65. The Crown rents of 108 sections of lots were determined under the Crown Rents (Apportionment) Ordinance. Applications under this Ordinance may be made either by the owner of the Remaining Portion of a lot, in which case the rents of all the sections are determined, or by a section owner, in which case the rent of his section only is deter- mined, the rent of the remainder of the lot being reduced correspond- ingly. Upon determination of the rent of a section the owner is deemed to hold the section as if a separate Crown lease for it had been granted to him at the determined rent.
New Street Index
66. The 28th Edition of the Index of Streets, House Numbers and Lots in Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon, familiarly known as the 'Street Index', was compiled by the Land Office in 1967 and published in May 1968. Unlike the previous editions, which consisted of bound volumes, the 28th Edition was published in loose-leaf form, thus affording a convenient means of making successive additions and alterations, particulars of which are contained in noters-up issued by the Land Office at six-monthly intervals. Two such noters-up, being Nos. 3 and 4 in the series, were published in August 1969 and January 1970 respectively.
Fees
67. Owing mainly to the new record number of instruments registered the total Land Office fees collected increased by more than $400,000 over the previous year's total to a new record figure of $1,900,297 made up as follows:
Deeds registration and Miscellaneous Crown leases
Apportionment of Crown rents
Consents to sale of units in uncompleted multi-storey buildings
$1,710,277
88,416
1,604
100,000
$1,900,297
PART III
COMPANIES REGISTRY
Companies Registration
68. The Companies Ordinance is based on the Companies Act 1929 formerly in force in Great Britain but now replaced by the Companies
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