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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 19TH JULY, 1890.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 312.

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The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Tuesday, the 5th day of August, 1890, at 4 P.M., are published for general information. By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th July. 1890.

W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

l'articulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day of August, 1890, at 4 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern- ment of one Lot of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 999 Years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

No.

of

Registry No.

Sale.

LOCALITY.

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Shaukiwan Marine Lot

No. 1.

Shaukiwan Bay,...

Boundary Measurements.

Contents in

N.

S.

E.

W.

Square ft.

Annual Upset Rent. Price.

feet. feet. feet. feet.

226 247

146 2471

77

76 61,698

284

1,851

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 l'urchaser 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 or Purchasers of each Lot shall pay to the Land Officer on behalf of Her Ma- jesty the Queen, the sum of $15 for and in consideration of the Boundary stones, properly cut and marked with the Registry number which shall be placed and fixed by the Surveyor General for the Purchaser or Purchasers at each angle of the Lot or Lots, when the Surveyor General has received notice from the Purchaser or Purchasers that the Lot or Lots is or are levelled, or prepared and ready to receive Foundations of the Building or Buildings to be erected thereon, and in no case must Build- ing operations be commenced until due notice has been given to the Surveyor General, in order that the Boundaries of the Lot may be verified, and the stones fixed.

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 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, and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than Four thousand Dollars, ($4,000).

7. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with, the Purchaser of the Lot shall be entitled to, and shall execute on 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 25th day of December, and the 24th day of June in every Year, as is speci- fied 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 Lenses of Marine 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 inanner 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.

9. Possession of the Lot sold shall be given to the Purchaser, and decined to have been taken by him, on the day of sale.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

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 exer

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sale price per square foot and added or deducted from the amount of the premium and annual Crown Rent. The Government reserves the right of way through this Lot as shown on the Plan.