In 1895 a law controlling servants' registry offices was added.
The town of Grand Turk, on the west of the island of that name, is the seat of government and a port of registry.
The registry of the citizens, the suppression of litigation, the elevation of public morals, the care of minors, the retrenchment of public expenses, the limitation of gladiatorial games and shows, the care of roads, the restoration of senatorial privileges, the appointment of none but worthy magistrates, even the regulation of street traffic, these and numberless other duties so completely absorbed his attention that, in spite of indifferent health, they often kept him at severe labour from early morning till long after midnight.
The land reserved is almost wholly owned by aristocrats; with none of it on the land registry.
There has been an immense increase in the property market for homes valued at £ 1m plus, according to Land Registry figures.
