1915 — Page 479

Country, District, or Parish.

Victoria, Hongkong,

(02)

MISCELLANEOUS NUMERICAL RETURNS.

Number of Savings Banks.

Number of Friend- ly Societies.

Number of Deposi- tors in Savings Banka.

Number of Persons

connected with Friendly Societies.

Persous paying direct Taxes.

Paupers.

No figures

available.

Number Number

of Im- of Emi. migrants. grants.

Remarks.

109,753 68,275

1.-Returs of Cases brought under the cognizance of the Supreme Court of HONGKONG during the year 1915.

ORIGINAL AND SUMMARY JURISDICTIONS,

JUDGMENT.

Settled

Jurisdic- tion.

In No. Depen- of

Cases dency іл

iri 1914. 1915.

Total.

Trebat and Damages

or

with-

‹drawn

for 1914.

Lefore

trial.

Plaintiff.

Defendant.

Nonsuit.

Struck ont, Dismisscal and

Lapsed Writs.

Struck out of the Cause-Book| as having been standing over generally for

more than

n year.

In Dependency.

Debt

and Damages

recovered.

Original...... 785

231 1,01G*

$1,128,712.84†; 43 90

Summary,

806 1.60E

2,497$

$290,060.00‡ 623 455 38

* 2 actions transferred to Summary Jurisdiction.

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12

30

† Not including 2 claims-1 for £987.4.4 and the other for $673.00 U. S. Currency.

§ 2 actions transferred from Original Jurisdiction.

Not including a claim for £25.16.5.

874 $427,589.40

1,231 107,090.38

2.—Returs of DISTRESS WARRANTS FOR RENT issued during the year 1915.

(Ordinance No. 1 of 1883.)

Number issued.

Sold to pay Claims.

556

178

APPEALS

COMMENCED.

Number withdrawn.

295

Aggregate Rent involved.

Aggregate Sum recovered on sales.

$94,172

$13,593

3. APPELLATE JURISDICTION,

APPEALS TRIED.

JUDGMENT.

Number of Cases,

No. of Cases.

Appellant. Respondent.

Pending.

Withdrawn.

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