THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 11TH MAY, 1889.
Pier; the said embankment to be constructed in whole or in greater part upon the bed or foreshore of the harbour.
(L.) The making upon the said embankment of a public road-way not less than seventy-five feet, and the widening out of the present Praya road- way to a width of not less than seventy-five feet, with all necessary and convenient approaches to the same.
(c.) The reclaiming and enclosing and filling up so much of the foreshore and bed of the Harbour as lies between the present Praya Wall and the intended embankment, to such heights and levels as may be determined by the Governor. 5. For the purpose of effecting the works authorized by this Ordinance it shall be lawful for the Governor to remove, destroy, alter, divert, stop up, or enclose such streets, drains, vacant ground, wharves, piers, landing places, and other things as shall in the judgment of the Governor be necessary to be done for the purposes of this Ordinance.
6. All the land and foreshore and bed of the sea to be- reclaimed under this Ordinance, and all the land occupied by the present Praya road-way and wall along the line of the intended reclamation, is hereby declared to be absolutely the property of the Crown, free from any restriction whatever, and the Governor shall have power, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, to deal with the same and to dispose of the same for building or any other purpose in the same way and to as full an extent as in the case of other Crown lands; and all property, estate, rights or supposed rights and case- ments or supposed easements of any persons or class of persons, whether Crown leaseholders or licensees or other- wise, to the user or possession or occupation of, in, over or in any way in relation to such land, foreshore, bed of the sea embankment, reclamation or praya road-way and wall, or in relation to any wharf, landing place, pier or other place, situate thereupon, are hereby declared to be absolutely extinguished and determined.
7. Whereas the Crown lessees or their assigns re- gistered in the Land Registry Office at the date of the commencement of this Ordinance in respect of the lots of land or sections thereof fronting the Praya Roadway along the line of the proposed reclamation (which persons with their executors, administrators and assigns except where répugnant to the context are hereinafter referred to as lessees) or the majority of them have already declared or signified their readiness to contribute towards the cost to be incurred for and in connection with the works authorized by this Ordinance provided the Governor will grant to them respectively Crown leases of such equitable proportion of the proposed reclamation as may be available having regard to public requirements in respect of the roads and streets fo be made on the land when reclaimed and in the case of each lessee having regard to the claims of other lessees and whereas it has been agreed that the cost of the said works shall also include a sum not exceeding $5,000 for preliminary expenses, a sum not exceeding $180,000 by way of compensation to owners and occupiers of Wharves and Piers along the line of the proposed reclamation and a further sum not exceeding $105,000 for the purchase of a portion of the land in course of reclamation opposite Marine Lots Nos. 95, 96, 97, 98 and 105. Be it further enacted as follows:---
(i.) As soon as practicable after the commencement of this Ordinance, a further plan signed by the Surveyor General and countersigned by the Governor, showing in detail the portion of the proposed reclamation assigned to lessees in respect of the lots of land or sections thereof registered in their names at the Land Registry Office at the date of the cominencement of this Ordinance, shall be deposited at the said Office and shall have annexed thereto a Schedule containing a list of the lessees of such lots of land and sections as aforesaid and the ap- proximate contribution required from each of them in respect of the cost of his portion of the reclamation.
(i.) The deposit of such further plan as aforesaid shall be notified in the Gazette, a copy of the said Schedule being published at the same time, and lessees who are desirous of entering into the agreement hereafter mentioned shall within
Tower to remove obstructiona to work.
Title to reclaimed Taud.
Rights, east- ments, &c.
Provisions as
to cost of works and agreements with lessees,
&c.
Detailed plan
to be made and depositaÌ with Schedule of lessees w their contribu- tions at Land Offic.
Deposit to he notified and Schedule to be published in Gazette.
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