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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 11, 1906.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
No. 410.- Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 21st day of May, 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 near Rural Building Lot 28, The Peak, in the Colony of Hong- kong, for a term of 75 years, 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.
No.
of
Registry No.
Sale.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
NE.
SW.
Con- An- tentsin nual SE. NW. Sq. ft. Rent.
Upset Price.
feet. feet. feet. feet.
1
Rural Building
Near Rural Building Lot No.
Lot No. 124.
28, The Peak.
50
50
50
30
30 1,500
180
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 twelve calendar months from the day of sale, in a good, substantial and workmanlike manner, one or more good and permanent nessunge 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 other respects in accordance with the provisions of all Ordinances, Bye-laws and Regulations relating to Buildings 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 $200 in rateable improvements.
7. No sewage or refuse water will be allowed to flow from the Lot on to any of the adjoining lands whether belonging to the Crown or to private persons; neither shall any decaying, noisome, noxious, excrementitions, 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 pro- perly removed daily from off the premises.
8. The Purchaser of the Lot shall pay into the Colonial Treasury a proportionate part of the annual rental specified in the particulars hereinbefore contained on the 24th day of June next, and thereafter shall pay such annual rental by equal half-yearly pay- ments on the 25th day of December, and the 24th day of June, in each and every year during the terin of 75 years hereinbefore mentioned.
9. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, the Purchaser of the Lot shall be entitled to, and shall exccute, on demand, a Lease from the Crown, of the Picce 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 24th day of June and the 25th day of December, in every year, as is specified in the Particulars of such Lot hereinbefore contained; and such Crown Lease shall be subject to, and contain, all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and