No.
of Sale.
Registry No.
Locality.
243
DESCRIPTION OF THE LOT PROPOSED TO BE LEASED.
Boundary Measurements (Approximate).
Contents in
sq. ft.
Annual Rent.
Upset Premium.
N.
S.
E.
W.
Kowloon Huland
Tokwa wan.
As per sale plan.
(about)
61,910
355
9,286.50
Lot No. 1358.
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A plan of the lot, signed by the Director of Public Works, can be seen at the Office of the Public Works Department.
PROPOSED TERMS OF THE SALE AND CROWN LEASE.
1. In consideration of payment of the agreed premium and upon completion of the reclamation of the above described lot to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, it is proposed to grant one Crown Lease of the whole of the area coloured red on the said plan and having a total area of about 61,910 square feet for the term of 75 years from the date of sale, renewable for a further term of 75 years at a re-assessed Crown rent.
The amount of the premium and Crown rent are subject to re-adjustment when the reclamation has been completed in accordance with the area actually occupied.
2. The Crown lease of the area coloured red on the said plan will be subject to and contain all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions usually inserted in the Crown Leases of Inland Lots in the Colony of Hongkong; the lease will also specify the purpose for which the land is leased (i.e., whether for the purpose of reclamation, building dwelling-houses, factories, or godown for the storing of coal or other goods, or whether for any other purpose) and shall contain a proviso that in the event of the lessee, his executors, administrators, and assigns, or successors and assigns (as the case may be) failing, at any time during the continuance of the term of the said lease, to use the demised land for the purpose so specified as aforesaid, without the previous licence or consent of His Majesty, His Heirs, Successors or Assigus, signi- fied in writing by the Governor, then it shall be lawful for His Majesty, Ifis lleirs, Successors or Assigns, by the Governor or by any Officer authorized by him in writing, to re-enter on the lands, foreshores, and sea beds included in and demised by such lease or any portion thereof in the name of the whole, and thereupon the same shall be for- feited to and vest in the Crown; the lease will also contain in particular a reservation to the Crown of all mines and minerals under the demised land. The lease will also contain a proviso that the lessee is to have the option of renewing the lease for a further term of 75 years at a Crown rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King.
3. The lessee of the Lot will also have to pay the sum of $6.25 for each boundary stone required to define the lot and $30 for the Crown lease,
No. S. 148. Notice is hereby given under Section 3 of the Foreshores and Sea Bed Ordinance, 1901, Ordinance No. 15 of 1901, that all persons having any objections to the granting of the lease as above described must send in particulars of their objec- tions in writing to the Colonial Secretary before the expiration of a period of one month from the 21st day of June, 1918, and all such objections will be considered by the Governor in Council.
And notice is also given that if after the expiration of such period of one month the Governor in Council shall declare it to be expedient to grant a lease of the said lot, the said proposed sale will be proceeded with, and that the Crown lease of the lot shall be deemed to demise to the lessee the foreshore or sea bed included in such lease free and discharged from all rights, privileges, profits-à-prendre, and easements, whether public or private, which may have existed or may be claimed in or over such foreshore and sea bed, so far as is necessary for carrying out the purposes for which the land is leased.
W. CHATHAM, Director of Public Works.
21st June, 1918.