603999-1940-Supplementary-Letting-of-a-Salt-Pan-by-Public-Auction--Tai-O-Lantao-Island — Page 1

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DISTRICT OFFICE, SOUTH.

No. S. 222.-It is hereby notified that the following Letting of Crown Land by Public Auction will be held at the District Office, South, (Queen's Building, 2nd floor), Hong Kong, at 11 a.m., on Friday, the 31st day of May, 1940.

The Lot is let for the term of fifteen years from the 6th day of June, 1940, as a Tai O Salt Pan Lot No. 1, subject to the General Conditions of Sale published in Government Notification No. 364 of 1934, and to the Special Conditions hereunder specified.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Register No.

Locality.

Tai O Salt Pan No. 1.

Tai 0, Lantao Island.

Contents in acres.

Upset Annual Crown Rent.

37:37 acres.

As per plan to be seen in District Office, South.

$2,500

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

1. The land shall be used solely for the purpose of a Salt Pan and the Crown Lease to be granted to the Purchaser shall contain a covenant by the lessee to that effect and a proviso that in the event of the lessee, his executors, administrators or assigns failing at any time during the continuance of the lease to use the land for the purpose of salt pans the land may be re-entered on and thereupon the same shall be forfeited to and vested in the Crown.

2. Immediately after the fall of the hammer the Purchaser shall sign the Memo- randum of Agreement, for completing the purchase according to these Conditions and shall pay into the District Office, South, one half of the annual Rent mentioned in the Memorandum of Agreement, within 3 days after the Sale. The remaining half of the yearly rent shall be paid into the District Office, South, on or before the 6th day of July, 1940, and thereafter the full yearly rent shall be paid in advance into the District Office, South. on the 6th day of June in each and every year during the term of 15 years hereinbefore mentioned.

3. The Lot shall be let subject to a right of way shown on a plan in the District Office, South.

4. The successful bidder will be allowed to convert a portion of the area not exceeding 04 acre to building land on terms to be approved by the District Officer, South.

5. No other building shall be allowed on the Lot without the written permission of the District Officer, South.

6. The Purchaser shall pay to the District Officer, South, on behalf of His Majesty the KING a fee of $30 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof, and such Crown Lease shall be subject to, and contain all exceptions, reservations, covenants, clauses and conditions inserted in the Crown Leases of Lots in the New Territory of Hong Kong.

7. The Purchaser shall during the term of the lease undertake at his own expense the maintenance and repair of all barriers necessary for the prevention of flooding of, or encroachment on, adjoining lots.

8. 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.