The History of the Laws and Courts of Hongkong
First Land Auction 1841
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Submitted by annelisec
Date picture taken (may be approximate):
Friday, January 1, 1841
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Connections:
- First Land Auction 1841 shows Place Rustomjee & Co. / Keying House / The Parsee’s residence [1845-1868]
- First Land Auction 1841 shows Place Lindsay & Co. [1843-????]
- First Land Auction 1841 shows Place Dent & Co. - Queen's Rd (1st location) [1841-????]
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First Land Sales in Hong Kong
First Land Sales in Hong Kong 1841
34 Marine Lots of Land were sold in Hong Kong on 14th June 1841- GBP3,238 per annum raised in rents
Sale order Lot Number Successful Bidder Winning Bid - GBP
1 ML 15: R Webster 20.00
2 ML 14 H Leighton 21.20
3 ML 13 Gemmell & Co 32.10
4 ML 12 Holliday Wise & Co 38.10
5 ML 11 Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee 52.00
6 ML 10 Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee 52.00
ML 9 Reserved
7 ML 8 Dirom & Co 57.00
8 ML 7 A Parsee 50.00
9 ML 6 M/s Hooker & Lane 43.00
10 ML 5 D & M Rustomjee & Co 50.00
11 ML 4 Dent & Co 65.10
12 ML 3 Dent & Co 64.00
13 ML 2 Lindsay & Co 80.00
14 ML 1 Gribble Hughes & Co 80.00
Lots ML 1-5 ran along the north side of Queens Road east to west from the present HSBC building to the Central Market
15 ML 20 D & M Rustomjee & Co 111.00
16 ML 21 Innes Fletcher & Co 150.00
17 ML 22 Gemmell & Co 140.00
18 ML 23/24 Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee 160.00
19 ML 26 Jardine Matheson & Co 150.00
20 ML 27 Jardine Matheson & Co 185.00
21 ML 28 Jardine Matheson & Co 230.00
Lots 20-26 were in Admiralty & ran along the north side of Queens Road east to west from Morgans Bazaar to below Flagstaff House. Starting with Jardine Matheson’s lots which became the Commissariat within 18 months all the lots eventually became part of the Military base.
22 ML xx? R Gully 35.00
23 ML 30? M/s Jamieson & How 60.00
24 ML 32? John Smith 57.00
25 ML 36? John Smith 67.00
26 ML xx? Framjee Jamsetjee 25.00
27 ML 38? Captain Hart 57.00
These Lots ran west to east on the North Side of Queens Road East between Admiralty and Spring Gardens. - all but one had lapsed to the Government by the late 1840’s. I am unsure if the lot numbers are correct.
28 ML 40 MacVicar & Co 75.00
29 ML 41 MacVicar & Co 95.00
30 ML 42 Turner & Co 100.00
31 ML 43 Turner & Co 115.00
ML 44 Reserved
ML 45 Reserved
32 ML 46 T Larkins 265.00
33 ML 47 Fox MacVicar & Turner 250.00
ML 49 Unsold
34 ML 51 Captain Morgan 205.00
Lots 40 & 47 ran west to east were roughly opposite today's Hopewell centre on the North Side of Queens Road East
ML 49 is possibly the other side of Morrison Hill just before Canal street. ML 51 is East point
There were about 50 lots sold on the day, the rest were inland lots I have found no record of what was sold