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MISCELLANEOUS NUMERICAL RETURNS, 1927.
Country, District, or Parish.
Victoria, Hong Kong....
Number of Savings
Banks.
Number of Friendly Societies
Sumber of Depositor in Savings lank.
Xumber of Persons connected with Friendly Societies.
Supand suoraa
direct Taxes.
No figures available.
1
|
Pampers.
Sumber
Number
of Im. migrants.
of Emi- grants.
Remarks.
181,100
285,593
1.—RETURN OF Casɛs brought under the cognizance of the SUPREME COURT of Hong Kong during the year 1926.
ORIGINAL AND SUMMARY JURISDICTIONS,
No. of
Settled
JUDGMENT.
Debt
ог
Jurisdic- tion.
Cases
and
with-
in
Damages
drawn
for 1927.
1927.
before
trial.
Plaiulio.
Defendant.
Nonsuit.
Original......... Summary,
410 1,857
*$6,669,108.43 557,994, 12
+47
175 10 861 46
Struck out, Dismissed and
· Debt
Pending.
Lapsed Writs.
and
Damages recovered.
145
47
418
$2,151,486 17 251,590,09
2.—RETURN OF DISTRESS WARRANTS FOR RENT issued during the year 1927.
(Ordinance No. 1 of 1883.)
Number issued.
Sold to pay Claims.
1,334
477
Number withdrawner.
857
Aggregate Rent
involved,
$307,287.79
Aggregate Sum recovered on sales.
$80,569.92
3.—APPELLATE JURISDICTION,
APPEALS COMMENCED.
APPEALS TRIED.
JUDGMENT.
Number of Cases.
No. of Cases.
Appellant. Respondent.
Pending.
Withdrawn.
10
2
0
6
4.-ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION.
Actions instituted.
Number heard.
Settled or withdrawn.
16
13
Pending.
2.
5.-COMPARATIVE RETURN of all SUMS COLLECTED in the REGISTRY of the SUPREME Court, during the years 1926 and 1927, and paid into the TREASURY.
exclusive of fees in respect of Licences to keep Local Registers and China Companies Fees.
1926.
COURT FLES
...........8 76,800.50
1927.
$ 65,709,95
OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATOR'S and TrusteR'S COMMISSION....
HONG KONG COMPANIES REGISTRATION
3,201.33
11,305.00
544.06
12,564.80
POSSESSION FEES
FINES AND FORFEITURES...........................
INTEREST.
25,520.50
16,910.00
35.00
390.28
526.25
$117,252.61
$ 96,251.96
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