Q 7
Land Sales, &c.
The actual amount of premium paid into the Treasury during the year was $96,977.60 or much less than the Estimate which amounted to $206,000.00. It included the following sums which do not appear in the above tabulated statement:--
Premium derived from sale of right to erect piers, ... $51,099.96
Fees for Boundary Stones to mark lots, ... $1,482.50
A sum of $2,427.80 was refunded to the owners of various lots.
It consists of the following:-
Number of Lot Crown rent Premium Remarks I.L. 1893, *AR.B.L. 131, M.L. 64A,
Tai Hang Lot 27, 28, 29,
I.L. "1096," 45.78
146.16
96.72
15.30
14.85
4.76
14.60
98.70
Area found to be less than that stated in Sale Conditions.
Refund of Crown rent in respect of a portion of the lot resumed in 1914 for a public street.
Area incorrectly stated in assessing premium.
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Refund of Crown rent in respect of a readjustment of the lot.
As the area was required for the new Overseers' Quarters, the permit was cancelled on 25.11.15 but rent had been paid up to 31.12.15.
Erroneously paid by licensee for second half-year.
1,892.38 For Pier was removed before the end of first half-year.
area given up from H.H.M.L. 1 for widening Gillies Avenue, less excess areas granted in connection with K.M.L. 27 and H.H.I.L.'s 24 and 256.
Temporary pier opposite M.L. 110,
90.00 Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co.'s premises at Hunghom,...