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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH JULY, 1890.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 325.

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The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 11th day of August, 1890, at 4 P.M., are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th July, 1890.

W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary,

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 11th 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 21 Years.

No.

of Sale.

Registry No.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT,

Boundary Measurements.

LOCALITY.

N.

S.

E.

feet.

Contents in w. Square ft.

feet. feet. feet.

Annual Upset Rent. Price.

159'

99' 160' 146' 17,050 40

85

Garden Lot

1

No. 1

Victoria West,

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 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 the 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.

5. The Purchaser of the Lot shall also pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, a Fee of $5 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.

6. The Purchaser of the Lot shall forthwith lay out the whole of the Lot as a Garden in Terraces, and for that purpose at his own expense in all things, build in a substantial and workmanlike manner, all boundary walls, and all retaining walls, necessary for effectively supporting the said Terraces; and the whole of the work to be done to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General according to plans which shall first be submitted to and approved by him, and the Purchaser shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $1,500 (One thousand Five hundred Dollars) within six months from the day of Sale. The Government Road on North boundary of Lot, and shewn on Sale Plan, to be constructed at Purchaser's own cost, and to the same width as existing Road on North Boundary of Inland Lot No. 932, and finished to the entire satisfaction of the Surveyor General.

7. No building of any description other than retaining and boundary walls shall be executed upon the Lot.

8. 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 thereof from the Crown for 21 Years, to be com- puted from the day of Sale, at the Annual Rental, payable half-yearly on the 24th day of June, and the 25th day of December in every Year, specified in the Particulars of the Lot herein before contained; and such Crown Lease shall be subject to, and contain, all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions usually inserted in Crown Leases of ground in the Colony of Hongkong, except as to the building of Houses.

9. 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 manner 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 Ex- penses shall be made good by the defaulter and be recoverable as liquidated damages,