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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH MARCH, 1890.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 140.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 21st day of April, 1890, at 5 P., are published for general information.

By Command.

Colonial secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th March, 1890.

W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 21st day of April 1890, at 5 P... by Order of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern- ment of Two Lots of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 999 Years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.

No.

Boundary Measurements.

of Bale.

Registry Ne.

LOCALITY.

Contents in

N.

S

E.

feet.

feet. feet.

w. Square ft.

feet.

Annual Upset Rent. Price.

8

$

Inland Lot

No. 1.236.

South of the Kennedy Road,

1,937.

160 185 164 160

170 170 177 156

27,675 127

28,980 133

8,302

8,694

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The Government is not bound by the exact boundaries as shewn on the plan, but reserves the right of making any modification in detail that the Surveyor General may deem necessary in order to provide for the widening of roads or forming drains or water courses. Should the area of land when finally set out be more or less than that above given, the excess or deficiency shall be calculated at the sale price per square foot and added or deducted from the amount of the premium and annual

Crown Rent.

2. 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.

3. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $10.

4. 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.

5. The Purchaser of cach Lot shall also pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, the sum of $10 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 Surveyor General, for the Purchaser at each angle of the Lot.

6. The Purchaser of each Lot shall also pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, a Fee of $15 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.

7. The Purchaser of ench Lot shall build and finish, fit for occupation, before the expiration of two years 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, and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $10,000 (Ten thousand Dollars). The plans of the buildings to be erected on cach Lot, to be submitted and approved by the Surveyor General, before the commencement of the work. tenement of the type usually designated for habitation by Chiness (except for the use of domestic servants) shall be built upon cach Lot.

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8. 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 24th day of June next, and the cafter shall pay such annual rental by equal half-yearly payments on the 25th day of December, and the 24th day of June in every year.

9. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General the Purchaser of each Lot shall be entitled to, and shall exccute ou demand, a Lease from the Crown of the Piece of Ground comprised in such Lot for 999 Years, to be computed from the day of Sale. at such Annual Rental, payable half-yearly on the 24th day of June, and the 25th day of December in every Year, as is specified in the Particulars of such Lot hereinbefore contained; and such Crown Lease 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.

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