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No. 114.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH JUNE, 1876.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction to be held in Victoria, on the South Side of Queen's Road East, on Monday, the 19th day of June, at 4 P.M., are published for general information.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th June, 1876.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 19th day of June, 1876, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Crown Land in the Colony of Hongkong, for a Term of 999 Years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Boundary Measurements.

No.

of Sale.

Registry No.

LOCALITY.

Contents in

N.

S.

E.

W.

Square ft.

Annual Upset Rent. Price.

Inland Lot

feet.

feet.

fect.

fect.

No. 707

South Side of Queen's Road East,

70.0 69.0

50.0 50.0 3,496

52.44

$00.00

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise the Lot 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. 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 999 Years, to be computed from the 25th day of December, 1875, 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, Cove- nants, Clauses, and Conditions inserted in the Crown Leases of Inland Lots in the Colony of Hongkong, and contained in the printed form of Crown Lease in Schedule A annexed hereto.

5. The Purchaser of the Lot shall pay to the Surveyor General on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, a Fee of $5 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.

6. 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 Moncy 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.

7. Possession of the Lot sold shall be given to the Purchaser, and deemed to have been taken by him on the day of sale.

8. The Purchaser of the Lot shall within one week from the day of sale mark out the boundaries of his lot by fixing granite boundary posts, of not less than 9 inches square at cach angle of the said Lot.

SCHEDULE A.

The printed form of Crown Lease referred to in the foregoing Conditions of Sale, can be inspected on application at the Surveyor General's Office, previously to the sale,

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