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1470 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH SEPTEMBER, 1899.

cases satisfactory evidence must be offered that the animals are habitually kept absolutely apart from all other dogs, whether in this country or abroad, and a place must be specified where the dogs can be examined, if thought necessary, after being landed.

18. For the convenience of persons passing through Great Britain the Board are also prepared, in special cases, to authorise the landing of dogs which are proposed to be exported within a few days. In making an application for such a licence, the ports, the names of the vessels, and the dates of arrival and departure, must be specified, and the address of some suitable place where the dog can be detained during the period that it remains in Great Britain, which must not exceed ten days. The licence in this case should be endorsed by an officer of the vessel of departure, and returned to the Board by the owner, and the dog must not be again landed in Great Britain without a further licence.

T. H. ELLIOTT,

Secretary.

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE,

4, WHITEHALL PLACE,

LONDON, S.W.,

February, 1899.

Copies of this Memorandum may be obtained on application to the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture at the above address.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. —No. 499.

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 25th day of September, 1899, at 3 p.m., are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th September, 1899.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 25th day of September, 1899, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of Two Lots of Crown Land near Hok Un, 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 Her Majesty the QUEEN for one further term of 75 years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.

No.

of Sale.

Registry No,

LOCALITY.

Boundary Measurements.

Contents in

N.

S.

E.

W.

Square ft.

Annual Upset Rent. Price.

Kowloon

Marine Lot 52. Kowloon Bay, (near. Hok Un),

feet.

350

feet. feet.

53.

"1

(

A

>

359 300

359 350 206 342 106,400 610

feet.

386- | 120,050

690

22,640

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 Lots 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 shall sign the Memorandum of Agreement, hereinafter containe1, 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 Lots shall have been purchased.

4. The Purchaser of the Lots shall also pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of Her Majesty the QUEEN, the sum of $30 within three days of the day of sale, for an 1 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 each Lot.

5. The Purchaser of the Lots shall pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of Her Majesty the QUEEN, a Fee of $15 each upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.

6. The Purchaser of the Lots shall reclaim the whole area and shall build and finish, fit for occupation, before the expiration of three years from the day of sale, in a gool, substantial and work- manlike manner, one or more good and permanent messuage or tenement upon some part of his Lots, with walls of stone or brick and lime-mortar and roof of tiles or such other materials as may be