70
Table V.
Table VI.
Table VII.
One case was carried to the Privy Council, but no decision has yet reached the Colony.
Leave to appeal to the Privy Council was granted in the case of Tang Tsz U, Appellant, and The Attorney General, Respondent, commonly known as the Cheung Sha Wan case, on the 4th April. On the 27th July, the time for appealing, hav- ing expired, the Petition for leave was dismissed with costs on the application of the Respondent.
5.-ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION.
There were 9 Actions instituted, 2 of which were disposed of, 1 having been settled before trial, leaving 6 pending.
The number of vessels arrested was 3.
The total fees received and paid into the Treasury amounted to $818.50.
6. BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTION,
There were 64 Petitions filed, 47 being Creditors' Petitions and 17 being Peti- tions by the Debtors themselves.
The number of Receiving Orders made was 46, being 34 on Creditors' Petitions, and 12 on Debtors' Petitions.
The number of Public Examinations held was 16.
There were 28 Adjudications; and 2 Compositions were approved by the Court. There was one Discharge.
The aggregate amount of declared Assets was $1,867,768.51, and declared Liabilities $3,125,657.21. Of the declared Assets only $217,275.36 were recovered.
The fees paid into the Treasury amounted to $5,202.20, including the Official Receiver's commission as Trustee where no Trustee has been appointed by the Creditors.
A tabulated statement of the work done is attached to this Report.
7.-PROBATE AND ADMINSTRATION.
There were 180 Grants made by the Court, being :-
Probates,
Letters of Administration,
84
96
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Tables VIII & VILL()
The aggregate value of the Estates was $4,837,794.24.
Probate duties amounted to $116,601.00. Court fees to $8.845.15 and Official Administrator's Commission patl into the Treasury to $2,158.53.
There were 49 Estates vested in, or administered by, the Official Administrator during the year, representing an aggregate value of $31,077.00.
11 Estates were wound up during the year, as against 25 in 1904, representing an aggregate value of $3,700.60.
8-OFFICIAL TRUSTS.
The total number of Trust Estates in the hands of the Official Trustee at the end of 1905 was 19, and the aggregate amount of Trust funds $96,378.08 as against 23 Estates aggregating to $241,264.34 in 1904, and certain house property, viz., No. 6, Rednaxela Terrace,
9.-REGISTRATION OF COMPANIES.
The total number of Companies registered from the commencement of the Companies Ordinance, 1865" was 462 with an aggregate capital of $211,794,108.
Of the 462 Companies on the Register some are defunct, some were not floated, and some were wound up, leaving 254 on the Register at the end of 1905 re- presenting an aggregate capital of $128,558,501.
There were 38 Companies registered in 1905, the revenue from which was:-
Registration Fees,
Filing and other Fees,
.$6,167.50
1,415.50
$7,583.00