308
316
Sections 183, 185 and 188 are in accor-
dance with the recommendations of Messrs. Chadwick and Simpson.
6.
The following are the principal sections
of the Ordinance involving compensation for loss of property.-
Section 151. The limitation of living
rooms to a depth of 40 feet, except in the case of corner
buildings and except in the case of buildings erected on the
Praya Reclamation (where the Crown Lease specially provides
for the erection of buildings of a greater depth than 40 feet),
will result in a certain number of claims for the resumption
of the land required by this Section to be left unbuilt upon
in excess of the open spaces required in the front and the
rear of the building". Taking 15 feet as the average width of
a Chinese house including the proportional thickness of the
side-walls there will be.-
Area of living room 40 by 15
600 Square feet.
Area of kitchen
50
do.
Area of yard (1/3rd. of roofed
area)
217
do.
Area of scavenging lane
90
do.
Total
957 Square feet.
Therefore the maximum area of a building lot which can be
utilised will be 957 equals about 64 Square feet. Any
15 building lot therefore, other than a corner one, of a
greater depth than 64 feet, which is at present occupied by
a building, will result in a claim under this section when the
building is re-bullt. The number of such building lots in the
City of Victoria is 176 only. It may be assumed that under
ordinary circumstances only one or two of such buildings will
be