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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6ru FEBRUARY, 1886.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 22nd day of February, 1886, at 4 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.
1
Rural Building Lot No. 36.
Pokfulam,
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
Contents in
N.
S.
E.
W.
Square ft.
Annual Rent
Upset Price.
feet. feet. fect. feet.
330 315 270 285 89,437 20
500
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 knocked down.
4. When the conditions herein contained shall 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, or Parcel of Ground comprised in such 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 hereinbefore contained; and such Crown Lease shall he subject to, and contain, all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions inserted in the Crown Leases of Rural Building Lots in the Colony of Hongkong.
5. The Purchaser of the Lot shall pay, to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, 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 $1,000 (One thousand dollars).
7. The Purchaser of the Lot shall also pay to the Surveyor General, on behalf of Her Majesty the QUEEN, the sum of $10 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thercof, 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.
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 manner as to Her Majesty shall seem fit, and in ease 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 deemed to have been taken by him, on the day of sale.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
1. The Purchaser of the Lot shall construct and properly maintain one or more water-tight drains of glazed earthenware pipes to carry off all house drainage from any buildings now erected or to be erected on the Lot into one or more water-tight cesspits on some part of the lot below the level of the Pokfúlam conduit and he shall provide for the periodical emptying of such cesspits in such manner as shall not affect the purity of the water in the Pokfúlam conduit.
2. The Purchaser shall at any and every point within the boundaries of the Lot, have full right of way across the thirty foot strip of Crown land which intersects the lot.
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BY THE PURCHASER.
of
Memorandum that
the
person whose name is hereunder written has been declared the highest bidder for the Lot described in the foregoing Particulars of Sale and hereunder specified opposite to his said name and signature and does hereby agree to become the Lessee thereof under and subject to the foregoing Conditions of Sale, and on his part to perform and abide by the said Conditions.
Number
of Sale
and
Lot.
Registry Number
Description of Lot Purchased.
Amount of Annual Rental. Premium at which
Purchased.
1
Rural Building Lot No. 36
$20
Signature of Purchaser.
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