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LAND OFFICE.
No. S. 176.—It is hereby notified that the following Letting of the right to quarry on Crown Land will be held by Public Auction at Cheung Chau Police Station, at 11 a.m., on Monday, the 29th day of June, 1914.
The Letting will be for the term of 3 years from the 1st day of July, 1914, for Quarrying Granite subject to the Special Conditions hereunder specified.
PARTICULARS OF THE QUARRIES.
Registry No. Locality.
Boundary Measurements.
Cheung Chau. Cheung Chan.
Lot No. 726.
As per plan deposited in the District Land Office of the Southern District of the New Territories, Hong- kong.
Contents in square feet.
Upset Annual Crown Rent.
57,950
$150
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SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
1. The area to be quarried is shown on a plan deposited in the District Land Office, Hongkong.
2. The highest bidder shall immediately after the sale deposit in the District Land. Office, Hongkong, a sum equivalent to three months' rent of such Lot as security for the rent and the fulfilment of these conditions. He shall then be entitled to and shall execute, on demand, a Lease from the Crown of the piece of ground comprised in such Lot for 3 years from the 1st day of July, 1914, at the rental at which the same was purchased, and payable monthly in advance on the 1st day of each month: such Lease being in the printed form deposited in the District Land Office, Hongkong.
3. The Government will permit if practicable the Lessee to erect and maintain such temporary piers or jetties, as may, in the opinion of the Director of Public Works, be rea- sonably 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 re- moval to be borne by the Lessee.
4. Should the Lessee 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 conditions.
10th June, 1914.
No. S. 177.-It is hereby notified that the following Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction will be held at the District Office, Hongkong, at 2.30 p.m., on Tuesday, the 30th day of June, 1914.
The Lot including the Buildings thereon is sold for the term of Seventy-five years from the 1st day of July, 1898, with the right of renewal for a further term of 24 years less 3 days at a re-assessed Crown Rent as a Building Lot subject to the General Conditions of Sale published in Government Notification No. 365 of 1906 and to the Special Condition No. 4 published in Government Notification No. 697 of 1909 and No. 5 published in Government Notification No. 278 of 1911 and also to the Special Conditions hereunder specified.