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II-LAND SALES AND SURVEYS,
Land Sales, Extensions, Grants, &c.
2.--The following tabulated statement gives particulars of these
No. OF LOT. AREA IN SQUARE FEET.
ANNUAL HENT.
PREMIUM.
Total.
Total.
Total, $
$
Total. $
Siles by Auction.
Island of Hongkong,
19
494.825
4,082.00
Kowloon Peninsula,
8
537,988
4,852.00
243,447 168,013
New Territory,
6
2,077,461
4,248.00
23,325
33
3,110.274
13,182.00
434,785.00
Grants under Pruya Be-
clamation Ordinance,
5
81,177
1,490.00
1889,
5
81,177
1,490.00
Extensions granted.
Island of Hongkong,
2
97,060
Kowloon Peninsula,..
1
88,529
62.00 1,182.00
$2,700.00
New Territory,
6
135,589
1,244.00
82,700.00
Grants on Short Leases.
Kowloon Peninsula,
Island of Hongkong,
New Territory,.
Grants.
Island of Hongkong, Kowloon Peninsula, New Territory,
Permits.
Island of Hongkong, Kowloon Peninsula,
New Territory,
Readjustment of Boun-
daries.
15,000
3
314,356
36.00 2,767.00
359,356
2,803.00
10 m to
5
502.298
428,600
6
391,348
3.00 3.00 104.00
277.45
14
1,322,246
112.00
277.45
1,978.66 556.00 958.00
3,492.66
Island of Hongkong,
11
Kowloon Peninsula,
19
48.787 78,943
135.00
221.00
3,157 17 5,101.00
New Territory,
30
127,730
356.00
8,258.17
Conversion of Lots.
Island of Hongkong,
4
43,583
776.00
3,600.00
Kowloon Peninsula,
New Territory,
Total,...
4
96
43,583
776.00
3,600.00
5,229,955
$28,455.66
$529,620.62
The amount of premium realized for Land Sales by auction was $434,785, as against $468,098 for 1903.
The actual amount of premium paid into the Treasury during the year was $487,122.20 (to this should be added the sum of $98,200, a portion of the premia realized by the sale of Marine Lot 289, which it was arranged should be paid in January, 1905), bringing the total up to $585,322.20) or considerably over the Estimate which was $400,000. It included the following sums which do not appear in the above tabulated statement :-
Premia derived from sale of rights to erect piers, ...$28,179.25 Fees for boundary stones to mark lots,
960.00
The Land Sales in the New Territory were very satisfactory, the total premia for lots sold by the Public Works Department amounting to $23,325.
It having proved too expensive to deal with applications for the purchase of small areas of land from this Department, the Assistant Land Officer for the New Territory was given authority to sell such small lots by Public Auction at the Branch Office, Taipo.
In addition to the nine lots stated above therefore, 43 small lots were thus sold realizing $1,177, making a total of $24,502.
In addition to the 43 lots, 18 permits to occupy land for short periods for storing and other purposes were issued, the fees for which amounted to $83.00.
A scheme for dividing the New Territory into suitable Districts for the pur- pose of land sales and the issue of leases was prepared but has not yet been finally approved.
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