PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
LC.O. 882
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
Added land
same tenure
Provided always that in the execution of the said works it shall be lawful for the Company in any place to deviate to a distance not exceeding twenty feet seawards from the said Regular line if such deviation is found to be necessary for the purpose of obtaining a sound foundation for the works such deviation to be in no case beyond the line marked "Line of Deviation" on the Deposited Plan.
3. All land added to the sea frontage of the land held by the Company by the to be held by execution of the works authorized by this Ordinance shall be deemed to be part of the adjacent land held by the said Company and shall be held by them for the same estate as such adjacent land.
as lan adjoining.
Piece of
4. The piece of land coloured red in the Deposited Plan and lying between the land added lands marked thereon as "Lease No. 1581" and "Lease No. 1591" respectively shall be deemed to be part of the land held by the said Company under Lease No. 1591 and shall be held by them for the same estate as such last mentioned land.
to Lease No. 1591.
Additional
directors to be
appointed by Governor.
5. In addition to the Directors of the said Company appointed under the Articles of Association thereof it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to appoint two persons to be Directors of the said Company and from time to time to cancel such appointment. The total number of Directors shall in no case exceed eleven.
Notice in writing under the hand of the Colonial Secretary to the Secretary of the said Company shall be deemed to be sufficient notice of any such appointment or cancellation.
Powers, 6. Every Director appointed under this Ordinance shall have and exercise all the &c., of
powers of a Director of the Company in as full and complete manner as if he had been additional directors appointed a Director of the Company in accordance with the Articles of Association
thereof.
Additional
lirectors to
7. Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 86 and 87 of the said Articles of have no share Association no Director appointed under this Ordinance shall be required to have
any share-qualification as such Director.
qualification and no re. muneration. Rotation of directors.
8. The provisions of the said Articles with regard to the Rotation of Directors shall not apply to Directors appointed under this Ordinance.
OBJECTS AND REASONS.
The straightening and regularizing of the alignment of the wharves of the Tan- jong Pagar Dock Company has long been much desired, not only for the benefit of that Company, but in the interests of the shipping frequenting the wharves, and consequently of the general public. The correction of the line of the wharves could not be accomplished without special legislation, except by somewhat elaborate pro- ceedings under the Foreshore and Seabed Ordinance, which even if carried out would not admit of the reclaimed bits of ground being held under the same title as the present site of the wharves. The facilities given for correcting the alignment of the wharves, and the correction of the Company's boundaries by conceding to them the small triangular piece which appears on the Deposited Plan between Leases 1591 and 1581 are part of a scheme whereby in consideration of the advantage gained by the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, the public are provided free of charge with cer- tain lands now belonging to the Company which are necessary for the extension to the Docks of the Singapore and Kranji Railway. It is believed that the arrange- ment will be found to be greatly to the public benefit.
Another part of the arrangement mentioned above, is that he Government shall be represented on the Directorate of the Company. This also is provided for in the Bill which provides for the appointment of two additional Directors by the Governor in addition to those appointed under the Articles of Association.
Attorney-General's Chambers,
Singapore, February 2, 1904.
W. R. COLLYER,
Attorney-General, Straits Settlements.'
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(No. 99.)
SIR,
No. 4.
MR. LYTTELTON to GOVERNOR SIR J. ANDERSON,
[Answered by No. 7.]
Downing Street, April 22, 1904. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. W. T. Taylor's despatch, No. 65, of the 5th of March,* forwarding the dra. of an Ordinance "to empower the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Limited, to improve the alignment of certain wharves at Singapore and to enable the Governor to appoint certain additional Directors for the said Company."
2. I feel serious doubts as to the desirability of appointing Government Repre- sentatives to the Board of Directors. The Company is described in Mr. Taylor's despatch, No. 495, of the 18th of November, 1903,† as having "in effect a monopoly of the wharfage accommodation and what practically amounts to a monopoly of the warehouse accommodation and coaling arrangements of the port," and I think it un- desirable to further strengthen their position by the appointment of Government Directors which would give them the appearance of having the support of the Govern-
ment.
3. The Government will have no pecuniary interest in the Company and the two Government Directors, while they will have no controlling power, will, by the mere fact of their presence, make the Government appear to share the responsibility for the Company's actions.
4. I note what is said on the other side in paragraph 9 of Mr. Taylor's despatch of the 18th of November,† but, after full consideration, I have decided that the objec- tions to the proposal outweigh any probable advantages, and I am unable therefore to approve of the introduction into the Legislative Council of this draft Ordinance.
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No. 5.
I have, &c.,
ALFRED LYTTELTON.
ACTING GOVERNOR TAYLOR to MR. LYTTELTON.
(Confidential.)
SIR,
(Received April 25, 1904.)
[Answered by No. 19.]
Government House, Singapore, March 30, 1904. I HAVE the honour to forward, for your consideration, copies of two letters, one marked " 'Confidential" and the other "Secret," from the Resident-General, A bearing date the 2nd and 3rd instant respectively, giving cover to a proposal by B Mr. John Anderson, the Chairman of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, that the Federated Malay States should lend to the Company for purposes of dock and wharfage improvement and extension a sum of $10,000,000. A memorandum by C the Federal Secretary, Mr. Venning, dealing with the proposal is also forwarded.
• No. 3.
† No. 1.