1866 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND DECEMBER, 1899.
In respect of public buildings the Coolie Shelter at the Peak comes first in importance although least in amount. After that the Post Office and after that, but a long way after, new Law Courts-the present Courts although inconvenient being adequate for the transaction of business.
Next in the order of importance come the new roads. Those in the New Territory first. They are required for the preservation of peace, order, and good government there as well as for the purpose of opening up the Territory for profit- able use.
The present Estimates should be amended and re-cast. The Treasurer's Fi- nancial Returns and two Statements of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1898, cannot both be correct. The estimates for Public Works Extraordinary need re-consideration from beginning to end; the works enumerated in them might well be arranged in the order of their importance and urgency instead of in their present apparently purposeless succession.
Then the available money should be appropriated to the several works in the order in which they stand on the Estimates, and if there is not enough to go round, the last on the list should be left over till some other year.
It is useless to plead the insufficiency of the staff of the Public Works Depart- ment as a reason for not proceeding with any urgent work or works. Extra-ordi- nary works should be provided for by the provision of additional strength for the Department or by special staffs. At present with much pressing work on hand the staff is being apparently reduced. It is certainly much less strong than it was ten years ago when the population was much less and the area of the Colony twenty- nine square miles instead of four hundred and twenty-nine.
HONGKONG, 23rd November, 1899.
T. H. WHITEHEAD.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 678.
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 December, 1899, at 3 p.m., are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd December, 1899.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
l'articulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 18th day of December, 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, 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 LOT.
No.
of
Sale.
Registry No.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY,
Contents in
N.
S.
E. w. Square ft.
Annual Upset Rent. Price.
feet. feet.
feet. feet.
Inland Lot
Queen's Road East (near Tai Wong
No. 1,566.
Temple),...
16
16
60 60
960
14
1,440
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.
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