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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH JULY, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 283.
The following telegram is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th July, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
"GOVERNOR,
(C Hongkong.
"PEKING, 7th July, 1897.
"Corean Government has notified officially that ports of Chenanpo and Mokpo are open to "foreign trade, 1st October.
"MACDONALD."
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 284.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 26th day of July, 1897, at 3 P.M., are published for general information.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th July, 1897.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 26th day of July, 1897, at 3 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Crown Land at Wanchai, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 999 Years.
No.
of Sale.
Registry
No.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
LOCALITY.
1
Inland Lot No. 1,419.
Wanchai Road,
Boundary Measurements.
Contents in
N.
SE.
E.
W.
Square ft.
Annual Rent.
Upset Price.
feet. feet. feet. feet.
50 55.11 25 50
1,875 24
469
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 $10.
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 Lot shall have been purchased.
4. The Purchaser of the 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 the Lot.
5. The Purchaser of the 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 the Lot shall build and finish, fit for occupation, before the expiration of twelve calendar months from the day of sale, in a good, substantial and workmanlike manner, one good and permanent messuage or tenement upon some part of his Lot, with stone and lime-mortar walls, and tile roofs, and in other respects in accordance with the conditions of the Building (Amendment) Ordinances, No. 25 of 1891 and No. 7 of 1895, and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $500 on rateable improvements.
7. The Purchaser of the 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 thereafter 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 term of 999 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 the 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 999 Years, to be computed from the day of sale, at such Annual Rental, payable half-yearly on the 25th day of December and the