434 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.
CONDITIONS OF SALE.
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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 tl ese conditions, and shall within Three Days of the day of sale pay into the Colonial Treasury the full mount of Premium at which the Lot shall have been knocked down.
4. The Purchaser of each Lot shall be entitled to and shall execute on demand a Lease from the Crown of the Piece or Parcel 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 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 Rural Building Lots in the Colony of Hongkong.
5. The Purchaser of each Lot shall pay to the Surveyor General on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, a Fee of $5 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.
6. The Purchaser of each Lot shall build and finish 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 expend thereon a sum of not less than $1,000 (one thousand dollars). He shall also construct all the necessary covered drains to carry off the waste, and refuse water from the Main Building, Cook Houses, and Out-offices, and shall conduct the said refuse water and sewage, into one or more air and water tight cesspits, to be constructed within the boundaries of the said Lot. The whole to be constructed in a good substantial and work- manlike 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, nor shall the contents of such cesspits be emptied on to Crown Land or any Government road or drain.
7. The Purchaser of each Lot shall also pay to the Surveyor General, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, the sum of $10 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof, 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 his Lot.
8. 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 Her Majesty shall eem fit, and in case of a re-sale the increase.
Money shall be retained by Her Majesty, and the deficiency, if any, and all C be made good by the defaulter and be recoverable as liquidated damages.
9. Possession of the Lot sold shall be given to the Purchaser, and deeme, him on the day of sale.
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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BY THE PURCHASER Memorandum that the person whose name is hereunder written has been declared the highest bidder for the Lot described in the foregoing Particulars of Sale and hereunder specified opposite to his said name and signature and does hereby agree to become the Lessee thereof under and subject to the foregoing Conditions of Sale, and on his part to perform and abide by the said Conditions.
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Registry Number and |Description of Lot; Purchased,
Amount of Annual Rental. Premium at which
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Signature of Purchaser.
No. 168.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon of the 30th September, for taking down and rebuilding the four sections of the Sea Wall in front of the Praya, situated between Marine Lot 63, Bonham Strand, and Wardley Street. The work will be divided into four, contracts, and separate tenders received for each section.
The Specifications and Drawings can be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office, where also a proper Form of Tender may be obtained.
The Government will not bind itself to accept the lowest cr any Tender.
By Command,
ice, Hongkong, 31st August, 1878.
J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.