AnnualReport-1918 — Page 375

- Q 7

Land Sales, &c.

The actual amount of premium paid into the Treasury during the year was $301,760.87 or considerably more than the estimate which amounted to $200,000.00. It included the following sums which do not appear in the tabulated statement:-

Premium derived from sale of rights to erect piers Fees for boundary stones to mark lots

=

$4,559.82 1,639.45

The following amounts which were due in respect of transac- tions arranged during 1917 were paid into the Treasury during the

year:

Premium for K.I.L. 1353

Premium for R.B.L. 138

Premium for I.L. 1883

Charge for boundary stones for area granted in

exchange for F.L. 22 Sec. A

Premium for an extension to Kowloon Permanent

Pier No. 23

==

$3,062.00 830.40 372.68

25.00

742.80

A sum of $569.61 representing over-charges in premium was refunded to the owners of three lots.

It comprises the following:-

Remarks.

No. of Lot.

Premium.

$

G. L. 22.

37.65

Area found to be less than that

stated in Sale Conditions.

I. L. 2081

327.60

Do.

Do.

I. L. 2173

204.36

Do.

Do.

The following amount which was due in respect of a transaction arranged during 1918 had not been paid into the Treasury before the close of the year:-

Charge for removal of a boundary stone and refixing

same for N.K.I.L. 58

$15.00

The following is a comparative statement of the Revenue derived from Land Sales, etc., for the years 1916-1918:-

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