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MISCELLANEOUS NUMERICAL RETURNS, 1938.
Country, District, or Parish.
Number of Savings
Banks.
Number of Friendly
Societies.
Number of Depositors in Savings Bank.
Number of l'ersons connected with
Friendly Societies.
in suosio
direct Taxes.
Paupers,
Number
of Lm- migrants.
Number
of Emi. grants.
Remarks.
Victoria, Hong Kong.... Kowloon,
•
19.770
3,017
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83,620
110,587
1. RETURN OF CASES brought under the cognizance of the Sururme Court of HONG KONG during the year 1938.
ORIGINAL AND SUMMARY JURISDICTIONS.
JUDGMENT.
Settled
Jurisdic- tion.
No: of Cnses
Debt
or
and
with.
Damages
drawn
in 1938.
for 1938.
before
trial.
Plaintiff.
Original....... Summary,
198 1,383
$1.056.616,63
336,104,49
48
70
323
537
Defendant,
Nonsuit.
Diamo
Struck out, Dismissed and
Debt
Pending.
Lapsed Writs.
and Damages recovered,
72
20
447
$629,697.88 143,083.62
2. RETURN OF DISTRESS WARRANTS FOR RENT issued during the year 1938. (Ordinance No. 1 of 1883.)
Number issued.
Sold to pay claims.
Number withdrawn.
3,040
908
2,095
APPEALS COMMENCED.
3. APPELLATE JURISDICTION,
Number of Cases,
No. of Cases.
29
21
Aggregate Rent
involved.
$301,233.87
Aggregate Sum recovered on sales.
$13,167.09
APPEALS TRIED.
JUDGMENT.
Pending.
Fettled or Withdrawn.
Appellant.
il
Respondent.
10
5
2
4. ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION.
Actions instituted.
Number heard,
1
Petitions filed.
Settled or withdrawn,
5.-DIVORCE JURISDICTION.
Decree absolute.
Dismissed.
Pending.
2
Degrees nisi.
Pending.
6
8
6.—COMPARATIve Return of all SUMS COLLECTED in the RegisTRY of the SUPREME COURT, during the years 1937 and 1938, and paid into the TREASURY,
inclusive of fees in respect of Licences to keep Local Registers and China Companies Fees.
1938.
COURT FEES
1937. $71,375,22
OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATOR'S AND TRUSTEE'S COMMISSION...... HONG KONG COMPANIES REGISTRATION
CHINA COMPANIES & COMPANIES LOCAL Register Lic. POSSESSION FEES
1,746.24 20,813,00 167,937.08
FINES AND FORFEITURES....................................
...
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS
$ 74,955.66
4,264.80
24,361.40
168,821.42
24,193.00
26,064.00
4,700.00
350.45 2.777.60
1,090.00
878.62 2,866.10
$302,802,00
Deposits not available.
SCITORS FUNDS A/c. OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATOR OFFICIAL TRUSTEE
$ 293,912.59
Total paid into Bauk
1938.
$275,251.47 20,837.9% 11,228.15
$306,817.60
Total payments
out.
$ 259,896.03
15,657.01 10,339.76
$ 285,892.80
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