First Land Auction 1841

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