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(Enclosure.)
NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICES. PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS
OF COMPETITION FOR DESIGNS.
Recommended by the Committee appointed to consider the question of providing New Government Offices.
NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICES, HONGKONG.
PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION.
His Excellency Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G., the Governor of Hongkong, invites designs accompanied by reports and estimates of the cost of erecting New Government Offices in the City of Victoria, Hongkong.
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
PREMIA,
A premium of $2,000 is offered for the design considered first in order of merit, a further premium of $1,000 for the second in order of merit and a further premium of $500 for the third in order of merit.
Should the Author of the first premiated design be engaged to carry out the work the premium will merge in the commission or such other mode of payment as may be mutually agreed.
OWNERSHIP OF PLANS, &C.
All plans, reports and estimates will become the property of the Colonial Government, and the said Government shall be at liberty to dispose of them in such manner and give publicity to them as it may deem desirable.
DESIGNS.
(a) The designs must be illustrated by plan of the foundations, each floor, and the roof.
(b) One cross section and one longitudinal section of the buildings on each site showing the levels of foundations, floors, roofs and such other details as may be conveniently shown thereon.
(c) Elevations of the proposed buildings to the streets on the north, south, east, and west sides respectively.
The above to be drawn to a uniform scale of 20 feet to one inch.
(d) Competitors may, if they desire it, submit two sheets (double elephant size) of drawings showing details to an enlarged scale not exceeding two feet to one inch.
No drawings in addition to the above are permitted.
REPORT.
Each design must be accompanied by a concise report detailing the suggested construction of the foundations, the accommodation proposed and the materials to be used in the construction of the buildings.