136 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEB. 9, 1906.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
No. 103.-l'articulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 26th day of February, 1906, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of one Lot of Crown Land at Kowloon in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years commencing from the 22nd day of January, 1906, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term. of 75 years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Boundary Measurements.
No. of Sale.
Registry
No.
LOCALITY.
N.
S. E.
E.
W.
Contents in Sq. feet.
Annual Upset Rent. Price.
feet. feet. feet. feet.
(Kowloon Inland
Lot No. 1172,
Austin Avenue, adjoining K.I.L.
1171.
106 63
189
237
19,032 152 7,613
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 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.
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 consideration of the Boundary Stones, properly cut, fixed, and marked with the Registry Number, 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 build and finish, fit for occupation, before the expiration of twenty-four calendar months from the 22nd day of January, 1906, in a good, substantial and workmanlike manner, one or more good and permanent messuage or tenement upon some part of his Lot, with walls of stone or brick and lime-mortar and roof of tiles or such other materials
as may
be approved by the Director of Public Works, and in all other respects in accordance with the provisions of all Ordinances, Bye-laws and Regulations relating to Build- ings or Sanitation as shall or may at any time be in force in the Colony and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $5,000 in rateable improvements.
7. 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 persous; neither shall any decaying, noisome, noxious, excrementitious, or other refuse matter be deposited on any portion of the Lot, and in 'carrying out any works of excavation on the Lot no excavated earth shall be deposited on the 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, and all such slopes shall be properly turfed and, if necessary, secured in place by means of masonry toe walls. 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 pro- portionate part of the annual rental specified in the particulars herein before contained on the 24th day of June next, and thereafter shall pay such annual
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