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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH FEBRUARY, 1877.
RETURN of the NUMBER of CASES tried and ACTIONS commenced in the Supreme and Vice-Admiralty Courts of Hongkong.
during the Year ending 31st December, 1876.
Cases tried in 1876.
Amount of Debt
Number
Judgment.
Total.
Court.
and Damages
of Cases.
claimed and Amounts
to be administered.
Plaintiff.
Defendant. Nonsuit.
Struck out.
Cases.
Debt and Damages.
Supreme Court:-
Summary Jurisdiction,
a 650
Original Jurisdiction,.
b 9
$53,496.08 54,920.87
579 7
37 2
34
55
Chancery,
Bankruptcy,
C 4
Probate,
d 90
37,110.16
552,805.87
f Petitioners ? {discharged J 4
Petitious granted
Appeals,
1
Vice-Admiralty Court,
1
}90
1
Respondent 1
755
$698,332.98
Actions commenced in 1876,
Amount of Debt
Court.
Num- ber of
Cases.
and Damages claimed, and Amounts to be administered.
Settled
Judgment.
without Trial.
Plaintiff. Defendant.
Nonsuit.
Struck out.
Remaining in Depend-
ence.
Total.
Cases. Debt & Damages.
Supreme Court:-
Summary Jurisdiction, 1,032
Original Jurisdiction,.
36
$98,753.06 319 258,077.73
15
567 5
•
37 1
31
54
24 f 15
Chancery,
Bankruptcy,
e 6
Probate,
90
75,676.52 552,805.87
Petitioners? discharged
2
4
granted
Petitions 90
Appeals,
Vice-Admiralty Court,
23,000.00
1
1
Respondent 1
1
4
1,172
$1,013,313.18
a. Fifteen of these Cases were pending on 31st December, 1875.
b. Three of these Cases were pending on 31st December, 1875.
c. Two of these Cases were pending on 31st December, 1875.
d. The amount given in these Cases is the Sworn Value of the several Estates in which Probate or Letters of Administration were granted during the year.
e. The amount given in these Cases is the amount of Liabilities set forth in the Bankrupts' Schedules.
f. One of these Cases was heard and was pending for judgment on 31st December, 1875,
F. S. HUFFAM,
Acting Registrar.
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