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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST MARCH, 1884.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 71.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held the spot, on Monday, the 17th day of March, 1884, at 4 P.M., are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st March, 1884.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secreti
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 17 day of March, 1884, at 4 P.M.. by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Cro Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years.
No. of Sale.
Registry No.
1
Rural Building Lot. No. 30
Pok-fu Lam,
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
N.
S. & E.
Contents in S. & w. Square ft.
Annual
Upse Rent. Price
feet.
feet.
feet.
$
516
528
751 168,751 38.00 1,000.
CONDITIONS OF SALE.
1. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute ar 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 Agr ment hereinafter contained for completing the purchase according to these Conditions, and shall witl Three Days of the day of sale pay into the Colonial Treasury the full amount of Premium at whi the Lot shall have been knocked down.
4. The Purchaser of the Lot shall be entitled to, and shall execute, on demand a Lease from t Crown of the Piece, or Parcel of Ground comprised in such Lot for 75 Years, to be computed fro the day of Sale, at such Annual Rental, payable half-yearly on the 24th day of June, and the 25th d of December in every Year, as is specified in the Particulars of the Lot hereinbefore contained; a such Crown Lease shall be subject to, and contain, all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Claus 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 H Majesty the QUEEN, a Fee of $15 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.
6. The Purchaser of the Lot shall also pay to the Surveyor General, on behalf of Her Majes the QUEEN, the sum of $10 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof, for and in consideration the Boundary Stones properly cut, fixed, and marked with the Registry Number, which shall be plac by the Surveyor General for the Purchaser at each angle of the Lot.
7. Should the Purchaser neglect, or fail to comply with these Conditions, his Premium, or a portion thereof which may be paid, shall be thereupon forfeited to Her Majesty, who shall be at fi liberty either to enforce the Sale, or to re-sell the Property at such time and place, and in such maur as to Her Majesty shall seem fit, and in case of a re-sale the increase, if any, of the Premium or Purcha Money shall be retained by Her Majesty, and the deficiency, if any, and all Costs and Expenses sh be made good by the defaulter and be recoverable as liquidated damages.
8. Possession of the Lot sold shall be given to the Purchaser, and deemed to have been taken him, on the day of sale.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
1. The Purchaser of the Lot shall construct and properly maintain one or more water-tight drai of glazed earthenware pipes to carry off all house drainage from any buildings now erected or to erected on the Lot into one or more water-tight cesspits on some part of the lot below the level of t Pokfulum conduit and he shall provide for the periodical emptying of such cesspits in such mann as shall not affect the purity of the water in the Pokfulum conduit.
2. The Government hereby reserves to itself a right of way for Government Officers across t lot to or from the reservoir, and the Purchaser shall at any and every point within the boundaries the Lot, have full right of way across the thirty foot strip of Crown land which intersects the lot.
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