Land Sales, &c.
Sales by Auction,
Sales without Auction,
Extensions granted,
Grants on Nominal Terms,
Grants on Short Leases,
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,............$
1916.
1917.
1918.
$
0.
$
0.
213,171.00
106,188.00
202,675.30
76,215.56
1,531.40
547.40
21,137.95
41,510.57
77,359.20
4,300.00
210.00
+
2,086.50
35,209.02
9,702.10
1,502.20
1,331.30
4,559.82
1,639.45
2,712.56
4,278.35
**
3,560.32
+
558.60
1,157.10
350,716.89
165,699.12
296,727.99
Actual amount of premium paid into the Treasury,
.8 350,716.89 161,851.43 301,760.87
6. Sales by Auction.-Seventeen lots were sold in Hongkong, ten in Kowloon and two in New Kowloon which realised $72,901.30, $83,980.00 and $30,900.00 respectively. One lot near Sheung Shui in the New Territories was sold by the Public Works Department realising $6,970.00. The District Officer at Taipo sold 178 small lots which realised $6,434.00 and the Assistant District Officer at Hongkong 26 lots which realised $1,490.00.
The following are details of the principal Land Sales:-
No. of Lot. Area in Crown sq. ft. rent. Premium. Rate realized. I.L. 2258, 13,188 $ 136 $15,300.00 $1.16 per sq. ft. I.L. 2267, 43,880 302 15,500.00 0.34 K.I.L. 1357, 4,779 66 19,116.00 4.00 K.I.L. 1359, 2,820 38 13,600.00 4.82 H.H.I.L. 257. 90,000 724 258, 64,490 518 55 23,174.00 .15 "" Sheung Shui Lot No. 2 348,480 400 6,970.00 .02 557. Sales Without Auction.-One lot containing an area of 7,608 sq. ft. was sold in Hongkong for a sum of $380.40. It was acquired to admit of the construction of a tennis court in connection with