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MISCELLANEOUS NUMERICAL RETURNS, 1936.

Country, District, or Parish.

Number of Savings

Banks.

Number of Friendly Societies.

Number of Depositor in Savings Bank.

Number of l'ersone connected with

Friendly Societies.

Persons paying direct Taxes.

Paupers.

Number

of Im- migrants.

Number

of Emi. grante.

Remarks.

Victoria, Hong Kong........... Kowloon,

1

15,649 2.259

*

1+1

120,611

營營

153,170

1.-Return of Cases brought under the cognizance of the SUPreme Court of HONG KONG during the 1936.

year

ORIGINAL AND SUMMARY JURISDICTIONS.

Settled

JUDGMENT.

No. of

Debi

or

Jurisdic. Liou.

and

with-

Cases

in

Damages

drawn

for 1936.

before

1936.

trial.

Plaintiff.

Defendant.

Nonsuit,

Original... Summary,

236 1,753

$3,115,962.95 460,474.71

48

413

105 779 35

22

3

Struck out, Dismissed and

Debt

Pending.

Lapsed

Write.

and Damages recovered.

1

60

AL

468

$993,292.78 207.828.40

2. RETURN OF DISTRESS WARRANTS FOR RENT issued during the year 1936. (Ordinance No. 1 of 1883.)

Number issued.

Sold to pay Claims.

Number withdrawn.

1,929

1,031

886

APPEALS COMMENCED.

3.-APPELLATE JURISDICTION,

Number of Cases.

No. of Cases.

18

15

Aggregate Rent

involved.

Aggregate Sum recovered on sales.

$325,095.64

$67,598.45

APPEALS TRIED.

JUDGMENT.

Pending.

Fettled or Withdrawn.

Appellant.

Respondent.

7

3

2

4.-ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION,

Settled or withdrawn.

Actions instituted.

Number heard.

Petitions filed.

1

5. DIVORCE JURISDICTION.

Decree absulate.

1

Pending.

Settled or withdrawn.

Decrees nisi,

Pending.

6.—('OMPARATIVE RETURN of all SUMS COLLECTED in the REGISTRY of the SUPREME Court, during the years 1935 and 1936, and paid into the TREASURY,

inclusive of fees in respect of Livences to keep Loral Registers and China Companies Fers.

1936.

COURT FRES

1935.

$86,776,65

$ 75,513,54

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

1,304.89

1,111.88

19,273.20

16,801.50

CHINA COMPANIES & COMPANIES LOCAL Register Lic. POBSESSION FEES

203.204.00

33,906.68

185.00 437.12

OTHER MISCellaneous RECEIPTS

14,407.56

173,126.61

28,572.00

818.68 4,151.50

299,595.71

$ 359,495.09

1936.

Total payments

Deposits not available.

SUITORS FUNDA A/C OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATOR OFFICIAL TRUSTEE

Total paid into Bank

$810,268.53

20.337.14 10,072.46

our.

328,844,29 17,839.52

15,492.12

370,678.13

$362,176.93

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