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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH SEPTEMBER, 1897. 813

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 409.

Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Thursday, the 7th day of October, 1897, for levelling, walling, sewering and road-making Blocks C. H. and I. Taipingshan Improvement Works.

No work will be permitted on Sundays.

For form of tender, specification and further particulars apply at the Public Works Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th September, 1897.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.- No. 410.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 11th day of October, 1897, at 3 P.M., are published for general information. By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th September, 1897.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 11th day of October, 1897, at 3 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Crown Land off Wing Fung Street, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 999 Years.

No.

of Sale.

Registry No.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Boundary Measurements.

Contents

LOCALITY.

in

N.

S.

E.

W.

Square ft.

Annual Rent.

Upset

Price.

feet.

145

feet. feet. feet.

50'

105 137.6"

70

$

181.4

24,960

374

8,237

Inland Lot 1,450.

Wing Fung Street,..

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 $25.

3. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser shall sign the Memorandum of Agree- ment, 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 $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 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 $30,000 in rateable improvements.

7. 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 25th day of December next, and thereafter shall pay such annual rental by equal half-yearly payments on the 24th day of June and the 25th day of December in each and every year during the term of 999 years hereinbefore mentioned.