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33. Reclamation of Inland Lots Nos. 3538, 3539 and 3540 and Kowloon Marine Lot No. 102 were completed. Reclamation of Kowloon Marine Lot No. 97 is still in progress.
34. A landslip occurred on Kowloon Inland Lot No. 3311. There were no casualties.
35. The Chinese Cemeteries in Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon were maintained in good order, provision was made for additional burial areas where required. A new area to be known as New Kowloon Cemetery No. 7, situated to the east of Ngau Shi Wan, has been laid off. Development of this Cemetery will be undertaken during 1936.
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Chapter XIII.
JUSTICE AND POLICE.
THE COURTS OF HONG KONG.
The Supreme Court of Hong Kong consists of a Chief Justice and one or more other judges. At present there is one other judge.
2. The jurisdiction of the Court is regulated by a number of Ordinances but generally it may be said that the Court exercises a Summary Jurisdiction in all actions where the claim does not exceed $1,000 and an Original Jurisdiction in all actions where the claim exceeds that amount.
3. In addition to the above the Court exercises Admiralty, Probate, Divorce, Bankruptcy, Lunacy, Criminal and Appellate Jurisdiction.
4. The following is a brief summary of litigation and matters dealt with during the year 1935:-
2,126 actions were instituted in the Summary Jurisdiction and the amounts for which judgment was given totalled $303,976.00.
353 actions were instituted in the Original Jurisdiction and the amounts for which judgment was given totalled $1,359,593.34.
10 actions were instituted in the Admiralty Jurisdiction. 426 grants were made or grants of other courts sealed in the Probate Jurisdiction.
160 persons were indicted in the Criminal Jurisdiction of whom 122 were convicted.
15 appeals were lodged in the Appellate Jurisdiction 10 of which were disposed of during the year.
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