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MISCELLANEOUS NUMERICAL RETURNS, 1934.

Country, District. or Parish,

Number of Savings

Banks.

Number of Friendly

Societies.

Number of Depositors. in Savings Bank,

Number of Persona connected with Friendly Societies.

Persons paying

direct Taxes.

Paupers,

Number

Number

of Im. migrants.

of Emu. grants.

Remarks.

Victoria, Hong Kong, Kowloon,

4

I

10.994

1 635

113,694

131,984

1.—RETURN OF CASES brought under the cognizance of the SUPREME Court of

HONG KONG during the

year

1934.

ORIGINAL AND SUMMARY JURISDICTIONS.

Settled

No. |

Debt

or

uf

Jurisdic. tion.

And

with.

Cases

in 1934.

Damages

drawn

for 1934.

before

trial.

Original,..... Summary.

4:7 2,781

$3,594,726.57 912,468.71

77 548

Plaintiff.

JUDGMENT.

Defendant.

Nunsuit.

Struck out, Dismissed and

Debt

Pending.

And Damages

Lapsed

Writs.

recovered.

190 1,502 62

62

616

2.-RETURN OF DISTRESS WARRANTS FOR RENT issued during the year 1934, (Ordinance No. 1 of 1883.)

Number issuesl.

Sold to pay claims.

Number withdrawn.

2,431

956

1,431

APPEALS COMMENCED,

3.—APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

Number of Cases.

No. of Cases.

10

5

$2.772,364.05

477,427.98

Aggregate Peat

involved.

Aggregate Sum recovered on sales.

$517,225.03

$60,917.39

APPEALS TRIED.

JUDGMENT.

Pending.

Settled or Withdrawn.

Appellant.

Respondent.

B

2

+

Actions instituted.

I

Number beard.

Petitions filel.

Nil

4.— ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION,

Settled or withdrawn,

+

3

5. DIVORCE JURISDICTION,

Pending.

Number hearil.

bettled or withdrawn.

Decree nisi.

1

6.—Comparative Return of all SUMS COLLECTED in the REGISTRY of the SUPREME Cornt, during the years 1933 and 1931, and paid into the TREASURY.

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

1934.

COURT FEES

OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATOR'S AND TRUSTEE'S COMMISSION. HONG KONG COMPANIES REGISTRATION

CHINA COMPANIES & COMPANIES LOCAL REGISTER LIG. POSSESSION FEES

FINES AND FORFEITURES..

INTEREST..

OTHER MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS

-

1933.

#108,483,45

898,105,19

4,275.99

13.047.22

2.5,298.20

19,813.00

143,727.16

179,859.35

31,208 40

32.473.14

105.00

627.82

423.76

$314,149.78

125.00 454.93

7.84

$ 343,885,68

1934.

Deposits not available.

SCITORS FENDS A/c Official ADMINISTRATOR OFFICIAL TRUSTEE

Totul paid into Bank

$ 457,557,27

37.013.75 18,415.27

$512,986.29

Total payments

out.

$995.116.1

43,071,17 20,771.92

$1,058,959. LO

4.17