THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH OCTOBER, 1889.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 426.
831
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 21st day of October, 1889, at 4.30 P.M., are published for general information.
By Command,
A. LISTER,
Acting Colonial Secretary
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th October, 1889.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 21st day of October, 1889, at 4.30 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Crown Land, at Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years.
No.
of Sale.
Registry No.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
Contents in
N.
S.
E.
W.
Square ft.
Annual Upset Rent. Price.
Kowloon Inland Lot No. 621
feet. feet. feet. feet.
MacDonnell Road, Kowloon, N.W.18011" 171'6" 112′0" 129'0" 21,070
of Water Police Station,
CONDITIONS OF SALE.
290
21,070
1. The Gernment is not bound by the exact boundaries as shewn on the plan, but reserves the right of ming any modification in detail that the Surveyor General may deem necessary in order to provide for the widening of roads or forming drains or water courses. Should the area of land when finally set out be more or less than that above given, the excess or deficiency shall be calculated at the sale price per square foot and added or deducted from the amount of the premium and annual Crown Rent.
2. 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.
3. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $10.
4. 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.
5. The Purchaser of this Lot shall also pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, the sum of $10 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 Surveyor General, for the Purchaser at each angle of the Lot.
6. The Purchaser of this Lot shall also pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, a Fee of $5 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.
7. The Purchaser of this 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, and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $4,000 (Four thousand Dollars). The plans of the buildings to be erected on this Lot, to be submitted and approved by the Surveyor General, before the commencement of the work. 8. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General the Purchaser of this 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 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 Kowloon 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 Premium or Purchase Money shall be retained by Her Majesty, and the deficiency, if any, and all Costs and Ex- penses shall be made good by the defaulter and be recoverable as liquidated damages.
10. Possession of the Lot sold shall be given to the Purchaser, and deemed to have been taken by him, on the day of sale.