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THE HONGKONG

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No. 38.

號八十三第

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 10TH AUGUST, 1895.

日十二月六年未乙

VOL. LXI.

日十初月八年五十九百八千一簿一十四第

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 344.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 26th day of August, 1895, at 3 P.M., are published for general information.

By Command,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th August, 1895.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 26th day of August, 1895, at 3 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Crown Land, at Yaumati, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

No.

of

Sale.

Registry No.

LOCALITY.

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S.

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Boundary Measurements. Contents

in Square ft.

Annual Rent.

Upset Price.

W.

fect. feet. fect. feet.

Kowloon

Inland Lot

No. 659.

50' Yaumati, (North of Police Station),......

50'

180' 180' 9,000

32

450

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 $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 reclaim the same from the sea to the levels required by the Government and shall build and finish, fit for occupation, before the expiration of twelve 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 $5,000 including Boundary Walls.