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8. Land Registration Fees in the New Territories for 11 months amounted to $14,799.- as against $11,470.90 for 12 months in 1939. Crown Lease fees in the New Territories were nil this year compared with $240.- in 1939.
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The total fees collected during the past 10 recorded years is shown in Table VI.
10. 2 surrenders of land required for public purposes were prepared and registered in the Land Office.
11. Stamp Duties.
Stamp Duties paid on registered documents (exclusive of Probates and Letters of Administration) amounted to $1,687.226.81 as against under $270,000 in 1939. The monthly figures can be seen in the last column of Table III.
12. Crown Rents.
The number of lots entered on the Hong Kong and Kowloon Crown Rent Roll was 13,531, an increase of 1,026 over 1939. Table VII is a statement by localities.
13. The Crown Rents on this roll amounted to$786,287.20, an increase on 1939 of $38,317.56.
14. The number of lots entered on the Village Crown Rent Roll as shown by localities in Table VIII was 1,927, a decrease of 10 on the preceding year.
15. The Crown Rents on this roll amounted to $1,297.55, a decrease of $10.25 on the preceding year.
16. The overall increase on Crown Rents was mainly due to the re-granting of lots after re-entry. A very considerable increase will be reflected in the figures for the succeeding year.
17. During the year the number of sections, the Crown Rents of which were apportioned under the Crown Rents Apportionment Ordinance 1936, was 20 as compared with 370 in 1939 and the total sum of fees collected was $234.- as compared with $4,699.- in 1939.