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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH DECEMBER, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No: 812.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held at the Office of the District Land Office, Hongkong, on Friday, the 29th day of December, 1905, at 2.30 p.m., are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th December, 1905.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Friday, the 29th day of December, 1905, at 2.30 p.m., at the District Land Office, Hongkong, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of One Lot of Crown Land at Ping Chau in the New Territory 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 the remainder of term of Lease from China less the last three days thereof.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

No.

of

Registry No.

Sale.

N

Boundary Measurements.

Contents

LOCALITY.

N.

S.

E.

W.

in Square feet.

Annual Upset

Rent. Price.

feet.

feet. feet. feet.

Ping Chau Inland

Ping Chau; adjoining

Lot No. 249.

Lots Nos. 47 and 58.

204 {

160

40

888

80

96

93

{ 18,295 Sq. ft.

or .42 acres.

42

183

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 $10.

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 together with the sum of $480 for the Buildings at present on the Lot.

4. The Purchaser of the Lot shall also have Boundary Stones of a size and pattern to be approved by the Director of Public Works, marked with the Registry Number placed at each angle of the Lot within one month of the date of sale.

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 hereinbefore contained on the 30th day of June next, and thereafter shall pay such annual rental by yearly payments on the 30th day of June in each and every year during the term of 75 years herein before 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 1st day of July 1898 at such Annual Rental payable yearly on the 30th day of June 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 New Territory of Hongkong. The Lease shall also contain a proviso that the lessee is to have the option of renewing the Lease for the remainder of term of lease from China less the last three days.