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MISCELLANEOUS NUMERICAL RETURNS, 1938.

Country, District, or Parish.

Number of Savings

Banks.

Number of Friendly

Societies.

Number of Depositors in Savings Bank.

Number of l'ersons connected with

Friendly Societies.

in suosio

direct Taxes.

Paupers,

Number

of Lm- migrants.

Number

of Emi. grants.

Remarks.

Victoria, Hong Kong.... Kowloon,

•

19.770

3,017

***

83,620

110,587

1. RETURN OF CASES brought under the cognizance of the Sururme Court of HONG KONG during the year 1938.

ORIGINAL AND SUMMARY JURISDICTIONS.

JUDGMENT.

Settled

Jurisdic- tion.

No: of Cnses

Debt

or

and

with.

Damages

drawn

in 1938.

for 1938.

before

trial.

Plaintiff.

Original....... Summary,

198 1,383

$1.056.616,63

336,104,49

48

70

323

537

Defendant,

Nonsuit.

Diamo

Struck out, Dismissed and

Debt

Pending.

Lapsed Writs.

and Damages recovered,

72

20

447

$629,697.88 143,083.62

2. RETURN OF DISTRESS WARRANTS FOR RENT issued during the year 1938. (Ordinance No. 1 of 1883.)

Number issued.

Sold to pay claims.

Number withdrawn.

3,040

908

2,095

APPEALS COMMENCED.

3. APPELLATE JURISDICTION,

Number of Cases,

No. of Cases.

29

21

Aggregate Rent

involved.

$301,233.87

Aggregate Sum recovered on sales.

$13,167.09

APPEALS TRIED.

JUDGMENT.

Pending.

Fettled or Withdrawn.

Appellant.

il

Respondent.

10

5

2

4. ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION.

Actions instituted.

Number heard,

1

Petitions filed.

Settled or withdrawn,

5.-DIVORCE JURISDICTION.

Decree absolute.

Dismissed.

Pending.

2

Degrees nisi.

Pending.

6

8

6.—COMPARATIve Return of all SUMS COLLECTED in the RegisTRY of the SUPREME COURT, during the years 1937 and 1938, and paid into the TREASURY,

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

1938.

COURT FEES

1937. $71,375,22

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

CHINA COMPANIES & COMPANIES LOCAL Register Lic. POSSESSION FEES

1,746.24 20,813,00 167,937.08

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

...

OTHER MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS

$ 74,955.66

4,264.80

24,361.40

168,821.42

24,193.00

26,064.00

4,700.00

350.45 2.777.60

1,090.00

878.62 2,866.10

$302,802,00

Deposits not available.

SCITORS FUNDS A/c. OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATOR OFFICIAL TRUSTEE

$ 293,912.59

Total paid into Bauk

1938.

$275,251.47 20,837.9% 11,228.15

$306,817.60

Total payments

out.

$ 259,896.03

15,657.01 10,339.76

$ 285,892.80

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