Country, District, or Parish.
Number of Savings
(02)
MISCELLANEOUS NUMERICAL RETURNS.
*BHIKH
Victoria, Hongkong, ..............
1
Number of Friend- ly Societies.
Number of Deposi-
tors in Savings
"K[lliÄ
Number of Persons connected with Friendly Societies.
Persons paying direct Taxes.
Paupers.
:
Number Number
of Im- of Emi- migrants, grants.
Remarks,
168,527
76,296 There are certain Chinese Savings
Banks the nuo-
ber of which is unknown.
1.-RETURN OF CASES brought under the cognizance of the SUPREME Court of HONGKONG during the year 1914.
ORIGINAL AND SUMMARY JURISDICTIONS.
Settled
JUDGMENT.
In
Jurisdic- tion,
in 1913.
No. Depen- of dency Cases
in
Total.
Debt and Damages
ог
with-
drawn
for 1914.
before
1914,
trial.
Plaintiff,
Defendant.
Nonsuit.
Struck out, Dismissed
and
Lapsed Write.
Strack out of
the Cause-Book
As having been standing over generally for more than a year.
In Dependency.
Original,
655
342
997*
$2,149,905.931) 57 148
3
2
Summary,
412
2,380
2,792
$456,021.288 1,006 806
49
43
Debt
and Damages
recovered.
785 $1,437,417.00 & £4,519.15)
896
$179,199.17 & £38.14
• 2 actions transferred to Summary Jurisdiction.
Not including 5 claims in Sterling amounting in all to £5,189.11.34. Not including 2 claims in Sterling amounting to £124.18.7.
2.-RETURN OF DISTRESS WARRANTS FOR RENT issued during the year 1914.
(Ordinance No. 1 of 1883.)
Number issued.
Sold to pay Claims.
702
305
Number withdrawn.
397
Aggregate Rent involved.
Aggregate Sun recovered on sales.
$89,342.32
$37,869.42
3.—APPELLATE JURISDICTION,
APPEALS COMMENCED.
APPEALS TRIED.
JUDGMENT.
Number of Cases.
No. of Cases.
Appellant. Respondent. Pending.
Withdrawn
5
1
3
1
1