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CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.
11. There were 130 cases and 146 persons committed for trial at the criminal sessions, as against 99 and 118 respectively in 1932.
12. Of the 146 persons indicted, 94 were convicted, 41 were acquitted and 11 were not proceeded against. In 1932 the figures were respectively 118, 83, 15 and 20.
APPELLATE JURISDICTION.
13. 11 appeals were lodged during the year.
14. 3 were dismissed, 4 were allowed, 3 were settled, and 1 is pending.
ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION.
15. 4 actions were instituted during the year.
16. All the cases were settled.
17. The fees collected amounted to $1,981.00 as against $2,201.00 in 1932.
PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION.
18. 470 grants were made by the Court being:-
Probate
Letters of Administration
178
292
470
19. The figures in 1932 were respectively 165 and 278.
20. Court fees amounted to $31,182.60 and Official Administrator's commission to $3,797.53. The figures in 1932 were $38,325.99 and $6,216.98 respectively.
21. During the year there were 90 deceased estates accounts on the Court books. The cash balance at the end of the year was $21,399.04.
22. 62 accounts were closed during the year and 52 new accounts were opened. No estate was transferred to trust
account.
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OFFICIAL TRUSTS.
23. The number of trust estates in the hands of the Official Trustee at the end of the year was 20. The invested funds totalled $181,700.59 and £2,850 and the cash balance $11,722.92. 2 trusts were wound up during the year, and no trust was opened.
24. The amount of commission collected was $478.46 as against $171.19 in 1932.
REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES.
25. On the 31st December there were 722 comparies on the Hong Kong register, of which 81 were in course of liquidation. 194 companies incorporated outside the Colony and not on the Hong Kong register have registered the requisite documents.
26. During the year 94 new companies were put on the register and 46 companies were struck off. No company was transferred from the Hong Kong to the Shanghai register.
27. The fees collected in respect of "China" companies amounted to $141,342.40, and those in respect of other companies to $25,298.20. The fees for licences to keep local registers amounted to $2,884.76.
28. No firm was registered under the Chinese Partnerships Ordinance, 1911, and no firm was registered under the Limited Fartnerships Ordinance, 1912.
29. Deposits to the total value of $4,146,666 have been made by Insurance Companies under the Fire and Marine Insurance Companies Deposit Ordinance, 1917, $1,618,700 representing cash deposits.
30. Deposits under the Life Insurance Companies Ordin- ance, 1907, amount to $1,147,000, of which $282,000 is by cash deposits.
31. The increase in the work of the Companies Registry during the past five years is shown in Table II appended to this report.
REVENUE.
(FEES, COMMISSION, &c.).
32. The total sum collected during the year by way of fees and commission amounted to $314,149.78 as against $325,052.69 in the previous year.
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