Circular Quay Land Act 1890 (NSW)

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No. XXIV.

All Act to declare certain portions of land fronting* the Circular Quay to he vested in the Colonial Treasurer for the t ime being', to provide for the dedication of such lands or any portion thereof to wharfage and other public purposes, and for the forma­ tion of a street in lieu of the street now known as Queen-street. [l0th December, 1890.]

Dedicat ion Ac t , 1888 , " shall be repealed.

WH E R E A S t h e Commissioner for Ra i lways was by t h e " Circular directed to sell, subject to t he provisions in t he said A c t expressed, Q u a y L a n d Sale and Dedica t ion Act , 1888 ," authorized and

cer ta in port ions of land front ing t h e Circular Quay , a n d to form a n e w street in l ieu of the s t reet known as Queen-s t ree t : A n d whereas i t is expedient to repeal the said A c t and to vest t h e said port ions of land in the Colonial Treasurer for t he t ime being, subject to t h e r equ i rement s and directions hereinaf ter con ta ined : Re i t therefore enacted by the Queen ' s Most Exce l len t Majesty , b y and wi th the advice and consent of the Legislat ive Counci l and Legis la t ive Assembly of N e w South Wales in Pa r l i amen t assembled, and by the au thor i ty of t h e same, as follows :—

1. This Ac t m a y be cited as t he " C i r c u l a r Q u a y Land Act ,
1 8 9 0 , " and on t h e passing thereof the " C i r c u l a r Quay Land Sale and

2. The several port ions of l and described in t he F i r s t Schedule here to are hereby declared to be vested in t h e Colonial Treasure r for t h e t ime be ing for an absolute estate in fee simple, to be held by h i m for and on behalf of H e r Majes ty , b u t wi th power to t h e Governor,

w i t h t he advice of t he Execu t ive Council , by notification in t he Gazette, and subject to any condit ions and provisions conta ined in
such notification, to dedicate any por t ion thereof for t he purposes of a Tire Br igade Stat ion, and to dedicate t he residue r ema in ing thereafter ,
wholly or in par t , for any purposes of W h a r f a g e or for other pub l i c
purposes .
3. As soon as pract icable after t he pass ing of this A c t t h e

Colonial Treasurer shall, in lieu of the street now k n o w n as Queen-

street, form and complete for traffic a new street according to a p lan
to be approved by the Governor , w i th t h e advice aforesaid, and the
Mun ic ipa l Council of t he city of Sydney. Provided t h a t t he s t reet so
to be subs t i tu ted in lieu of Queen-s t reet shall , so far as possible, be set out , formed, and comple ted so as to occupy the site and conform to t he respective measu remen t s described and specified in t he Second Schedule .

4. U p o n t h e complet ion and opening of t he s t ree t so to be

subs t i tu ted for Queen-s t ree t , t h e whole of t he land now forming t h e

site of Queen-s t reet is hereby declared to be vested in t h e Colonial Treasurer for t he t ime being, freed and discharged from all r igh t s of way and other r ights , whe the r exercisable on or unde r such street, to be he ld by h im for the same estate and purposes as t h e several port ions of l and described in the said F i r s t Schedule are declared to be held by h i m by the second section of this Act.

S C H E D U L E S .

FIRST S C H E D U L E .
(A,)
A l l t h a t p i e c e o r p a r c e l of l a n d s i t u a t e d a n d b e i n g i n t h e r e a r of t h e A u s t r a l i a n
H o t e l , i n t h e t o w n of S y d n e y ; b o u n d e d o n t h e n o r t h b y a r e s e r v e d r o a d o r p a s s a g e t h i r t y -
t h r e e f e e t ; o n t h e e a s t by o t h e r l a n d of (1 . 11. N i c h o l s f i f t y - o n e f e e t ; o n t h e s o u t h b y l a n d
b e l o n g i n g t o a n d o c c u p i e d b y D a n i e l Egan t h i r t y - f i v e f e e t ; a n d o n t h e w e s t b y l a n d o f
F r e d e r i c k P e t e r s o n f o r t y - e i g h t feet;. A l l t h a t p a r c e l of l a n d l y i n g a n d s i t u a t e in t h e
c i t y o f S y d n e y : C o m m e n c i n g at t h e n o r t h - w e s t c o r n e r of t h e b u i l d i n g f o r m e r l y k n o w n
a s t h e Rum P u n c h e o n a n d a f t e r w a r d s a s t h e B a r d s L e g a c y f r o m t h e n o r t h - w e s t c o r n e r
of t h e g r a n t ; a n d b o u n d e d on t h e w e s t b y a r e s e r v e d p a s s a g e , b e i n g a l i n e b e a r i n g s o u t h ­
w e s t e r l y f i f ty-f ive f ee t s ix i n c h e s ; t h e n c e on t h e s o u t h b y t h e s a i d r e s e r v e d p a s s a g e
f r o n t i n g M e s s i e u r s S o l o m o n ' s s t o r e s b e a r i n g e a s t e r l y f o r t y f e e t ; t h e n c e s o u t h - w e s t e r l y
s e v e n t y - o n e f ee t n i n e i n c h e s ; on t h e s o u t h b y a l l o t m e n t n u m b e r t e n b e a r i n g e a s t e r l y
f o r t y - f o u r f e e t ; o n the e a s t b y a l i n e b e a r i n g n o r t h - e a s t e r l y t w o h u n d r e d a n d t w o l i n k s ;
a n d o n t h e n o r t h b y a l i n e b e a r i n g w e s t e r l y o n e h u n d r e d a n d t h i r t y - s e v e n l i n k s t o t h e
c o m m e n c i n g p o i n t , b e t h e s a m e m e a s u r e m e n t s a l i t t l e m o r e o r l e s s .

( B . )

A l l t h a t p i e c e o r p a r c e l of l a n d s i t u a t e i n t h e c i t y of S y d n e y , p a r i s h of S t . P h i l l i p ,
c o u n t y of C u m b e r l a n d , c o n t a i n i n g t w e l v e p e r c h e s , b e i n g t h e w h o l e of t h e l a n d c o m p r i s e d
i n cer t i f icates of t i t l e d a t e d f o u r t e e n t h J a n u a r y , o n e t h o u s a n d e i g h t h u n d r e d a n d s i x t y -
s e v e n , r e g i s t e r e d , v o l u m e L I X . fo l io 172.

( C )

A l l t h a t p i e c e o r p a r c e l of l a n d p a r t a n d p a r c e l of s e v e n t y - f i v e a n d t h r e e - q u a r t e r
p e r c h e s g r a n t e d b y t h e C r o w n t o I s a a c N i c h o l s , d e c e a s e d , b y a c e r t a i n d e e d po l l d a t e d
the f i r s t d a y of J a n u a r y , o n e t h o u s a n d e i g h t h u n d r e d a n d t e n , a n d s i t u a t e i n t l x : t o w n of
S y d n e y , n e a r t h e p u b l i c w h a r f ; b o u n d e d t o w a r d s t h e e a s t b y l o t s ix ( o t h e r p a r t of the
sa id s e v e n t y - f i v e a n d t h r e e - q u a r t e r p e r c h e s of l a n d f o r m e r l y t h e p r o p e r t y o f M e s s r s .
N a i b e n a n d E m a n u e l S o l o m o n , b u t n o w the p r o p e t t y of ) f o r t y - e i g h t f e e t ;
t o w a r d s t h e n o r t h b y a r e s e r v e d p a s s a g e t h i r t y - t w o f e e t ; t o w a r d s t h e w e s t b y l o t o n e
( o t h e r p a r t of t h e s a i d s e v e n t y - f i v e a n d t h r e e - q u a r t e r p e r c h e s of l a n d , f o r m e r l y t h e
p r o p e r t y o f M r . W i l l i a m B a r n c s , a n d n o w the p r o p e r t y of ) f o r l y - f o u r feet ;
a n d t o w a r d s t h e s o u t h b y a l i n e e a s t e r l y t h i r l y - t h r e e f ee t t o the c o m m e n c i n g p o i n t , b e
t h e s a m e s e v e r a l d i m e n s i o n s r e s p e c t i v e l y a l i t t l e m o r e o r l e s s .

(D)

( D . )

A l l t h a t p i e c e o r p a r c e l of l a n d c o n t a i n i n g b y a d m e a s u r e m e n t f o r t y - t w o r o d s
l y i n g a n d s i t u a t e i n G e o r g e - s t r e e t , i n t h e t o w n of S y d n e y , c o u n t y of C u m b e r l a n d , a n d
C o l o n y of N e w S o u t h W a l e s ; b o u n d e d o n t h e n o r t h b y N i c h o l s ' g r a n t b e a r i n g e a s t
e i g h t e e n d e g r e e s s o u t h o n e h u n d r e d a n d n i n e t y f e e t ; o n t h e f r o n t s o u t h e i g h t e e n d e g r e e s
a n d t w o - t h i r d s of a d e g r e e w e s t s i x t y - f o u r f e e t t o t h e c o r n e r o f B o a t ' s C r e w H u t ; o n
t h e s o u t h b y a l i n e e a s t s i x t e e n d e g r e e s s o u t h o n e h u n d r e d a n d n i n e t y - e i g h t f e e t ; a n d
e a s t b y a l i n e c o n n e c t i n g t h e s e p o i n t s ; a n d a l s o a l l t h a t p i e c e o r p a r c e l of l a n d s i t u a t e ,
l y i n g , a n d b e i n g i n t h e p a r i s h of S t . P h i l i p , i n t h e c o u n t y of C u m b e r l a n d , C o l o n y of
N e w S o u t h W a l e s , a n d b e t h e h e r e i n a f t e r m e n t i o n e d s e v e r a l d i m e n s i o n s a l i t t l e m o r e o r
l e s s :  C o m m e n c i n g a t a p o i n t o n t h e e a s t e r n s i d e of G e o r g e - s t r e e t f i f t y - t h r e e f e e t s i x
i n c h e s  s o u t h e r l y f r o m t h e Q u e e n ' s W h a r f r o a d l e a d i n g t o C i r c u l a r Q u a y ; a n d b o u n d e d
o n t h e w e s t b y G e o r g e - s t r e e t b e a r i n g s o u t h e r l y s i x t y - f o u r f e e t ; o n t h e s o u t h b y a l i n o
e a s t e r l y s i x t y - f o u r f e e t n i n e i n c h e s ; o n t h e e a s t b y a l i n e b e a r i n g n o r t h e r l y t w e n t y - t w o
f e e t w e s t e r l y t w o f e e t a n d a g a i n n o r t h e r l y f o r t y f e e t , p a s s i n g p a r t l y a l o n g the s i d e o f
V o l u n t e e r L a n e ; a n d o n t h e n o r t h b y l i n e s b e a r i n g w e s t e r l y twe lve , f e e t t h r e e i n c h e s ,
n o r t h e r l y t w o f e e t , a n d w e s t e r l y f o r t y - f i v e f e e t s ix i n c h e s t o t h e p o i n t of c o m m e n c e m e n t .
S E C O N D S C H E D U L E .
Description of land contained in street to be substituted for Queen-street.
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n o r t h e r l y a n d d i s t a n t a b o u t o n e h u n d r e d a n d fifty-two f e e t f r o m t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n of t h e
s a i d b u i l d i n g l i n e w i t h a p r o l o n g a t i o n of t h e n o r t h e r n b u i l d i n g l i n e of A l f r e d - s t r e e t ; a n d
b o u n d e d t h e n c e b y a l i n e b e a r i n g n o r t h - w e s t e r l y o n e h u n d r e d a n d f i f t y - t h r e e f e e t ; t h e n c e
b y a c u r v e d l i n e b e a r i n g g e n e r a l l y s o u t h - w e s t e r l y a b o u t t h i r t y - t w o f e e t t o t h e s o u t h ­
e a s t e r n b u i l d i n g l i n e of G e o r g e - s t r e e t N o r t h ; t h e n c e b y t h a t b u i l d i n g l i n o a n d i t s
c o n t i n u a t i o n n o r t h - e a s t e r l y t o m e e t a l i n e p a r a l l e l t o a n d d i s t a n t o n e h u n d r e d a n d
t h i r t y f e e t i n r e c t a n g u l a r d i s t a n c e n o r t h - e a s t e r l y f r o m t h e f i r s t d e s c r i b e d b o u n d a r y ;
t h e n c e b y t h a t l i n o s o u t h - e a s t e r l y a b o u t fifty-eight f e e t a n d b y a c u r v e d l i n e b e a r i n g
g e n e r a l l y e a s t e r l y a b o u t n i n e t y f e e t t o t h e n o r t h e r n p r o l o n g a t i o n of t h e w e s t e r n
b u i l d i n g l i n e of P i t t - s t r e e t N o r t h a f o r e s a i d ; t h e n c e b y a l i n e b e a r i n g s o u t h e r l y a b o u t
t w o h u n d r e d a n d t e n f e e t t o t h e p o i n t of c o m m e n c e m e n t .
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