THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JAN. 19, 1906. 57
LAND REGISTRY OFFICE.
No. 57. It is hereby notified that, until further notice and unless otherwise stated, the following General Conditions of Sale will be applicable to all sales of Crown land for building in the New Territories (exclusive of New Kowloon) in the same manner as if the said General Conditions were included in the published Particulars and Conditions of Sale in each case. Special Conditions of Sale will be separately set forth:-
General Conditions of Sale.
1. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders for any Lot, such Lot shall be put up again at a former bidding.
2. No person shall at any bidding advance less than one dollar.
3. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser of each Lot shall sign the Meniorandum of Agreement, hereinafter contained, for completing the purchase according to these Conditions, and shall, within Three Days of the day of sale, pay to the Assistant Land Officer the full amount of Premium at which the Lot shall have been purchased.
4. The Purchaser of each Lot shall also have Boundary Stones of a size and pattern to be approved by the Assistant Land Officer, marked with the Registry Number, placed at each angle of the Lot within one month of the date of sale.
5. The Purchaser of each Lot shall build and finish, fit for occupation, before the expiration of
calendar months from the day of sale, in a good, substantial and workmanlike manner, one or more good and permanent messu- age or tenement upon some part of his Lot, with walls of stone or brick and line-mortar and roof of tiles or such other materials as may be approved by the Director of Public Works, and in all other respects to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than
in rateable improvements.
$
6. No sewage or refuse water will be allowed to flow from any 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 any Lot, and in carrying out any works of excavation on any Lot no excavated earth shall be deposited on such Lot or on Crown land adjoining in such manner as shall expose the slopes of such excavated earth to be eroded and washed down by the rains. The Purchaser of each Lot shall see that all refuse matters are properly removed daily from off the premises.
7. The Purchaser of each Lot shall pay to the Assistant Land Officer a proportionate part of the annual rental specified in the particulars of sale of such Lot on the 1st day of July next, and thereafter shall pay such annual rental by equal yearly payments on the 1st day of July in cach and every year during the term of 75 years hereinbefore mentioned.
8. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, the Purchaser of each Lot shall be entitled to, and shall execute, on demand, a Lease from the Crown, of the Piece of Ground comprised in such Lot for 75 years, to be computed from the day of sale at such Annual Rental, payable half-yearly on the 1st day of July in every year, as is specified in the Particulars of Sale of such Lot and such Crown Lease shall be subject to, and contain, all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions usually inserted in Crown Leases of Build- ing Lots in the New Territories of Hongkong.
9. Should the Purchaser of any Lot neglect, or fail to comply with any of the General or Special Conditions of Sale of such Lot his Premium, or any portion thereof which may be paid, shall be thereupon forfeited to His Majesty, who shall be at full liberty either to enforce the sale, or to re-sell the Property at such time and place, and in such manner as to His Majesty shall seem fit, and in case of a re-sale, the increase, if any, of the Premium or Purchase Money shall be retained by His Majesty, and the deficiency, if any, and all Costs and Ex- penses shall be made good by the defaulter and be recoverable as liquidated