HONG KONG.
12
FEES RECEIVED IN PUBLIC OFFICES
(No. 135.)
HONG KONG.
No. 3.-
IN THE CROWN COLONIES.
13 $35
Enclosure 2, in No. 3.
ACCOUNT of the Aggregate Amount of FEES of every kind received in each of the Public Offices during the Year 1844.
HONG KONG
Encl. 2, in No. 3.
OFFICE.
SCHEDULE.
AUTHORITY.
In which Manner appropriated.
Amounts received.
Governor Davis to
Earl Grey,
27 Nov. 1846.
Nos. 1 to 3.
No. 4.
COPY of a DESPATCH from Governor Sir J. F. Davis to Earl Grey.
My Lord,
Victoria, Hong Kong, 27 November 1846. In pursuance of your Lordship's instructions in the printed circular of 24th August, I have the honour to enclose herewith returns of fees received into the treasury from the several departments, and also of such as are received by officers connected with the Supreme Court on their own account.
The fees received into the treasury are for the service of Government, and form a portion of the colonial revenue; they are charged under the authority of particular ordinances.
With regard to the fees in the Supreme Court, which are not charged under the authority of any ordinance, they appear to have been allowed by Mr. Hulme on the ground of custom in law courts, of which I am no judge. It would be desirable that any necessary instructions on this point be furnished to me from the Colonial Office.
Supreme Court -
Land Office
Police Court
for register- ing deeds, &c., and fees on lenses as per Schedules, Nos. 1 and 2 of Ordinance No.3, of 1844, and 10% of 1 year's rent- fee for affixing public seal
leases.
to
Ordinance, No. 15, of 1844.
Ordinance, No. 3, of 1844, and Government Notification 18th 1844.
of
January
Encl. 1, in No. 3.
I have, &c.
(signed)
J. F. Davis.
Enclosure 1, in No. 3.
RETURN of FEES collected during the Years 1844 and 1845.
Marine Police Court- Superintendent's Office
for the public purposes of the colony,
£.
15
s. d. 3 4
ditto
905
4 11
Government Notification of
ditto
33 14 53
18th January
1844, and 16th
July 1844.
2d March 1844
on sailing
ditto ditto
133 8
11 2 8
200
letters and passes,
at 5 dollars for each sailing let-
ter, and 2 dollars for each pass.
TOTAL Amount of Fees in 1844 for public purposes
1844:
On leases and deed registry
£. 905
s. d.
£.
se da
4 11
From Supreme Court
15 3 4
From Police Court
167
22
9
From Superintendent's Office, on sailing letters and passes
1,087 11 -1
11 9 8
TOTAL in 1844
£. sterling
1,099
81
1846:
On leases and deed registry
445 19 2
On burials.
75 8 4/
For transferring licenses
4 3
喽
For signatures, &c. from Colonial Secretary
From Supreme Court
From Police Court (Chief Magistrate)
From Police Court (Marine Magistrate)
For sailing letters and passes
35
4 8
Registry of boats, &c. from Registrar-general
108
4 1
599
一意
17 $ }
11 19 5/
32 1 10
TOTAL in 1845
TOTAL in 1844 and 1845
£. sterling
£. sterling 2,428 0 5
1,229 8 91
This Account does not include the fees received by the Sheriff and such other officers as are permitted to receive and retain them.
£. sterling 1,099 81
(signed)
W. S. Mercer,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.
SUPREME COURT, HONG KONG.-Anno Octavo Victoria Reginæ, No. 15 of 1844.
By his Excellency John Francis Davis, Esq., Governor and Commander-in-chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
(Extract.)
AN ORDINANCE to establish a Supreme Court of Judicature at Hong Kong. 112.-And be it further enacted and ordained, That in all matters and proceedings in the said Supreme Court, there shall be taken and allowed such fees as the Court shall from time to time order and direct, and that the fees specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed, marked (No. 10), shall be the lawful fees to be taken and allowed in the said Court (other than in proceedings under the summary jurisdiction thereof as hereinafter provided), unless and until the Court shall other- wise order and direct; and all fees received by the Registrar, as well as those received by the inferior officers of the Court, shall be accounted for quarterly by them respectively to the Colonial Treasurer.
(signed)
W. T. Mercer,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.
(True copy)
(signed)
W. Caine.
739.
SCHEDULE
B 3
Enclosure