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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21st DECEMBER, 1895.
(Examiner:-DR. CHARLES WELLS.)
1299
(1) To translate, in writing, from Arabic into English:-
(a) A passage from the "Thousand and One Nights." (b) A passage from Lokman's Fables.
(2) To translate, in writing, into Arabic about fifteen lines of English prose.
(3) Questions on Grammar and Composition.
(4) To read and interpret, vivâ voce an ordinary Arabic letter.
CHINESE.
(Examiner:-W. A. PICKERING, Esq.)
(1) To translate, in writing, from Chinese into English :-
(a) A passage from the first three chapters of the Hao ch'iu chuan. (b) A passage from the Shêng yü kuang hsiin.
(2) To read and interpret, vicâ voce, an ordinary Chinese letter.
(3) To translate, in writing, from English into Chinese :-
-(a) Twelve lines of a book of travels.
(b) A few short sentences to test acquaintance with Idiom and Grammar.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. No. 544.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Tuesday, the 7th day of January, 1896, at 4 P.M., are published for general information.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st December, 1895.
l'articulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Tuesday, the 7th day of January, 1896, at 4 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of Five Lots of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 999 Years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No.
of
Registry No.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
Contents in
Sale.
Annual Rent.
Upset
N.
S.
E. w.
Price.
Square ft.
Inland Lot
feet. feet. feet. feet.
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-C2.00 -10
No. 1,359.
1,360.
West of Morrison Hill Road,
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1,381. 1,362.
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55
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60
51
75
75
75
75
PRORR
71
3,052 4,050 51
39
763
1,013
68
3,967 50
992
72
4,042 51
1,011
70
4,022
50
1,000
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 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 each 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 each 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 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 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 $1,000.
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