Sales by Auction,
Sales without Auction,
Extensions granted,
Grants on Nominal Terms,
Grants on Short Leases,
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Land Sales, &c.
1915.
1916.
1917.
C.
$
$
24,736.00
213,171.00
8,589.80
7,044.88
76,215.56
106,188.00
1,531.40
21,137.95
41,610.57
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Extensions of Short Period Leases to 75 years,
Premia derived from sale of rights to erect piers,
Fees for Boundary Stones to mark lots.... Re-adjustments in Hongkong, Kowloon and New Territories,
Conversions and Exchanges, Premium for Encroachments,
Premium for permission to build upon portions of Kowloon Marine Lots Nos. 10, 11 and 12, .........................
Total,
Actual amount of premium paid into the Treasury,
210.00
$1,099.96
1,182.50
35,209.02
9,702.40
1,502.20
1,331.30
4,023.19
2,712.56
4,278.35
558.60
1,157.10
96,976.33
350,716.89
165,699.12
$96,977.60
350,716.89
161,851.43
6. Sales by Auction.-Seven lots were sold in Hongkong and five in Kowloon which realized $47,358.00 and $50,087.00 respectively. The District Officer at Taipo sold 163 small lots which realized $8,094.00 and the Assistant District Officer at Hongkong 26 lots which realized $649.00.
The following are details of the principal Land Sales:--
No. of Lot. Area in Crown sq. ft. rent. Premium. Rate realized, K.I.L. 1351, 3,600 $50 $3,850.00 $1.07 per sq. ft. K.I.L. 1350, 27,050 310 27,050.00 1.00 K.I.L. 1352, 8,507 98 8,507.00 1.00 K.I.L. 1307, 3,600 50 2,760.00 .77 I.L. 2235, 20,618 212 15,150.00 .73 I.L. 2234, 16,569 172 11,050.00 .66 I.L. 2237, 25,000 172 6,250.00 .297. Sales without Auction.—There were no sales under this heading in Hongkong or Kowloon.
In the New Territories, Taipo Inland Lot No. 10, containing an area of 10,729 square feet, was sold with the approval of the Secretary of State, the premium paid being $321.87 and the Crown rent $24.00. The District Officer at Taipo sold 99 lots and the Assistant District Officer at Hongkong sold 32 lots by private treaty.