Kirimenika V. Duraya Et Al.

Present: Lascelles C.J. and Wood Renton J.

KIRIMENIKA v. DURAYA et al.

63-D. C. Kegalla, 3,210.

Deed thirty years old-Duplicate produced from the Registrar-General's Office-Admissible in evidence without further proof.

A duplicate of a deed over thirty years old produced from the office of the Registrar-General is admissible in evidence without further proof; it must be held to have been produced from proper custody within the meaning of section 90 of the Evidence Ordinance.

A duplicate cannot be treated as a copy of the original deed; it is in all respects an original deed.

THE facts appear from the judgment.

De Sampayo, K.C., for the appellant.

A. St. V Jayewardene (with him De Soysa), for the respondents.

April 23, 1913. Lascelles C.J.-

This appeal relates to the title of a small parcel of land known as Pitawelakumbura, which is a portion of a panguwa containing four other lands. The lands in dispute, together with the other lands included in the panguwa, belonged to one Kira, to whom, for distinction, I will refer to as Kira the elder. The title of the plaintiff is based on a conveyance in the year 1845 from Kira the elder to

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