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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH NOVEMBER, 1885.
SCHEDULES.
(A.)
THE SPIRITS ORDINANCE, 188
Farmer's Contract under Svetion 11 of Spirits Ordinance, 1879.
having been declared to be the Spirit Farmer of Hongkong
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for the term commencing on the ending on the
day of
day of
18 and 18 and he having offered as sureties for the due fulfilment of the terms of this Contract (or certain real or personal estate having been assigned to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her Heirs and Successors, as security by way of mortgage, under the provisions of the Spirits Ordinance, 188 by the Deed annexed to this Contract, or Dollars having been lodged in the Treasury as a deposit): This Contract witnesseth, that all the rights and privileges of Spirit Farmer of Hongkong under the provisions of the Spirits Ordinance, 188 аге hereby vested in the said.
for the aforesaid term. The hereinafter named
,
said Spirit Farmer, and his sureties the Contractors for themselves, their executors, administrators, and assigns, do hereby severally as well as jointly and every two and more of them, covenant and agree with Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her Heirs and Successors, to pay to the Treasurer for the time being, without demand, the sum of Dollars
, on the last day
of every
month of
7
commencing on the
day of the
1
18 and ending on the day of the month of 18 as the rent of the said Spirit Farm; And further, that the said Spirit Farmer shall well and faithfully observe, perform, and fulfil the serveral provisions, conditions, and stipulations contained in the said Ordinance, so far as they relate to the management of the said Spirit Farm, or impose any duty or obligation on the said Spirit Farmer, in as full and ample a manner as if the said provisions, conditions, and stipulations had been incorporated in this Contract; And further, that if the said rent or any part thereof be unpaid for the space of ten days after any of the days on which the same ought to have been paid, or in case of the breach of any of the provisions, conditions, and stipulations of the said Ordinance, so far as they relate to the said Spirit Farm, or the said Spirit Farmer, then, and in either of such cases, it shall be lawful for the Governor of the Colony for the time being to determine and put an end to the said rights and pri- vileges, and to dispose of the same to other persons, and, in the event of any loss arising therefrom, the Contractors, their executors and administrators severally as well as jointly, and any two or more of them covenant and agree to make good the said loss to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her Heirs and Successors; And that all deposits, as well as all securities given by the said Contractors, shall be held by the Governor for the time being till all questions between the Contractors, their executors and administrators, and Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her Heirs and Successors shall be finally disposed of; and it shall be lawful for the Governor for the time being on breach of any of the covenants in this Contract, such breach and the amount of penalty therefor to be held as proved by endorsement on the back of this Contract by the Governor for the time being, stating the breach and the amount of penalty therefor, to sell and dispose of all or any of the deposits or securities made and given under this Contract, without notice to the said con. tractors, their excentors and administrators, or any of them, and out of the proceeds of such sale and disposition to satisfy and discharge any claim under this Contract against the said con- tractors, and their executors or administrators, or any of them, when the Governor for the time being, after satisfying all such claims, shall return to the said contractors, their executors and administra- tors, the said deposits, or so much thereof as shall remain, and shall surrender all securities held, or the remainder of such securities, or of the proceeds of sale of such securities, and this Contract shall be at an end; And further, that the rights and privileges hereby vested in the said Spirit Farmer shall not be assigned to
any other
person without the consent in writing of the Governor for the time being, and that such assignment, if so allowed, shall not be deemed to relieve the said contractors, their executors and administrators, or any of them, from any liability under this Contract. And further, that the said sureties and their executors and administrators may be sued for any breach of the terms of this Contract as principals and with or without the said Farmer, his executors and administrators, jointly and severally, and any two or more of them. And that any forbearance of the officers of Government in endeavouring to obtain payment of the monies hereby secured, or in putting in force any of the remedies for the same, and any time which may be given to the contractors, their or his executors or administrators, or any or either of them, shall not in any way prejudice or affect the security or benefit of these presents, or the joint and several covenants herein- before contained, or the continuing liability of the contractors, or any or either of them, their or his executors or administrators, by virtue thereof, any rule of law or equity to the contrary notwith- standing. And, that the word Governor as used in this Contract shall include the officer for the time being administering the Govern- ment of the Colony,
this
Signed, sealed, and delivered at Hongkong'
day of
188 by the
Governor, for Her Majesty the Queen, and by
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Farmer, and
In the presence of
Burctics.