Appendix G 1.
REPORT OF THE LAND OFFICER.
1. REGISTRATION.
During the year one thousand four hundred and fifty-four (1,454) Deeds and Documents were registered under the provisions of Ordinance No. 1 of 1844 affecting two thousand five hundred and ninety-two (2,592) lots of land, particulars of which are shown in Table I.
2. Grants of Land.
The total area of land sold and granted on Lease during the year was 284 acres 3 roods 03 poles, of which 200 acres 1 rood 21 poles was in respect of lands dealt with by the District Offices. The total area resumed was 210 acres 2 roods 37 poles, leaving 74 acres 0 rood 3 poles additional land granted during the year. Particulars of the Grants are shown on pages W 2 and W 3 of the Blue Book for 1909.
3. GRANTS OF LEASES.
The number of Crown Leases granted during the year was 45, particulars of which are specified in Table II.
4. FEES.
The total amount of fees collected by Stamps during the year amounted to $25,863.75, being $1,205 less than the previous year.
The amount of fees collected under the different headings for the years 1900 to 1909 is shown in Table III.
5. CROWN RENT ROLL.
The total Crown Rent due in respect of leased lands in Hongkong and Kowloon (excluding certain Villages in Hongkong and Kowloon entered in the Village Rent Roll) amounted for the year ending 25th December to $417,172.63, an increase of $11,451.90 on the previous year, and the total amount due in respect of leased lands in the Villages in Hongkong and Kowloon appearing in the Village Rent Roll for the year ending 30th September was $2,517.03, a decrease of $36.80 due to certain resumptions for public purposes.
The total number of Lots of Crown Land as appearing in the Rent Rolls with the total rents appears in Table IV.
6. NAVAL AND MILITARY LANDS.
During the year, the formal documents transferring Victoria Battery, Stonecutters Island, Gun Club Hill, Kowloon, Central Block, Kowloon, and land at Crown Point in the New Territories to the War Department under arrangements already agreed upon were completed, as were also the transfer from the War Department to the Colonial Government of areas of land at King's Park, Kowloon, the Time Ball Station, Mount Cochrane, Garden Lots 21, 48, 49, and 50, the Kowloon Dock Battery and Position Finder Station, and also a small piece of land in Queen's Road formerly part of the Military Cantonment.
Appendix G 1.
REPORT OF THE LAND OFFICER.
1. REGISTRATION.
During the year one thousand four hundred and fifty-four (1,454) Deeds and Documents were registered under the provisions of Ordinance No. 1 of 1844 affecting two thousand five hundred and ninety-two (2,592) lots of land particulars of which are shown in Table I.
2.---Grants of Land.
The total area of land sold and granted on Lease during the year was 284 acres 3 roods 03 poles of which 200 acres 1 rood 21 poles was in respect of lands dealt with by the District Offices. The total area resumed was 210 acres 2 roods 37 poles leaving 74 acres 0 rood 3 poles additional land granted during the year. Particulars of the Grants are shown on pages W 2 and W 3 of the Blue Book for 1909.
3. GRANTS OF LEASES.
The number of Crown Leases granted during the year was 45 particulars of which are specified in Table II.
4.-FEES.
The total amount of fees collected by Stamps during the year amounted to $25,863.75 being $1,205 less than the previous year.
The amount of fees collected under the different headings for the years 1900 to 1909 is shown in Table III.
5.-CROWN RENT ROLL.
The total Crown Rent due in respect of leased lands in Hongkong and Kowloon (excluding certain Villages in Hongkong and Kowloon entered in the Village Rent Roll) amounted for the year ending 25th December to $417,172.63, an increase of $11,451.90 on the previous year and the total amount due in respect of leased lands in the Villages in Hongkong and Kowloon appearing in the Village Rent Roll for the year ending 30th September was $2,517.03, a decrease of $36.80 due to certain resumptions for public purposes.
The total number of Lots of Crown Land as appearing in the Rent Rolls with the total rents appears in Table IV.
6.-NAVAL AND MILITARY LANDS.
During the year the formal documents transferring Victoria Battery, Stonecutters Island, Gun Club Hill, Kowloon, Central Block, Kowloon, and land at Crown Point in the New Territories to the War Department under arrangements already agreed upon were completed as were also the transfer from the War Department to the Colonial Government of areas of land at King's Park, Kowloon, the Time Ball Station, Mount Cochrane, Garden Lots 21, 48, 49 and 50, the Kowloon Dock Battery and Position Finder Station and also a small piece of land in Queen's Road formerly part of the Military Cantonment.
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