480
RETURN of CIVIL and APPEAL CASES brought under the cognizance of the Supreme Court of Hongkong during the Year 1899.
CASES TRIED.
In Depend- of
No.
Jurisdiction.j ency Cases Total.
in
in
1898.
1899.
Settled
Debt and Damages.
OP
Withdrawn
before
Trial.
Plaintiff.
Defendant.
JUDGMENT.
Non-Suit
Struck Out, Dismissed, and Lapsed
Writs.
In Dependency.
Debt and Damages Recovered.
Original, ...
58
96
154
$1,576,923.45* B
24
co
3
51
$244,973.63*
Summary, .........
1,060
1,114
$ 162,79.86 422
380
56
144
50
$ 70,074.13
* Exclusive of one Case wherein the amount claimed and recovered was £1,280,0,1,
1899.
APPEALS.
APPEALS COMMENCED.
Judgment.
APPEALS TRIED.
Judgment.
Before the Full Court,......
Before the Court in Same- mary Jurisdiction under The Rating Ordinance, 1888,
No. of
With-
Cases. Appel- Respond Peading..
lant.
} ent.
No. of
With-
Cases. Appel- Respond Pending drawn-
Jani.
ent.
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Registry, Supreme Court, Hongkong, 17th January, 1900,
A. Seru, Acting Registrar.