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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH AUGUST, 1892.
Leave of Absence.-An application from Mr. J. R. GERMAIN, Senior Inspector of Nuisances, for an extension of leave for three months on half pay was considered. It was agreed to transmit the application to the Honourable Colonial Secretary with a recommendation that the leave asked for be granted, if the Captain Superintendent of Police finds it possible to spare a man, for three months, to act as an Inspector.
Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned till Thursday, the 4th day of August, 1892.
J. H. STEWART Lockhart,
President.
Read and confirmed this 4th day of August, 1892.
HUGH MCCALLUM,
Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 342.
Tenders will be received at this Office until noon of Monday, the 15th instant, for the construction of a Fodder Store at the Cattle Depôt.
Work will not be permitted under this contract on Sundays.
For form of tender, specification and further particulars apply at the Public Works Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th August, 1892.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 343.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 22nd day of August, 1892, at 4 P.M., are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th August, 1892.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 22nd day of August, 1892, at 4 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No.
of Sale.
Registry No.
LOCALITY.
Boundary Measurements. Contents
in
N.
S.
E. w. Square ft.
Annual Rent.
Upset
Price.
feet.
feet. feet. feet.
1
Rural Building Lot No. 83.
Peak Road below Victoria Gap,
30'
30'
50' 50' 1,500
12
150
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 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 or more good and permanent messuages or tenements upon some part of his Lot, and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $1,000 (One thousand Dollars). No houses other than buildings of the character and design usually tenanted by Europeans and having the necessary European out-offices and appurtenances, will be allowed to be built on the Lot. The Purchaser of the Lot shall also construct all the necessary pipe drains to carry off the waste and refuse water from the main building