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Table I.
Table showing total number of cases dealt with by the Supreme Court and the expenditure and revenue of the Supreme Court and the Companies Registry 1923-1933.
Year. Total number of cases dealt with. Expenditure. Revenue. $ C. $ C. 1923.. 962 128,838.62 *69,955.20 1924.. 1,549 136,136.69 *69,624.99 1925.. 1,908 150,698.14 *121,606.20 1926.... 3,416 133,680.40 *117,252.61 1927.... 2,267 141,493.29 *96,254.96 1928.... 2,330 165,114.93 *101,624.20 1929.... 2,303 167,632.95 *102,876.25 1930..... 2,016 218,933.24 *95,560.75 1931..... 2,113 240,030.30 *97,773.74 1932..... 3,095 231,828.63 *155,461.92 1933.... 3,315 244,996.00 *170,422.62*Not including amounts paid for fees in respect of licences to keep local registers and China Companies fees in 1933 $143,727.16.
Table II.
Table showing the increase in the work of the Companies Registry.
Year. Number of companies on the Hong Kong Register. Number of new companies registered during the year. Amount of fees collected. $ C. 1929 560 56 13,651.70 1930 572 63 17,472.60 1931 621 81 20,233.20 1932 674 84 21,958.00 1933 722 94 25,298.20