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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH FEBRUARY, 1892.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. —No. 82.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 29th day of February, 1892, at 3 P.M., are published.
By Command,
W. M. GOODMAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th February, 1892.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 29th day of February, 1892, at 3 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 15 Years.
No.
of
Sale.
Registry No.
Kowloon Farm Lot
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No. 13.
Kaulung Tong,
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
LOCALITY.
Contents
Annual Upset Reut. Price.
Acres.
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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 $10.
3. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser shall sign the Memorandum of Agree- ment, 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 shall at his expense, forthwith, after the Sale, mark out the Lot with proper walls, fences, or ditches to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General, the Government reserving to itself all existing roads and footpaths, as shewn on Sale Plan.
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5. The Purchaser of the Lot shall pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, a Fee of $5 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.
6. The Purchaser of the Lot shall not crect any Building or Dwelling House, Buildings or Dwelling Houses on the Lot except what may be required for the due cultivation or occupation of the said Premises as a Pig or Agricultural Farm and be approved by the Surveyor General, and no compensation shall be allowed to the Purchaser for improvements at the expiration or other sooner determination of the said term unless resumed for public purposes under the clause for that purpose contained in the Crown Leases of the Colony, in which case compensation will be given as decided under the terms of the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance of 1889. The Crown nevertheless reserves to itself the right at any time to determine the Lease, in such case giving such compensation for improvements as the Governor may decide as fair and reasonable under the circumstances.
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 24th day of June next, and thereafter shall such annual rental by equal half-yearly payments on the 25th day of December and the 24th day of June in each and every year during the term of 15 years hereinbefore mentioned.
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8. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with, 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 15 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 speci- fied in the Particulars of such Lot herein before contained; and such Crown Lease shall be subject to and contain all such Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, and Conditions as shall in the judgment of the Governor be necessary.
9. The Purchaser shall be bound by the Provisions of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887 as amended by Ordinance No. 26 of 1890 and all Bye-Laws and Regulations made or to be made thereunder.