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No. 1 of 1883.
*
DISTRESS FOR RENT.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
TABLE OF FEES TO BE LEVIED IN DISTRAINTS FOR RENT.
for
[s. 6.]
in the day
at the
Sum sued for.
Affidavit, Warrant to distrain, Order to sell, Notice, etc.
Commission.
$
1 and under $5
$0.25
5 do. 10
1.00
10 do. 20
2.00
20 do. 30
3.00
30 do. 40
4.00
40 do. 50
5.00
50 do. 75
6.00
75 do. 100
7.50
25 cents.
$0.25
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.75
5.00
100 do. 250
10.00
250 do. 500
15.00
500 and above
15.00
$1 for every $20 or part of $20.
The above scale is intended to include all expenses, except in actions where the tenant disputes the landlord's claim, and witnesses have to be subpoenaed, in which case each subpoena must be paid for at 25 cents; where watchmen are kept in charge of property distrained, 50 cents per day must be paid per man; where property is removed and stored, the necessary expenses, to be fixed by the Registrar, must be paid.
*Be...
SECOND SCHEDULE.
FORM No. 1,
Power of Attorney to Distrain.
[s. 9.]
I [or We], A.B. do hereby authorise C.D. to be my [or our] agent to act for me [or us] in distraining, under the Distress for Rent Ordinance, 1883, for [all] the arrears of rent now due to me [or us] (or to be hereafter due) on property situate in [here describe the property], as to which I am [or we are] entitled to distrain as Owner, [or Lessee, Trustee, Guardian, etc.] alone [or together with E.F.] etc.
Dated the day of 19
(Signed.) A.B.
FORM No. 2.
[s. 10.]
HONGKONG.
Affidavit in support of Application for Warrant of Distress.
In the Supreme Court, Summary Jurisdiction.
A.B., Plaintiff.
V.
C.D., Defendant.
I, A.B., an inhabitant of
make oath and say that C.D.
is justly indebted to
in the sum of $
*For distraint fees in the New Territories see Bowley's Regulations of Hongkong 1910, p. 581.
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