# Table A. LAND SALES 1926-1935.

1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 No. of Lots. Sales by Auction Hong Kong 30,370.50 39,840.50 1,369,356.00 1,252,933.36 2,005,515.00 Do. Kowloon 655,284.00 276,251.00 409,325.00 34,369.00 241,866.00 1,593,215.19 Do. New Kowloon 268,326.00 21,000.00 715,802.53 281,194.00 149,059.00 30,904.00 33,615.40 47,411.50 Do. New Territories 150,986.09 21,224.50 43,572.00 4 57,670.00 10,940.00 Sales without Auction Hong Kong 149 11,240.00 2,140.00 55,238.07 1,250,000.00 52,423.00 Do. Kowloon 486.60 65,340.00 2,000.00 Do. New Kowloon 55,761.18 50,038.31 299,146.23 640,007.32 663,396.20 28,185.39 Do. New Territories 5,541.58 39,303.30 6,708.16 11,550.00 6,592.00 8,581.93 1,575.00 28 Extensions granted Hong Kong 36,966.10 20 179.98 696.24 26,013.60 68,869.17 29,901.39 204,594.97 15 Do. Kowloon 21,880.84 50,777.39 32,209.61 16,018.59 Do. New Kowloon 112,449.79 22,334.87 91,948.56 21,846.48 62,320.68 4,507.10 44,376.49 1,495.19 3,588.95 Do. New Territories 331.60 2,650.81 1,940.88 1,519.90 24 5784 16,600.65 47,343.27 Grants on Nominal terms Hong Kong Do. Do. Kowloon New Kowloon New Territories Grants or Extensions to Grants on Short Leases, Do. 20,800.00 3,321.00 1.00 Do. 64,496.72 1 Do. 1 Premia derived from sale of rights to erect Piers, Hong Kong Kowloon 379.00 132.00 2,309.00 17,423.00 16,500.00 206.50 4,900.50 28,229.73 New Kowloon 1,280.00 564.20 903.96 1,292.50 59,729.40 New Territories Do. Hong Kong, Kowloon, New Kowloon & New Territories (temporary) 1,494.97 1,264.00 1,295.02 984.00 Fees for Boundary Stones to define Lots, Hong Kong 6,515.50 3,575.25 5,961.75 7,705.75 8,300.25 Do. Kowloon 3,789.25 7,626.50 3,339.00 766.50 12,844.75 12,862.75 6,554.50 590.00 Do. New Kowloon 7,082.50 9,499.25 5,466.00 Do. New Territories ** 14,865.00 6,823.00 4,079.00 452.00 748.75 20,163.00 6,064.75 4,192.00 Conversions & Exchanges Hong Kong 668.00 18,810.00 Do. Kowloon 57,353.00 64,820.00 75,162.00 5,317.00 1,674.00 3 Do. New Kowloon 1,150.00 94,334.20 44,425.70 $7,855.31 149,329.72 144,465.61 291,097.96 94,586.00 Do. New Territories 477.03 1,035.81 6,155.00 37,076.00 391.14 4,884.00 6 3,573.00 2 2,220.00 211.64 129 324.28 Total 321,511.17 164,099.83 1,825,172.81 2,073,115.13 2,943,727.14 3,535,899.79 1,368,044.20 2,367,808.36 570,720.80 295,052.82 325,569.79 278,609.30 Actual amount of premia paid into the Treasury 146,242.24 1,642,106.87 1,940,300.35 2,896,225.30 3,192,551.36 1,416,730.66 2,257,996.67 587,505.40

The difference between the above totals is accounted for by the payment of premium and interest, and also failures to pay premium on transactions during the year, refunds and readjustments.

* Includes fee for survey.

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