AnnualReport-1908

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LAND SALES AND SURVEYS.

2. Land Sales, Extensions, Grants, &c. The following tabulated statement gives particulars of these :-

No. OF LOTS AREA ÎN SQUARE FEET ANNUAL RENT PREMIUM Total. Total. Total. Total. $ C. $ C. $ C. C. Sales by Auction. Island of Hongkong, 1 1,334,320 nil. 798.00 12,914.00 nil. 100.00 Kowloon Peninsula, N. T., Southern District, 46 2,437,270 137.16 1,917.78 Northern 185 201,873 242.02 2,013.80 238 3,973,463 1,177.18 16,945.58 Sales without Auction. Island of Hongkong, Kowloon Peninsula, N. T., Southern District, Extensions granted. 1,170 1.00 2,569.00 11,160 52.00 558.00 12,330 53.00 3,127.00 Island of Hongkong, 27,827 Kowloon Peninsula, 5,434 466.00 6,952.00 16,914.12 2,426.54 New Territories, 12 33,261 7,418.00 19,340.66 Grants on Nominal Terms, Island of Hongkong, 63,942 2.00 nil. Kowloon Peninsula, New Territories, 3 63,942 2.00 nil. Grants on Short Leases. Island of Hongkong, Kowloon Peninsula, 8,352 72,415 2,100.00 156.00 New Territories, 3 80,767 2,256.00 Permits to occupy Land for short period, &c. Island of Hongkong, 257 4,238.43 Kowloon Peninsula, 105 6,370.90 New Territories, 126 2,301.71 N. T. lot by A.L.O. Southern District, 99 145.00 N. T. lot by A.L.O. Northern District, 207 536.75 794 13,592.00 Extensions of Short Period Leases to 75 years. Island of Hongkong, 8,892 106.00 16,156.30 Kowloon Peninsula, New Territories, 3 8,892 106.00 16,156.30 Quarry Leases. Island of Hongkong, Kowloon Peninsula, New Territories, Total, 1,055 4,172,645 24,604.18 55,569.54

The actual amount of premium paid into the Treasury during the year was $70,420.27 or very much less than the Estimate which amounted to $300,000.00. It included the following sums which do not appear in the above tabulated statement:

Premia derived from sale of rights to erect piers,

Fees for boundary stones to mark lots,

Premium for permission to build upon portion of Kowloon Marine Lot 11 (310 square feet), Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's property,

$13,782.02

490.46

883.50

3. Sales by Auction.-There were no lots in the New Territories sold by the Public Works Department. The Assistant Land Officer at Tai Po sold 185 small lots which realized $2,013.80, and the Assistant Land Officer at Hongkong 46 small lots which realized $1,917.78. The large area sold in Hongkong was principally made up of a Farm

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