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Country, District, or Parish,

(02)

MISCELLANEOUS NUMERICAL RETURNS.

Number of Savings Banks.

Number of Friend- ly Societies.

Number of Deposi-

tors in Savings

*RAILWK

Number of Persous connected with

Friendly Societies.

Persons paying direct Taxes.

Paupers.

Victoria, Hongkong,

I

:

Number Number

of Im- of Emi- migrants. grants.

Remarks.

166,921 142,759 There are certain Chinese Savings Banks the num- ber of which is unknown.

1.-Return of CASES brought under the cognizance of the SUPREME Court of HONGKONG during the year 1913.

ORIGINAL AND SUMMARY JURISDICTIONS,

Settled

JUDGMENT.

Jurisdic. tion.

No. In Depen- of

Cases dency in

in 1912. 1913.

Total.

Debt and Damages

Or

with- drawn

for 1913.

before

trial.

Plaintiff,

Defendant.

Nonsuit

Struck out, Dismissed

and

Lapsed Writs.

Struck out of the Cause-Book! as having been standing over generally for more than

a year.

In Dependency.

Delt

and Damages recovered.

Original,...... 557

250

B07*

$1,960,684.84

59

84 1

5

656

-

$184,904.23

Summary,

198 1,908

2,106

362,046.09 757 640 56

37

412 139,387,69

* 3 actions transferred to Summary Jurisdiction,

2.-RETURN OF DISTRESS WARRANTS FOR RENT issued during the year 1913.

(Ordinance No. 1 of 1883.)

Number issued.

Sold to pay Claims.

Number withdrawn.

524

180

314

Aggregate Rent involved,

Aggregate Sum recovered on sales,

$14,519.08

$32,076.20

3.-APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

APPEALS COMMENCED.

APPEALS TRIED.

JUDGMENT.

Number of Cnses.

No. of ('uses.

Appellant. Respondent. Pending.

Withdrawn.

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