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Appendix 29
(Chapter 12: Land, Public Works and Utilities)
Land Office
Item
1984
1985
1986
Instruments registered
Assignments of whole buildings or sites
418
594
653
Assignments of flats or other units
52 358
73 791
80 487
Agreements for sale and purchase of flats or other
units
29 959
54 405
56 549
Building mortgages/building legal charges
46
52
49
Other mortgages/legal charges
43 857
64 602
76 004
Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and
certificates of satisfaction
26 726
36 633
41 061
Exclusion orders
Re-development orders
Miscellaneous
Total
4
3
4
16
2
3
23 241
32 852
37 986
176 625
262 934
292 796
Conditions of sale, grant, exchange, etc registered
62
94
60
Consents granted to entering into agreements for sale
and purchase
160
166
122
Modifications and variations of lease conditions
164
179
243
Government leases issued
16
32
4
Determinations of Government rent and premium
115
178
169
Multi-storey building owners corporations registered
154
216
159
Public searches in Land Office records
714 657
1 010 291
1 220 951
Considerations in Instruments Registered in Land Office‡
$ Thousand
Assignments of whole buildings or sites
2,173,927
6,919,558
28,122,386
Assignments of flats or other units
22,378,613
31,308,553
45,501,356
Agreements for sale and purchase of flats or other units
11,934,640*
36,965,120
48,954,289
Building mortgages/building legal charges
286,086
974,099
908,610
Other mortgages/legal charges
15,362,741
25,147,894
33,085,756
Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and
certificates of satisfaction
14,586,346
22,735,099
22,182,199
Miscellaneous instruments
148,587
50,310
83,719
Total
66,870,940**
124,100,633
178,838,315
Note:
Covering registrations recorded in respect of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Kowloon only. For April-December.
** Excluding agreements for sale and purchase of flats or other units registered during the period January to March.