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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH SEPTEMBER, 1896. 895

Contractor.—An application to be placel ou the list of contractors who are capable of carrying out drainage works was considered.

The President moved-

That the name of Chan A-tong of No. 5, Arsenal Street, be added to the list of contractors capable of carrying

out drainage works,

Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Strangers were requested to withdraw.

A confidential meeting of the Board was then held.

Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned till Thursday, the 10th day of September, 1896.

Read and confirmed this 10th day of September, 1896.

HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.

FRANCIS A. COOPER, President.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 353.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 28th day of September, 1896, at 3 P.M., are published for general informa-

tion.

By Command,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th September, 1896.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 28th day of September, 1896, at 3 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 999 years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

No.

of Sale.

Registry

AO.

LOCALITY.

Boundary Measurements. Contents

in

Annual

Upset Rent. Price.

N.

S.

E.

W.

Square ft.

feet. feet. feet. feet.

Marine Lot No. 972.

Connaught Road, (Reclamation Ground),] 528"

52'8"

160 160

8,427 155

68,202

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 auy 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 $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 mouths 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 $50,000.