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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Land Transfer Department

Land Transfer Department.

The Land Transfer Department, under Mr. G. G. Bridges, District Land Registrar and Registrar of Deeds, is situated in the north end of the Provincial Council Buildings, the most convenient entrance ‘being from Armagh Street. The department deals with the registration of documents under the Land Transfer Act.

Mr. George Greville Bridges, District Land Registrar and Examiner of Titles, was born at Cheltenham, Hampshire, England, in 1853, and educated at Southampton College. Arriving in Dunedin in 1870 per ship “Warrior Queen,” Mr. Bridges was articled to the late Mr. James Macassey, and admitted a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1876. In 1879 he joined the Land Transfer Department, as examiner of titles at Christchurch. Eight years later he was transferred to Dunedin to fill a similar position, and also to act as deputy-commissioner of stamps. In November, 1892, Mr. Bridges was removed to Wellington, as deputy land registrar, and remained there until October, 1893, when he was transferred to Napler, as district land registrar and deputy-commissioner of stamps for the Hawke's Bay district, being appointed to the office he now holds in January, 1896. Mr. Bridges was married in 1883 to a daughter of the late Canon Cotterill, of Christchurch, and has two sons and two daughters.