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CONDITIONS OF CONCESSION for the erection of a Pier in front of
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1. The Pier must be approved by the Government. No alteration to, or extension of, the said Pier, shall at any time be made by the owner without the previous sanction and approval of the Government.
2. The foundation, superstructure, landing steps, roadway and every other portion of the Pier shall at all times be kept in a state of safety, and repair, by the owner.
3. In the event of the Praya being extended at any future time, or from any other cause, which, in the opinion of the Government, shall suffice to render the removal of the Pier or any portion thereof advisable, it shall be either partially or entirely removed by the owner. The Government shall alone be entitled to dictate, in the event of a partial removal of the Pier, what portions of it are to be so removed, and any such removal, whether partial or complete, shall be effected by the owner, within such a period as shall be ordered by the Government after due notice has been served on the owner, and such notice shall suffice if it be served in writing by the Director of Public Works upon the said owner.
4. The cost of any such removal shall be exclusively defrayed by the owner, and no compensation will be allowed by the Government for any direct or indirect losses of any kind or description whatever which the owner may suffer by such removal or by any partial alteration of the Pier which the Government may deem advisable.
5. The Government shall at any time that it sees fit revoke this concession upon serving the owner with a notice of three months, and in case of such revocation, the holder of this Licence shall have no right to claim any compensation or damages from Government.
6. The owner shall have no right of access to the Pier by water other than such as the Government shall think fit to allow.
7. A green light shall be exhibited at the outer end of the Pier and shall be kept lighted between sunset and sunrise.
8. No buoys or moorings shall be placed, other than such as the Government shall permit, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 26 of 1891, Sections 29 and 30.
9. The platform of the Pier shall not be used for the storage of materials of any description, neither shall any articles or materials remain on the Pier, beyond the time actually required for their shipment or landing as the case may be.
10. No warehouse, shed, or building of any kind shall be erected on the Pier.
11. Owners of regular steam-ferries and passenger-boats shall not be entitled to make habitual use of the pier, but casual passengers and their luggage shall at all times have free access to the pier for the purpose of landing or disembarking.
12. The present Licence shall not be assigned or transferred without the consent of Government previously obtained in writing.
13. No vessel to lie alongside the end of the pier.
I hereby agree and undertake to abide by the foregoing Conditions and to pay the Colonial Government a ground rent of ... dollars a month in respect of the encroachment by this pier payable in advance on the first day of every month.
IN WITNESS whereof,
I have hereunto set my hand this ... day of ... 189...
Witness to Signature: