658288-1889-Bill-Reclamation — Page 3

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1889.

6. All the land and foreshore and bed of the sea to be- reclaimed under this Ordinance, and all the land occupied by the present Praya road-way and wall along the line of the intended reclamation, is hereby declared to be absolutely the property of the Crown, free from any restriction whatever, 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 Crowu lands; and all property, estate, rights or supposed rights.and ease- ments or supposed easements of any persons or class of persons, whether Crown leaseholders or licensees or other- wise, 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 road-way 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.

7. Whereas the Crown lessees or their assigus re- gistered in the Land Registry Office at the date of the commencement of this Ordinance in respect of the lots of land or sections thereof fronting the Praya Roadway along the line of the proposed reclamation (which persons with their executors, administrators and assigns except where repugnant to the context are hereinafter referred to as lessees) or the majority of them have already declared or signified their readiness to contribute towards the cost to be incurred for and in connection 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 for preliminary expenses, a sum not exceeding $180,000 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 $104,000 for the purchase of a portion of the land in course of reclamation opposite Marine Lots Nos. 95, 96, 97, 98 and 105. Be it further enacted as follows:-

(i.) As soon as practicable after the commencement of this Ordinance, 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 Registry 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 ap- proximate contribution required from each of them in respect of the cost of his portion of the reclamation.

(ii.) 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 within 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 of their intention to enter into an agreement.

(iii.) On the expiration of two months from the date of such notification as aforesaid and within further period of one month it shall be lawful for the Governor if he think fit to enter into an agree- ment with the lessees individually who have signified their intention and acceptance as aforesaid, such agreement being upon the terms and subject to the conditions in the form in the Schedule to this Ordinance; and the Governor is hereby empowered to dispose of the reclaimed land in accordance therewith.

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