Details of such permits are as follows:
Description of Permits No. of Permits Issued From 1946 to 31.3.58 No. of Permits During 1957/58 No. of Permits cancelled No. of Permits in force No. of Permits Amended No. of Demand Notes issued General Permits... 11,353 536 5,337 6,016 640 Permit Fees Actual Amount collected for both Old and New Permits $2,694,569.20 Annual Fees derived from New Permits only $398,764.00 excluding refunds 859 7,261 10,652.79 46 58 140,650.29 57,849.44 Pier Permits 96 ∞ 50 G Free Permits for Public Utility... 184 26 13 0 171 Total 11,633 570 5,400 6,233 642 859 7,319 $2,835,219.49 $456,613.44Note: The number of general permits issued includes one encroachment permit issued to the Royal Air Force at a nominal fee of $1.00 p.a.
Valuation & Resumption
159. Valuations were made for the following purposes: Resumptions under the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance (Cap. 124); Surrenders for Street and other improvements; Renewal of Crown Leases; Sale and Purchase of land and buildings by Government; Town Planning; Extensions to existing lots; Removal of Restrictive Covenants, etc.
160. In addition all hereditaments falling to be assessed for Estate Duty purposes were valued by this section amounting in all to $34,399,147 and assistance in valuation matters was given to other Government Departments.
161. Work continued in the negotiation of surrenders for such purposes as road improvements, implementation of planning layouts, etc. The case for the Crown was presented before two Arbitration Boards formed to determine compensation payable under the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance and preparatory work was done for Boards which may be convened for other resumptions gazetted during the year.
162. Preparatory work commenced in respect of compensation to be paid to lessees detrimentally affected by the Hong Kong Airport
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