THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 19, 1909.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

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No. 747.-The following description and terms of the proposed lease of certain Crown Land at To-kwa-wan comprising portions of the foreshore and sea bed, are published under- the provisions of The Foreshores and Sea Bed Ordinance, 1901.

For the proposed date of sale of the Crown Land above-referred to see Government Notification No. 748 of 1909.

DESCRIPTION OF THE LOT PROPOSED TO BE LEASED.

No. of Sulc.

Boundary Measurements.

Registry No.

Locality.

Contents in

Annual Pre-

N.W. S.E.

N.E.

S.W.

Sq. ft.

Rent. mium.

feet. feet. feet. feet.

Kowloon Marine Lot No. 90.

Adjoining Kowloon Marine Lot No. 85, To-kwa-wan.

300 300 350 350

105,000 602 15,750

PROPOSED TERMS OF THE SALE AND CROWN LEASE.

1. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders, the Lot shall be put up again at a former bidding.

2. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $20.

3. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser of the Lot shall sign the Memorandum of Agreement, hereinafter contained, for completing the purchase according to these Conditions, and shall, within Three Days of the day of sale, pay into the Colonial Treasury the full amount of Premium at which the Lot shall have been purchased by him.

4. The Purchaser of the Lot shall also pay into the Colonial Treasury on behalf of His Majesty the KING, the sum of $25 within three days of the day of sale, for and in consi- deration of the Boundary Stones, perperly cut, fixed, and marked with the Registry Num- ber, which shall be placed by the Director of Public Works, for, the Purchaser, at each angle

of the Lot.

5. The Purchaser of the Lot shall pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of His Majesty the KING, a Fee of $30 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.

6. The Purchaser of the Lot shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $13,000, in rateable improvements, within 36 calendar months of the date of sale.

7. No sewage or refuse water will be allowed to flow from the Lot on to any of the adjoining lands whether belonging to the Crown or to private persons; neither shall any decaying, noisome, noxious, excrementitious, or other refuse matter be deposited on any portion of the Lot. The Purchaser shall see that all refuse matters are properly removed daily from off the premises.

8. The Purchaser of the Lot shall pay into the Colonial Treasury a proportionate part of the annual rental specified in the particulars hereinbefore contained on the 25th day of December next, and thereafter shall pay such annual rental by equal half-yearly payments on the 24th day of June and the 25th day of December in each and every year during the term of 75 years.

9. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, the Purchaser of the Lot shall be entitled to, and shall execute, on demand, a Lease from the Crown of the land comprised in the Lot for 75 years, to be computed from the day of sale at such Annual Rental, payable half-yearly on the 24th day of June and the 25th day of December, in every year, as is specified in the Particulars of such Lot hereinbefore contained; and the Crown Lease shall be subject to, and contain,

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