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Office fees for transactions registered in a Land 
Office are prescribed under the Land Enactment and 
range from 50 cents to $5.00. 
Survey fees are also prescribed on a fixed scale 
and range from 5 acres and under at $25.00 to $950.00 
for a lot of 1,000 acres. For each additional acre 
above 1,000 acres 60 cents is charged. 
In addition to the survey fees, charges are also 
prescribed for boundary stones and iron pipes 
marking boundaries. The fees are $1.00 for each 
boundary stone emplaced and $3.50 for each pipe 
emplaced. Fees are also prescribed for subdivision 
of lands already surveyed. 
Fees for redrafting plans are prescribed and 
range from $2.00 on a grant or lease of 100 acres 
and under to $10.00 on a grant or lease for over 
1,000 acres. 
Though land may be alienated and held under 
grant in perpetuity, yet this is not freehold, for the 
grant is issued subject to the Land Enactment and 
also subject to any conditions which may be set 
forth in the grant itself. 
The acquisition for public purposes of land which 
has been alienated is regulated by the Land Acquisi- 
tion Enactment 1922, which gives the Resident 
power to acquire any land whenever it is needed 
for a public purpose and also gives him power to 
