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238 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 8, 1907.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

No. 165.-The following description and terms of the proposed lease of certain Crown Land at Lai Chi Kok, which includes a portion of the foreshore and sea bed, are published under the provisions of The Foreshores and Sea Bed Ordinance, 1901.

8th March, 1907.

W. CHATHAM, Director of Public Works.

DESCRIPTION OF THE LOT PROPOSED TO BE LEASED.

No.

of Sale.

Registry No.

Boundary Measurements.

LOCALITY.

N.

S.

E.

W.

Contents ju Sq. ft.

Annual Upset

Reut, Price.

feet. feet. feet.

feet.

New Kowloon,

Marine Lot Lai Chi Kok.

No. 3.

150 150 930

940

140,250

of which 64,125 sq.

feet is foreshore and sea bed.

#

1,208 14,025

PROPOSED TERMS OF THE SALE AND CROWN LEASE.

1. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any uspute 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 $100.

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 accord- ing 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 $30 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. The Purchaser of the Lot shall build and finish, fit for occupation, before the expiration of two years from the day of sale in a good, substantial and workmanlike manner, one or more good and permanent messuage or tenement upon some part of his Lot, with walls of stone or brick and lime-mortar and roof of tiles or such other materials as may be approved by the Director of Public Works, and in other respects in accordance with the conditions of all Building Ordinances now in force in the Colony which are applicable, and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $200,000 in rateable improve-

ments.

7. 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. The Purchaser shall see that all refuse matters are properly removed daily from off the premises.

8. The Purchaser of the Lot shall pay into the 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.