THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH DECEMBER, 1905. 1819
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 831.
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 Wednesday, the 27tli day of December, 1905, at 3 p.m., is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th December, 1905.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Wednesday, the 27th day of December, 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 Deep Water Bay in the Colony of Hongkong, for a terin of 75 years commencing from 22nd day of June, 1886.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No. of Sale.
Registry No.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
NE.
SW.
SE.
NW.
Contents in Sq. feet.
Annual Upset
Rent.
Price.
feet. feet. feet. feet.
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Marine Lot No. 291.
Adjoining Rural Build-
ing Lot 44, Deep 100 100 196 196 Water Bay.
19,600 90
1,960
CONDITIONS OF SALE.
1. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise be- tween 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 by him.
4. The Purchaser of the Lot shall also pay into the Colonial Treasury on behalf of His Majesty the KING, the sum of $25 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 adjoin- ing lauds 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. 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 24th day of June next, and thereafter shall pay such annual rental by equal half-yearly payments on the 25th day of December and the 24th day of June in each and every year during the term of 75 years.
8. When the conditions herein containe 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 land comprised in the Lot for 75 years, to be computed from the 22nd day of June 1886 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 the Crown Lease shall be subject to, and contain, all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions usually inserted in the Crown Leases of Marine Lots in the Colony of Hong- kong; the Lease shall also specify the purposes for which the land is leased (i.c., whether for the purpose of reclamation, building dwelling houses, factories, or godowns for the storing of coal or other goods, or whether for any other purpose) and shall contain a proviso that in the event of the lessee, his executors, administrators and assigns, or successors (as the case may be) failing, at any time during the continuance of the term of the said Lease, to use the demised land for the purposes so specified as aforesaid, without the previous licence or consent of His Majesty, His Heirs, Successors or Assigns signified in writing by the Governor, then it shall be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs, Successors or Assigns, by the Governor or by any officer authorized by him in writing, to re-enter on the land, foreshore, and sea bed included in and demised by such Lease or on any portion thereof in the name of the whole, and thereupon the same shall be forfeited to and vest in the Crown. The Lease shall also contain in particular a reservation to the Crown of all mines and minerals under the demised lands.
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