THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1867.
RETURN of the NUMBER of Cases tried before the Honorable the Chief Justice, and ACTIONS commenced in the Supreme and Vice Admiralty Courts of Hongkong, during the Year ending 31st December, 1866.
Cases tried before the Honorable the Chief Justice in 1866.
117
JUDGMENT.
TOTAL.
COURT.
NUMBER OF CASES.
AMOUNT OF DEBT
AND DAMA- GES CLAIMED.
Plaintiff Defendant. Nonsuit. Cases. Debt and Damages.
Supreme Court, -
Common Law,
θα
$37,351.43
Chancery,
Bankruptcy,
186
419,741.38
3
18
3
42
Appeals,..
3¢
Appellant Respondent,
$513,152.90
Vice-Admiralty Court,
15d
56,060.09
1 15
2
Actions commenced in 1866.
AMOUNT OF
JUDGMENT.
REMAIN-
COURT.
NUMBER OF CASES.
SETTLED
TOTAL.
DEBT AND
ING IN
DAMAGES
WITHOUT TRIAL.
DEPEND-
Non-
CLAIMED.
Plaintiff Defendant. suit.
ENCE.
Cases.
Debt and Damages.
Supreme Court,-
Common Law,
117 $1,920,580.01e| 71
3
43
Chancery,.
4
Bankruptcy,
29
Probate,
429,773.72f 148,635.85g
17
*:
900
$2,620,387.52
Appeals,
Appellant Respondent
1
Vice-Admiralty Court
27
121,447.94
11
9
a Three of these cases were in dependence on 31st December, 1865.
b One of these cases was in dependence on 31st December, 1865.
e Two of these cases were from the Police Court, and one from the Summary Jurisdiction Court.
d Four of these cases were in dependence on 31st December, 1865.
e Judgment was signed in Twenty of these cases, representing a sum of $542,611.82.
f The sum here given is the amount of liabilities entered in the Bankrupts' Schedules.
g The sum here given is from the valuations made by the Appraisers of Court.
h Six of these cases were Petitions for Bounty.
During the Year there were 104 Sittings in Court and in Chambers, upon notices of motion and Judge's Summonses, exclusive of the above trials.
N. R. MASSON, Acting Registrar.
RETURN of the NUMBER of CASES tried, and ACTIONS commenced, in the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1866.
AMOUNT OF NO. OF CASES. DEBT AND DA-
MAGES CLAIMED,
SETTLED
WITHOUT TRIAL.
JUDGMENT.
Plaintiff. Defendant. Nonsuit.
REMAINING IN DEPENDENCE.
REMARKS.
1,132*
8
$72,832.46 1,264.24
245
605
13
269
8
1,140
74,096.70
*4 of these Cases were in Dependence
on 31st De- cember, 1865.
HENRY J. HOLMES, Clerk of Court.
Hongkong, 26th January, 1867.