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Appendix XXXV

(Chapter 8: Land and Housing)

Housing as at March 31, 1968

(Extract from Appendix C of the Housing Board Report for 1967-8)

Persons

Domestic units

accom-

Increase

over

modated

31.3.67

Permanent

Housing Authority

23,400

153,300

3,800

Housing Society

...

17,400

124,500

12,500

Government low-cost housing

20,300

103,300

18,800

Resettlement estates and cottage

areas

199,300

1,040,200

106,500

Government quarters

12,000

78,900

4,300

Residual (mainly private)

314,000

1,542,000

3,000

Temporary

Squatters (Urban)

75,900

392,600

57,600

Squatters (New Territories)

+

37,300

199,500 + 6,400

Permittees

32,900

169,400 + 5,100

Marine

21,400

102,800

Colony Total

753,900 3,906,500

+ 96,800

Premiums received on sales of Crown Land

from 1851 to 1967-8

=

The system of disposing of leasehold land by public auction for a premium began in 1851 in accordance with the Secretary of State's Despatch No 222 of January 2, 1851. Where premiums are payable by instalments, only the amounts actually received have been included in the annual totals.

-

" 1860 ... 1870..

Period

1851 1861

1871

1881

-

1890.

· 1880

·

6A

$

Total

1891 - 1900...

1901 – 1910.

―

1911 - 1920 ..

1921

- 1930.

1931 1941 (25.12.41) 1946-7 1955-6 (10 years)

-

1956-7 1960-1 (5 years)

―

1961

· 1962 (1 year)

1962

· 1963 (1 year)

1963

1964 (1 year)

1964

1965 (1 year)

1965

1966 (1 year)

1966

1967 (1 year)

1967

TIT

1968 (1 year)

Grand Total

...

...

...

...

***

262,839.00

477,908.14

125,097.53

856,160.12

2,501,053.65

2,839,324.49

2,715,724.38

17,053,140.35

12,936,727.68

67,617,711,64

177,375,655.35

107,225,301.38

234,402,780.18

207,157,985.13

143,295,983.24

75,859,685.12

50,623,349.27

43,785,984.08

$1,147,112,410.73