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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH SEPTEMBER, 1880. 725

fajesty, Her Heirs. Successors and Assigns may require for the Roads, Public Buildings, or other ublic Purposes of the said Colony of Hongkong; with full liberty of Ingress, Egress and Regress, and for Her said Majesty, Her Heirs, Successors and Assigns, and Her and their agents, servants ad workmen, at reasonable times in the year during the continuance of this demise, with or without orses, carts, carriages and all other necessary things into, upon, from and out of all or any part or arts of the premises hereinbefore demised, to view, dig for, convert and carry away, the said excepted finerals, Stone, Earths and other things respectively, or any part or parts thereof respectively, thereby

ing as little damage as possible to the said Lessces, their Executors, Administrators or Assigns;

AND SAVE AND EXCEPT also full power to make and conduct in, through and under the

aid hereby demised premises, all and any public or common sewers, drains or watercourses ;

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said piece or parcel of ground and premises hereby demised, r intended so to be, with their and every of their appurtenances, unto the said Lessees, their Executors, Administrators and Assigns, from the First day of March, One thousand Eight hundred and Sixty-

, for and during and unto the full end and term of Nine hundred and Ninety-nine Years, hence next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended:

from

YIELDING AND PAYING therefor yearly and every year the Sum of One Dollar in Current Money of the said Colony of Hongkong, by half-yearly payments, on the Twenty-fourth day of June nd the Twenty-fifth day of December, in every Year, free and clear of and from all Taxes, Rates, harges, Impositions and Assessments whatsoever, imposed or to be imposed upon or in respect of the aid hereby demised premises or any part thereof, during the term hereby granted; the first half-yearly payment of the said yearly rent or Sum of One Dollar to be made on the Twenty-fourth day of June 1866;

AND in order that the Covenants hereinafter contained on the Lessees' part may attach to and run with the said Land and the Tenancy thereof, aud be obligatory on the Lessees, their Executors, Administrators and Assigns, so long only as they shall be in the actual possession of the premises, Let not further or otherwise, the said Lessees do jointly and severally for themselves, their Heirs. Excentors, Administrators and Assigns doth hereby covenant, promise and agree, to and with Her aid Majesty, Her Heirs, Successors and Assigns by these presents, in manner following, that is to ay, that they the said Lessees, their Heirs, Executors, Administrators or Assigns shall and will yearly, and every year, during the said term of Nine hundred and Nine-nine Years hereby granted, well and truly pay or cause to be paid to Her said Majesty, Her Heirs, Successors and Assigns, the paid yearly Sum of One Dollar clear of all taxes and deductions as aforesaid in the several days and. times, and in the manner hereinbofore reserved and made payable ;

AND ALSO that they the said Lessees, their Executors, Administrators and Assigns shall and will during all the said term hereby granted, bear, pay and discharge all taxes, charges and impositions whatsoever, as are or shall be hereafter assessed or charged on, or in anywise imposed upon or in respect of the said premises hereby demised or intended so to be or any part thereof;

AND that they the said Lessees, their Excentors, Administrators or Assigns shall and will, before the expiration of the first year of the term hereby granted, at his and their own proper costs and charges, In a good, substantial and workman-like manner erect, build and completely finish fit for use, one or mare good, substantial and safe brick or stone messuage or tenement, messages or tenements, upon me part of the ground hereby demised, with proper fences, walls, sewers, drains and all other usual or necessary appurtenances, and shall and will before the expiration of the said first year lay out and spend thereon the Sum of Ten thousand Dollars and upwards, which said messuage or tenement, stages or tenements, shall be of the same rate of building, clevation, character and description, and shall front and range in an uniform manner with the messuages or tenements in the same Street, and the whole to be done to the satisfaction of the Surveyor of Her said Majesty, Her Heirs, Successors or Assigns;

AND ALSO that in case the ssid messuage or tenement shall not have so as aforesaid been alt and completely finished with such additions and appurtenances as aforesaid before the expiration the said first year of the tera hereby granted, according to the covenant next hereinbefore contained, that they the said Lessees, their Executors. Administrators or Assigns shall and will before the spiration of six calendar months next after the said Surveyor of Her said Majesty, Her Heirs, Su

rs or Assigns, or such other person as the Governor shall in that behalf appoint, shall have "pired him so to do, at his and their own proper costs and charges, in a good, substantial and work- -like manner erect, build and completely finish fit for use, one or more good, substantial and safe or stone messuage or tenement, messages or tenements, upon some part of the ground hereby aised, with proper fences, walls, sewers, draius and all other usual or necessary appurtenances, and and will, before the expiration of such six calendar months as aforesaid, lay out and expend on the sum of Ten thousand Dollars and upwards, which said messuage or tenement, messuages nements, shall be of the same rate of building, elevation, character and description, and shall front range in an uniform manner with the messuages and tenements in the same Street, and the whole done to the satisfaction of the Surveyor of Her said Majesty, Her Heirs, Successors or Assigns, in the expiration of sneh six calendar months as last aforesaid;