Country, District, or Parish,
(02)
MISCELLANEOUS NUMERICAL RETURNS.
:
Number of Savings Banks.
Number of Friend- ly Societies.
Number of Deposi- tors in Savings Banks.
Number of Persous connected with Friendly Societies.
Persons paying direct Taxes.
Paupers.
Victoria, Hongkong, .......
1
Number Number
of li- of Emi- migrants, grants.
Remarks.
163,248 122,657 There are certain
Chinese Savings Bunks the num- ber of which is unknown.
1.-RETURN OF Cases brought under the cognizance of the SUPREMe Court of HONGKONG during the year 1912.
ORIGINAL AND SUMMARY JURISDICTIONS.
JUDGMENT.
Settlel
Jurisdic- tion.
In No. Depen- of deney Cases Total.
Debt and
or
·with-
Damages
drawn
in
in 1911. 1912.
for 1912.
before
tiinl.
l'laintiff.
Defendant.
Xunsuit,
Struck out. Dismissed
and
Impses
Writs.
Struck out of the Cause-Book
as having been standing over generally for more than a year.
In Dependency, i
Delt
and
Damages recovered.
Original...... 480
224
704
$2,496,283.04′′|
52
0%
80
657
$584,637.38
Summary,
280 2,087 2,267
336,876,20
875 706
50
6
219
123
193
130,484.05
* A claim of £2,988. 78. 6d, is not included in this amonat.
2.-Return of DISTRESS WARRANTS FOR Rest issued during the year 1912.
(Ordinance No. 1 of 1883.)
Number issued.
Sold to pay Claims.
575
Number withdrawn.
Aggregate Rent involved,
Aggregate Sum recovered on sales,
159
410
$42.525.11
$16,466.24
3.-APPELLATE JURISDICTION,
APPEALS COMMENCED.
APPEALS TRIED,
JUDGMENT.
Number of Cases.
No. of Cases.
Appellant. Respondent, Pending.
Withdrawn.
00
8
3
1
5
1