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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

No. S. 20. The following description and terms of the proposed lease of certain Crown Land at Quarry Bay, Hongkong, comprising portions of the foreshore and sea bed, are published under the provisions of the Foreshores and Sea Bed Ordinance, 1901.

DESCRIPTION OF THE LOT PROPOSED TO BE LEASED.

As shewn on plan signed by the Director of Public Works, which can be seen at the Office of the Public Works Department.

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PROPOSED TERMS OF THE SALE AND CROWN LEASE.

1. In consideration of the terms agreed upon and upon completion of the reclama- tion of the Lot to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, it is proposed to grant a Crown Lease of the whole of the area coloured red on the said plan and having an area of about 14,400 square feet for the term of 999 years commencing from 2nd February, 1882

2. The Lease will be subject to and contain all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions usually inserted in the Crown Leases of Marine Lots in the Colony of Hongkong; the Lease will also specify the purposes for which the land is leased (ie., whether for the purpose of reclamation, building dwelling houses, factories, or godowns for the storing of coal or other goods, or whether for any other purpose) and shall contain a provision that in the event of the lessees, their executors, administrators and assigns, or successors and assigns (as the case may be) failing, at any time during the continuance of the term of the said Lease, to use the demised land for the purpose so specified as aforesaid, without the previous licence or consent of His Majesty, His Heirs, Successors or Assigns, signified in writing by the Governor, then it shall be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs, Successors or Assigns, by the Governor or by any Officer authorized by him in writing, to re-enter on the land, foreshore, and sea bed included in and demised by such lease or any portion thereof in the name of the whole, and thereupon the same shall be forfeited to and vest in the Crown; the Lease will also contain in particular a reservation to the Crown of all mines and minerals under the demised land.

3. The lessees of the Lot will also have to pay the sum of $6.25 for each boundary stone required to define the lot and $30 for the Crown Lease.

No. S. 21. Notice is hereby given under Section 3 of The Foreshores and Sea Bed Ordinance, 1901, that all persons having any objections to the granting of the lease as above described must send in particulars of their objections in writing to the Colonial Secretary before the expiration of a period of one month from the 17th day of January, 1919, and all such objections will be considered by the Governor in Council.

And notice is also given that if after the expiration of such period of one month the Governor in Council shall declare it to be expedient to grant a lease of the said Lot, such Lot will be leased, and the Crown Lease of the Lot shall be deemed to demise to the lessees the foreshore or sea bed included in such lease free and discharged from all rights, privileges, profits-à-prendre, and easements, whether public or private, which may have existed or may be claimed in or over such foreshore and sca bed, so far as is necessary for carrying out the purposes for which the land is leased.

W. CHATHAM, Director of Public Works.

17th January, 1919.