CO129-263 - Acting Governor Barker Governor Sir Robinson - 1894 [5-8] — Page 665

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CONDITIONS OF CONCESSION for the erection of a Pier in Grant on

MARINE LOT N° 184 PRAYA WEST.

1. The Pier must be approved by the Government.

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tension of, the said Pier, shall at any time be made by the owner with the previous sanction and approval of the Government.

2.

The foundations, superstructure, landing steps, roadway and every other portion of the Pier shall at all times be kept in a state of safety, and repair, by the owner.

3. In the event of the Praya being extended at any future time, or from any other cause which, in the opinion of the Government, shall suffice to render the removal of the Pier or any portion thereof necessary, It shall be either partially or entirely removed by the owner.

The Government shall alone be entitled to dictate, in the event of a partial removal of the Pier, what portions of it are to be removed, and any such removal, whether partial or complete, shall be effected by the owner within such period as shall be ordered by the Government after due notice has been served on the owner in writing by the Surveyor General upon the said owner, and such notice shall suffice if it be served in writing.

4. The cost of any such removal shall be exclusively defrayed by the owner,

and no compensation will be allowed by the Government for any direct or indirect losses of any kind or description whatever which the owner may suffer by such removal or by any partial alteration of the Pier which the Government may deem necessary for public purposes.

5. The Government shall at any time that it sees fit revoke this concession upon serving the owner with a notice of three months.

6. The owner shall have no right of access to the Pier by water other than such as the Government shall think fit to allow.

7. A green light shall be exhibited at the outer end of the Pier and shall be kept lighted between sunset and sunrise.

8. No buoys or moorings shall be placed other than such as the Government shall permit, under the provisions of Ordinance N° 8 of 1879, Sections 29 and 30.

9. The platform of the Pier shall not be used for the storage of goods of any description, neither shall any articles or materials remain on the Pier, beyond the time actually required for their shipment or landing, as the case may be.

10. No warehouse, shed, or building of any kind shall be erected on the Pier.

11. The public shall at all times have the freest access to the Pier for the purpose of embarking or disembarking passengers or luggage.

I hereby agree to the above.

Dated this 14th day of April 1885.

MATTHEW J. D. STEPHENS