 months.

Conso­ q�ently, the duties of Clerk of 8ourt which require a sound knowledge of the workings of this branch, which can only be acquired aftor yaqrs of oxporlencc, must now, perforce, be assignocl to juniors whose experience can be measured in t�rms of mo�ths only, and who have but little knowlod�o of their functions.

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Tho number of suits filed in the Supremo Court for tho last six years is set out hereunder - 1954 1667 1955 1756 1956 1968 1957 2352 1958 1959 -.. 2498 57.

A return of suits, appeals and other causes filed 2426 tn the Supremo Court in 1959 appears at Appendix J to this report.

in 1959 A return of Cril"linal C;gasos institutod appears at Appendix K. 59.

A statement of miscellaneous judicial matters is at Appendix L. 60.
A statement showing tho matters dealt with in the Harshal' s Branch of the :-1.egistry appears at f.,ppendix ;I[.

COURT RF.POR'I'?.RS con­ 61.

Court :{oporters work under very strenuous ditions.

A single reporter is expected to take an entire sum::ning up which gonerally extends from one to threo hours non-stop and.

in exceptional cases, •nuch lonr-ser than that.


The bettor method would be to have this done by relays but with/ ...... 11. with the approved number of r eporters at four this will be impossible since tho number of criminal cases necessitates the running of 3 criminal courts in the county of Demerara all the year round and one in either Berbice or Essequibo and some­ times both at the same time.

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A Court Reporter diad since December, 1958 and to date of this report the administration has b1:1cn unable to find a person competent to fill this vacancy.

63. r:'o be able to keep the courts su;)plied with Court Reporters recourse has had to be made to the daily p�ess.
Although this syston has made it possible for the courts to carry on it does not guarantee expeditious dispatch of trans­ scripts after the casos are finished arc as these reporters usually engaged on several assignments nor docs it afford adequate security for transcripts.

The reporters make it quite clear that it will not be possible for them to attend the Registries to transcribe their notes but ratheri they will have to be permitted to do it in their spare time 9t home or wherever it is possible.
JURORS 64.

There have been consistent and perhaps justifiable complaints by jurors of the inadequacy of tho remuneration paid to them.

F'ees to jurors were fixed by Order in Council No.

2 of 1945.

Travelling expenses have also been a source of much comment.

Unless soma immediate stop is talren to remedy those compl�ints certain persons required to servo as jurors will face grave financial cr.-ibarrassment whenever they perform those duties.

Jury service to them will be one to bo avoided at all costs.
APPLICATIONS BY POOR PERSO,-JS 65.

42 applicaticns for admission as poor persons were made/ ( 12. made in 1959 of which 37 were applications to bring divorce proceedings.

15 applications were granted, 13 were refused, 2 withdrawn gnd 12 are still pending.

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The unwillingness of legal practitioners to under- take matters on behalf of poor persons has often been com­ mented upon.
�he position in 1959 showed little improvement in ·this regard, and as a result tho few willing practitioners have had to carry tho burden all the t ime.

The need for some definite system of legal aid is manifest.

PROBATES AND ADMINISTRATION 67.

Thero were 429 applications for probate filed in 1959 and 442 applications for letters of administration.

Of thcso latter 375 were made to the Court and 67 to tho �Gp;istrar.

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS COMHITTEF.

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Tho Legal Practitioners Committee held 39 meetin�s during the year, and dealt with 37 complaints made against lc�al practitione rs.

All the complaints were either dis­ missed or struck out.

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The meetings of this committee continue to be held on Saturday mornin�s, but although the majority of the practitioners who constitute the committee considers this the most convenient day, the Registr�r usually has the r,roatest difficulty in getting a quorum together, and has to waste much time in so doing.

The chief reason for this state of affairs is bGcause members frequently have to attend in court or chambers on Saturday mornings.
Another reason seems to be tho fact that although the com.rnittec consists of ten rn.embors, most meetings are attended throe membors9 and usually tho same three.

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COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 70.

In 1959 there were 22 appeals to the Court of Criminal Appeal.

4 of these appeals were based on grounds involving questions of law alone.

Of these 3 were dismissed and 1 abandoned.


Of tho remaining 18 appeals, 17 wore by way of applications for leave to appeal and 1 was an application for an enlargement of time within which to apply for leave to appeal.

The application for an enlargement of time was refused, but of the other 17 applications, leave to appeal All was granted in 12, 1 was refused and 4 were abandoned.

12 of the appeals heard after leave was granted were dismissed.

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The year under review marked tho abolition of the Court o� C riminal Appeal.

Tho Criminal Appeals Ordinance, ChaptGr 8, was repealed on the comine; into operation on the 21st November, of Part III o.f tho Federal Supreme Court (Appeals) Ordinance, 1958, which conferred on the jurisdiction Federal Supreme C ourt to hear and determine appeals against convictions on indictment and appeals from certain orders of the Pull Court in criminal matters.

FEDERAL SuPREME COURT CIVIL 72.


There were 2 sessions of the F'ederal Supreme Court in the colony in 1959, one in July and the other in November.

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Tho Court dealt with 29 appeals, and of these 6 wore allowed, 14 wore dismissed, 6 were withdrawn, decision was reserved in respect of 1, and 2 were pcndinr, at the end of tho year.

CRIMINAL 74.

Thero was no sitting of the Federal Supreme Court in its Criminal Jurisdiction during tho year.

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All of them were from convictions on indictment.

PART IV REVENTIB !

',ND EX?ENDITURE 75.

Tha rovonuo collected for the year 1959 was Qi437, 956 .13 of whi.ch 1:,15, 676.

04 was coll ectod by tho .Sub­ Ro3i stry 9 Now Amsterdam, as Estate Duty.

Tho difforoncc botwoun revenue collected in 1958 and that collected ip 1959 shows an increase of t52,130.97, which indicates a cloar increase in tho number of matters presented for filini::;.

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Duty collected on transports, etc., mortgages, was ·., 16 O , 1 7 • o , showinr� an incr0aso of '.,il0,728.14 on the ,, 5 1� amount collected in 1958.

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rcvonu1:j c ollcctod under sub-head IV.. Foos of' Cou�t -7.

�ogistr�n shows an increase of $28,518.56 on the amount colloctcd during 1958. . '

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A cons i derablc amount of' duty was collected ·in stamps, but is not shown in this report as no record of that is kept.
Tho constant use of stamps in the department for swearing affidavits and registering deeds makes it desirable, as has boon pointed out in previous reports, to introduce in the dopartmont cr:1boss0d stamping machines, v1hich would save much time and expense.

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A comparative statement of Rovonuo and Expenditure .for tho yoars 1958 and 1959 appears at Appendix N. PART V GENK�AL GO.
In my report of 1953 it was pointed out that in th0 not too distant future it will bo necessary to consider the separation of tho Deeds and Supremo Court Registries.

Docause of tho increased and increasing volumo of work in this dopart:Ticnt this ro commcnda t ion should be implomohted in the shortest possible time.

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Tho statistics of the work done in tho registries will show the extent to which it has progressively increased.
Tho entire machinery set up in this building some sixiy years ago has outgrown i�s capacity and capability.

There is considerable noed for re-organisation by the introduction of modern filing and recording methods and bettor security �ethods, but it will be impossible to undertake any compre­ hensive re-organisation unless more space is made available.
82, Whenever re-organisation is attempted consider­ ation will also have to be given with reBard to the provision of ereater opportunities for advancement of the officers within this department, so as to enco1�age them to remain on the staff for the longest possible time.

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The staff in this.


department are not mere clerical officers but rather officers with specialised and knowledge trained in every aspect of the law and procedu�e pertaining to the matters dealt with in the registries, and who must be capable of meeting the ingenuity of a growing legal profession and the complexities of an advancing commercial comrnunity.

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The number of resignations over the last year has gravely affected the efficiency 7his of this department.
should not be permitted to recur, and especially if the reason is lack of opportunity of its for advancement officers.

I have the honour to be, Sirs, Your obedient servant, /J ·- '7.

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;;ft' Regis tNfr (acting) APPENDIX A CONVE YANCING BRANCH 1.TRANSPOnTS Total n umber advertised 0 • • Passed 3,226 3, '.�54 Total value of property .

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107,099.60 Highest value of single property 192,000.00 hpplications for copies of lost Transports 156 ;roRTGAGES 2.

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Passed 0 • • 1,849 1,733 Total amount raised on mortgac;es 0 • • Highest single mortgage ••• .

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D:1ty on mortgages .

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90 .�,ppl i cat ions for copies of lost mortgages 2 ,, r • 3.

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LEASES AND TRANSFERS Total number advertised .

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�11 SCI!Ll Ai.JTWUS JUDI CIJIL MATTERS PETITIONS (c�ntd.)
made up as follows:- (i)For leave to levy on immovable property in pursuance of a judgment of Magistrateb C0urt 10 (ii)For admission by Bqrristers to practise 9 (iii)For admission by Solicitors to practise ')'\!If' f (iv)For leave to marry ( .

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(vi)Othero t' PROBATE 1 • • t ' 2 10 21 46 98 II "' � ' 1 t � ,t Application ( i)Demerara ( ii)Berbice and :Rssequebo for probate of wills�- 0 • • 328 101 Application for Letters of Administration:- (a)To the Court - � \ ( i)Demerara snd �ssequobo ( ii)Berbice - .

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( i)Demerara 9.nd t:ssoquebo (b)To the Registrar ( ii) Berbiee 286 89 I 0 • • .

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Applications under Rule3 of C ourt 1955 (?oor Persons) 42 n-;-:�c=ASP.D ORDINArTSS �T-IAPT:C P:'nSONS R 46 ��;;TATES AD, 1 UNIS�itATIO!·I .
A Accounts filGd by executors and administrators (section 46):­ (a)Dc�erara (b)Berbice and Essequebo ... 25 !I , .. .. Applicati ons to Registrar:- (a)gor leqvo to sell (section 42)- (i)Demerara and Essequebo•.• ( ii)3erb ice •.. 21 1 (b)For leave to sub-divide (section 42(2))- (i)Demorsra snd 0ssequebo••• (ii)Berbice ••• - (c)?or assess�ent of remuneration of 3 2 executors and administrators (section 18) - (i)Dcmorara and Essequebo (ii).5erbice COMPLAIJJ'I'S !\.GAINST L�GJ-.L PRACTITIOllf8?tS PROCE'8DDTGS UNUI.I:R THE COrtONLRS I mmINA:·l CG 8 76 • 69