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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23rd APRIL, 1898.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 187.

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The following Notice is published.

By Command,

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd April, 1898.

NOTICE.

A Loose-letter box has been placed on board the Steam-launch Perseverance, running between Hongkong and Macao. Letters prepaid with Hongkong stamps posted in this box will be treated as paid by the Macao Post Office.

A. M. THOMSON,

Postmaster General.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 21st April, 1898.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 188.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 9th day of May, 1898, at 3 p.m., are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd April, 1898.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 9th day of May, 1898, at 3 p.m., by Order of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, of One Lot of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 999 Years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Boundary Measurements.

No.

of Sale.

Registry No.

LOCALITY,

N.

S.

feet.

Contents in E. w. Square ft.

feet. feet. feet.

Annual Upset Rent. Price.

Inland Lot No. 1,484.

Wongueichong Road,

100 100

100 100 10,000

40

1,000

(East of Race Course)

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 Memorandum of Agree nent, hereinafter contained, 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 Lot shall have been purchased.

4. The Purchaser of the Lot shall also pay to the Land Officer, 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.

5. The Purchaser of the Lot shall pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of Her Majesty the QUEEN, a Fee of $15 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 eighteen calendar months from the day of sale, in a good, substantial and workmanlike manner, one 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 the Building Ordinances, No. 25 of 1891, and No. 7 of 1895, and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $3,000 in rateable improvements.