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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JANUARY, 1896.
Contractor.-An application--which had been circulated to Members--from a Mr. U LUN KOK to be placed on the list of contractors capable of carrying out drainage works was laid on the table.
The President moved-
That Mr. U Lun Kok's name be added to the list of contractors capable of carrying out drainage works. Mr. EDE seconded,
Question--put and agreed to.
Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned till Thursday, the 16th day of January, 1896.
Read and confirmed this 16th day of January, 1896.
HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.
FRANCIS A. COOPER,
President.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 5.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 20th day of January, 1896, at 3 P.M., are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th January, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 20th day of January, 1896, at 3 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Crown Land, at Shaukiwan West, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years.
No.
of Sale.
Registry No.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
LOCALITY.
Boundary Measurements. Contents
in
NE.
SW.
SE.
feet. feet.
feet.
NW. Square ft.
feet.
Annual Upset Rent. Price.
88
112 & 15
200 119 15,280
86
1,222
1
Shaukiwan Lot No. 10.
Shaukiwan West,.
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 in dispute shall be put up again at a former bidding.
2. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $10.
3, Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser shall sign the Memoranduin 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 $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 stone and lime-mortar walls, and tile roofs, and in other respects in accordance with the conditions of the Building (Amendment) Ordinance, No. 25 of 1891, and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $1,500.
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 24th day of June next, and there- after shall pay such annual rental by equal half-yearly payments on the 25th day of December and the 24th day of June in each and every year during the term of 75 years hereinbefore mentioned.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
8. The Government reserves to itself the right to the whole flow of water of the stream which runs through the Lot, and all water-rights therein, together with the right to enter and draw and take away the water, and to divert the same.
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