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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH NOVEMBER, 1871.
No.
Regis. of try
Sule.
No.
1
Peel Street,
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Measurement of Boundaries. Contents
Annual
LOCALITY.
in.
Upset
N.
$.
E.
W.
Square ft.
Rent.
Price.
$
521
135'0" 145′7′′ 3,540
5
250
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 the former bidding.
2. No person shall at any one bidding advance less than $50, or retract his bidding.
3. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser shall sign the Memorandum of Agreement 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 a deposit of one half of the amount of Premium at which the Lot shall have been knocked down, and within one Calendar Month from the day of Sale at the aforesaid Treasury pay the remaining half of the said Premium.
4. The Purchaser of the Lot shall at his own expense 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 999 years, to be' computed from the 26th day of December, 1871, at such Annual Rental payable half yearly on the 24tli day of December, and the 24th day of June 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 the excep- tions, reservations, covenants, clauses, and conditions usually inserted in the Crown Leases of Inland Lots in the Colony of Hongkong.
5. 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 the costs and expenses shall be made good by the Defaulter and be recoverable as liquidated damages.
6. Possession of the Lot sold shall be given to the Purchaser, and deemed to have been taken by him on the day of Sale.
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BY THE PURCHASER.
Memorandum showing that the Person or Persons whose Name or Names are hereunder written have been declared the highest Bidder or Bidders for the Lot described in the foregoing Particulars of Sale and hereunder specified opposite to his or their Names and Signatures, and that, that Person or those Persons do hereby agree to become the Lessee or Lessees thereof under and subject to the foregoing Conditions of Sale, and on his or their part to perform and abide by them.
Number of Sale.
Registry Number Description of Lot Purchased.
and
Amount of Annual Rental. Premium at which
Purchased.
No. 163.
Signature of Purchaser.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Friday the 22nd of December next, for the privilege of Farming all Granite Quarries in Hongkong, and Kowloong, during the Year 1872.
Persons desirous of tendering are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office where the conditions can be ascertained, and a proper Form of Tender obtained.
No Tenders will be received unless the person tendering shall produce a receipt to the effect thas he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $350 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if such person shall refuse to carry out his Tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th November, 1871.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.