THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH OCTOBER, 1905.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 687.
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The following Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale of the right to quarry Stone, to be held on the actual sites, on Monday, the 30th day of October, 1905, at 3 p.m., are published for general information.
By Command,
T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th October, 1905.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 30th day of October, 1905, at 3 p.m., on the actual sites, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of the right to quarry Stone on Two Lots 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 LOTS.
No.
of
Registry No.
Sale.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
Contents iu
Upset
Annual
X.
S.
E.
W.
Square feet. Crown Reut.
feet.
feet.
fect.
feet.
Tai Wan Quarry Lot No. 2.
West of Tai Wan Village,
Ngau Shui Wan,
75
75
310
310
23,250
160
New Territory,
Tai Wan Quarry Lot No. 3.
Ditto.
200 200
50
50
10,000
68
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 hammer, the Purchaser of the right to quarry each Lot shall sign the Memorandum of Agreement, hereinafter contained, for completing the purchase according to these Conditions, and shall pay into the Colonial Treasury a proportionate part of the Crown Kent up to the 25th December, 1905, at which the right to quarry each Lot shall have been purchased, within Three Days of the day of sale and thereafter shall pay such annual rental half- yearly in advance by equal instalments on the 24th day of June and 25th day of December in each and every year up to and including 31st March, 1907, hereinbefore mentioned.
4. The Purchaser of the right to quarry each 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 month of the date of Sale.
5. The Purchaser of the right to quarry each 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 Lots 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 Lots.
7. The Purchaser of the right to quarry each Lot will be allowed to erect one temporary pier or jetty for the purpose of shipping stone cut in each quarry into junks or boats, the materials, erection, sites and dimensions of such piers 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 each Lot shall be allowed to erect within the area of his Lot dwellings or sheds for the use of workinen employed in the quarries ou 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 leases or on receipt of one month's written notice from the Director of Public Works without the Purchaser having any claim for compen- sation for such removal.