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GENERAL.
The Companies Ordinance, 1932, came into operation on the 1st July, 1983, and fees and forms orders made thereunder were published as Gazette Notification Nos. 592, 596 and 624.
Ordinances, 1932 and 1933, The Divorce operation on the 1st November, 1933.
came
into
Rules made under the 1932 Ordinance were published as Gazette Notification No. 678.
One Divorce Petition has been filed.
The Criminal Procedure Amendment Ordinance, 1933, which conferred a right of appeal in criminal cases, came into operation on the 24th March, 1933, and rules thereunder were published as Gazette Notification No. 331.
Table I.
Table showing total number of cases dealt with by the Supreme Court and the expenditure and revenue of the Supreme Court and the Companies Registry 1923-1933.
Total number
Year.
of cases dealt Expenditure.
with.
Revenue.
$ C.
C.
1923.
962
1924.
1,549
128,888.62 136,136.69
*69,955.20
*69,624.99
1925.
One appeal was lodged under this Ordinance and the conviction was quashed.
1,908
150,698.14
*121,606.20
1926.
3,416
133,680,40 *117,252.61
1927.
2,267
141,493.29
*96,254.96
1928.
2,330
During the year $716,086.77 was paid into court and $702,460.48 was paid out.
165,114.93
*101,624.20
1929.
2,303
167.632.95
*102,876.25
1930.
2,016
218,933.24
*95,560.75
1931..
2,113
240,030.30
*97.773.74
1932.
3,095
231,828.68
*155,461.92
T. M. HAZLERIGG,
1933.
3,315
244,996.00
*170,422.62
Registrar, Supreme Court, Official Trustee, Official Administrator, Registrar of Companies.
*Not including amounts paid for fees in respect of licences to keep local registers and China Companies fees-in 1933 $143,727.16.
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Table II.
Table showing the increase in the work of the Companies Registry.
Year.
Number of
Number of
companies on new companies Amount of the Hong Kong registered during fees collected.
Register.
the year.
C.
1929
560
56
13,651.70
1930
572
63
17,472.60
1931
621
81
20,233.20
1932
674
84
21,958.00
1933
722
94
25,298.20
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