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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH OCTOBER, 1905.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 715.
The right of erecting and maintaining a permanent Pier over Crown Foreshore in the Colony of Hongkong will be sold by Public Auction at the Offices of the Public Works Department, on Monday, the 13th day of November, 1905, at 3 p.m.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th October, 1905.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
Particulars and Conditions of Sale of the right of erecting and maintaining a permanent Pier over- Crown Foreshore opposite Hillier Street, (Pier Site No. 5), to be held at the Offices of the Public Works Department by order of His Excellency the Governor, on Monday, the 13th day of November, 1905, at 3 p.m. for a term of 50 years commencing from 1st day of January, 1900.
PARTICULARS OF THE PIER.
No. of Sale.
Position.
Largest Dimensions.
200′ x 30'
Upset price.
Opposite Hillier Street.
$18,000
1. The right to erect and maintain this Pier will be leased for a period of 50 years from 1st January, 1900.
2. The Pier to be erected shall be subject in all respects to the provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1899 and of any amending Ordinance hereafter passed and rent shall be paid in accordance with the Schedule attached to said Ordinance.
3. The Pier shall not exceed the dimensions specified, but a Pier of less dimensions may be erected by the lessee.
4. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders, the site shall be put up again at a former bidding.
5. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $100.
6. The Purchaser must pay into the Treasury, within three days of the day of sale, the full amount of Premium at which he shall have agreed to purchase,
7. The Purchaser shall within 12 months from the date of sale, build and finish, fit for use, a Pier in accordance with plans, which must, in the first instance, be submitted to the Director of Public Works and be approved of in writing by him. The Purchaser shall from the date of sale and until the completion of such Pier as aforesaid pay to the Colonial Treasurer on the first day of each month in advance a monthly sum equivalent to one-twelfth part of the annual rent to become payable by him on the granting of the lease.
8. The area of the Pier to be calculated on the over-all dimensions at deck level, that is, includ- ing fenders, whether vertical or horizontal.
9. Any vessels lying alongside the Pier must not project beyond the end of the Pier.
10. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, the Purchaser shall be entitled to and excute, on demand, a lease from the Crown of the right to erect and maintain the Pier which he has erected, for 50 years to be computed from the 1st day of January, 1900, at such monthly rental, payable in advance, as is specified in the Schedule of the Piers Ordinance (No. 11 of 1899); and such Crown Lease shall be in the form which may be seen at the Public Works Offices.
11. Should the Purchaser neglect or fail to comply with these conditions, his Premium or any portion thereof which may be paid, shall be thereupon forfeited to His Majesty, who shall be at full liberty either to enforce the sale or to re-sell the right to erect and maintain such Pier, at such time and place, and in such manner as to His Majesty shall seem fit, and in case of re-sale the increase, if any, of the Premium or purchase money, shall be retained by His Majesty, and the deficiency, if any, and all costs and expenses, shall be made good by the defaulter and be recnerable as liquidated damages, or at the option and pleasure of His Majesty, His Majesty shall be at liberty to cancel such right to erect and maintain a Pier as if no sale had ever taken place, in which case also the Premium paid by the Purchaser shall be thereupon wholly forfeited to His Majesty. But such cancellation shall not exonerate the present Purchaser upon a subsequent re-sale of the right to erect and maintain such Pier to made good the deficiency, if any, upon such re-sale and all costs and expenses as ascertained to be recoverable as aforesaid.
Director of Public Works.