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Title to reclaimed land, and
private rights therein.
No. 6 of 1889.
PRAYA RECLAMATION.
embankment to commence westward at a point upon the sea-shore opposite Marine Lot No. 188 and marked upon the said plan, and to terminate eastward at a point opposite to Murray Pier; the said embankment to be constructed in whole or in greater part upon the bed or foreshore of the Harbour;
(2) the making upon the said embankment of a public roadway not less than seventy-five feet wide, and the widen- ing out of the present Praya roadway to a width of not less than seventy-five feet, with all necessary and convenient approaches to the same; and
(3) the reclaiming and inclosing and filling up of so much of the foreshore and bed of the Harbour as lies between the present Praya wall and the intended embankment, to such heights and levels as may be determined by the Governor.
[s. 6, rep. No. 62 of 1911.]
7. All the land and foreshore and bed of the sea to be reclaimed under this Ordinance, and all the land occupied extinction of by the present Praya roadway and wall along the line of the intended reclamation, are hereby declared to be absolutely the property of the Crown, free from any restriction what- ever, and the Governor shall have power, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, to deal with the same and to dispose of the same for building or any other purpose in the same way and to as full an extent as in the case of other Crown lands; and all property, estate, rights or supposed rights, and easements or supposed easements of any persons or class of persons, whether Crown leaseholders or licensees or otherwise, to the user or possession or occupation of, in, over, or in any way in relation to such land, foreshore, bed of the sea, embankment, reclamation, or Praya roadway and wall, or in relation to any wharf, landing place, pier, or other place situate thereupon, are hereby declared to be absolutely extinguished and determined.
Cost of works and agreements with lessees
8. Whereas the Crown lessees or their assigns registered in the Land Office at the date of the commencement of this Ordinance in respect of the lots of land or sections thereof for contribu- fronting the Praya roadway along the line of the proposed reclamation (which persons, with their executors, adminis trators, and assigns, except where repugnant to the context,
cost and acceptance
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are hereinafter referred to as the lessees) or the majority of [8. 8. contd.] them, have already declared or signified their readiness to of portions contribute towards the cost to be incurred for and in con- land. nexion with the works authorised by this Ordinance, provided the Governor will grant to them respectively Crown leases of such equitable proportion of the proposed reclamation as may be available, having regard to public requirements in respect of the roads and streets to be made on the land when reclaimed, and in the case of each lessee having regard to the claims of other lessees; AND WHEREAS it has been agreed that the cost of the said works shall also include a sum not exceeding 5,000 dollars for preliminary expenses, a sum not exceeding 180,000 dollars by way of compensation to owners and occupiers of wharves and piers along the line of the proposed reclamation, and a further sum not exceeding 105,000 dollars for the purchase of a portion of the land in course of reclamation opposite Marine Lots Nos. 95, 96, 97, 98, and 105:-
(1) A further plan, signed by the Surveyor General and countersigned by the Governor, showing in detail the portion of the proposed reclamation assigned to lessees in respect of the lots of land or sections thereof registered in their names at the Land Office at the date of the commencement of this Ordinance, shall be deposited at the said Office, and shall have annexed thereto a schedule containing a list of the lessees of such lots of land and sections as aforesaid and the approximate contribution required from each of them in respect of the cost of his portion of the reclamation ;
(2) The deposit of such further plan as aforesaid shall be notified in the Gazette, a copy of the said schedule being published at the same time, and lessees who are desirous of entering into the agreement hereafter mentioned shall, with- in a period of two months from the date of such notification, signify respectively in writing their acceptance of the portions of the land assigned to them on the said plan and their intention to enter into an agreement ;
(3) On the expiration of two mouths from the date of such notification as aforesaid and within a further period of one mouth, it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he thinks fit, to enter into an agreement with the lessees individually who have signified their acceptance and intention as aforesaid, such agreement being upon the terms and subject to the
* As amended by Law Rev. Ordd., 1923, and Law Am, Ord., 1923.
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