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A.D. 1889.1

PRAYA RECLA.

TION.

[No. 6.

653

Murray Pier; the said embankment to be constructed in whole or in greater part upon the bed or foreshore of the Harbour; (2.) the making upon the said embankment of a public roadway not less than seventy-five feet, and the widening out of the present Praya roadway to a width of not less than seventy-five feet, with all necessary and convenient approaches to the same; and (3.) the reclaiming and enclosing and filling up of so much of the foreshore and bed of the Harbour as lies between the present Praya Wall and the intended embankment, to such heights and levels as may be determined by the Governor.

remove

to works,

6. For the purpose of effecting the works authorized by this Ordi- Power to nance, it shall be lawful for the Governor to remove, destroy, alter, divert, obstructions stop up, or enclose such streets, drains, vacant ground, wharves, piers, landing places, and other things as may, in the judgment of the Governor, be necessary to be done for the purposes of this Ordinance.

7. All the land and foreshore and bed of the sea to be rcclaimed under Title to

reclaimed this Ordinance, and all the land occupied by the present. Praya roadway land, and and wall along the line of the intended reclamation, are hereby declared extinction of

private rights to be absolutely the property of the Crown, free from any restriction therein. 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 Crown lands; and all property, estate, rights or supposed rights, and easements or supposed casements of any persons or class of persons, whether Crown leaseholders or licensees or otherwise, 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 roadway and wall, or in relation to any wharf, landing place, pier, or other place situate thereupon, are hereby declared to be ab- solutely extinguished and determined.

works and agreements

with lessees tion to such cost and of portions of

for contribu-

acceptance

8. Whereas the Crown lessees or their assigns registered in the Land Cost of Registry Office at the date of the commencement of this Ordinance in respect of the lots of land or sections thereof fronting the Praya road- way 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 the lessees) or the majority of them, have already declared or signified their readiness to contribute towards the cost to be incurred for and in connexion with the works authorized 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,

reclaimed

land.

LE PREDATA STROLL