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j l 1 ( Raising of Schedule by Legis-- | lature Will Lessen Demand | on City | eaimunza> i '"While the Increase of thirty per | cen't in Registry Office fees gran'.ed' by the Government will help some, | it is doubtful if the increase wiul' make the office self--sustaining," ac-- | cording to at least one city oxficial.] The statement that the city's | share of the Registry Office joes' was ninety per cent. is not accord» | ing to fact. "Subject to the »rovi-- / stions of section 148 of the I and | Titles Act," the act reads, "the MRoeg-- istrars of East and West Toronto shall each pay the Treasurer of the / city of Toronto on his net income over $1,500 the following percent-- / ages: l "On the excess over $1,500 to| $2,000, ten per cent.; on the excess over $2,000 to $2,500, twenty per| cent.; on the excess over $2,500 to $3,000, thirty per cent.; on the ex-- , cess over $3,000 to $6,000, fifty per| cent.; on the excess over $6,000 ninets, per cent." | FHection 148 of the act n»rovides that where the act applies to a , county, city or town entitled to re-- | ceive money from the Registry Of--| fice, the Registrar should pay the Provincial Treasurer, to be applied as far as necessary in defraying the salary of the Master and other ex-- penses of the office, the money pay--| able either directly or indirectly to | the county, city or town under the' act, and the Treasurer shall pay the balance to the county, city or town,'| and if this is not sufficient to pay' the office expenses, etc., the residue shall be made Eood to the Province by the municipality, | Instead of receiving any :revenue from the Registry Office during the past two years, the city hbhas bcen billed for a deficit of $10,000, the | regeipts not being equal to the ex. penses of the office. x