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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH MARCH, 1887.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 112.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Tuesday, the 5th day of April, 1887, at 4 P.M., are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th March, 1887.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day of April, 1887, at 4 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, of One Lot of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No.
Boundary Measurements.
of Sale.
Registry No.
LOCALITY.
Contents in
Annual Upset Rent. Price.
N.
S.
Rural Building
1
Lot No. 52.
Plunkett's Gap, The Peak,
E. w. Square ft.
feet. feet. feet. feet.
180 150 90 170
16,400
38
500
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 $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 l'urchaser, at each angle of the Lot.
5. The Purchaser of the Lot shall also 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 good and permanent messuage or tenement upon some part of his Lot, and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $3,00 (Three thousand dollars). The Purchaser of the Lot shall also construct all the necessary covered drains to carry off the waste and refuse water from the main building or main buildings, cook-house, and out-offices, and conduct the said waste and refuse water into one or more air and water-tight cess-pits, or tanks, to be constructed on some portion of the Lot in a good, substan- tial, and workmanlike manner to the entire satisfaction of the Surveyor General; no sewage or refuse water will be allowed to flow on, to, or through any of the adjoining lands, whether belonging to the Crown or to private persons, or into the Pokfulam drainage area, nor shall the contents of such cess-pits be emptied on Crown Land or any Government road or drain, neither shall any decaying, noisome, noxious, excrementitious, or other refuse matter be deposited on any portion of the Lot. The Crown Lessees shall see that all refuse matters are removed daily from off the premises.
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 pay such annual rental by equal half yearly payments on the 25th day of December and the 24th day of June in every Year.
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8. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General 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 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 herein before contained; and such Crown Lease shall be subject to, and contain, all Exceptions, Reservations, ovenants, Clauses, and Conditions inserted in the Crown Leases of Rural Building Lots in the oloay of Hongkong.
9. Shou!! the Parchaser 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