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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH SEPTEMBER, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 302.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 24th day of September, 1883, at 4 P.M., are published for general information. By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th September, 1883.
J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART, for the Colonial Secretary.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 24th day of September, 1883, at 4 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, of Two Lots of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 999 Years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.
No.
LOCALITY.
Contents in
of
Registry No.
Sale.
Marine Lot
1
No. 246
Lap-sap Wán,
Inland Lot
2
No. 905
Do.,
Boundary Measurements.
Annual Upset
N.
S.
E.
W.
Square ft.
Rent. Price.
feet.
feet. feet. feet.
200 200 200
200
姿
200 200 200 200
40,000 705.24 5,000
40,000 528.96 5,000
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. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with, the Purchaser of each 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 Lots 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 Marine and Inland Lots in the Colony of Hongkong.
5. The Purchaser of each Lot shall pay to the Registrar of the Supreme Court on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, a Fee of $5 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 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 each Lot shall also pay to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, the sum of $10 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof, 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 each Lot.
8. Should the Purchaser neglect, or fail to comply with these Conditions, his Premium, or any por- tion 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.
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 OF SALE.
A.-The purchaser of each lot shall reclaim, cut down, or fill in as the case may be, the whole area and also, that of half the width of the streets adjoining or abutting thereon, and the purchaser of the Marine Lot 246 shall in addition to the said streets, fill in and form the Praya in front of his Lot to a height of one foot nine inches above High Water Mark at Spring tides, or to such other level, or levels, as shall from time to time be given him by the Surveyor General, the finished surface of the ground being formed with a uniform rise from the Praya inland, as indicated by the brick piers now on the ground. Any earth required for filling up the Lots can be obtained from Crown Land at such place, or places, as shall be pointed out by the Surveyor General,
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