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and finish within three years from the time when the
Company might have commenced work. No company could com-
mence work until the promoters, with the assent and ap-
proval of the Government, had granted rights and privileges,
No such grant was ever made in respect of Tramways 1,2,3,4,
and 5. So the time mentioned in Section 26 has never
commenced to run.
4. The Right possessed by the Promoters
is the right to grant to any person or persons, corporation
or company, with the assent and approval of the Governor
in Council, the right to construct and maintain any one or
more of the Tramvays 1,2,3,4and 5 in accordance with the
plans deposited in the office of the Surveyor-General
before the Ordinance was passed and not otherwise, with
all or any of the privileges conferred by the Ordinance
(except the right of compulsory purchase of land which is
gone) with, under and subject to such terms and conditions
in all respect as the promoters shall think fit.
5. The right of the Governor in Countil
to refuse his assent and approval to any proposed grant
is