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MISCELLANEOUS NUMERICAL RETURNS, 1927.

Country, District, or Parish.

Victoria, Hong Kong....

Number of Savings

Banks.

Number of Friendly Societies

Sumber of Depositor in Savings lank.

Xumber of Persons connected with Friendly Societies.

Supand suoraa

direct Taxes.

No figures available.

1

|

Pampers.

Sumber

Number

of Im. migrants.

of Emi- grants.

Remarks.

181,100

285,593

1.—RETURN OF Casɛs brought under the cognizance of the SUPREME COURT of Hong Kong during the year 1926.

ORIGINAL AND SUMMARY JURISDICTIONS,

No. of

Settled

JUDGMENT.

Debt

ог

Jurisdic- tion.

Cases

and

with-

in

Damages

drawn

for 1927.

1927.

before

trial.

Plaiulio.

Defendant.

Nonsuit.

Original......... Summary,

410 1,857

*$6,669,108.43 557,994, 12

+47

175 10 861 46

Struck out, Dismissed and

· Debt

Pending.

Lapsed Writs.

and

Damages recovered.

145

47

418

$2,151,486 17 251,590,09

2.—RETURN OF DISTRESS WARRANTS FOR RENT issued during the year 1927.

(Ordinance No. 1 of 1883.)

Number issued.

Sold to pay Claims.

1,334

477

Number withdrawner.

857

Aggregate Rent

involved,

$307,287.79

Aggregate Sum recovered on sales.

$80,569.92

3.—APPELLATE JURISDICTION,

APPEALS COMMENCED.

APPEALS TRIED.

JUDGMENT.

Number of Cases.

No. of Cases.

Appellant. Respondent.

Pending.

Withdrawn.

10

2

0

6

4.-ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION.

Actions instituted.

Number heard.

Settled or withdrawn.

16

13

Pending.

2.

5.-COMPARATIVE RETURN of all SUMS COLLECTED in the REGISTRY of the SUPREME Court, during the years 1926 and 1927, and paid into the TREASURY.

exclusive of fees in respect of Licences to keep Local Registers and China Companies Fees.

1926.

COURT FLES

...........8 76,800.50

1927.

$ 65,709,95

OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATOR'S and TrusteR'S COMMISSION....

HONG KONG COMPANIES REGISTRATION

3,201.33

11,305.00

544.06

12,564.80

POSSESSION FEES

FINES AND FORFEITURES...........................

INTEREST.

25,520.50

16,910.00

35.00

390.28

526.25

$117,252.61

$ 96,251.96

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