1118 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, STH DECEMBER, 1888.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 543.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Thursday, the 20th instant, for the farming of the existing Government Cattle Depôt at Kennedytown, for the year 1889, on the conditions. mentioned below. The Depôt has now been enlarged to contain 360 Stalls.
For form of tender apply at this Office.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any tender, and reserves to itself the right of extending the Depôt, and letting such extended portion thereof in such manner as it shall deem fit.
By Command,
ARATHOON SETH,
for the Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th December, 1888.
CONDITIONS ON WHICH THE EXISTING CATTLE DEPOT AT KENNEDYTOWN WILL BE LET.
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1. The Lessee shall be entitled to the use and occupation of the whole of the present Cattle Depôt including the Coolie Quarters attached to it.
2. The Lessee shall be entitled to a fee not exceeding 2 cents for each head of cattle that enters the Depôt, and a fee not exceeding 2 cents for every day that such animal shall remain in the Depôt not including the day of entry.
3. Except in cases of emergency and with written permission from the Sanitary Board, no more cattle will be admitted into the Depôt than can be accommodated in the stalls set apart for their reception.
4. The Lessee shall cause the Depôt to be thoroughly cleansed twice a day in such manner and at such times as the Sanitary Board may direct.
5. The Lessee shall cause all animal manure and other refuse matters to be deposited in the bins set apart for the purpose.
6. All the manure collected in the Depôt shall be the property of the Government, and it will be removed regularly every day by a contractor.
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7. The Lessee shall at once report to the Inspector of Live Stock and Markets any breaches of the laws regulating the importation of cattle and preventing the spread of cattle disease which may come to his knowledge.
8. The Lessee shall keep the Depôt including the Coolie Quarters attached to it at all times in a cleanly condition.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION-No. 544.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Thursday, the 20th instant, for the privilege of farming the different groups of Quarries (separately or conjointly) which form the Government Quarrying Monopoly, for the year 1889.
Persons desirous of tendering are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office, where the conditions may be ascertained.
Form of tender may be obtained at the Colonial Secretary's Office.
No tender will be received, unless the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $100 for each group or lot of Quarries which he may desire to monopolise, and this sum of $100 shall be forfeited to the Crown, if such person refuses to carry out his tender, should the tender be accepted.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong. 8th December, 1888.
ARATHOON SETH, for the Colonial Secretary,
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