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1.—Return of Cases brought under the cognizance of the SUPREME l'ounr of HONGKONG during the year 1908.
ORIGINAL AND SUMMARY JURISDICTIONS.
Settled JUDGMENT.
In
Jurisdie. tion.
Depen- dency
No. of Cases
Total.
in
in
Debt and Damages.
יןןן
with-
drawn
before
1907. 1908.
trinl.
Plaintiff.
Defendant.
Nonsuit.
Struck
Sirnek out of The Cause-Book!
out, Dismissed
and
Inpsed Writs.
as having been statuling over
generally for more than a year.
Original
280
206
48G*
$2,466,271.90 69 97
Sommary
225
1,735 1,960
345,051,29 721 729
56
194
In Dependency.
Debl
And Damages
recovered.
N
316
$902,816.20
135
122 111,283.15
• One case transferred to Summary Jurisdiction; one case transferred to Admiralty Juris:lietion.
2.—Return of Distress Warrants for Rest issued during the year 1908.
(Ordinance No. 1 of 1883.)
Number issued.
Sold to pay Clains.
512
APPEALS COMMENCED.
Number withdrawn.
Aggregate Rent involved.
Aggregate Sum recovered on sales.
242
270
$60,687.87
$17,579.95
3.—AppellaTE JURISDICTION.
Arreals TRIED.
JUDGMENT.
Number of Cases.
No. of Cases.
Appellaut.
Respondent.
Pending.
Withdrawn.
1
3
4.—ADMIRALty Jurisdiction.
Actions instituted.
Number heard.
Settled or withdrawn.
Pending.
4
1
1
In 1 action the ship was arrested.