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HONGKONG LANDS.

REPORT OF THE LAND OFFICER FOR THE YEAR

1924.

FRIDAY MAY 15, 1925.

The total amount shown on the Village Rent-Roll for the your end- Ing 30th September was $2,863.05, a decrease of $282.20 on the pro- mainly to resumptions at Hok Un vious year. This decrease is due

To Kwa Wan, Ma Tau Kok, Kau. Pui Shok and other villages affect

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UNFORTUNATE ACCIDEN PATO ZANNI.

Oaks, May 14-Major Zsonl'o

Italian Flyer's Progress.

Pinedo has arrived hero, on his Alyab, May 13.-Major Da world flight-Router.

There a slight falling of ed by the new laying out scheme plano overturned while he was In the amount of registration now in progress, which involved attempting to hop all about noon done as compared with the preced the witting off of a larger sum for Kasumilgaura. Zapri and his ing year, which, was an abermal than the increase caused by the two assistante are safe.-Reuter. one, says the Hongkong Land Officer in his report for 1994 addition of the village of Chat

Wan montioned above. During the year 1924 six thousand Documents The conveyancing (6,004) Deeds and Documents work which is done in the Land were registered under the provi- sions of Ordinance No. 1, of 1884 Office has been steadily increasing affecting seven thousand one hun of late years; the amount done dred and mineteen (7,119) lots of during the year, under review has aviator, Major. De Pinedo has

been particularly heavy. land The total consideration on sales, mortgages, surrenders and miscellaneous documents amount ed to $184,103,616.75, particulars

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DECLINE OF LACE.

of which are shewn in Table I. seded by a loss formal and more

A London business famous The total number of documents rapid system of endorsement. in registered in the Land Office un-eases recommended by the Sani-among connatasure, that opened its doors 155 years ago, in the der the provisions of the above tary Department..

reign of George III., "closed them Applications for extension of on March 24 bocause its occupa mentioned Ordinance to the end of 1924 was 95,114. The number of time for complying with building tion is gone, destroyed by the Deeds registered each year for the convenants, have not been as fall of thronos, the changes of last ten years is shown in Tablo numerous as they were a few years fashion, the redistribution of IIL

ago and agreements are dispensed wealth,new industrial conditions, Grants of Land. The total area with as often as possible; "only and the compulsory education of land granted on lease during twelve were prepared this year. sytom. All these divers changes the year was 418 acres 3 roods The procedure. mentioned in the in the social structure account for 8 11/20 poles, of which 410 acres two foregoing paragraphs has the fact that Messrs. Hayward, 1 rood 36 4/5 poles was in respect afforded some relief, but work has Limited. Court lacemakers, of of lands dealt with by the Dis-increased enormously in other New Bond Street, are giving up. trict Officers; the total area re-directions. A total of 1,665, docu- business. sumed was 204 neres 3 roods 14% ments were dealt with. poles; the excess of land granted Naval and Military-A small over land resumed during the portion of the Naval Hospital year was 123 acres 3 roods 34 1/20 poles. This is exclusive of quar ries and lands let for short terms under temporary perraits issued by the Public Works Department. Particulars of grants are shewn on page W1 of the Blue Book for

pre

FOUR FAMOUS PRESIDENTS. The Society of Authors, Play-- Compound at Mt. Shadwell was wrights and Composers is to transfered to the

shortly from its Colonial Gov-movo ernment for the purpose of im- sont offices in Central Build. proving Wanchai Rond.

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The signal station at Cape D'Aguilar was transferred to the Colonial Government by the Ad: miralty. A Memorandum of, the Surrenders The outstanding Transfer was in each case pre-since then have all been front- feature in the work of the Land pared and recorded here.

1924.

president,

rank men oflatters. Lord Tenny- Office this year was the great in- There were no dealings with son was the first, then came crease in the number of resump-land belonging to the Wai Depart-George Meredith, and after him tions carried through; five hun- ment which necessitated any re- Thomas Hardy, the "present dred and fourteen (514) lots or card here. portions of lots including several large farm lots were surrendered to two million two hundred thou- various public improvements, in respect of which sums arhounting i to two million two hundred thou sand dollars passed through the hands of the Land Officer by way of compensation.The large area! of the land resumed will, to a great extent, be set off at a later date by the issue of leases for lands which the Crown has agreed to grant in exchange.

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Grants of Leases,

The number of Crown leases is- sued during the year was 90. The number of Crown leases issued each year during the last ten years is shewn in the table, from which it will be seen that this year has fallen below many of its pre-

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of work in other directions. Year.. Deeds Re-

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1916

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2,670

118

1917

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119

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4,116

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Fees.The total amount of fees collected by stamps, exclusive of the New Territories, during the year was $101,598.25 being $22.- 032.76 less than the previous year. Land registration fees in the New Territories amounted to $8,980.00 and Crown Lease fees to $170.00.

The amounts of fees collected under the "different headings for the years 1915 to 1924. are shewn in Table IV, where it will be seen that, with the exception. tof las year, the total fecs collected in) |1924 is considerably in excess of the figure for any of the earlier years shewn, ̈·

Stamp Duty-Stamp Duty paid on registered, documents exclusive of Probates and Letters of Ad- ministration amounted to $934,- 748.35. Stamp Duty on Probates| and Letters of Administration re- gistered amounted to $335,946,95.

· Crown Kent · Roll, ́ The Crown Rent Roll for Hong- kong and Kowloon, and the Village Crown Rent Roll, were revised during the year. This is becoming! an increasingly heavy task, owing to the addition of a large number of lots, particularly in New Kow loon. The Village of Chai Wan, comprising 725 holdings, has been added to the Village Roll.

The total Crown Rent shewn on, the Roll of leased lands in Hong- kong and Kowloon (excluding tho, Village entered in the Village) Rent Roll) amounted for the year ending 25th December to $579,- [305.84, an increase of $24,318.87 Jon the preceding year. The not increase of lots appearing on the Roll was 158; thean increases are mainly due to the grant of a large number of new lots in New Kow Joon.

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