Appendix J.
REPORT ON THE NEW TERRITORIES
FOR THE YEAR 1922.
A.-NORTHERN DISTRICT.
I. STAFF.
Mr. Tratman was in charge from 1st January to 14th June and from 8th November to the end of the year. Mr. J. A. Fraser was in charge during the interval. Mr. A. C. Burford, Land Bailiff returned from leave on 18th January and Mr. G. J. Chambers left on 24th March returning on 9th December.
II. MAGISTRACY.
Table A shows the number of cases heard by the District Officer sitting as Police Magistrate and as Judge of the Small Debts Court. The policy with respect to futile "wni" claims, recorded in last year's report, took full effect in 1922 and accounts for the very great reduction in the number of Small Debts cases.
III.-LAND OFFICE.
The number of sales and other transactions affecting land which took place during the year is set out in Table B.
The number of memorials registered was 3,004 as against 3,576 in 1921, the registration fees being $2,739.20 as against $3,163.
The demand for building sites was brisk in most parts of the district. But the feature of the year was the strong competition for building sites on the reclamation at the North-West end of Tai Po Market. The increase in depth foreshadowed in last year's report, brought immediate applications for all available lots and at the auction prices were raised from the upset 8 cents a foot to as much as $1 a foot for the best-placed lots. The lowest price paid was about 40 cents a foot. The total number of building lots sold in the District was 241 as against 159 in 1921.
The terms and conditions for the big salt-water padi reclamation between Mai Po and Shan Pui were finally settled towards the end of the year and everything put in train for completion of the sale.
Appendix J.
REPORT ON THE NEW TERRITORIES
FOR THE YEAR 1922.
A.-NORTHERN DISTRICT.
I. STAFF.
Mr. Tratman was in charge from 1st. January to 14th June and from Sth November to the end of the
year. Mr. J. A. Fraser was in charge during the interval. Mr. A. C. Burford, Land Bailiff returned from leave on 18th January and Mr. G. J. Chambers left on 24th March returning on 9th December.
II. MAGISTRACY.
Table A shews the number of cases heard by the District Officer sitting as Police Magistrate and as Judge of the Small Debts Court. The policy with respect to futile "wni" claims, recorded in last year's report, took full effect in 1922 and accounts for the very great reduction in the number of Small Debts cases.
111.-LAND OFFICE.
The number of sales and other transactions affecting land which took place during the year is set out in Table B.
The number of memorials registered was 3,004 as against 3,576 in 1921, the registration fees being $2,739.20 as against $3.163.
The demand for building sites was brisk in most parts of the district. But the feature of the year was the strong com- petition for building sites on the reclamation at the North-West end of Tai Po Market. The increase in depth foreshadowed in last year's report, brought immediate applications for all available lots and at the auction prices were raised from the upset & cents a foot to as much as $1 a foot for the best-placed lots. The lowest price paid was about 40 cents a foot. The total number of building lots sold in the District was 241 as against
159 in 1921.
The terms and conditions for the big salt-water padi reclama- tion between Mai Po and Shan Pui were finally settled towards the end of the year and everything put in train for completion of the sale.
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