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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH APRIL, 1905.
II. LAND SALES AND SURVEYS.
Land Sales, Extensions, Grants, &c.
2.---The following tabulated statement gives particulars of these :—
No, OF LOT.
AREA IN SQUARE FEET.
ANNUAL RENT.
PREMIUM.
Total.
Total.
$
Total. $
$
Total,-$
Sales by Auction.
Island of Hongkong,
19
Kowloon Peninsula,
New Territory.
€
494.825 537.988 2,077,461
4.082.00
2434417
4.852.00
168,013
4,248.00
23,325
33
3,110.274
13.182.00
434.785,00
Grants under Praya Re-
clamation Ordinance,
1889.
Island of Hongkong,
81.177
1.490.00
81,177
1.490.00
Extensions granted.
Kowloon Peninsula,
97,060 88,529
62.00 1.182.00
$2.700.00
New Territory,
C
185.589
1.244.00
82.700,00
Grants on Short Leases.
Island of Hongkong,
Kowloon Peninsula.
New Territory,
Grants.
Island of Hongkong..
Kowloon Peninsula.
New Territory,
Permits.
Island of Hongkong,
Kowloon Pentusula,
New Territory,
Readjustment of Boun-
daries.
Island of Hongkong.
Kowloon Peninsula.
New Territory.
Conversion of Lots.
Island of Hongkong,
Kowloon Peninsula,
New Territory,
Total.......
45.000 814,356
36.00 2.767.00
359.356
2.803,60
302 208 428.600 391.348
5,00 3.00 104.00
277.45
14.
1.322.246
112.00
277.45
1,978.66 356 00 958.00
8.492,66
**
19
48.787 78.943
185.00 221.00
3.157 17 5,101.00
30
127.739
356.00
8.258.17
43.583
776.00
3.600.00
+
96
48.58K
3.229.055
776.00
$28.455.66
3,600,00
$529 620.62
The amount of premium realized for Land Sales by auction was $434,785, as against $468,098 for 1908.
The actual amount of premium paid into the Treasury during the year was $487,122.20 (to this should be added the sum of $98,200, a portion of the premia realized by the sale of Marine Lot 289, which it was arranged should be paid in January, 1905). bringing the total up to $585,322.20) or considerably over the Estimate which was $400,000. It included the following sums which do not appear in the above tabulated statement :-
Premia derived from sale of rights to erect piers, ...$28.179.25 Fees for boundary stones to mark lots,
960.00
The Land Sales in the New Territory were very satisfactory, the total premia for lots sold by the Public Works Department amounting to $23,325.
It having proved too expensive to deal with applications for the purchase of small areas of land from this Department, the Assistant Land Officer for the New Territory was given authority to sell such small lots by Public Auction at the Branch Office, Taipo.
In addition to the nine lots stated above therefore, 43 small lots were thus sold realizing $1,177, making a total of $24,502.
In addition to the 43 lots, 18 permits to occupy land for short periods for storing and other purposes were issued, the fees for which amounted to $83.00.
A scheme for dividing the New Territory into suitable Districts for the pur- pose
of land sales and the issue of leases was prepared but has not yet been finally approved.