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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 211.-It is hereby notified that tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until noon on Friday, the 30th day of September. 1910, for the letting by tender of the undermentioned Granite Quarries at Lung Kwu Tan, in the New Terri- tories, for the term of 3 years from the 1st January, 1911.
Tenders must be in form which will be supplied by the Director of Public Works and the District Officer at Tai Po on the deposit of $25.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any tender.
Quarry Lot No. 1.
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PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.
Approximate Area:
70 Acres.
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CONDITIONS OF LETTING.
1. The areas to leased are shown approximately on plans deposited in the Public Works Department and the Land Office but the exact boundaries will be defined before the issue of the Crown Leases.
2. Each Party, whose tender may be accepted in writing for all or any of the Lots, shall pay into the Colonial Treasury, within Seven Days of the date of such acceptance, a sum equivalent to six months' rent of such Lots or Lot and shall also, within the same period, deposit in the Colonial Treasury approved security equal in value to at least one year's rent for each Lot, as a guarantee for the fulfilment of his tender.
He shall then be
entitled to and shall execute, on demand. a Lease or Leases from the Crown of the picces of ground comprised in such Lot or Lots for 3 years, at the rental or rentals specified in his tender, payable half-yearly in advance on the 1st day of January and the 1st day of July in every year; such Lease being in the printed form marked Form A and deposited
in the Land Office.
3. The Government will permit if practicable each Lessee to erect and maintain such temporary piers and jetties, as may, in the opinion of the Director of Public Works, be reasonably necessary for the purpose of shipping stone cut in the leased quarries into junks or boats; the sites and dimensions of such temporary piers or jetties shall be subject in all respects to the approval of the Director of Public Works, who may at any time direct the removal of any such temporary pier or jetty to any other place; the expense of such removal to be borne by the Lessee.
4. Should any party whose tender is accepted fail to comply with these conditions or any of them, the sum deposited by him shall be forfeited to the Government and the tender or tenders made by him shall thereupon be deemed to be cancelled, and he shall be liable to make good any loss or damage which the Government may incur through his failure to comply with such conditions.
No. S. 212.-It is hereby notified that the following Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction will be held at the Offices of the Public Works Department, on Monday, the 3rd day of October, 1910, at 3 p.m.
Full Particulars and Conditions may be obtained at this Office.