2.-Land Registration fees in the New Territories amounted to $5,585.50 and Crown Lease fees to $30.00.
3. The total fees collected during the past ten years is shown in Table IV.
STAMP DUTIES.
1.-Stamp Duties paid on registered documents (exclusive of Probates and Letters of Administration) amounted to $460,146.45.
2. Stamp Duties on Probates and Letters of Administration registered amounted to $315,876.30.
CROWN RENTS.
1.-(1). The number of lots entered on the HONG KONG Crown Rent Roll was 5,834, a decrease of 102 on the preceding year.
(2). The Crown Rents on this Roll amounted to $549,374.46, a decrease on the preceding year of $17,831.03.
2.—(1). The number of lots entered on the VILLAGE Crown Rent Roll was 3,317, a decrease of 61 on the preceding year.
(2). The Crown Rents on this Roll amounted to $1,832.55 as compared with $1,982.55 in the preceding year, a decrease of $150.00.
3.-(1). The total Crown Rents amounted to $551,207.01, a decrease of $17,981.03 on the year 1926.
(2). The decrease was occasioned by Surrenders, Re-entries and Resumptions.
DOCUMENTS.
Nine hundred and nineteen (919) documents were prepared in the Land Office during the year, viz.:-
(a) One hundred and ninety-six Crown Leases and Counterparts.
(b) One hundred and thirty-three Memorials for the registration of Undertakings relating to Verandahs and Balconies over Crown Land.
(c) One hundred and twenty-four Surrenders of land required for public purposes and improvements.
(d) Twenty-three Deeds of Covenant relating to Scavenging Lanes.
(e) Seventy-five Agreements for leases, exchanges or Surrenders.
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