THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JANUARY, 1905.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 52.
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The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held at the Offices of the Public Works Department, on Tuesday, the 7th day of February, 1905, at 3 p.m., are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th January, 1905.
F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Tuesday, the 7th day of February, 1905, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of Seven Lots of Crown Land at Cheung Kwan O, in the New Territory of Hongkong, 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 if competent for the Colonial Governinent so to make it.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No.
of Sale.
Registry No.
Boundary Measurements.
Contents in
LOCALITY.
N.
S.
E.
W.
acres and square feet.
Annual Rent.
Upset Price.
feet.
leet. feet.
feet.
*
Total.
285
Sai Kung Marine Lot No. 2.
Cheung Kwan 0, New Territory.
2,165
about 15
155
1504,170
1,500
6,000
390
acres.
910
625
Sai Kung Inland
1.400
about 14
Do.
300
215
390
700
2,800
Lot No. 1.
440 acres.
910
>
127
2.
Do.
250
250
400
400 100,000 ft.
sq.
116
460
$13,188
285
3.
Do.
250
250
225
485 128,000 „,
146
588
4.
Do.
180
220 270
190 30,500,
36
140
5
(with water
Do.
2401
595
200
460
f about 5
500
2,000
rights).
385 J
acres.
Sai Kung Farm
Do.
Lot No. 1.
as per Plan.
f about 300
300
1,200
acres.
CONDITIONS OF SALE.
1. The 7 Lots will be put up and sold together. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders, the Lots shall be put up again at a former bidding. Any advance on the upset price will be treated as an advance pro rata on all the premia.
2. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $100.
3. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser of the Lots 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 Lots shall have been purchased by him.
4. The Purchaser of the Lots shall, within seven days of the date of a written notice from the Director of Public Works, pay into the Colonial Treasury, on behalf of His Majesty the KING, the sum of $10 for each and every Boundary Stone, properly cut, fixed, and marked with the Registry Numbers, which shall be placed by the Director of Public Works, for the Purchaser, at each angle
of the Lots.
5. The Purchaser of the Lots shall pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of His Majesty the KING, a Fee of $30 upon the execution of the Crown Lease of each Lot.
6. The Purchaser of the Lots shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $200,000 in rateable improvements, within 36 calendar months of the date of sale.
7. No sewage or refuse water will be allowed to flow from the Lots 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 Lots. The Pur- chaser shall see that all refuse matters are properly removed daily from off the premises.