Description of land, etc., in first certificates of title

The Registrar shall have power on ascertaining the identity of any land or the nature of the estate, interest, power or right to be vested in the applicant to prepare a true and accurate General Registry 19 description thereof for inclusion in the first certificate of title and he may describe the land by reference to– (a) a plan, map or diagram in the office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys or in the Registry; or (b) measurements of the land by some competent person on the spot and the position of the existing boundary fences on the land; or (c) any plan, map or diagram prepared by a surveyor authorized by law to survey land which plan, map or diagram he may require the applicant to procure.