THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 3, 1906. 1373
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
No. 668.-Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 13th day of August, 1906, at 3 p.m., at the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of the right to quarry Stone on One Lot of Crown Land, at Ngau Shui Wan, near Tai Wan Village, New Kowloon, in the New Territory of Hongkong, for a period extending from date of sale up to and including 31st March, 1907.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
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No. of Sale.
Registry No.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
Contents in
Upset
Square ft. Crown Rent
N.
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E.
W.
feet.
feet. feet.
feet.
Tai Wan Quarry Lot No. 3.
West of Tai Wan Village, Ngau Shui Wan, New Territory.
200 200 50
50
10,000
44
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 $2.
3. Immediately after the fall of the hummer, the Purchaser of the right to quarry the Lot shall sign the Memorandum of Agreement, hereinafter contained, for completing the purchase according to these Conditions, and shall pay into the Colonial Treasury the Crown Kent up to and including 31st March, 1907, at which the right to quarry the Lot shali have been purchased, within Three Days of the day of sale.
4. The Purchaser of the right to quarry the Lot shall have Boundary Stones of a size and pattern to be approved by the Director of Public Works and marked with the Registry number, placed at each angle of the Lot within one mouth of the date of sale.
5. The Purchaser of the right to quarry 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. 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, excrementitious, or other refuse matter be deposited on any portion of the Lot.
7. The Purchaser of the right to quarry the Lot will be allowed to erect one tem- porary pier or jetty for the purpose of shipping stone cut in the quarry into junks or boats, the materials, erection, site and dimension of such pier 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 pier or jetty if in his opinion such removal is necessary, and the Purchaser shall have no claim for compensation for such removal.
8. The Purchaser of the right to quarry the Lot shall be allowed to erect within the area of his Lot dwellings or sheds for the use of workmen employed in the quarry on the said Lot or for storing explosives or other materials for use in such quarries, such dwellings and sheds to be constructed of brick or stone and roofed with tiles or other imcombustible material and to be subject in all respects to the approval of the Director of Public Works and to any regulations of the Sanitary Board from time to time in force and to be removed on the termination of the lease or on receipt of one month's written notice from the Director of Public Works without the Purchaser having any claim for compensation for such removal.