THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH AUGUST, 1899.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 445.
1277
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 Monday, the 21st day of August, 1899, at 3 p.m., are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th August, 1899.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 21st day of August, 1899, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of Two Lots of Crown Land, at Yau Ma Ti, Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of Her Majesty the QUEEN for one further term of 75 years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.
No.
of Sale.
Registry No.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
N.
S.
E.
W.
Contents Ananal
in Square ft.
Upset
Rent.
Price.
feet.
Kowloon
Inland Lot 907 | Yau Ma Ti (near Police Station),
908
feet. feet. feet.
50
50 180 180
47.6" 47.6" : 180 180 8,550 118
9,000 124
7,200
6,840
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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 in dispute shall be put up again at a former bidding.
2. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $20.
3. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser 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.
4. The Purchaser of each Lot shall also pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of Her Majesty the QUEEN, the sum of $15 within three days of the day of sale, for and in consideration of the Boundary Stones, properly cut, fixed, and marked with the Registry Number, which shall be placed by the Director of Public Works, for the Purchaser, at each angle of each Lot.
5. The Purchaser of each Lot shall pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of Her Majesty the QUEEN, a Fee of $15 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.
6. The Purchaser of each Lot shall build and finish, fit for occupation, before the expiration of eighteen calendar months from the day of sale, in a good, substantial and workmanlike manner, one or more good and permanent messuage or tenement upon some part of his Lot, with walls of stone or brick and lime-mortar and roof of tiles or such other materials as may be approved by the Director of Public Works, and in other respects in accordance with the conditions of the Building Ordinances, No. 15 of 1889, No. 25 of 1891 and No. 7 of 1895, and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $5,000 in rateable improvements.
7. The Purchaser of each Lot shall pay into the Treasury a proportionate part of the annual rental specified in the particulars hereinbefore contained on the 25th day of December next, and there- after shall pay such annual rental by equal half-yearly payments on the 24th day of June and the 25th day of December in each and every year during the terin of 75 years hereinbefore mentioned.
8. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, the Purchaser of each Lot shall be entitled to, and shall execute, on demand, a Lease from the Crown of the Piece of Ground comprised in such Lot for 75 Years, to be co nputed from the day of sale, at such Annual Rental, payable half-yearly on the 24th day of June and the 25th day of December in every Year, as is specified in the Particulars of such Lot hereinbefore containel; and such Crown Lease shall be subject to, and contain, all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions inserted in the Crown Leases of Inland Lots in the Colony of Hongkong.
9. 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 Her Majesty, who shall be at full liberty either to enforce the Sale, or to re-sell the Property at such time and place, and in such manner as to Her Majesty shall seem fit, and in case of a re-sale the increase, if any, of the Premiu or Purchase Money shall be retained by Her Majesty, and the deficiency, if any, and all Costs and Expenses shall be made good by the defaulter and be recoverable as liquidated damages, or at the option and pleasure of Her Majesty to re-enter and resume the property as if no sale had ever taken place, in which case also the premium paid by the Purchaser shall be thereupon wholly forfeited to