791
DISTRICT OFFICE,
SOUTHERN DISTRICT,
HONG KONG.
No. S. 315.-It is hereby notified that the following Letting by Public Auction. of the right to quarry stone on Crown Land will be held at the Office of the District Officer, South, St. George's Building, Hong Kong, at 11 a.m., on Friday, the 21st day of September, 1934.
The Purchaser will be granted a permit to quarry Granite for the term of ONE year from the 1st day of October, 1934, subject to the Special Conditions hereunder specified.
PARTICULARS OF THE QUARRY.
Quarry No.
Locality.
Boundary Measurements.
Estimated Area in square feet.
Upset Annual Crown Rent.
No. 2.
Tsing L.
As per plan deposited in
42,500
$20
the District Office of
the Southern District or (about) 1 acre.
of the New Territories,
Hong Kong
SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
1. The area to be quarried is shown on a plan deposited in the Office of the District Officer, South, St. George's Building, Hong Kong.
2. The highest bidder shall immediately after the sale deposit in the Office of the District Officer, South, Hong Kong, a sum equivalent to three months' rent of such Quarry as security for the rent and the fulfilment of these conditions. He shall then be entitled to and shall sign, on demand, a permit from the Crown to quarry granite on the piece of ground comprised in such permit for ONE year from the 1st day of October, 1934, at the rental at which the same was purchased and payable quarterly in advance on the 1st day of each quarter: such permit being in the printed form deposited in the Office of the District Officer, South.
3. The Government will if practicable, allow the permittee to erect and maintain such temporary piers or jetties, as may, in the opinion of the District Officer, South, be reasonably necessary for the purpose of shipping stone cut in the said quarry 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 District Officer, South, 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 permittee.
4. The permit shall be subject to cancellation at any time on two months' notice being given without compensation but a refund of a proportionate part of the rent will be made.
5. The permittee shall fill in any holes in the quarry and construct such drains as may be necessary to carry off any surplus water-the work to be done to the satisfaction of the District Officer, South.
6. The permittee will be allowed to erect a shed 20' by 20' for housing workmen and a kitchen 10′ by 10'.
7. The quarry shall be left in a tidy condition at the expiration of the permit to the satisfaction of the District Officer, South.
8. Should the permittee fail to comply with these conditions the sum deposited by him shall be forfeited to the Government, and he shall be liable to make good any loss or damage which the Government may incur through his failure to comply with such con- ditions.
D. M. MACDOUGALL, District Officer, Southern District.
7th September, 1934.