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REPORT ON THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR THE YEAR 1927.
B.-SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
1.-STAFF.
Mr. E. 1. Wynne-Jones continued in charge throughout the
Mr. S. H. Peplow was promoted to first class Land Bailiff on 5th August, and Mr. Ng Tsoi Chung, Land Registry Clerk, retired on medical grounds,
medical grounds, after 20 years service, on 1st November.
2.--MAGISTRACY.
Table A gives the number of cases heard by the District Officer, sitting as Police Magistrate and as Judge of the Small Debts Court.
3. LAND OFFICE.
Table B gives the number of sales and other transactions affecting land which took place through the year.
The number of memorials registered was 931 as against 876 in 1926.
The fees received as stamp duties amounted to $1,968.20 as against $1,598.55 in 1926.
These figures are typical of the gradual upward trend, both financial and psychological, in the local land market, consequent upon the restoration of confidence after the recovery from the slump and strike effects.
4.-REVENUE.
The Revenue collected by the District Officer is set out under the appropriate heads in Table C totalling $42,046.73. Tables D and E respectively show the Revenue collected by Police and other Departments, and Table F gives for purposes of comparison the total revenues from all sources collected in the District for the past three years.
5.-GENERAL,
The general state of the District for the last year has been good, shewing a fair increase in prosperity.
There was a slight increase in crime, attributable to the presence of bad characters who came in to seek shelter from " the troubles in the surrounding districts, The Police however worked well to keep crime in check,