THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH MAY, 1889.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 241.
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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 27th day of May, 1889, at 4 P.M., are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th May, 1889.
FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 27th day of May, 1889, at 4 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor of Two Lots of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 999 Years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.
No.
of Sale.
Registry No.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
Contents
.in
N.
S.
E.
W.
Square ft.
Annual Upset
Rent.
Price.
feet.
feet. feet.
feet.
$
1
Inland Lot No. 1,216.
Rutter Street, (Taipingshan),
1,217.
197 199 119 120
Bonham Road, (below No. 1 Tank),... 135'6" || 150
24,200
66′6′′ | 49′6′′ 8,650 40
278
12,100
2,175
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 each 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 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.
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 or more good and permanent messuages or tenements upon some part of his Lot, and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $4,000 (Four thousand Dollars). No houses other than buildings of the character and design usually tenanted by Europeans will be allowed to be built on Inland Lot No. 1,217. 7. The Purchaser of Inland Lot No. 1,216 shall construct a brick or stone covered drain, either through his Lot or along the right of way east of the Lot as far as Rutter Street, to divert the waters of the Nullah at present running through it. Such drain to be constructed to the entire satisfaction of the Surveyor General.
8. In the event of any excavations being made upon either of the Lots which may in the opinion of the Surveyor General endanger the safety of the Hospital or Bonham Roads, any retaining walls which may thereupon become necessary shall be constructed at the cost of the Purchaser to the entire satisfaction of the Surveyor General.
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 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 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.
10. 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 Expenses shall be made good by the defaulter and be recoverable as liquidated damages.
11. Possession of the Lots shall be given to the Purchasers, and deemed to have been taken by them, on the day of sale.
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