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No. 83.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH APRIL, 1876.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given that a Sale of Crown Land on the foreshore at Tsim-tsa-tsui, in the Dependency of British Kowloon, will be held on Monday, the 8th day of May, 1876, at 4.30 p.m.
The Plan and Conditions of Sale may be seen upon application at the Surveyor General's Office, between the hours of 11 A.M. and 3 P.M.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th April, 1876.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 8th day of May, 1876, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of a Lot of Crown Land in British Kowloon for a Term of Seventy-five Years.
No.
of Sale.
Registry No.
1
Garden Lot.
34
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
LOCALITY.
Tsim Tsa Tsui, .
Boundary Measurements.
Contents in
N.
S.
E.
w. Square ft.
Annual Upset Rent. Price.
feet.
feet.
feet.
feet.
$
420.0 234.0 | 68.0
100 & 220
54,588
25.08
15.00
GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SALE.
1. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise, the Lot shall be put up again at a former bidding.
2. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $5.
3. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser shall sign the Sale Plan and Memo- randum of Agreement hereinafter contained for completing the purchase according to the conditions of sale, 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 knocked down.
4. The Purchaser of the 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 25th day of December, 1875, 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, Cove- nants, Clauses, and Conditions inserted in the Crown Leases of Garden Lots in the Colony of Hongkong. 5. The Purchaser of the 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. Should the Purchaser neglect or fail to comply with these Conditions, or fail to complete the whole of the work referred to herein in the time specified, or neglect or fail to carry out and execute the work according to the instructions and to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General, his Premium or any portion 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 Pur- chase Money shall be retained by Her Majesty, and the deficiency, if any, and all Costs and Expenses shall be made good by the defaulter and be recoverable as liquidated damages.
7. Possession of the Lot sold shall be given to the Purchaser, and deemed to have been taken by him on the day of sale.
8. The Purchaser of the Lot shall within One Week from the day of Sale mark out the boundaries of his Lot by fixing granite boundary posts, of not less than 9 inches square, at each angle of the said Lot.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF SALE.
1. The purchaser shall construct a dry rubble retaining wall from point A to point B on the Sale Plan, the top of the said wall to be one foot six inches above the level of ordinary high water mark, or to such other level or levels as shall be given him by the Surveyor General; the wall shall be two feet six inches wide at the top having a batter on the outside or sea face of 1 in. 4. The inside face of the wall being vertical, the foundations of the wall will have to be carried down into the solid ground for a depth of two feet.
"Through" or "Header stones not less than three feet long shall be built in the wall, one header to every superficial yard of wall. The internal face of the wall shall be backed with concrete 12 inches in thickness, such concrete to extend from the bottom of the wall to the top.
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