}
Fenclosure 2.
This Indenture
made the
day of
484
:
One thousand nine hundred and
Between Our SOVEREIGN LORD EDWARD VII, by the GRACE of GOD, of the United Kingdom of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND and of the BRITISH Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of
the Faith, Emperor of INDIA, of the one part, and the several persons, clans, families and "tongs" whose names are set out in the Schedule hereunder written or in any Schedule which may hereafter be substituted therefor and may be certified by the Governor of Hongkong to embody the same awards of the Land Court of the New Territories as are embodied in the Schedule hereunder written, or in any Supplemental Schedule signed by the said Governor which may hereafter be attached hereto (which original Schedule, Substituted Schedule and Supplemental Schedules are hereinafter included in the expression "the Schedule hereto ") and each of whom and whose respective Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Managers and Assigns are where not inapplicable hereinafter included under the designation of "the Lesser" of the other part: Thereas Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, Knight Commander of the most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is now the duly constituted and appointed Governor and Commander- in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and is duly authorized to enter into these presents in the name and on behalf of His said Majesty: Now this Endenture witnesseth that in consideration of the yearly rents and covenants and stipulations hereinafter reserved and contained, by and on the part and behalf of each Lessee respectively to be paid, done and performed, His said Majesty KING EDWARD VII Doth hereby grant and demise unto each Lessee All that piece or parcel of ground situate, lying and being in Survey District No.
in the New Territories
in the Colony of Hongkong set out and described in the Schedule hereto opposite to the name of such Lessee And which said piece or parcel of ground is more particularly delineated and described on the plan or plaus of Survey District No.
attached hereto according to the lot number set out in the Schedule hereto opposite to the name of such Lessee and marked on the said plan Together with the messuages, erections and buildings thereon And all the easements and appurtenances whatsoever to the said demised premises belonging, or in anywise appertaining, EXCEPT AND RESERVED unto His said Majesty, His Heirs, Successors and Assigns all Mines, Minerals, and Quarries of Stone in, under and upon the said premises, and all such Earth, Soil, Marl, Clay, Chalk, Brick-earth, Gravel, Sand, Stone and Stones, and other Earths or Materials, which now are or hereafter during the continuance of this demise shall be under or upon the said premises, or any part or parts thereof, as His said Majesty, His Heirs, Successors or Assigns may require for the Roads, Public Buildings, or other Public Purposes of the said Colony of Hongkong; with fail liberty of Ingress, Egress, and Regress, to and for His said Majesty, His Heirs, Successors and Assigns, and His and their Agents, Servants, and Workmen at reasonable times in the day during the continuance of this demise, with or without horses, carts, carriages, and all other necessary things, into, upon, from and out of all or any part or parts of the premises hereby expressed to be demised to view, dig for, convert and carry away, the said excepted Minerals, Stone, Earths and other things respectively, or any part or parts thereof respectively, thereby doing as little damage as possible to the Lessees; AND ALSO SAVE AND EXCEPT full power to His said Majesty, His Heirs, Successors and Assigns, to make and conduct in, over, along, through or under the said premises, all and any Public or Common sewers, drains, or water-courses, water or other mains, telegraph and telephone lines with full power at all times to enter into and upon the said demised premises for the purpose of making, laying, erecting, inspecting or repairing the same
or otherwise in connection therewith Co have and to hold unto each Lessee the said piece or parcel of ground and premises hereby expressed to be demised to such Lessee, with their and every of their appurtenances from the first day of July One thousand eight hundred and Ninety-eight for and during and unto the full end of the term of Seventy-five years except in the case of those lots opposite which a different term of years or tenancy is stated in the Schedule hereto which lots shall be held for the term of years or teuancy so stated Subject nevertheless to all existing Public or Private rights and easements in, over, along, through or under the said demised premises or any part or parts thereof respectively or in any wise appertaining thereto and subject also to such mortgages, incumbrances, tenancies, estates and interest (if any) as are mentioned in the Schedule hercto or are duly entered against the same premises in the registers thereof in the Land Office and subject to all existing rights of all persons occupying the said premises as tenants or mortgagees of the lessce; Wielding and paying therefor yearly and every year the sum stated in the Schedule hereto against the said Lot number or such other sum as may hereafter be