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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH SEPTEMBER, 1887.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 388.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 3rd day of October, 1887, at 3.30 P.M., at Peak Road above the Albany, are published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th September, 1887.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 3rd day of October, 1887, at 3.30 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 999 Years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No. of Sale.
Boundary Measurements.
-Registry No.
LOCALITY.
Contents in
Annual Upset Rent. Price.
X.
8.
E.
W.
Square ft.
1
Inland Lot No. 1,093.
Peak Road above the Albany,
feet. feet. feet. feet.
218 240
452
480 86,975 400
7,830
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 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 Purchaser, 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 or more good substantial and safe brick or stone messuages or tenements as private detached or semi-detached European Villa residences, upon some part of his Lot, to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General, and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $4,000 (Four thousand dollars). The Purchaser shall also construct all the necessary drains to carry off the waste and refuse water from the main buildings, cook-houses, and out-offices 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, neither shall any decaying, noisome, noxious, excrementitious, or other refuse matter be deposited on any portion of the Lot.
7. The Purchaser of the Lot shall pay into the Treasury a proportionate part of the annual rental specified in the particulars herein before contained on the 25th day of December next, and there- after shall pay such annual rental by equal half yearly payments on the 24th day of June and the 25th day of December in every Year.
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 999 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 Inland Lots in the Colony of Hongkong.