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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH SEPTEMBER, 1899. 1495

10. Possession of the Lot sold shall be given to the Purchaser, and deemed to have been taken by him, on the day of sale.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

1. The Purchaser will be permitted to remove earth from Crown Land for the purposes of the reclamation of the Lot and road adjoining, subject to the approval of, and permit from, the Director of Public Works.

2. The exact Boundaries of the Lot to be defined by the Director of Public Works.

3. The Purchaser shall protect the Western boundary of the Lot with sea walls to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, and shall further reclaim the Crown Land on the Eastern side of the Lot for a width of 50 feet from the boundary of the Lot to a level of 12 feet above Ordnance Datum.

Director of Public Works.

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BY THE PURCHASER.

Memoranduin that

of

the person whose name is hereunder written has been declared the highest bidder for the Lot described in the foregoing Particulars of Sale and hereunder specified opposite to his said name and signature, and does hereby agree to become the Lessee thereof under and subject to the foregoing Conditions of Sale, and on his part to perform and abide by the said Conditions.

Number of Sale.

Registry Number.

Amount of Annual Rental. Premium at which

Purchased.

Kowloon Marine Lot 51.

$330

Witness to Signature of Purchaser.

Signature of Purchaser.

Director of Public Works.

Witness to Signature of Director of Public Works.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 492.

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 18th day of September, 1899, at

p.m., are published for general information.

By Command.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th September, 1899.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 18th day of September, 1899, 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 Yau Ma Ti, 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.

No.

of Sale.

Registry No.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Boundary Measurements.

LOCALITY.

N.

S.

E.

W.

Contents in Square ft.

Annual

Rent. Price:

Upset

feet.

feet. feet.

feet.

$

Kowloon

1

Marine Lot 49. Yau Ma Ti,.

250 250 660 660 165,000 1,894 41,250

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 $20.

3. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser shall sign the Memorandun of Agreement, hereinafter containe l, for completing the purchase according to these Conditions, an l 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.

4: The Purchaser of the Lot shall also pay to the Land Ofer, on behalf of Her Majesty the QUEEN, the sum of $15 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.