asked for, or who have given wrong dates. So far as dates are concerned, those furnished by various individuals with regard to their own admission have in some cases been wrong to the extent of eight and even ten years. Most difficulty, in this connection, was experienced with regard to Natal; here the information was obtained from three sources, and in many cases all three differed. In many instances four circulars or letters have been required to extract the simple yet necessary information; and in many others no notice whatsoever has been taken of as many as three marked circulars. It is to be hoped that this lack of interest in the Law List, the first of the kind published in South Africa, does not indicate a similar lack of interest in the science of the legal profession. The lists for the Transvaal and Orange River Colony are less complete than the others, owing to the fact that the admissions in those Colonies are for the most part of recent date, and in many cases the addresses of the persons admitted could not be ascertained, the time within which these lists had to be brought to a state of approximate completion being very limited. If this work receives suflicient support to justify annual publication, it is hoped that the legal profession will lend such aid as it is able towards making the Law List quite complete and accurate. The compilers will be thankful to receive suggestions for the improvement not merely of the Law List but of the general part of this publication as well.

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Acknowledgment. It would be invidious to single out the names of any particular persons who have rendered assistance in the preparation of this work. Our thanks are especially due to the various Heads of Government Departments throughout South Africa, particularly Registrars of Deeds and Masters of the Superior Courts, as well as to the Secretaries of the Incorporated Law Societies.

JOHANNESBURG, TRANSVAAL.

28th November, 1902.

W. H. S. B.

M. N.

DEEDS REGISTRIES.

CAPE COLONY.

Cape Town.-Registrar of Deeds: Mr. WILLIAM DE NEUF

VILLE LUCAS.

There are four Registries in the Colony, situated at Cape Town, King William's Town, Kimberley and Vryburg. The three latter embrace respectively the areas known as British Kaffraria, Griqualand West and British Bechuanaland (see notes under separate headings of these offices infra) whilst that at Cape Town includes all other territory in the Colony. The Deeds Registries were primarily established for the Registration of Deeds of Transfer and Mortgage Bonds, but their utility has been extended in various directions, and it is now requisite that the following Deeds should also be registered, viz.: Antenuptual Contracts (vide Act No. 21 of 1875), Notarial Bonds (vide Ordinance No. 27 of 1846), Kinderbewyzen (rid Proclamation of 23rd May, 1805), Deeds of Donation (ride 9 S.C. 161), and Deeds of Servitude.

Transfers and Mortgage Bonds have to be prepared by a Conveyancer, and must be executed before the Registrar in duplicate, whilst the other Deeds enumerated are required to be attested by a Notary Public, excepting Antenuptial Contracts which may have been executed "outside" the Colony. Duplicate Originals or Notarial Copies are necessary in each case for the purposes

of record.

Notarial Deeds of Cession of Mortgage Bonds and Underhand Cessions if written upon the Bond are also registered.

The Registrar of Deeds at Cape Town in addition to his ordinary duties controls the registration of Trade Marks under Acts Nos. 22 of 1877 and 12 of 1895 (see TRADE MARKS, infra); the registration of Designs under Act No. 28 of 1891 (see DESIGNS, infra); the registration of Copyright in "Books' under Act No. 2 of 1873 (see COPYRIGHT, infra); the registration of Books published in the Colony under Acts No. 4 of 1888 and No. 18 of 1895 (see COPYRIGHT, infra); the registration of Joint Stock Companies under Acts No. 23 of 1861 and No. 25 of 1892 (see COMPANIES, infra); the registration of Debentures under Act No. 43 of 1895 (see COMPANIES, infra);

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