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 register with indefeasible titles, is "rare and altogether exceptional," provision may be made for these by registration as "possessory titles only," as is the case in the colony of Victoria. Dealings with these subsequent to the date of registration should, however, be held indefeasible, and provision made for the transfer of them to the general register upon the fault of title being cured by the production of further evidence, or through the statute of limitations.

The measure for England should therefore be framed on the following principles:—1st. The estate should pass on registration, not on the execution of a deed. 2nd. The title under it should (except so far as regards possessory registration) be indefeasible. 3rd. The registration should be compulsory upon the first dealing with the freehold after the date appointed for the Act to become operative. 4th. The register should be metropolitan. 5th. The adoption of the duplicate method of conducting registration, as in operation in the Australasian colonies. 6th. Lands once placed on the register should not be withdrawn.