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DISTRICT OFFICE,
SOUTHERN DISTRICT,
HoNG HỒNG.
No. S. 263.-It is hereby notified that the following Letting of the right to quarry stone on Crown Land will be held by Public Auction at the Office of the District Officer, South, Post Office Buildings, Hong Kong, at 11 a.m., on Friday, the 23rd day of August, 1929.
The Letting will be for the term of ONE year from the 1st day of September, 1929, for Quarrying Granite subject to the Special Conditions hereunder specified.
PARTICULARS OF THE QUARRIES.
Registry No.
Locality.
Boundary Measurements.
Estimated Area in square feet.
Upset Annual Crown Rent.
Cheung Chau Cheung Chau.
Lot No. 726.
19,500
$50
As per plan deposited in the District Office of the Southern District of the New Territories, Hong Kong
SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
1. The area to be quarried is shown on a plan deposited in the Office of the District. Officer, South, Post Office Buildings, Hong Kong.
2. The highest bidder shall immediately after the sale deposit in the Office of the District Officer, South, Hong Kong, a sum equivalent to three months' rent of such Lot He shall then be entitled as security for the rent and the fulfilment of these conditions.
to and shall execute, on demand, a Lease from the Crown of the piece of ground com- prised in such Lot for ONE year from the 1st day of September, 1929, at the rental at which the same was purchased and payable quarterly in advance on the 1st day of each quarter: such Lease being in the printed form deposited in the Office of the District "Officer, South.
3. The Government will if practicable, permit the Lessee to erect and maintain such temporary piers or jetties, as may, in the opinion of the District Officer, South, be reason- ably necessary for the purpose of shipping stone cut in the leased quarries into junks or boats; the sites and dimensions of such temporary piers or jetties shall be subject in all respects to the approval of the District Officer, South, who may at any time direct the removal of any such temporary pier or jetty to any other place, the expense of such removal to be borne by the Lessee.
4. Permit to be subject to cancellation at any time on two months' notice being given without compensation but a refund of a proportionate part of fee will be inade.
5. Lessee to fill in any holes in the quarry and construct such drains as may be necessary to carry off any surplus water-the work to be done to the satisfaction of the District Officer, South.
6. Lessee will be allowed to erect a shed 20′ by 20′ for housing workmen and a kitchen 10' by 10'.
7. Should the Lessee fail to comply with these conditions the sum deposited by him. shall be forfeited to the Government, and he shall be liable to make good any loss or damage which the Government may incur through his failure to comply with such con- ditions.
8. Condition as to leaving Quarry in tidy condition at the end of the tenancy to the satisfaction of the District Officer, South.
9th August, 1929.
J. A. FRASER,
District Officer, South.
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