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No. 172.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH SEPTEMBER, 1875. 407

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

EDMUND SHARP, Esquire, Crown Solicitor, having returned to the Colony on the 11th instant, resumed the duties of his Office from that date.

By Command,

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st September, 1875.

No. 173.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the Spot, on the 11th of October, 1875, at 4 P.M., are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th September, 1875.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Particulars and Conditions of the Letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 11th day of October, 1875, by Order of His Excellency the Administrator, of One Lot of Crown Land in the Colony of Hongkong for a Terin of 999 Years.

No. of

Registry No.

Sale.

PARTICULARS OF LOT.

Boundary Measurements.

LOCALITY.

Contents in

N.

S.

E.

W.

Square ft.

Annual Upset Rental. Price.

feet. feet. feet. feet.

44.0

25.0

2,425 37.40 200.00

176

East Side of Wanchai Road,.... 37.0) 58.0 32.0}

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 24th day of June, 1875, at such Annual Rental payable half-yearly on the 24th day of December and the 24th day of June 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 the Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions, usually inserted in the Crown Leases of Inland Lots in the Colony of Hong- kong 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 resell 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.

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.

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.