652
Short title.
Works
declared to be works for "public purpose."
Power to carry out
works of
reclamation.
and to make deviations.
Commence-
ment of works,
No. 6.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1889.
building and for roads and quays and open spaces along the sea front of the City of Victoria is insufficient to meet the growing wants of the Colony, and it is expedient to enlarge the same;
Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Praya Reclamation Ordinance, 1889.
2. The works authorized by this Ordinance, and all works for the effectual and convenient carrying out of the same, are declared to be works for the improvement of the Colony and for a “public purpose” within the meaning of that term as contained in the Crown leases of lands in the Colony.
3.---(1.) Subject to the provisions and for the purposes of this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the Governor to carry out the works authorized by this Ordinance according to the plan and drawings deposited in the Land Registry Office, signed by the Surveyor General and countersigned by the Governor, and such plan and drawings shall remain in the said Office and shall be open to public inspection at convenient hours.
(2.) In carrying out the works, it shall be lawful for the Governor to deviate in respect of details to any extent that shall not materially alter or affect the general design set forth in such plan and drawings: Provided that the area of land to be disposed of for building as shown upon the said plan shall not be unnecessarily diminished.
4.(1.) The work shall be commenced forthwith and shall proceed without unnecessary interruption or delay until completion, and the Governor is hereby authorized to appoint a competent officer to superintend and a competent staff to assist in carrying out the said works, and to procure and obtain such plant, machinery, materials, and things as may be necessary for the said works.
of staff, etc.
Description of works authorized.
(2.) The salaries of such officer and staff, and the cost of such plant, machinery, materials, and things, shall be defrayed as part of the costs of the said works in manner hereinafter provided.
5. The works authorized by this Ordinance comprise the following; that is to say,——
(1.) the making of an embankment along the harbour front of the City of Victoria, with all necessary and convenient walls, drains, wharves, piers, landing places, approaches, and other conveniences and works; such embankment to commence Westward at a point upon the sea-shore opposite Marine Lot No. 188 and marked upon the said plan, and to terminate Eastward at a point opposite to
652
Short title.
Works
declared to be works for "public purpose."
Power to carry out
works of
reclamation.
and to make deviations.
Commence- ment of works,
No. 6.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1889.
building and for roads and quays and open spaces along the sea front of the City of Victoria is insufficient to meet the growing wants of the Colony, and it is expedient to enlarge the same;
Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Praya Reclamation Ordinance, 1889.
2. The works authorized by this Ordinance, and all works for the effectual and convenient carrying out of the same, are declared to be works for the improvement of the Colony and for a “public purpose within the meaning of that term as contained in the Crown leases of lands in the Colony.
3.---(1.) Subject to the provisions and for the purposes of this Ordi- nance, it shall be lawful for the Governor to carry out the works autho- rized by this Ordinance according to the plan and drawings deposited in the Land Registry Office, signed by the Surveyor General and countersigned by the Governor, and such plan and drawings shall remain in the said Office and shall be open to public inspection at convenient hours.
(2.) In carrying out the works, it shall be lawful for the Governor to deviate in respect of details to any extent that shall not materially alter or affect the general design set forth in such plan and drawings: Pro- vided that the area of land to be disposed of for building as shown upon the said plan shall not be unnecessarily diminished.
4.(1.) The work shall be commenced forthwith and shall proceed without unnecessary interruption or delay until completion, and the appointment Governor is hereby authorized to appoint a competent officer to super- intend and a competent staff to assist in carrying out the said works, and to procure and obtain such plant, machinery, materials, and things as may be necessary for the said works.
of staff, etc.
Description of works authorized.
(2.) The salaries of such officer and staff, and the cost of such plant, machinery, materials, and things, shall be defrayed as part of the costs of the said works in manner hereinafter provided.
5. The works authorized by this Ordinance comprise the following ; that is to say,——
(1.) the making of an embankment along the harbour front of the City of Victoria, with all necessary and convenient walls, drains, wharves, piers, landing places, approaches, and other conveniences and works; such embankment to commence Westward at a point upon the sea-shore opposite Marine Lot No. 188 and marked upon the said plan, and to terminate Eastward at a point opposite to
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