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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 10, 1909.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
1. No buildings of any description shall be erected on any of the Lots Nos. 1904 and 1889.
2. The Crown Rent of Lot No. 1889A mentioned in the Particulars of Sale is subject to re-assessment at the end of the first five years from the date on which the Lot is sold and thereafter such rent shall be paid as shall be fairly and impartially fixed by the Surveyor to His Majesty the King, or by such other person as shall be appointed by the Governor of Hongkong for that purpose, as the fair and reasonable rental value of the ground at the expiration of the said period of five years; and a special proviso to that effect shall be inserted in the Crown Lease of the said Lot.
3. The Purchaser of Lot No 1889A shall not during the term for which the Lot is sold permit or allow the land to remain uncultivated according to the custom of the country for a continuous period of five consecutive years at any time after the date of sale and a covenant to that effect shall be inserted in the Crown Lease of the said Lot.
10th September, 1909.
G. H. WAKEMAN, Land Officer.
No. 543.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
HONGKONG OPIUM FARM.
Notice is hereby given that Sealed Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, till Noon on Thursday, the 20th of September, 1909, for the purchase of the privileges known as the Opium Farm established under "The Opium Ordinance, 1909", that is to say, the sole privilege of preparing Opium and of Selling, within the Colony, (including the New Territories), Opium so prepared, inclusive of the privilege of collecting dross and of preparing and dealing in Dross Opium, for three years from the 1st of March, 1910.
Full information as to conditions of tendering, etc., can be obtained from the Colonial Treasurer and the conditions of tendering and form of grant have been published in the Government Gazette as Notification No. 513 of the 3rd September, 1909.
Government Notifications Nos. 401 and 501 of 1909 are hereby cancelled.
3rd September, 1909.
No. 552.
A. M. THомSON,
Colonial Secretary.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
FOR SALE
THE TWIN SCREW, SINGLE LADDER, STEAM HOPPER DREDGER "ST. ENOCH".
Now at work in Hongkong Harbour.
Length 185 feet; beam 36 feet; depth 15 feet 6 inches.
Draft empty 10 feet 6 inches; loaded 12 feet 8 inches. Depth to which buckets will dredge, 46 feet.
Capacity of hoppers, 420 cubic yards.
Can discharge over the side at 4 feet 6 inches above water level.
The Dredger will be ready for delivery in December next.
For further particulars apply to
3rd September, 1909.
P. N. H. JONES,
Director of Public Works.
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