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LAND SALES AND SURVEYS,
2. Land Sales, Extensions, Grants, &c.—The following tabulated statement gives particulars of these:-
NO. OF LOTS, AREA IN SQUARE FEET. ANNUAL RENT.
PREMIUM.
Total.
Total.
Total.
Total.
Sales by Auction.
$5
$
C.
$
..
C.
Island of Hongkong,
Kowloon Peninsula,..
N. T., Southern District,
21
262,252
1,213.00
36,328.00
2
149,687
1,692.00
74,611.00
15,632,559
2,866.00
16,092.00
Northern
29
19
19
328,153
690.40
984.70
GI
16,372,601
6,361.40
128,015.70
Sales without Auction.
Island of Hongkong, Kowloon Peninsula,.
Extensions Granted.
Island of Hongkong,
3,786 264,000
22.00 3,030.00
1,396.00
79,200.00
267,736
3,052,00
$0,596.00
Kowloon Peninsula, -
Grants on Nominal terms.
Island of Hongkong,
1
Kowloon Peninsula,.
Grants on Short Leases,
Island of Hongkong,
Kowloon Peninsula,.
New Territory,..
10 Co
5
5,664
3
74,919
45.72 6,816.00
1,141.46 59,006.15†
80,583
6,861.72
60,147.61
42,000
1.00
43.550
ស
85,550
1.00
10 10 W
3
24,820
42.00
2
7,300
110.00
1,836,120
219.00
1,868,240
371.00
Permits to occupy land for
Short Periods, &r.
Island of Hongkong,
Kowloon Peninsula,.
New Territory,
141
42
Not
available.
100
3,135.29* 2,764 31* 635.33*
283
6,534.93*
Extensions of Short Period|
Lenses to 75 Years
Leases.
Kowloon Peninsula,.
Total,
22
160,135
2,204.00
24,023,00
387
18,834,845
25,386.05
292,782.31
* These amounts are not entirely Annual Crown Rents, as many of the permits are for very short periods.
This amount was largely counterbalanced by the surrender to the Government of land valued at $50,807.35.
The actual amount of premium paid into the Treasury during the year was $394,560.96, or considerably less than the estimate, which amounted to $500,000. It included the following sums which do not appear in the above tabulated statement :-
Deferred payment of premium on M. L. 289, sold in Decem-
ber, 1904, plus interest,
Premis derived from sale of rights to erect piers, Fees for boundary stones to mark lots,
$99,294.00 61,583.00 30.00
One lot was put up to auction, but the purchaser failed to pay the purchase money into the Treasury and his deposit of $100 was therefore forfeited to Government,
Lots in the New Territory sold by the Public Works Department numbered 8 and realized $15,788. In addition to this, the Assistant Land Officer at Tai Po sold 28 small lots which realized $584.70 and the Assistant Land Officer at Hongkong 2 small lots which realized $704.
The following are details of the principal land sales, of which there were, however,
·few :-
Number of Lot.
Area Square feet.
Crown Rent. Premium.
Rate Realized.
K. M. L. 87,.......
R. B. L. 123,
145,350 112,000
S 1,658
$ 72,876
258
Sai Kung F. L. 1, I. L.'s 1-5 & M. L. 2,¦ acres 339.93
3,298
5,620 13,288
$0.50 per square foot. $ 0.05
17
$39.00 per acre.