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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST FEBRUARY, 1863.

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, 1862.

Cases tried before the Honorable the Chief Justice in 1862.

JUDGMENT.

TOTAL.

COURT.

NUMBER OF AMOUNT OF DENT &

CASES.

DAMAGES CLAIMED.

Plaintiff.

Defendant. Nonsuit.

Cases. Debt and Damages.

Supreme Court,—

Common Law,

15a

$142,027.20

9

4

2

Chancery,

4

1

3

Summary,

726

13,717.96

58

10

108

Insolvency,

3

80,573.69

Appellant Respondent

$261,059.51

Appeals,.....

1

1

Vice Admiralty Court,.

13c

21,740.66

4

Actions commenced in 1862.

COURT.

NUMBER OF CASES.

AMOUNT OF DEBT SETTLED AND DAMAGES WITHOUT

CLAIMED,

TRIAL.

JUDGMENT.

Plaintiff. Defendant | Nonsuit.

REMAINING

IN DEPEN-

DENCE.

Cases. Debt & Damages.

TOTAL.

Supreme Court,—

Common Law,.

120

$1,185,938.84

712

2

1

1

45

Chancery,.

8d

1

3

4

Summary,

113e

23,759.36

63

41

5

Insolvency,

3

80,573.69

Probate,

52ƒ

34,835.75

Appellant Respondent

Appeals,....

2g

1

Vice Admiralty Court,.

26h

116,664.86

304 $1,441,772.50

N. R. MASSON, Acting Registrar.

a. Eleven of these cases were in dependence on 31st December 1861.

b. Twenty-two of these cases were in dependence on 31st December 1861.

Four of these cases were for Specific Performance, and four for Injunctions--no amount of Debt or Damages can be inserted.

C.

Five of these cases were in dependence on 31st December 1861,

d.

e.

Up to the month of July, when the Summary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court ceased.

f. Probate was granted in Ten of these cases-in one case Letters of Administration were granted pending the receipt of the Will from England, and the Estate was not appraised ;-the amount given above is from the valuations made by the Court Appraisers.

One of these cases was from Japan, and the other from the Police Court-that from Japan is still pending.

g.

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One of these cases was a Petition for Bounty, and Fourteen for Restitution and Derelict.

i.

In Twenty-two of these cases Judgment by default was entered.

RETURN of the Number of CASES tried, and ACTIONS commene d in the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, from the 7th July to the 31st December, 1862.

NUMBER OF CASES.

AMOUNT OF DEBT AND DA-

MAGES CLAIMED.

JUDGMENT.

SETTLED WITH- OUT TRIAL.

REMAINING IN DEPENDENCE.

Plaintiff

Defendant.

Nonsuit.

898

$36,725.82

409

357

28

41

3

+

HENRY JAMES HOLMES,

Clerk of Court.