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2. The purchaser shall within five years from the date of sale construct a bund on the seaward side of the Lot in such position, in such manner and of such material as the Land Officer may approve and generally to his satisfaction in every respect and shall maintain the same in good order, condition and repair to the satisfaction of the said Land Officer during the whole period for which the Lot is sold.
3. The purchaser shall within five years from the date of sale reclaim and convert the land into agricultural land to the satisfaction of the Land Officer.
4. After the expiration of the said five years, the purchaser shall not, during the remainder of the term for which the Lot is sold permit or allow the land to remain uncul- tivated according to the custom of the country for a period of five consecutive years and a covenant to that effect shall be inserted in the Crown Lease of the Lot.
5. The Crown Rent mentioned in the Particulars of sale is subject to re-assessment at the end of the first twenty-five years from the date on which the Lot is sold, and there- after rent at a rate of not exceeding $2 an acre shall be paid, as is deemed fair and reasonable 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, and a special proviso to that effect shall be inserted in the Crown Lease of the Lot.
6. The purchaser shall not have or be entitled to any right of access to the sea or to any right of access to any water which may be near the Lot or on which the same abuts or to any compensation whatever in the event of any reclamation being made between any part of the Lot and such sea or water and a special proviso to that effect shall be inserted in the Crown Lease of the Lot.
7. The Lot is sold subject to the right of the public at all times to load and unload any kind of vessel on and along the bund referred to in Condition No. 2 and to land, cross and recross the said bund with any goods and other articles at such points as may in the opinion of the Land Officer be necessary and subject also to the right of the public at all times to travel on boats or other vessels and with or without any goods or articles along the two main channels of water flowing through the said Lot.
8. The purchaser shall not divert nor fill in any creek, stream or channel within the Lot without the permission of the Land Officer.
9. The purchaser shall at all stages of the tide maintain in the two existing main channels flowing through the Lot a depth of six feet of water to the existing wooden bridge at Ha Tsun and to the pagoda known as Man Kok at Ping Shan.
10. The purchaser shall not interfere with the navigation of any boat or other vessel in the aforesaid two channels within the Lot.
11. The purchaser shall make proper provision for the discharge of all surplus water from the Lot in such a manner as to prevent flooding or other damage to adjoining or neighbouring lands.
12. The purchaser shall have no right to any water flowing through any portion of the Lot.
13. The purchaser shall immediately after the date of sale of the Lot pay the sum of $300 to the lessee of Oyster Bed No. 1 as compensation for the removal of the oysters within the Lot. No oysters shall be removed or caused to be removed without the mission of the Land Officer.
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14th January, 1916.
G. H. WAKEMAN, Land Officer.
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