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PRAYA RECLAMATION.

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if he so elects, of cancelling the said agreement and thereupon all moneys which he may have already paid shall be refunded;

(5.) notwithstanding anything contained in the schedule to be depo- sited in the said Office as aforesaid or in any agreement entered into in pursuance of this Ordinance, no lessee shall (save as pro- vided by sub-section (7.) of this section) be liable for more than the actual cost of the reclamation of the land agreed to be granted to him and of all works authorized by this Ordinance in connexion therewith (such actual cost, in case of doubt, to be decided by the Governor-in-Council), and if such cost exceeds or is less than the amount estimated or named in such schedule or any agreement as aforesaid, the lessee shall bear and pay such excess or be entitled to the benefit of such less sum and to a proportionate refund ; (6.) in case any lessee does not signify his acceptance in the manner and within the time provided in sub-sections (2.) and (3.) of this section, he shall have no claim to any compensation in respect of any depreciation of his lot by reason of the said works, but the Governor may,

if he thinks fit, award to him such a sum of money or such a Crown lease of new land as he may, in his absolute dis- cretion, think sufficient as and by way of compensation for any injury that such lessee may have sustained by the said works; (7.) if from time to time before the completion of the said works any extraordinary loss, damage, or expense is caused to or rendered necessary for the said works or for any portion thereof by or in consequence of any unforeseen difficulties that may present them- selves in the progress of the said works or by or in consequence of any typhoon or storm or other catastrophe, such loss, damage, or expense shall, when it has been ascertained by the Surveyor Gen- eral and certified by him to the Governor-in-Council, be made good by the lessees who have entered into agreements in pursuance of this section, such lessees contributing such a proportion of the sum required as the Surveyor General may certify to be equivalent to the proportion which the amount of the lessee's contribution men- tioned in his agreement bears to the total cost of the said works; and (8.) so much of the cost of the said works as is not contributed by the lessees under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be defrayed out of the public revenues of the Colony.

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9. Except as in this Ordinance provided, no marine lot-holder or other Barring of

shall be entitled as against the Crown to any damages or com- pensation for the depreciation or injurious affecting of his property or Crown. business caused by, or resulting either directly or remotely from, any the said works.

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