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MISCELLANEOUS NUMERICAL RETURNS, 1924.

Hom. Fr.

Country, District, or Parish.

Number of Savings

[V$]

Katjátos

| Number of Friendly

Number of Depositors in Savings Bank.

Number of Persons connected with

Friendly Societies.

Persons paying direct Taxes.

Pampers.

Number

of Im- migrants,

Number

of Emi.

Remarks.

grants.

Tictoria, Hongkong.....

No figures available.

130,149 129,859

1.-Return of Cases brought under the cognizance of the SUPREME Court of HONGKONG during the your 1924.

ORIGINAL AND SUMMARY JURISDICTIONS.

JUDGMENT.

Settled

No.

Debt

пр

Jurisdic. Lion.

of Cases

with-

Deninger

drawn

1[1

for 1921.

before

1921.

trial.

Plantf

356 3.213

*$2,048.277.97 607.632.27

GN 1,3905

131 1280

Defendant.

Xonsuit.

Struck out, Dismissed

Debt

Pending.

Lapsed Writs.

Datonges recovered.

Onginal....... Summary+

•

161

617

* Not including 4 amounts.

2.—RETURN OF DISTRESS WARRANTS FOR RENT issued during the year 1921.

viz, one for £1,064.2,2, aml tus otlar 3 for Gold $4,500; 807,500: and $50,000.

(Ordinance No. 1 of 1883.)

Number issued.

Sold to pay Claims,

685

145

APPEALS COMMENCED.

Number

withdraw

WIL.

540

$1,432,883.96 267,290.98

RS

Se

Aggregate Rent involved.

Aggregate Sum recovered on sales.

$100,843.94

$20,709.13

3.— APPELLATE JURISDICTION,

Number of Cases.

No. of Cases,

APPEALS TRIED.

JUDGMENT.

Appellant. Respondent.

Pending. Withdrawn.

2

17

2

5

4.—ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION,

Actions instituted.

Number heard.

↑ Settled or withdrawn,

2

9

Pending.

3

REGISTRAR.—Court Fees paid by Stamps.

3.—COMPARATIve Rørens of all Sums COLLECTED in the ItenisTRY of the SCrReme Court, during the years 1923 and 1924, and paid into the TREASURY.

1924. $51,850.65

:

1923.

$37.971.60

OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATOR, -5% on amouets eneashed and

paid into the Treasury,

2,148,71

•

1

1,122.23

OFFICIAL TRUSTER.-2% on amount of Trust on taking over up to $10,000, ahove $10,000 Commission | %, and 2% on income,

68.90

388.06

Bailify's Fees.—(Including what was hitherto described as

Sheriff's Foes),

1,107.00

REGISTRAR of CourantS,

19,518.30

1.917.00 22,012.70

FIXES AND FORFEITURES,

MISCELLANEots Recent8,

1,445,00 620.69

1,282,00

536.35

UNCLAIMED Balances of Intestate Estates,

UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS IN BANKRUPTCY EStates,

b

REGISTRAR OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS, POSSESSION FEES................

A

7,075.00 $69,955,20

7,486.00 $89,624,99

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