CO129-056 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [6] — Page 343

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which is not already enjoyed at the

Bonham Strand as now constructed.

When the Praya, as assumed by the 5th and last Question, is completed,

I think that five public wharves will afford sufficient accommodation to the public for landing shipping of goods,

ods, and

and

for the

embarkation and disembarkation

one at Gibb, Livings_

-one about

of passengers, - toutbors wharf, Gilman's Bazaar,

- one near the

Oriental Bank, - me at Pedder's

and one

the least

Wharf, - necessary of the five,

prémise

our

between

ises and the neret Lot

ad

do

going Eastward. Every facility should be given to persons to have

they private wharves, so for not interfere with public wharves Some regulation might be

made, as to the extent and

simensions of private wharves, to ensure

that end.

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In addition to these answers to the

questions now

- put to me, I will only

of

state my opinion that, at the outset, the bolony, the construction of a Praya

would have been

h

& Measure to

a good

adopt. But I do not consider that at

adopt.

the present time it is a

measure to undertake,

ན

aproper. because it is

not in accordance with the under

-standing which has always existed with respect to the holding of Marine

Lots. It was that the holders should access to the sea from

always have free

their property. I think that

can be formed without sinfaiting

Phaya

that access to some extent, and.

injury to the

6. doing.

- property. The value of the property would be so much the less if a roadway were to intervene. I Cannot say

across the

Jame

whether the access

roadway

I have

would be the

doubts of that,

my do