Gangbang
No 19
4th December, 1872
Governor
Sir Arthur Kennedy
Room, C.A.3.
The Right Honorable
"The Earl of Kimberley
Earl of Kimberley
Transmits Report of Commission appointed to enquire into the Opium Monopoly to be sold by Public Auction for three years
No. 221.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given, that the Privilege of preparing and selling Prepared Opium within the Colony for the term of Three Years, from the 1st March, 1873, under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 2 of 1858, will be put up to Public Auction at the Government Offices, at Noon, on Monday, the 3rd February, 1873.
The conditions under which the Auction will be held are hereunto annexed; but the Government does not bind itself to accept the highest offer.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd November, 1872.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
1—No Person to bid unless he shall, prior to the time of sale, have deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $5,000 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer. The bid of every Person who shall have failed to make such Deposit shall be deemed void. The deposit will be returned on demand to the Owner thereof, in case he should not be the successful Bidder.
2. In case the highest Bidder shall have failed to deposit the sum of $5,000 in the Treasury before the Auction, in pursuance of the First Condition, or shall be otherwise disqualified to bid, or in case any dispute shall arise between two or more bidders,—so often as the same shall happen, the bidding shall be re-opened and shall continue until the highest qualified bidder shall be ascertained.
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