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APPENDIX TO REPORT FROM THE LAND COMMISSION OF 1886-87.
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will always keep the said Verandah in good repair and will paint and cleanse the same whenever
required by the Surveyor General to do so.
and of any
IV. That will defray all expenses of the maintenance of the footway under the said Verandah granite paving or alterations to the same, on the Schedule of Prices in use in the Surveyor General's Office. That after the erection of the Verandah will always keep the footway clear of all goods, articles of trade, or anything whatsoever, and will sweep the same every morning.
V.-That
will always give free ingress to the Surveyor General, or any Officers duly authorized to enter the premises and examine the Verandahı
VI. And that should the land over which
Verandah is to be erected be at any future time required by the Government for any Public Work, improvement, or other purpose, or should any of the houses or tenements erected on the aforesaid Lot in any way contravene clause VII, hereby undertake on receipt of a notice in writing from the Surveyor General, given with the sanction of His Excellency the Governor, to remove at own expense the whole of the structure within three months' time from the date of the receipt of such notice, and without any compensation whatsoever from the Government.
Verandab being erected over Crown Land,
VII.-In consideration of the privileges afforded by
hereby undertake, in reference to the arrangement of all dwellings to be constructed upon the Lot before named during the - continuance of such privileged encroachment, that with a view to improve the sanitary condition of the said houses the
following regulations shall be observed, viz.
1. So long as a continuous blank wall forms the back of any Tenement not adjoining a side street, an open yard shall be provided between the house and its kitchen of the full width of the said house and of a depth proportionate to the number of stories contained therein, viz., 4 feet deep for every house of two floors high (including the basement and ground floors), 5 feet deep for every house three floors high, and inercasing 1 foot in depth for every additional floor in height beyond.
2. That the said yard shall not at any time be tiled over or covered in except by such bridges (roofed on the top floor only) of a width of not over 4 fect each as may be necessary to afford access to the kitchens from the upper floors, and that the said yards shall be pared with granite.
3. That in case the party or external walls of such, contiguous yards shall be built up above the ground floor there shall be provided on each side of every yard and at or about the level of every floor an aperture for ventilation through such party or external wall of a size of not less than 6 feet by 3 feet, in which no windows, jalousies or obstruction shall be placed, other than iron bars for the protection of property.
4. That the utmost endeavours shall be used to cause the Tenants of the houses to keep the said open yards in such free and clean condition as shall allow of the continuous passage of air through them on the level of every floor from one end of such block of buildings to the other.
VIII.-And further agree for
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heirs, administrators and assigns that the breach of any, or either
of the Clauses herein contained shall be deemed a nuisance and shall, if thought necessary by the Surveyor General, be proceeded against under Clauses Nos. 17 and 18 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1856.
WITNESS.
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Crown Lessee of...
Lot No..