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SIR,
SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Victoria, Hongkong, 15th August, 1864.
The Fraya wall between the Harbour Master's Office and the Water Police Wharf has been so badly constructed by the Tenants of the adjoining Marine Lots that unless the whole be rebuilt at once it is probable the first severe Gale will destroy the greater portion of it and cause considerable injury to the adjoining property. The present appears therefore a fitting occasion for considering the extension of the Praya instead of requiring the Tenants to rebuild the wall upon its present site.
The Government accordingly proposes to extend the Praya 100 feet between the points mentioned upon the same conditions as those upon which the work was originally carried
out, viz.:
1. The Sea Wall, Road and filling to be executed at the expense of the Tenants of the adjoining Marine Lots who will in consideration of this outlay be entitled to the avail- able land reclaimed without premium subject only to an annual rent. The Sea Wall in this instance to be contracted for and the erection of it supervised officially by the Surveyor General's Department.
2. In the event of any Tenant declining these terms the work to be undertaken by the Government and the reclaimed land sold by Public Auction. A portion of the premium realized will, under such circumstances, be awarded to the Owner of the present Marine Lot as compensation for loss of sea frontage.
You are requested to state whether you are willing under the conditions mentioned to undertake the expense of the work in front of your Marine Lot.
The extension of the Praya will greatly assist the Government in carrying out certain important suggestions contained in the Report of the late Sanitary Commission.
I am to add that if the Tenants of all the Marine Lots interested should prefer to undertake the immediate re-erection of the Sea Wall upon its present site the Government would be willing to entertain the proposal, as the desire is to consult the views and wishes of the Owners of Marine Lots so far as can be done consistently with the interests of the public. A plan of the proposed extension can be seen at my Office.
I have the honor to be,
Crown Tenant
Marine Lot No.
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Acting Surveyor General.