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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH FEBRUARY, 1868.
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, 1867.
Cases tried before the Honorable the Chief Justice in 1867.
JUDGMENT.
TOTAL.
NUMBER OF AMOUNT OF DEBT &
COURT.
CASES.
DAMAGES CLAIMED.
Plaintiff.
Defendant. Nonsuit. Cases.
Debt & Damages.
Supreme Court,———
Common Law,
Ba
$84,000.00
3
Chancery,
16
1
Bankruptcy,
70
4,719,738.97
Appeals,
1d
Respondent.
1
Vice Admiralty Court,
12e
53,827.00
10
2
24
$4,857,565.97
Actions commenced in 1867.
NUMBER OF
COURT.
CASES.
AMOUNT OF DEBT AND DAMAGES
CLAIMED,
SETTLED
WITHOUT TRIAL..
JUDGMENT.
Plaintiff. Defendant. Nonsuit.
REMAINING]
TOTAL.
IN
DEPEN-
DENCE.
Cases. Debt & Damages.
Supreme Court,—
Common Law,
Chancery,
Bankruptcy,
Probate,
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$1,776,290.82
46
2
51
I
1
26ƒ*
5,060,684.09 14,357.95
3g
2
Appeals
1
Respondent
1
Vice Admiralty Court,
17
61,744.00
5
6
6
157 $6,913,076.86
a. One of these Cases was in dependence on 31st December, 1866.
b. This case was in dependence on 31st December, 1866.
c. The amounts given in these Cases are the liabilities entered in the Bankrupts' Schedules.
d. This was an appeal from the Police Magistrates' Court.
e. Six of these Cases were in dependence on 31st December, 1866, and two of them were Petitions for Bounty.
f. The amount here given is from the valuations made by the Court Appraisers in Intestate Estates.
g. In these three Cases the Bankrupts did not surrender. One Bankrupt was sent to prison for 12 Months. Judgment by default &c., was signed in 15 Common Law Cases representing the Sum of $906,123.43.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Registrar.
RETURN of the NUMBER of CASES tried, and ACTIONS commenced, in the Court of Summary Jurisdiction,
from the 1st January to the 31st Decembær, 1867.
NO. OF CASES,
AMOUNT OF DEBT AND DAMAGES
CLAIMED.
SETTLED
WITHOUT TRIAL,
JUDGMENT.
REMAINING
IN
REMARKS.
Plaintiff. Defendant.
DEPENDENCE.
Nonsuit. No Service.
*1,452
$82,759.69
516
616
29
252
34
5
COURT OF SUMMARY JURISDICTION, Hongkong, 29th January, 1868.
* 8 of these Cases were
in dependence on 31st December, 1866.
HENRY J. HOLMES,
Clerk of Court.
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