1959, ceased to keep the duplicate Crown Rent Roll which it had been keeping for over sixty years.
14. The number of lots in the Village Rent Roll has dropped to 1,616, 179 less than in 1957/58. The drop is mainly due to resumptions at Chai Wan, where the number of lots was reduced from 709 to 548.
15. The Crown Rents of 397 sections of lots were determined under the Crown Rents (Apportionment) Ordinance (Cap. 125).
Fees
16. Land Office fees collected during the year amounted to $537,702.50 as follows:
Deeds registration and Miscellaneous
Crown Leases
Apportionment of Crown Rents
$487,841.50
45,242.00
4,619,00
$537,702.50
This total exceeds the previous year's total by more than $71,000.
TABLE I
INSTRUMENTS REGISTERED, TOTAL CONSIDERATIONS, AND CROWN LEASES ISSUED, DURING THE YEARS UNDERNOTED
1949/50
1950/51
1951/52
1952/53
Year
A
:
1953/54
1954/55
1955/56
1
1956/57
1957/58
1958/59
:
:
1:.
Instruments registered
Total Considerations *
Crown Leases issued
$
6,814
284,575,000
247
6,600
245,154,000
176
...
6,733
317,974,000
159
:.
6,539
325,884,000
183
7,350
381,807,000
251
--
9,827
602,674,000
184
12,041
685,401,000
2014
12,609
681,747,000
148
:
:
15,426
902,671,000
189
:
18,278
962,153,000
224
* Ignoring fractions of $1,000.
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