CO129-545-10 Sale of land to Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Trust Association 6-11-1933 - 20-12-1933 — Page 8

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P. W. D.

FORM FOR HONG KONG AND OLD KOWLOON.

Reg No..................

Particulars and Conditions of Sale by Private Contract by Order of

His Excellency the Governor of.....one........Lot of Crown Land at............

Wanchai..........in the Colony of Hong Kong, shown....ooloured...

.red.....on the attached plan, for a term of 75 years with the option of

renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King,

for one further term of 75 years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT

Boundary Measurements.

Registry No.

Locality.

Contents in

Annual Rental.

Premium.

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sq. feet,

feet. feet, feet, feet.

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as per plan

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120 52,320.00

Hennessy Road, Johnston Road & Fenwick Street, Wanchai.

GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The Purchaser of the Lot shall sign forthwith the Agreement hereinafter contained for completing the purchase according to the General and Special Conditions hereinafter set out and shall, within seven days of the date on which possession shall be given, pay into the Colonial Treasury the full amount of the Premium stated above,

2. The person who signs the Contract of Sale as Purchaser shall be regarded as a principal unless at the time of signing the same he shall disclose the fact that he is acting as an agent only, in which case he shall at the same time disclose the name names of his principal or principals and insert the same in the Contract.

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3.*. The Purchaser shall on dema id anu prior to the issue of the Crow. Leave, (if leases if re than one shell ce required) Pay into the Colcial Treasury c. behalf of mis majesty the King, the sum of $8.00 for and in consideration of each boundary stode which shall be fixed by the Director of ublic Werks at each angle of the Lew Dot or any other lcts into which the

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same may be divided prior to the issue of the Crown Lease or Leases) properly cut and marked with the Registry Fumber of the Lot, and the Burchaser shall ctify the Director of Public Works when he is ready to have the boundary stones fixed. it is intended that the angles cf the Let or Lcts shall be covered by buildings, walls or other erections, such notification must be iveu at least fourteen days before the foundations up to ground level to cual le the boundary stcues to be built iutc such buildings, walls co cther erections as the work proceeds. If such ectification be not duly ,iver, the Director of Public Works shall be at liberty at any time to enter ca the. Lot cr Lcts and to cut into any buildings, walls or other erections thereca nd to do any other act which may be recessary for the purpose of fixi: the boundary stones. Any expense in- curred in conseque ice of such cutting isto buildings, walls cr other erections shall be borne by the urchaser, and the amount thereof shall be pail by him into the clcuial Treasury within

seven days of receipt of a demand in writi from the Director of Public Works.

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4. The Purchaser shall apply to the Director of Public Works for the Lot to be set out on the ground and shall rct commence any operations for building thereon until the Lot shall have been so set out by Director of Public Works. If the Purchaser shall erect any building otherwise than in due accord with the alignment of the Lct out as aforesaid he shall when called upon by the Director of Public Works so to do so set demolish such building and shall rebuild upon the correct alignment, If the Purchaser shall when required by the Director of Public Works so to do fail to demolish any such building as aforesaid it shall be lawful for the Director of Public Works to cause such building to be demolished and the Purchaser shall on demand pay to the Director of Public Works the amount certified by h'm to be the cost of such demolition. A certificate pur- porting to be signed by the Director of Public Works as to the alignment of any building or as to the cost of demolition shall be final and conclusive evidence as between the parties hereto as to the facts certified therein.

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6. The Purchaser of the Lot shall build and finish, fit for occupation, before the expiration of....... 24

....... calendar months from the date on which possession shall be given to the Purchaser, in a good, substantial and workmanlike manner, one or more good and permanent buildings upon some part of the Lot with such materials as may be approved by the Director of Public Works, and in other respects in accordance with the provisions of all Ordinances, Bye-laws and Regulations relating to Buildings or Sanitation as shall or may at any time be in force in the Colony and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $..100.000.00

in rateable improvements, Provided that notwithstanding any default by the Purchaser in complying with this condition, and notwithstanding the acceptance on behalf of the Crown of any Crown rent or rates or other payment whatever, the Director of Public Works may in his discretion, and whether the Purchaser consent or not, fix at time

any and from time to time any extended period for the completion of the said buildings in substitution for the said period of......24.

.......months, and thereupon the obligation hereunder of the Purchaser in question to complete the said buildings shall be taken to refer to such substituted period, and the right of re-entry reserved in these conditions shall arise upon default of completion within such substituted period as if it had been the period originally provided.

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7. No sewage or refuse water will be allowed to flow from the Lot of the adjoining lands whether belonging to the Crown or to private persons, neither shall any decaying noisome, noxious, excrementitious, or other refuse matter be deposited on any portion of the Lot and in carrying out any works of excavation on the Lot no excavated earth shall be deposited on the Lot or (with permission) on Crown Land adjoining, in such manner as shall expose the slopes of such excavated earth to be eroded and washed down by the rains, and all such slopes shall be properly turfed and, if necessary, secured in place by means of masonry toe walls. The Purchaser shall see that all refuse matters are properly removed daily from off the premises.

8. The Crown Kent of the Lot shall commence from the date on which possession shall be given and the Purchaser shall pay into the Colonial Treasury a proprtionate part of the annual rental specified in the particulars hereinbefore contained on the next half-yearly day on which Crown Rent is payable and thereafter shall pay such annual rental by equal half-yearly payments on the 24th day of June and the 25th day of December in each and every year during the term of 75 years hereinbefore mentioned,

9. The exact boundaries of the Lot

shall be determined before the issue of

the Crown Lease, In the event of any excess or deficiency in area being found to exist as compared with the area specified in the paritculars hereinbefore contained the amount

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4. The Purchaser shall apply to the Director of Public Works for the Lot to be set out on the ground and shall roi commence any operations for building thereon until the Lot shall have been so set out by Director of Public Works. If the Purchaser shall erect any building otherwise than in due accord with the alignment of the Lot out as aforesaid he shall when called upon by the Director of Public Works so to do demolish such building and shall rebuild upon the correct alignment, If the Purchaser shall when required by the Director of Public Works so to do fail to demolish any such building as aforesaid it shall be lawful for the Director of Public Works to cause such building to be demolished and the Purchaser shall on demand pay to the Director of Public Works the amount certified by h ́m to be the cost of such demolition. A certificate pur- porting to be signed by the Director of Public Works as to the alignment of any building or as to the cost of demolition shall be final and conclusive evidence as between the parties hereto as to the facts certified therein.

5.£. The urchaser of the Lct bali execute and take up a Crown Lease for the ct whe. calleu upcu to dc sc by the Land (fficer, for which purpose all estates or interests whatsoeveï it the it Cr dy part thereof cleated since the date of this agreement by way of morte, Clare or otherwise thou

Out- staudia, shall thereupon forthwith we previously reassi ed or satisfied and an endorseme. t by the Land (fficer cu these Conditions that plas of the Ist or any specified part thereof are iu the Land (ffice and that the Crown Lease there cf must be taken up before any further dealing with the Lct or such specifieŬ vert can be registerei, shall be deemed to be a sufficient requisition to that effect, and shall pay to him, there for, the oresc.ibed fee. I the ev. t of more than c'e buildi bein erected on the sin ot the Furchaser may be required to take up a se arata le er fu the site of each separate buildi alu sh:ll day the Id (fficer the rescribed fes for every adlitic. :1 lease re vired to

taken up, Provided th tim the event of more than lease beig rai tea

the sere persca the fee for every lease exceedi, dve shall

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Crown of any Crown rent or rates or other payment whatever, the Director of Public Works may in his discretion, and whether the Purchaser consent or not, fix at any time and from time to time any extended period for the completion of the said buildings in substitution for the said period of..............24.

...months, and thereupon the obligation hereunder of the Purchaser in question to complete the said buildings shall be taken to refer to such substituted period, and the right of re-entry reserved in these conditions shall arise upon default of completion within such substituted period as if it had been the period originally provided.

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7. No sewage or refuse water will be allowed to flow from the Lot of the adjoining lands whether belonging to the Crown or to private persons, neither shall any decaying, noisome, noxious, excrementitious, or other refuse matter be deposited on any portion of the Lot and in carrying out any works of excavation on the Lot no excavated earth shall be deposited on the Lot or (with permission) on Crown Land adjoining, in such manner as shall expose the slopes of such excavated earth to be eroded and washed down by the rains, and all such slopes shall be properly turfed and, if necessary, secured in place by means of masonry toe walls. The Purchaser shall see that all refuse matters are properly removed daily from off the premises.

8. The Crown Kent of the Lot shall commence from the date on which possession shall be given and the Purchaser shall pay into the Colonial Treasury a proprtionate part of the annual rental specified in the particulars hereinbefore contained on the next half-yearly day on which Crown Rent is payable and thereafter shall pay such annual rental by equal half-yearly payments on the 24th day of June and the 25th day of December in each and every year during the term of 75 years hereinbefore mentioned,

9. The exact boundaries of the Lot

shall be determined before the issue of

the Crown Lease. In the event of any excess or deficiency in area being found to exist as compared with the area specified in the paritculars hereinbefore contained the amount

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