608
No. 174.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31st OCTOBER, 1874.
Repeal.
23.-So much of Sections 10 and 19 of the Indian Act XXI. of Repeals. 1858, and so much of Section 2 of the Indian Act XXV. of 1859 as relates to the number of passengers which may be carried to and from the Ports of the Colony and the accommodation to be provided for such passengers, and Sections 9 and 10 of the Ordinance No. XIV. of 1868 are hereby repealed.
24. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Passenger Ships Short Title. Ordinance, 1874.”
Passed this 5th day of October, 1874.
A. M. SKINNER,
Acting Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held at British Kowloong on Monday, November 9th, 1874, at 10 o'clock A.M., are published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th October, 1874.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, November 9th, 1874, by order of His Excellency the Administrator, of Three Lots of Crown Land in the Dependency of Kowloong for a Term of Fourteen Years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.
No.
of
Registry No.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
Contents in
Annual Upset
Sale.
N,
8.
E.
W.
Square ft.
Rent.
Price.
Garden Lot,
Tai Tso Pai,
1
39
Do.,
2
40
3
42
Yau Ma Tee,
feet. feet. feet. feet.
280.0 302.0 | 154.0 150.0
63.0 802.0 | 321.0 | 153.0
88.0 43.0
(175.0 226.0 378.0 420.0
176.6 142.0
44,540 20.45
15.00
47,435 21.77
15.00
133,052 61.09 50.00
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 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 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 14 Years terminable at the expiration of 7 Years, to be computed from the 25th day of June, 1874, 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 Lease of Garden Lots in the Colony of Hongkong.
5. The Purchaser of every 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, 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.