4^'^ LAND RECISTKATIOX JN MOZAiVUiKjLF.. 



Such was the theoretical dehnition by Tersant. ah-eady 

 alhuled to, as expressed by him at the meetiiiiJ^ of the l'r.)])erty 

 Congress on the loth August, 1889. 



Finally, the hfth part, .s7/7/ i)i project, besides its particular 

 interest to the State as regards fiscal records will also show the 

 onus of taxation weighing on the property, its account current 

 as to payment of liabilities, as well as the classification of lands, 

 revenue and all that may be of interest to the essentially fiscal 

 part in the assessment of taxes. 



Let us now summarily examine, as a whole, the project of 

 the general cadastral records of lands, which is just coming into 

 execution. 



The whole collection of the titles of property constitutes the 

 General Registry of Property, being the immediate resultant of 

 the geometrical records. 



Following on registration at the Deeds Office of the rights of 

 the owner and those of the State, a certified copy is extracted from 

 the titles delivered to the respective concessionaires, and this is 

 filed to constitute a part of the Registr)' of IVoperty in the 

 archives of the ( ieneral Survey Department. 



Afterwards, all endorsements made on the titles in the 

 possession of the holders of the ground, are reported to the Record 

 Office, when they are immediately copied into the other system- 

 aticall}- filed titles. On the other hand, the Record Office will 

 inform, as already explained, the Deeds Office of all alterations 

 materially aft'ecting the estates. 



This zvill finis allow for the verification of the records, 

 euahiuui both the Ail iiiiiiistratioii and all interested parties to be 

 daily aajiiaiuted ivith the current state of the property. 



Some hundreds of titles which have already been granted 

 since the introduction of the geometrical cadastre into the Land 

 Law, serve to demonstrate the merits of the system and, corrcs- 

 ])ondingly, the foreseen results of the theoretical outlines under 

 which its organisation was undertaken ; but I should not be 

 telling the truth if 1 attempted to persuade the readers of this 

 paper that the system was already in force throughout the vast 

 Province of Mozambicjue. 



Professionals are well aware of the fact that this system 

 essentially de|)ends on the labours of a numerous, trained staff, 

 whicli cannot be easily or rapidly recruited. 



In the following simple extract, T resinne the General 

 plan of the Geometrical Work for the organisation of the 

 Cadastral Charts. 



The tirst class triangulation initiated 1)y the Geometrical Mis- 

 sion of Fast Africa, led by Commander Gago Coutinho, of the 

 Portuguese Navy, covers the district of Lourenco Marques, a 

 jxirt of the sea coasts of Gazaland and Lihambane, intersects a 

 part of the territory towards the interior, and extends further in 

 a narrow stri]) up to Razaruto. 



