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(b) Nullah: He complains that as a

condition of "recovering part of the

original frontage of his property of

which he should never have been

deprived" he had to undertake to build part of the Government's portion of a

certain nullah.

(c) Lay-out: He complains, though not very

clearly, of interference with his plans

for the development of the site.

(a) Delay: He complains that his scheme was

"delayed (by the Government) about two

years with consequential loss of

interest".

(e) Vertical Sea Wall: He complains that he

was induced to build a vertical sea wall

instead of a much cheaper rubble mound wall in order to make his scheme part of the Government's scheme of development to the eastward of his lots, whereas

the cheaper rubble mound wall would have served his purpose equally well. Road frontage: I hesitate to speak in

strong terms of a complaint which Mr. Davidson has supported, but it appears to me that this particular grievance is entirely without foundation. My reason

for saying so appear more fully in the Note No.1

annexed to this minute. It is Mr. Kwik's own

application for, and purchase of, areas "A" and "B"

that