| Land Registry Annual Report 
          2003/04 | 
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| Financial Report Certified Financial Statements | 
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| |  THE 
                LAND REGISTRY TRADING FUND |  |  PROFIT 
                AND LOSS ACCOUNT |  |  For the year ended 31 March 2004  |  |  Expressed in HK$ ' 000  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  Note |  |  2004 |    |  2003 |  |  |    |  |  |  |  |  |  | Turnover |  3 
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                362,316 |    |  
                367,964 |  |  Operating costs  |  4 
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                (270,853)  |    |  
                (285,829) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  Profit from operations  |    |  |  
                91,463  |    |  
                82,135 |  |  Other income |  5 
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                4,037 |    |  
                8,395 |  |  Finance cost  |  6 
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                (395) |    |  
                (1,606) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Profit before 
              tax |    |  |  
                95,105 |    |  
                88,924 |  |  Taxation  |  7 
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                (5,561) |    | (13,559) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Profit after tax |    |  | 89,544 |    | 75,365 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  Dividend  |  8 
                 |  | (44,772) |    |  
                (37,682) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    |    |  |    |    |    |  | Rate of return 
              on fixed assets |  9 |  | 22.0% |  | 20.6% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    | 
 The notes on the accounts form part of these accounts.
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