Appendix G.
REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT FOR THE YEAR 1916.
1.-ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
Two hundred and fifteen (215) actions were instituted in this division of the Court during the year 1916, as against 231 in 1915. 106 were disposed of during the year, 40 being settled or withdrawn before trial, as against 140 and 45 respectively in 1915. Thirteen cases, which had been set down for trial, remained untried at the end of the year as against 30 at the end of 1915.
Two injunctions were granted during the year.
The amounts involved were $1,400,607.67 and £1,405 16s. 6d. against $1,128,712, £987 4s. 4d. and $673 U.S. Currency.
The debts and damages recovered amounted to $873,626.50, £149 6s. 6d. and $673 U.S. Currency as against $427,589 in 1915. The fees collected amounted to $11,625.45 as against $12,502.15 in 1915.
Tables setting out in detail the figures contained in this and the following paragraphs are printed at pages (O1), (O2), (Y2), and (Y3), of the Blue Book for the year 1916.
1A.-IN PRIZE.
Three (3) actions were instituted under the above head in connection with cargo consigned to alien enemy firms on board the following vessels:-
"Yangtsze", "Nagoya", and "Glengyle".
During the year no ship was condemned.
2.-SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
One thousand six hundred and ninety-eight (1,698) actions were instituted during the year as against 1,601 in 1915. The cases were disposed of as follows:- Settled or withdrawn 791, Judgment for the Plaintiff 549, Judgment for the Defendant 33, Non-suited 12, Struck out, Dismissed or Lapsed 28, and pending 284, as against 628, 555, 38, 12, 30 and 338 respectively in 1915.
The claims amounted to $303,924.61 as against $290,080.95 and £25 10s. 6d. in 1915, and the amounts recovered were $99,705.64 and £58 as against $107,090.38 in 1915.
The fees collected amounted to $6,102.40 as against $6,339.65 in 1915.
Appendix G.
REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT FOR THE YEAR 1916.
1.-ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
Two hundred and fifteen (215) actions were instituted in this division of the Court during the year 1916, as against 231 in 1915. 106 were disposed of during the year, 40 being settled or withdrawn before trial, as against 140 and 45 respectively in 1915. Thirteen cases, which had been set down for trial, remained untried at the end of the year as against 30 at the end of 1915.
Two injunctions were granted during the year.
The amounts involved were $1,400,607.67 and £1,405 16s. 6d. against $1,128,712, £987 4s. 4d. and $673 U.S. Currency.
The debts and damages recovered amounted to $873,626.50, £149 6s. 6d. and $673 U.S. Currency as against $427,589 in 1915. The fees collected amounted to $11,625.45 as against $12,502.15
in 1915.
Tables setting out in detail the figures contained in this and the following paragraphs are printed at pages (O 1), (O 2), (Y 2), and (Y 3), of the Blue Book for the year 1916.
1A.-IN PRIZE.
Three (3) actions were instituted under the above head in con- nection with cargo consigned to alien enemy firms on board the following vessels:-
"Yangtsze", "Nagoya ", and "Glengyle".
During the year no ship was condemned.
2.-SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
One thousand six hundred and ninety-eight (1,698) actions were instituted during the year as against 1,601 in 1915. The cases were disposed of as follows:-Settled or withdrawn 791, Judg- ment for the Plaintiff 549, Judgment for the Defendant 33, Non- suited 12, Struck out, Dismissed or Lapsed 28, and pending 284, as against 628, 555, 38, 12, 30 and 338 respectively in 1915.
The claims amounted to $303,924.61 as against $290,080.95 and £25 10s. 6d. in 1915, and the amounts recovered were $99,705.64 and £58 as against $107,090.38 in 1915.
The fees collected amounted to $6,102.40 as against $6,339.65 in 1915.
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