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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JANUARY, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 4.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held at the Offices of the Public Works Department, on Monday, the 23rd day of January, 1905, at 3 p.m., are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th January, 1905.

F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 23rd day of January, 1905, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Crown Land at Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, 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.

No. of

Registry No.

Sale.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Boundary Measurements.

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Contents

LOCALITY.

in

N.

S. R.

E.

W. &

S.W.

Square feet.

Annual Upset Rent. Price.

feet.

feet. feet. feet.

Inland Lot No. 1729.

Adjoining Garden Lot No. 1 near Robinson Road.

124' 63' 146' 161

14,100

80

1,128

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders the Lot shall be put up again at a former bidding.

2. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $20.

3. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser of the Lot shall sign the Memorandum of Agreement, hereinafter contained, for completing the purchase according to these Conditions, and shall, within Three Days of the day of sale, pay into the Colonial Treasury the full amount of Premium at which the Lot shall have been purchased.

4. The Purchaser of the Lot shall also pay into the Colonial Treasury, on behalf of His Majesty the KING, the sum of $32 within three days of the day of sale, for and in consideration of the Boundary Stones, properly cut, fixed, and marked with the Registry Number, which shall be placed by the Director of Public Works, for the Purchaser, at each angle of the Lot.

5. The Purchaser of the Lot shall pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of His Majesty the KING, a Fee of $30 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.

6. No sewage or refuse water will be allowed to flow from the Lot on to any 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 carry- ing out any works of excavation on the Lot no excavated earth shall be deposited on the Lot or 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.

7. The Purchaser of the Lot shall pay into the Colonial Treasury a proportionate part of the annual rental specified in the particulars herein before contained on the 24th day of June next, and thereafter shall pay such annual rental by equal half-yearly payinents on the 25th day of December and the 24th day of June in each and every year during the terin of 75 years hereinbefore mentioned.

8. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, the Purchaser of the Lot shall be entitled to, and shall execute, on demand, a Lease from the Crown, of the Piece of Ground comprised in such Lot for 75 years, to be computed from the day of sale at such Annual Rental, payable half-yearly on the 24th day of June and the 25th day of December, in every year, as is specified in the Particulars of such Lot herein before contained; and such Crown Lease shall be subject to, and contain, all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions inserted in the Crown Leases of Inland Lots in the Colony of Hongkong. The Lease shall also contain a proviso that the Lessee is to have the option of renewing the Lease for one further term of 75 years at à Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King.