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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH SEPTEMBER, 1897.
735
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 366.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 20th day of September, 1897, at 3 r.м., are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th September, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 20th day of September, 1897, at 3 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Crown Land at Hung Hôm, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 999 Years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No.
of Sale.
Registry No.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
Contents in
Annual Upset Rent. Price.
NE.
SW.
SE. NW. Square ft.
feet. feet. feet. feet.
Hung Hôm
Marine Lot 2. Hung Hôm,
365 365 550 550 200,750
1,508 60,925
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 shall be put up again at a former bidding.
2. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $25.
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 Premiun at which the Lot shall have been purchased.
4. The Purchaser of the above 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 above 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 above Lot shall reclaim the whole area and shall build and finish, fit for occu- pation, before the expiration of twenty-four 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 upon such improvements a sum of not less than $50,000. The reclaimed area to be protected in a substantial manner to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works.
7. The Purchaser of the above 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 24th day of June and the 25th day of December in every Year, as is specified in the Particulars of such Lot hereinbefore contained; and such Crown Lease shall be subject to, and contain, all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions inserted in the Crown Leases of Marine Lots in the Colony of Hongkong.