TABLE II.
Consideration on Instruments Registered in the Land Office During the Year 1939.
Description of Instruments. Number Registered. No. of Lots or Portions of Lots Affected. Total Consideration. $ Assignments 1,277 1,594 23,236,495.71 Mortgages and Transfer of Mortgages. 987 1,340 13,091,162.61 Reassignments and Certificates of Satisfaction 821 1,121 12,991,372.73 Surrenders 64 80 108,850.00 Judgments and Orders of Court 60 145 396,200.00 Miscellaneous Documents 511 919 100,000.00 Probates and Letters of Administration, (Estate Duties and Interest $222,297.25) 119 293 Total 3,839 5,492 49,929,581.05TABLE III.
Crown Leases Granted During the Year 1939.
Hong Kong Kowloon New Kowloon Total Victoria Marine Victoria Inland 285 Rural Building Victoria Garden Victoria Permanent Pier Shaukiwan Inland 8 Aberdeen Inland 1 Shek O Inland 5 Kowloon Inland 3 New Kowloon Inland 116 New Kowloon Dairy Farm 71 Tai Po Inland 2 2 1 497