Land Sales and Surveys.
Land Sales, &c.
4. Land Sales, Extensions, Grants, etc.-The actual amount of premium paid into the Treasury during the year was $265,468.86, or considerably more than the estimate, which amounted to $200,000.00.
The following is a comparative statement of the Revenue derived from Land Sales, etc., for the years 1917-1919:-
1917 1918 1919 Sales by Auction $106,188.00 $202,675.30 $159,365.37 Sales without Auction $1,531.40 $547.40 $41,510.57 Extensions granted $77,359.20 $257.00 $93,279.30 Grants on Nominal Terms $1,300.00 Grants on Short Leases... Extensions of Short Period Leases to 75 years $2,086.50 $207.50 Premia derived from sale of rights to erect piers $9,702.40 $4,559.82 $4,043.51 Fees for Boundary Stones to mark lots... $1,331.30 $1,639.45 $1,454.59 Conversions and Exchanges $4,278.35 $3,560.32 $6,861.59 Premium for permission to build upon portions of Kowloon Marine Lots Nos. 10, 11 and 12 $1,157.10 Total... $165,699.12 $296,727.99 $265,468.86 Actual amount of premium paid into the Treasury $161,851.43 $301,700.87 $265,468.865. Sales by Auction.--Fourteen lots were sold in Hongkong, five in Kowloon and one in New Kowloon which realised $79,127.35, $72,200.00 and $200.00 respectively. The District Officer at Taipo sold 197 small lots which realised $7,742.00 and the Assistant District Officer at Hongkong 7 lots which realised $96.00.
6. Sales without Auction.-There were no sales under this heading in Hongkong, Kowloon and New Kowloon. The District Officer at Taipo sold 31 lots and the Assistant District Officer at Hongkong 8 lots by Private Treaty.
7. Extensions Granted.-The extensions granted in Hongkong comprised additional areas to Inland Lots Nos. 1548, 2149, 2259,