Appendix J.
REPORT ON THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR THE YEAR 1926.
A.-NORTHERN DISTRICT.
I.--STAFF.
Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones was in charge from 1st January to 19th February and Mr. J. A. Fraser from 20th February to the end of the year.
Mr. Chu Tak Hing, Class IV clerk, was promoted to Class III on 1st September.
II.--MAGISTRACY.
Table A shows the number of cases heard by the District Officer sitting as Police Magistrate and as Judge of the Small Debts Court.
III--LAND OFFICE.
The number of sales and other transactions affecting land which took place during the year is set out in Table B.
The number of memorials was 2417 as against 2269 in 1925. The fees received as stamp duty amounted to $2855.00 as against $3015.80 in the previous year.
IV. REVENUE.
The Revenue collected in this office is set out under the appropriate heads in Table C, totalling $139,773.95.
The following amounts paid by the district but not through this office should be added to the figures in Table C:-
Liquor Duties, Sai Kung, $ 7,691.52 Harbour Dues, 2,205.50 No. 1 Launch, 4,331.40 plus L. D. 857.25 No. 4 Launch, 2,488.90 No. 2 Launch, 2,205.90 Crown rent paid in Land Office, 2,848.00* Total, $ 22,628.47*Including $302 Crown Rent for Mining Lot No. 3 at Lin Ma Hang, Sha Tau Kok district.
Tobacco duties and tobacco licence fees collected by the Imports and Exports Department are not included.