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remove any boulders met with in excavating earth from such places; the excavation to be carried out to the entire satisfaction of the Director of Public Works. All such excavation must be trimmed off on completion of the works to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works. Also permission will be given to the Promoters subject to the approval of the Director of Public Works to enable stone to be obtained by quarrying, either in the vicinity of the reclamation or elsewhere, upon easy terms. (n.) The Government shall lay at its own expense all mains necessary for pro-
viding a water supply to the area.
(o.) The Government to resume, at the cost of the Promoters, any areas which
have already been leased within the area covered by the reclamation. (p.) The Promoters shall be granted the right to erect three piers approximately in the positions shown on plan attached; premium to be at the rate of 2 cents per square foot. The piers to be subject to the provisions of the Piers Ordinance, 1899, and Crown rent to be paid in accordance with the Schedule attached to the said Ordinance. Leases of the said piers for a term expiring on the 31st December, 1949, in the form deposited with the Land Officer, shall be granted. In the event of any further reclamation being carried out the Promoters shall remove and re-erect the piers at their own cost. The Government undertakes to preserve access to the future positions of such piers by roads in reason- able alignment with the roads shown on plan attached. The Promoters shall be granted the right of re-erection of piers.
(q.) There shall be no interference with the existing road from Kowloon City to Customs Pass until the new road has been formed along the northern boundary of the said lots.
(r.) The Promoters shall have no rights whatever over any water flowing in the
streams above or through the reclamation area.
(s.) The Promoters shall pay into the Colonial Treasury, when called upon to do so, the sum of $7.50 for each boundary stone required to define the lots. The stones shall be supplied and fixed by the Director of Public Works.
(t.) The Promoters shall pay to the Land Officer, when called upon to do so, the
sum of $30.00 for each Crown lease.
(u.) The exact boundaries of the lots shall be determined before the issue of the Crown leases and in the event of any excess areas over those stated on the plan being found to exist premia for such excess areas shall be paid at the rate of 2 cents per square foot. The Crown rents of all lots shall be adjusted at the rate of $200.00 per acre per annum for the areas actually leased.
28th October, 1915.
(Enclosure 3.)
W. CHATHAM, Director of Public Works.
No. 28A, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL, Hongkong, 19th October, 1915.
Kowloon Bay Reclamation.
SIR,-I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 14th instant No. 982 enumerating the modifications agreed to by the Government in respect of the terms contained in your letter No. 633 and in reply thereto I am instructed to say that the promoters are quite agreeable to accept the same..