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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND OCTOBER, 1886.
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8. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with to the satisfaction of t Surveyor General the Purchaser of each Lot shall be entitled to, and shall execute on demand a Leas 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 herein before contained; and such Crown Lease shall be subject to, and contain, all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions inserted in the Crown Leases of Marine Building Lots in the Colony of Hongkong.
9. Should the Purchaser neglect, or fail to comply with these Conditions, his Premium or any por- tion 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 Expenses shar be made good by the defaulter and be recoverable as liquidated damages.
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10. Possession of each Lot sold shall be given to the Purchaser, and deemed to have been taken by him, on the day of sale.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF SALE.
1. The purchaser of each lot shall remove whatever portion of the large rock may fall within his boundaries and shall leave the whole area of his lot finished uniformly to the required level and to a gradient of 1 in 100 ascending inland from the finished level of the Praya, and he shall also fill in one-fourth of the width of the Praya roadway in front of his lot, and shall cut down to the required level one-half the width of Belcher Street in the rear of the same. The purchaser of Lot No. 262 shall, in addition, fill in one-half the width of Collinson Street abreast his lot to the required levels and gradients.
2. The Colonial Government will, within thirty calendar months from the date of sale, cause to be built and completed for and on behalf of the purchaser of each lot, a permanent sea-wall and embank- ment running parallel to and at a distance of fifty feet from the frontage of the lots, and shall also cause to be filled to a width of thirty-eight feet back from the outer face of the wall, a marine roadway or embankment, and the purchaser of each lot shall reimburse the Colonial Government the cost of the sea-wall and embankment in the following proportions: the purchaser of Lot No. 260 shall pay Ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the purchaser of Lot No. 261 shall pay Ten thousand dollars ($10,000), and the purchaser of Lot No. 262 shall pay Fifteen thousand five hundred dollars ($15,500) and such payments shall be made by the purchasers of the lots on demand to the Surveyor General direct, and in such instalments as may be required by the said Surveyor General from time to time to defray the cost of the sea-wall and embankment as these progress.
3. Upon the completion of the permanent sea-wall and embankment their maintenance and repai shall devolve upon the Colonial Government exclusively, and the Crown Lessee shall be entirely free from any charge in respect of such maintenance or repair.
4. The present temporary and provisional pathway which passes through the Lots shall be left open for a width of 20 feet, and the public shall have the right to use it until the new sea-wall and embankment running along the back of the Lots shall have been sufficiently advanced to be opened- for public traffic.
5. The Crown Leases to be issued for the Lots shall be subject to the right of the War Depart- ment to carry on practice from the Batteries at any time without the payment of compensation to the Lessees for injury to property or person.
6. The design for any building proposed to be erected on any of the lots shall be submitted for reference to the Officer Commanding the Troops whose decision shall be final as to whether such building can be permitted or not, and the Crown Lessee shall have no claim for compensation if the building be not allowed, but as a general rule such permission shall not be refused if the proposed building does not interfere with the line of fire, horizontal or vertical from any of the guns of the Batteries.
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT.
Memorandum that the persons whose names are hereunder written have been declared the highest bidders for the Lots described in the foregoing Particulars of Sale and hereunder specified opposite to their said names and signatures respectively, and do hereby agree with Her Majesty The QUEEN to become the Lessees thereof under and subject to the foregoing Conditions of Sale, and on their parts to perform and abide by the said Conditions.
Number
Registry Number and Description of Lot Purchased.
Amount of Annual Rental. Premium at which
Purchased.
Signatures of Purchasers.
of Sale Lot.
Cotobat
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Marine Lot No. 260
$166
2
261
$186
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262
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$212