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English and Chinese sections. The editors are students, a member of the teaching staff acting as assistant editor. There are forty women students; these women students are all members of the Union.
Students of the University come from Kuangtung, Ho Pe, Hankow, Hupeh, Yunnan, Hunan, Shanghai, Pekin, Fukien. Singapore, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Kedah, Johore, Java, Manila, Burma, Siam, Japan, India, Macao, Harbin, the Philippine Islands and Borneo. The present enrolment is 336 of whom 286 are Chinese and 50 non-Chinese.
X.-Lands and Surveys.
LAND GRANTS AND GENERAL VALUE OF LAND.
The amount of premium received from Sales of Crown Land and Pier Rights, exclusive of the New Territories, during the year 1930 was $2,060,259.06, an increase of $68,957.32 over the preceding year. The principal items were $109,250 for Inland Lots 3053/4, (Jockey Club Stables); $100,600 for K.I.L. 2372 (an area at Prince Edward Road), and $280,875 for K.M.L. 100 at Tai Wan.
The amount of premium received from Sales of Crown Land and Pier Rights, in the New Territories during the year 1930, was $795,631.22, being an increase of $247,318.97 over the year 1929. The principal items were $54,100 for N.K.I.L. 1403, $53,500 for N.K.I.L. 1414 and $100,625 for N.K.I.L. 1419.
The foregoing increases indicate that there is still a good demand for building land.
The total area of land leased during the year was 632 acres and 5-9/10 poles which is a considerable increase on the preceding year.
The total area resumed, re-entered and surrendered was 208 acres 2 roods and 31-1/10 poles.
There was an increased demand for shop-building sites at Tai Po and Un Long Markets in the Northern District of the New Territories, but in the former place applications fell through because of formation and levelling difficulties. The demand for land for agricultural purposes in the District steadily increases.
In the Southern District of the New Territories there was an apparent decline in the demand for building sites, but there was a fair demand for agricultural land.
XI. Labour.
During the year the fall in exchange led to a considerable rise in prices of articles imported from countries having a gold standard. Local products were however not affected to any great extent and good harvests helped to maintain the cost of rice at something like
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English and Chinese sections. The editors are students, a member of the teaching staff acting as assistant editor. There are forty women students; these women students are all members of the Union.
Students of the University come from Kuangtung, Ho Pe, Hankow, Hupeh, Yunnan, Hunan, Shanghai, Pekin, Fukien. Singapore, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Kedah, Johore, Java, Manila, Burma, Siam, Japan, India, Macao, Harbin, the Philippine Islands and Borneo. The present enrolment is 336 of whom 286 are Chinese and 50 non-Chinese.
X.-Lands and Surveys.
LAND GRANTS AND GENERAL VALUE OF LAND.
The amount of premium received from Sales of Crown Land and Pier Rights, exclusive of the New Territories, during the year 1930 was $2,060,259.06, an increase of $68,957.32 over the preceding year. The principal items were $109,250 for Inland Lots 3053/4, (Jockey Club Stables); $100,600 for K.I.L. 2372 (an area at Prince Edward Road), and $280,875 for K.M.L. 100 at Tai Wan.
The amount of premium received from Sales of Crown Land and Pier Rights, in the New Territories during the year 1930, was $795,631.22, being an increase of $247,318.97 over the year 1929. The principal items were $54,100 for N.K.I.L. 1403, $53,500 for N.K.I.L. 1414 and $100,625 for N.K.I.L. 1419.
The foregoing increases indicate that there is still a good demand for building land.
The total area of land leased during the year was 632 acres and 5-9/10 poles which is a considerable increase on the preceding
year.
The total area resumed re-entered and surrendered was 208 acres 2 roods and 31-1/10 poles.
There was
an increased demand for shop-building sites at Tai Po and Un Long Markets in the Northern District of the New Territories, but in the former place applications fell through because of formation and levelling difficulties. The demand for land for agricultural purposes in the District steadily increases.
In the Southern District of the New Territories there an apparent decline in the demand for building sites, but there was a fair demand for agricultural land.
XI. Labour.
During the year the fall in exchange led to a considerable rise in prices of articles imported from countries having a gold standard. Local products were however not affected to any great extent and good harvests helped to maintain the cost of rice at something like
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