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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST OCTOBER, 1887.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 398.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 10th day of October, 1887. at 3 P.M., are published for general information. By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st October, 1887.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 10th day of October, 1887, at 3 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, of One Lot of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

No.

of Sale.

Registry No.

Hunghon Inland Lot

No. 173.

Hunghom,

LOCALITY.

Boundary Measurements.

Contents in

N.

E.

W.

Square ft.

Annual Upset

Kent.

Price.

feet. feet. feet. feet.

200 200 200 200

40,000 482

2,410

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

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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 $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 or more good and permanent building or buildings upon some part of his Lot, with brick or cut stone and lime-mortar walls, and tile-roof, and in other respects in accordance with the conditions of the Buildings Ordinance, No. 8 of 1856, and shall lay out and expend thereon the sum of Five thousand Dollars ($5,000) at the least.

7. Should Chinese houses at any time be built upon the Lot, cach house shall be provided with a clear space along its entire width, forming a back yard of not less than 15 feet.

8. The Purchaser of the Lot shall pay into the Treasury a proportionate part of the annual rental specified in the particulars herein before contained on the 25th day of December next, and there- after shall pay such annual rental by equal half yearly payments on the 24th day of June, and the 25th day of December in every Year.

9. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General the Purchaser shall be entitled to, and shall execute on demand, a Lease from the Crown of the Lot for 75 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 the Lot herein before contained; and such Crown Lease shall be subject to, and contain, all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions inserted in the Crown

eases of Inland Lots in the Colony of Hongkong.

10. Should the Purchaser neglect, or fail to comply with these Conditions, his Preinium 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 Lot 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.