. The official handbook of New Zealand : a collection of papers by experienced colonists on the colony as a whole and on the several provinces ; edited by Julius Vogel . that occurredunder the former system. The one operation of bringing land underthe Act having been effected, all furtherdealings with the land are carried out bymeans of printed forms, which can be filledup by any person of ordinary this way land can be sold, leased, mort-gaged, or otherwise dealt with, whUe in caseof a mortgage being paid off, a simple re-ceipt, indorsed upon the copy of the mort-gage held by the
. The official handbook of New Zealand : a collection of papers by experienced colonists on the colony as a whole and on the several provinces ; edited by Julius Vogel . that occurredunder the former system. The one operation of bringing land underthe Act having been effected, all furtherdealings with the land are carried out bymeans of printed forms, which can be filledup by any person of ordinary this way land can be sold, leased, mort-gaged, or otherwise dealt with, whUe in caseof a mortgage being paid off, a simple re-ceipt, indorsed upon the copy of the mort-gage held by the mortgagee, and also uponthe copy in the Registry Office, operates asa reconveyance, without the necessity for afresh deed. Special provisions are made tomeet the engagements entered into by mem-bers of Building Societies when they becomeborrowers, thus securing the applicabilityof the Act to aU the requirements of thecommunity. Public Trust Office. There is another institution peculiar toNew Zealand called the PubUc Trust was created by an Act passed in 1872,and the purposes of the Act have beendescribed thus :— The appointment of a Public Trustee). SOME OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF NEW ZEALAND. 53 is an attempt to insure the faithful dischargeof trusts, and at the same time to relievepersons from being obliged to burden theirfriends with the responsibilities of , the Public Trust Office Act pro-poses to substitute a permanent officer forguardians who, with the best possible inten-tions, are liable to be incapacitated for theduties they have undertaken, by removal,change of circumstances, or death. Aguardianship is thus established which willcontinue long after the individual who firstexercised it wiU have ceased to act. The Act was brought into operation onthe 1st of January, 1873 ; and by anotherAct passed in that year, the charge of in-testate estates and the estates of lunaticswas also devolved upon the Public office being so entirely nov
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