The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-03-31 00:00:00

Imperial glar[lament.

BOLSI OF LORDS.

MONDAT.—Lead LAI'DZILDALe Called attention to the etatc of I
the navy, which he contended had for the hut three years
been starved by the parsimony of the late Gel ernment
Lord Mat.tissecav said the First Lonl of the Admiralty
would soon after Easter make his report to the House of
Commons on the subject.
Lord earrouiorm insisted that the navy was In a thoroughly
eincient state.

The Duke of flosuisse expreesed his desire to have •
nominal return of the trended navy, showing the date of com-
pletion of each ship and the repairs she bad undeneene.
Lord INALMMISCar having promised to consult the Pint
Lord u to whether such • returu could be granted, the di/-
elusion dropped.
TeIIDAT. —The Polynesian slave trade and railway accidents
were the subject* of brief talk. In both matters hopes of
better things were anticipated.
TIIMISDAY.—The LOAD CIIANCILLOR directed attention to the
State of the laws relating to the transfer of and the title to land
in this country and after reviewing preview. attempts at legia-
lation on the subject, ending with that of lord &Bionic, hti
pnelecemeor in office, in the !ant 110,11101,1 ef Parliament, the
noble and burned lord obeerieel that the nonemre Introduced
on the tut oeraeion was prevented from being censidered by
their lonlshlpi owing to the demands Dpma their time and
attention oi the Judiciture Bill. When the late distr..: of
governinent wen impending his neble and learned triend
furnished him with the papers conneetoi with the Inman:,
and thus he was enabled at no early a 'period of the session to
lay hi. owe prolo.l. before their lonlships. By the bill,
then, which fie hail to submit to the House, he propomai to
establish a remetmtion of three kinds of title- -namely, titles
abeolute or indebssible ; Litlen limited, that wan, certified to be
' good from a puticular date; and, 'witty, the think title of •
proprietor hi poeseseien alleging himself to be the eancr. A
suggestion had been mule that what wee called in popular
phraseology a reel holding title should Ire allowed to be
evrtided by the registrar as • title abe.lute or indefeasible ; but
alter enisidering the matter he was hot able to make a proposal
of that kind. Ile pniposed that the regietrar wider the bill
should he authorieed to accept a title of 40 years' standing pro-
vided hew.. of opinion that there wore no Imperfection.; in
the title. As to beundarim, holnset I pinion that they should
net he separated, but that the miarar should afetilain and
describe them in the best way temible. He elemld not, low•
ever be charged with the duty f deciding upon houndarke
between alj.elibig pniperties The three registratien", then
wield be fee eimplue leaseholds of a certain length, and
charters. For three years there would he no contpuldon in
any form, but during that period he Mmilitited that • good
number of regietrati .... would be effected. At the espimtion
of the three yearn during which onnpulsion would not be
enforeed he proreeesl that there should be An ohfigstion to
register land, and that in ause of failure to do so the purchaser
should obtain otly an equitable title. With remini to
' whether the registration should be local or central, he
I thought there ought to be soma total machinery
Iby the aid of which truefers might be effected as
I sear as risible to the flood preperty. There were
I no dolbt, itliculties in having both local and central registries;
he proposed, therefore, that when the registry was opened In
London, It should be • rqristry divided Into dieriete, and that
if there was any particular district In the country where the
business would be seldsupporting. there • registry should be
established that would meet the requiremente of the ease
Besides the measure of which he had given • sketch, there
were two other' to which he desired that their lonlehlie should
glee • find reading. One was • bill dealing with claims in
actions and suite respecting real property, and shortening the
timed within which claims could be made. The other related
45 the purchase of land Irrespective of the register of title, and
would facilitate Wes between vendor and purchaser. These
two matures were Independent .1 the question of registration,
but at the same time were closely connected with facilitating
the transfer of lane.

Lord Suomi's, in a brief speech, expressed a general
approval of the scheme, which he believed would afford the
opportunity of removing the wanly] of delay, expense, nod
complexity in proceedings connected with the traner of land.
A favourable view of the meuure was also taken by Lord
RATIIIIIAT. and Lord ROXISLT having suggested that, as the
bin. would require careful examination, it might be well to
send them to a select committee, the motion that they be reed
• first time was agreed to.
F■IDAT. —The Attorneys and Solicitors Bill was road a second
thrie, the Emit India Lou Bill (from the Commons) a Snit time,
and, itanding order. having been impended, the Consolidated
Fund (C 1,423,707 Bill was pealed through all Ito stages.
SATTIDAT. The AI Avocet was riven to the Consolidated
Fund (L 1,411 797) Bill. The Coned dated Fund (C 7,000,000
Bill and the East Indian Bill were pealed through all their
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