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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH FEBRUARY, 1869.

RETURN of the NUMBER of Cases tried before the Honorable the Chief Justice, and Actions commenced in the Supreme and Vice Admiralty Courts of Hongkong, during the Year ending 31st December, 1868.

Cases tried before the Honorable the Chief Justice in 1868.

NUMBER

AMOUNT OF DEBT

JUDGMENT.

TOTAL.

COURT.

OF

AND

CASES.

DAMAGES CLAIMED, PLAINTIFF.

DEFEN-

NONSUIT. CASES.

DEBT AND DAMAGES.

DANT.

SUPREME Court,—

Common Law,

a*4

$8,369.15

2

2

Chaucery,

1

1

Bankruptcy,

b 6

357,883.22

Petitioners 6 discharged

Appeals,

Appeliant Respondent

3

VICE ADMIRALTY COURT,

€ 5

16,500.00

I 5

2

19

$382,752.37

Actions Commenced in 1868.

NUM-

BER

AMOUNT OF

SETTLED

JUDGMENT.

DEBT AND

COURT.

WITHOUT

OF

DAMAGES

TRIAL.

CASES.

CLAIMED.

PLAINTIFF.

DEFEN-

DANT.

NONSUIT.

Supreme Court,—

Common Law,

...

Chancery,

68 3

$410,424.08

38

2

***

2

1

Bankruptcy,

11

d 151,287.68

e l

Probate,

34

83,386.91

Petitioners discharged

4

Appeals,

Appellant Respondent

3

1

2

VICE ADMIRALTY COURT,

13

51,166.26

4

**

77

REMAIN-

ING IN

DEPEN-

TOTAL.

DENCE. CASES. DEBT AND DAMAGES.

27

6

ප:

132

$696,264.93

a. One of these cases was in dependence on 31st December, 1867.

b. Two of these cases were in dependence on 31st December, 1867.

c. These cases were in dependence on 31st December, 1857.

d. Amount of liabilities as set forth in the Bankrupts Schedules.

e. This Bankruptcy was annulled, the Bankrupt having arranged with his Creditors.

f. Value of Estates as sworn to, and set forth in Commissions of Appraisemert.

Judgment by default was signed in nine Common Law cascs representing the sum of $30,394.77.

W. H. ALEXANDER,

Registar.

RETURN of the NUMBER of CASES tried and ACTIONS commenced in the Court of Summary Jurisdiction from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1868.

AMOUNT OF

No. OF CASES.

DEBT AND

DAMAGES

CLAIMED.

SETTLED WITHOUT

JUDGMENT.

REMAIN-

TRIAL.

Plaintiff Defendant. Nonsuit. No Service.

ING IN DE-1 PENDENCE.

REMARKS.

*

1,450

$86,953.59

701

532

34

114

58

11

*5 of these cases were in dependence on 31st December, 1867.

COURT OF SUMMARY JURISDICTION, Hongkong, January, 1869.

HENRY J. HOLMES, Clerk of Court.