Country, District, or Parish.
Victoria, Hongkong,
(02)
MISCELLANEOUS NUMERICAL RETURNS.
Number of Savings Banks.
Number of Friend- ly Societies.
Number of Deposi- tors in Savings Banka.
Number of Persons
connected with Friendly Societies.
Persous paying direct Taxes.
Paupers.
No figures
available.
Number Number
of Im- of Emi. migrants. grants.
Remarks.
109,753 68,275
1.-Returs of Cases brought under the cognizance of the Supreme Court of HONGKONG during the year 1915.
ORIGINAL AND SUMMARY JURISDICTIONS,
JUDGMENT.
Settled
Jurisdic- tion.
In No. Depen- of
Cases dency іл
iri 1914. 1915.
Total.
Trebat and Damages
or
with-
‹drawn
for 1914.
Lefore
trial.
Plaintiff.
Defendant.
Nonsuit.
Struck ont, Dismisscal and
Lapsed Writs.
Struck out of the Cause-Book| as having been standing over generally for
more than
n year.
In Dependency.
Debt
and Damages
recovered.
Original...... 785
231 1,01G*
$1,128,712.84†; 43 90
Summary,
806 1.60E
2,497$
$290,060.00‡ 623 455 38
* 2 actions transferred to Summary Jurisdiction.
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12
30
† Not including 2 claims-1 for £987.4.4 and the other for $673.00 U. S. Currency.
§ 2 actions transferred from Original Jurisdiction.
Not including a claim for £25.16.5.
874 $427,589.40
1,231 107,090.38
2.—Returs of DISTRESS WARRANTS FOR RENT issued during the year 1915.
(Ordinance No. 1 of 1883.)
Number issued.
Sold to pay Claims.
556
178
APPEALS
COMMENCED.
Number withdrawn.
295
Aggregate Rent involved.
Aggregate Sum recovered on sales.
$94,172
$13,593
3. APPELLATE JURISDICTION,
APPEALS TRIED.
JUDGMENT.
Number of Cases,
No. of Cases.
Appellant. Respondent.
Pending.
Withdrawn.
2