THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH AUGUST, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 311,
Separate tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Friday, the 14th instant, for :-
1. Preparing 380,000, more or less, Tree Pits in Hongkong and Kaulung.
2. Rearing and supplying 250,000, more or less, Trecs of Pinus sinensis.
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For form of tender, specification, and further particulars, apply at the Office of the Botanical and
station Department.
No tender will be received unless the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $100, as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, for ring Tree Pits, and $50 for rearing and supplying Trees, which sums shall be forfeited to the wn if such person shall refuse to carry out his tender, should the tender be accepted.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th August, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 312.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on spot, on Monday, the 24th day of August, 1885, at 5.30 P.M., are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th August, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
'articulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 24th day of August, 1885. at 5.30 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 75 Years. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No.
Boundary Measurements.
Contents Arnual
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Registry No.
LOCALITY.
in
Rent.
Upset
Sale.
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E.
feet.
w. Square ft.
feet. feet. feet.
Price.
$
Rural
1
Building Lot No. 35.
Mount Kellett District, The Peak,... 470
530
120
(125) 350 13,700
302
1,370
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 $25.
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 Registrar of the Supreme Court, 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 pay, to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, a Fee of $15 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.
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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 o not less than $8.000 ( Eight thousand dollars). The Purchaser shall also construct all the necessary overed drains to carry off the waste and refuse water from the main building, cook-house, and out- ffices, and conduct the said waste and refuse water into one or more air and water-tight cesspits, to be constructed on some portion of the Lot in a good, substantial, and workmanlike manner to the entire satisfaction of the Surveyor General; no sewage or refuse water will be allowed to flow on, to. through, any of the adjoining lands, whether belonging to the Crown or to private persons, nor all the contents of such cesspits be emptied on Crown Land or any Government road or drain. either shall any decaying, noisome, noxious, excrementitious, or other refuse matter be deposited on y portion of the Lot. The Crown Lessees shall see that all refuse matters are removed daily from
the premises.