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No. 8

90.

HONGKONG.

RETURN OF SUPERIOR AND SUBORDINATE COURTS FOR 1889.

Presented to the Legislative Council, by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

No. 257.

SIR, I have the honour to transmit herewith :—

1. Return of Criminal Statistics for the year 1889.

The total number of prisoners tried was

REGISTRY SUPREME COURT,

HONGKONG, 7th January, 1890.

143

Of which were-

-Convicted Acquitted Charged abandoned .

64

41

.38

143

The corresponding figures for last year were-Total

186

Convicted

Acquitted Abandoned..

99

47

40

186

2. Return of all monies received in the Registry during the year for Fees of Office, Fines and Interest on surplus cash.

The total amouut received during last year under these headings was...$36,985.01 Amount received in 1888,

Difference in favour of 1889,......

25,545.42

..$11,439.59

The increase in Court Fees has been $3,827.44; caused by a larger number of Suits having been entered in 1889.

The figures are--Suits in Original Jurisdiction in 1889.

in 1888

Suits in Summary Jurisdiction in 1889....

in 1888...........

115

57

.1,611

..1,311

Under the heading of Registrar of Companies there has been and increase of $3,985.56.

In 1889, 35 New Companies with a Capital of $12,332,600.73 were registered.

The fees received by the Official Trustee during the year amounted to $1,993.03 against $173.38 received in 1888.

Two new Estates of the value of about $160,000 were transferred to the Official Trustee in 1889, the fees on these were the cause of the increase.

The other figures call for no special remark.

Besides the total sum of $36,985.01 received for fees--a sum of $9,198.05 was paid over to the Treasury being the amount to the credit of certain estates or trusts which had remained unclaimed in the Registry for many years and which were dealt with by Ordinance No. 11 of 1888.

To the Honourable

THE ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY,

&C.,

&c.,

&c.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

EDW. J. ACKROYD, Registrar.

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