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Acquisition of Land (U.S.A. Air and Naval Bases).

CHAPTER 352.

ACQUISITION OF LAND (U.S.A. AIR AND NAVAL BASES).

ORDERS IN COUNCIL made under section 2 (1).

1.

It is hereby declared that the two areas of land described in the schedule hereto have been agreed upon by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of the United States of America for use by the latter Government as air bases.

O. in C. 20 of 1941.

(20th May, 1941.)

33 of 1942.


(12th Aug., 1942.)

SCHEDULE.

(As substituted by Order in Council 33 of 1942.)

(Description of boundaries of Air Bases.)

2.

THE HYDE PARK BASE.

The area of land situate at and adjoining Hyde Park, on the East Bank of the Demerara River, County of Demerara, bounded as follows— Commencing at low water mark opposite a concrete beacon marked " B.G.—U.S.A."
on the right bank of the Demerara River, 266 feet above the mouth of the Alliance trench and extending thence to the said concrete beacon, thence N. 144° 00' (true) 13,932.80 feet, thence N. 54° 00' (true) 8,267.52 feet, thence N. 324° 00' (true) 1,200.10 feet, thence N. 54° 00' (true) 9,999.56 feet, thence N. 321° 30' (true) 6,99914 feet, thence N. 270° 00' (true) 3,293.29 feet, thence N. 306° 16' (true) 6,139.60 feet to a concrete beacon marked " B.G.—U.S.A."
on the right bank of the Demerara River, approxi- mately 430 feet below the mouth of the Madewini River, thence to low water mark opposite the said beacon, thence along low water mark on the right bank of the Demerara River to the point of commencement; the whole area contain- ing 5,540 acres.

2.

THE ESSEQUIBO RIVER BASE.
Those areas of land situate in the County of Essequibo being on or near the right bank of the Essequibo River between Dalli and the Makouria River and more particularly described as follows— (a) The area of land on the right bank of the Essequibo River bounded as follows: Commencing at the junction of low water marks on the right banks of the Essequibo and Makouria Rivers and extending up the right bank of the Makouria River a distance of 9,070 feet, thence due East about 18 feet to a concrete beacon marked " B.G.—U.S.A.
", thence due East 1,384.75 feet to a concrete beacon marked " B.G.—U.S.A."

thence due North 8,010.93 feet to a concrete beacon marked " B.G.—U.S.A.

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 3351 due West 8,000.00 feet to a concrete beacon marked " B.G.—U.S.A."
on the right bank of the Essequibo River, thence due West to low water mark, thence along low water mark on the right bank of the Essequibo River to a point of commencement and containing an area of 1,360 acres.

(b) The Islands known as Makouria, Two Brothers, and Dalli situate in the Essequibo River opposite the area described in the preceding paragraph.
The land described in the schedule hereto has been agreed 0. in C. of 1943. upon by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom for 5(205th Sept., use as an air base by the Government of the United States of 1943.)

America.

SCHEDULE.
(a) A plot of land situated on Plantation Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara River, commencing at a wooden paal branded A.L.O., which is in a direction North 83° 10' 42" (true) and a distance 11,280 feet, from the Concrete Beacon marking the North Western Corner, at the Demerara River, of the Area leased to the United States Government known as the British Guiana Base, and extending thence N. 0° 32' 20" (true) 851.5 feet, thence N. 89° 52' 56" (true) 8377 feet, thence N. 179° 49' 10" (true) 849.50 feet, thence N. 269° 43' 01" (true) 848.4 feet to the point of commencement, and con- taining an area of 16.46 acres.
(b) A strip of land situated on Plantation Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara River, approximately 60 feet wide, commencing at the public road adjacent to and North of Roberts Trench, and extending in a general Easterly direction for a distance of approximately 9,000 feet, terminating in the area described in (a) above.
Both areas (a) and (b) are more particularly shown edged in red on a plan by A. Lee Own, Government Surveyor, dated 10th March, 1943, on record in the Department of Lands and Mines numbered 4578. r • • • 16-