The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-05-29
Complete Revision Of Indices ir
Registrars Office.
RESULT OF NINE YEARS LABOR
No Trouble TO Find Transfers-A
Boon TO Lawyers Checked
and Re-checked by Clerks.

instant. and a fresh bottle of ink
was opened TO celebrate the com
pletiOn of the full set of new sys-
TEN induces of its miscellaneous
records from the commencement
Of the Office, in 1916.
Some one has facetiOusly term
I'd this Mr.. Thrum's Monument
OF Office" and with a semblance
% justice. as may be seen. Doubt
less the legal fraternity, searchers
Of title.sand others, having bust
hess with the record office. will
welcome this intelligence, for to
them. especially, the value of this
work is readily understood and
duly appreciated.
The full set of induces comprises
thirty-twO large canvas covered
volumes, whose pages measure
fourteen by eighteen inches. The
first series of the set take the first
twenty-five years records. or
from 1916 10 1869 inclusive. while
the later period of twenty-six
years, covering more frequent
transactions. ii has been neces-
sary 10 divide into four series of
from five 10 seven years each.
This finished work shows but a
mOiety of the labor of years of
TWO clerks. frequently interrupt
I'd through pressure of current
work. and once DELAYED several
weeks for want of funds till two
friends of the system came to its
rescue, at about the eleventh hour
Of the session of 1894. and secured
a grant for its continuance. The
unseen work embraces the alb
stract in short form from the rec
ords themselves. of every record
ed instrument therein. in the
form desired for the index, but
not in alphabetical order.
When a number of records were
distracted in this way. they were
compared and checked. ready for
index entry. The abstract sheets
thus checked. as copy" for both
the first and second party index
clerks. one following the other in
consecutive order as TO date of
record. of course entering every
thing in its proper alphabet sub
division. When all was done, the
work was again compared by the
records themselves, one party |
calling off. and one checking in
each index and correcting any
errors or omissions, after which
they were ready for public use.
Under the old system the in
dioes simply showed the class of
instrument. name of first and sec
Ond party-one entry in each
and the liber and folio of the
recorded instrument. This was
all sufficient in the days when
realty transactions were so light |
that the good memory of Regis
trar Brown could aid the honest
enquirer in information sought. |
With the changed business con-
ditiOn of the islands toward the
close Of the seventies. compiled
lions Of title may said to have
rapidly multiplied, so that search
work was aided by the addition of
a date column. and the vowel sys-
TEN Of indexing further facilitat-
I'd by . better division under sew
eral letters of the alphabet to ac-
oommodate Hawaiian and Chi
neSe names
While an aid in some respects
IL did not avail much in identify
ieg an instrument as TO whether
II was the one required or not. TO
ariNA AnAu hnlIn II WIS uttCSSdIN /
10 note and call for all records
containing instruments between
the parties sought against, and
patiently examine each till the
right one was found. This was
not only tax on valuable time
both TO the public and the Office,
but was deemed by the new regis
trar an unnecessary strain and
wear upon the records, hence his
information of this new system.
which began with 1889. to show.
as much as possible, the essential
features of each recorded instru-
ment.
Following the class or charac-
ter Of an instrument are the names
Of all parties thereto-both of
granters and Of grantees-if in