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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND AUGUST, 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 333.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 7th day of September, 1896, at 4 P.M., are published for general
information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd August, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 7th day of September, 1896, at 4 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of Nine Lots of Crown Land, at Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.
No.
of
Registry No.
Sale.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
Contents in
Annual Rent.
Upset
N.
S.
E.
W.
Square ft.
Price.
Kowloon Inland Lots No. 723.
6829C14 00 10
724.
17
Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon,
"
725.
>>
""
726.
727.
>>
1:
728.
"}
729.
17
730. 731.
$ 38 8 288*S*
feet.
feet. feet.
feet.
50
50
50
50
50
36
36
36
36
་་
36
28 3 888888
50
15
15
50
15
15
1313
750
750
NO
7
120
6
50
f 24′0′′
7
16′3′′
1,171
9
140
50
15
15
750
6
50
15
15
750
120
36
15
15
540
36 15
15
540
15
15
540
36
15
15
540
88 3 288888
90
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 Purchasers 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 Lots shall have been purchased.
4. The Purchaser of each Lot shall pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of Her Majesty the QUEEN, a Fee of $3 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.
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5. The Purchaser of each Lot shall build and finish, fit for occupation, before the expiration of twelve calendar months from the day of sale, in a good, substantial and workinaulike manner, 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) Ordinauce, No. 25 of 1891, and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $500.
6. The Purchaser of each 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 75 years hereinbefore mentioned. 7. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, the Purchaser of the Lots shall be entitled to, and shall execute, on demand, Leases from the Crown of the Pieces of Ground comprised in such Lots for 75 Years, to be computed from the day of sale, at such Annual Rental, payable half-yearly on the 25th day of December, and the 24th day of June in every Year, as is specified in the Particulars of such Lots hereinbefore contained; and such Crown Leases shall be subject to, and contain, all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions inserted in the Crown Leases of Inland Lots in the Colony of Hongkong.
8. Should the Purchaser neglect, or fail to comply with these Conditions, his Premium, or any portion thereof which may be paid, shall be thereupon forfeited to Her Majesty, who shall be at full liberty either to enforce the Sale, or to re-sell the Property at such time and place, and in such manner as to Her Majesty shall seem fit, and in case of a re-sale the increase, if any, of the Premium or Purchase Money shall be retained by Her Majesty, and the deficiency, if any, and all Costs and Expenses shall be made good by the defaulter and be recoverable as liquidated damages, or at the option and pleasure of Her Majesty to re-enter and resume the property as if no sale had ever taken
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