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No. 6.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JANUARY, 1877.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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Notice is hereby given, that at Noon on Thursday, the 18th instant, the whole of the materials, bricks, stone, tiles, doors, windows, joists, floors, &c., &c., of the Buildings situated on Inland Lots 55, 93, 91, and 91 A, known as RANGEL'S ESTATE, and comprised in the undermentioned Lots, will be put up to Public Auction on the spot :-
Lot. No. 1,
Coloured Purple on Sale Plan, the whole of the materials above the ground lines of the House and Out-buildings No. 36, Hollywood Road.
Lot. No 2,
Coloured Light-Pink on Sale Plan, the whole of the materials above the ground lines of the Houses and Out-buildings Nos. 38 and 44, Hollywood Road.
Lot No. 3,
Coloured Light-Blue on Sale Plan, the whole of the materials above the ground lines of the Houses and Ruins No. 50, Hollywood Road, and Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8, Kau Kong Lane.
Lot No. 4,
Coloured Red on Sale Plan, the whole of the materials above the ground lines of the Joss House No. 10, Sing Wong Street.
Lot No. 5,
Coloured Light Yellow on Sale Plan, the whole of the materials above the ground lines of the Houses Nos. 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, and 31, Staunton Street.
Lot No. 6,
Coloured Dark-Blue on Sale Plan, the whole of the materials above the ground lines of the House and Out-buildings No. 19, Staunton Street.
Lot No. 7,
Coloured Dark-Pink on Sale Plan, the whole of the materials above the ground lines of the Houses and Out-buildings Nos. 9 and 7, Aberdeen Street, including the Party Wall between the Houses Nos. 5 and 7.
Lot No. 8,
Coloured Orange on Sale Plan, the whole of the materials above the ground lines of the Houses, Out-buildings and Stable of Houses Nos. 5 and 3, Aberdeen Street.
Lot No. 9,
Coloured Green on Sale Plan, the whole of the materials above the ground lines of the Houses Nos. 51, 53, 55, and Out-buildings.
Lot No. 10,
Coloured Dark-Yellow on Sale Plan, the whole of the materials above the ground lines of the Houses and Ruins Nos. 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, and 35, &c., &c.
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 $10.
3. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser shall sign the Memorandum of Agreement according to these Conditions, and shall, within three days from the day of sale, pay into the Colonial Treasury the full amount at which the Lot shall have been knocked down to him, and this sum shall be forfeited to the Crown in the event of the said Purchaser subsequently failing or refusing to observe and carry out the Conditions contained in the aforesaid Memorandum of Agréement.
4. The Walls of Houses and Out-buildings, as well as every other portion of the said Buildings, shall become the property of the Purchaser, save and except Retaining Walls or Foundations of Walls which are below the surface of the ground. These shall remain the property of the Government.
5. The Buildings comprised in each Lot shall be taken down to the level of the ground by the Purchaser, and the whole of the materials and rubbish shall be carefully removed from the premises, the ground being left by him neat and clean and thoroughly free from rubbish and débris. The removal of all materials and rubbish to be completed within six weeks from the day of the Sale, under a penalty of the forfeit to the Crown of the whole of the purchase money that the Purchaser shall have paid into the Colonial Treasury.
6. Should the Purchaser take down or damage any Portion of the Retaining Walls or Foundations reserved by the Government, such Retaining Walls and Foundations shall be immediately replaced by him, át his sole cost, to the entire satisfaction of the Surveyor General, failing which the Surveyor General shall make good the damage at the sole charge of the Purchaser causing the same.
7. For further information, intending purchasers are referred to the Surveyor General's Office, where Sale Plans containing full particulars are obtainable.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th January, 1877.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.