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The first and second rice crops were good. Pineapples were fair and the crop of the very poor variety of ground nuts was good. Ginger was of good quality but stocks were small; owing to the supply of ginger from Canton being temporarily entirely stopped, all available local stocks were in great demand and fetched good prices. Also, on account of the importation of vegetables from Canton and the coast ports being temporarily stopped, locally grown vegetables were sold for very high prices during the summer months.
Inspection of Nursery Stocks.
Eleven thousand nine hundred and seventy-six cases of bulbs of Narcissus Tazetta were examined for fungoid diseases and insect pests before being exported to the United States of America. All the bulbs were grown in the vicinity of Amoy and arrived in Hong Kong between July and October. The actual number of bulbs dealt with was 1,450,660. No consignments were detained for reconditioning.
LAND GRANTS AND GENERAL VALUE OF LAND.
The net amount of premium received from sales of Crown Land exclusive of the New Territories during the year 1925 was $367,526.77, a decrease of $1,290,159.83 on the preceding year and $1,434,399.46 less than the average of the previous five years; this average was however abnormal owing to the unusual demand for land during the land boom.
The principal items were $115,850 for Inland Lot No. 1922, $34,435 for Rural Building Lot No. 254, and $45,000 for Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1992.
In the New Territories, the net amount received for premium was $196,284.14, the principal item being $18,560 for New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 971 and $14,049 for New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1006.
The total area of land sold or granted during the year was 809 acres and 18 poles, of which 618 acres and 32 poles were dealt with by the District Officers.
The total area resumed was 478 acres 1 rood 223 poles, including several large areas in Junk Bay.
The number of deeds registered in the Land Office was 4,226, which is less than the figures of the two preceding years; this is due to the abnormal conditions which prevailed in the Colony during the second half of the year.
In the Northern District of the New Territories, the demand for land was less than in 1924, following a general slackening of business enterprise, but the effect of the unrest in the neighbouring provinces has been to put nearly every available acre of suitable land under cultivation, and private sales of this type of land now realize good prices. In the Southern District, the demand for land everywhere, both for building and for agriculture, was weak.
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The first and second rice crops were good. Pineapples were fair and the crop of the very poor variety of ground nuts was good. Ginger was of good quality but stocks were small; owing to the supply of ginger from Canton being temporarily entirely stopped, all available local stocks were in great demand and fetched good prices. Also, on account of the importation of vegetables from Canton and the coast ports being temporarily stopped, locally grown vegetables were sold for very high prices during the summer months.
Inspection of Nursery Stocks.
Eleven thousand nine hundred and seventy-six cases of bulbs of Narcissus Tazetta were examined for fungoid diseases and insect pests before being exported to the United States of America. All the bulbs were grown in the vicinity of Amoy and arrived in Hong Kong between July and October. The actual number of bulbs dealt with was 1,450,660. No consignments were detained for reconditioning.
-LAND GRANTS AND GENERAL VALUE OF LAND.
The net amount of premium received from sales of Crown Land exclusive of the New Territories during the year 1925 was $367,526.77 a decrease of $1,290,159.83 on preceding year and $1,434,399.46 less than the average of the previous five years, this average was however abnormal owing to the unusual demand for land during the land boom.
The principal items were $115,850 for Inland Lot No. 1922. $34,435 for Rural Building Lot No. 254, and $45,000 for Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1992.
In the New Territories the net amount received for premium was $196,284.14, the principal item being $18,560 for New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 971 and $14,049 for New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1006.
The total area of land sold or granted during the year was 809 acres and 18 poles of which 618 acres and 32 poles were dealt with by the District Officers.
The total area resumed was 478 acres 1 rood 223 poles includ- ing several large areas in Junk Bay.
The number of deeds registered in the Land Office was 4,226 which is less than the figures of the two preceding years; this is due to the abnormal conditions which prevailed in the Colony dur- ing the second half of the year.
In the Northern District of the New Territories the demand for land was less than in 1924 following a general slackening of business enterprise, but the effect of the unrest in the neighbouring provinces has been to put nearly every available acre of suitable land under cultivation and private sales of this type of land now realize good prices. In the Southern District the demand for land every- where both for building and for agriculture was weak.
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