127. A detailed comparison of premia derived from land sales, extensions and exchanges with the figure for the previous year is as under:
(1) Sales by Auction:
1955/56 1956/57 Island $668,844.00 $2,122,815.00 Kowloon $3,017,000.00 $1,444,500.00 New Kowloon $1,306,750.00 $195,500.00(2) Sales without Auction:
1955/56 1956/57 Island $195,500.00 $1,074,548.00 Kowloon $939,509.50 $817,125.00 New Kowloon $124,518.00 $180,700.00 $5,513,510.00(3) Extensions of area & Modification of Lease Conditions:
1955/56 1956/57 Island $2,775,659.46 $1,261,657.56 Kowloon $292,787.69 $534,196.75 New Kowloon $989,130.61 $677,624.25(4) Exchanges:
1955/56 1956/57 Island $28,088.00 Kowloon $32,345.31 $24,679.50 New Kowloon $97,902.60 $5,471.32(5) Renewal of Crown Leases:
1955/56 1956/57 Island $10,235.44 $74,965.29 Kowloon $1,082,371.36 $1,224,816.93 New Kowloon $12,439,689.97 $14,077,561.60128. Permits issued for the occupation of Crown Land on the Island, Kowloon and New Kowloon for short periods were of a miscellaneous character; some details are as follows:
(a) 718 new permits were issued, 671 permits were cancelled and 658 permits were amended for various reasons. The total number of permits in force at the end of the financial year was 6,305 and fees collected amounted to $2,792,259.42.
(b) 8 temporary pier permits were issued and 32 were renewed and total rent amounting to $107,259.75 was collected during the year.
(c) 2 Encroachment permits were issued to the Services at a nominal fee of $1.00 each.
129. In order to provide sites for permanent development it has been necessary to cancel a considerable number of Crown Land permits on which stand temporary, generally single-storey, buildings used for small factories or other purposes. It is
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