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such plans to be accompanied by a plan for laying off the reclaimed land 
in streets, and for drainage. That in all plans a continuation of Willis 
Street and a quay on the water side be made main features. That the 
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or, 1 e block be sold in lots, apportioned among the purchasers 
accordingly. That sufficient reserves be made for public purposes. That 
1 land alienated, except that hereafter referred to, be absolutely sold, 
and that by public auction. That those persons who have erected wharves 
along the beach, extending unto the reserved land, should have the right 
of pre-emption over the allotments comprising such wharves, at the average 
price of the adjoining land.” 
t was passed during that session enabling the Superintendent 
to act as suggested, also giving him authority to grant a lease of a i 
with 80 ft. frontage to Willis Street, at such rent and on such terms as 
he might consider expedient, to the Tradesmen's Club, which appears to 
have been an institution of the nature of a Chamber of Commerce. It 
Customhouse Quay sections were concerned. To extinguish these rights 
the City Council had to grant compensation to the owners at the time 
of the Te Aro reclamation. Apparently it was proposed to erect a stone 
wall, for tenders were called during 1856 for the conveyance of 2,000 tons 
of stone from Somes Island to where they might be required between 
Bowlers Wharf and “ Noah's Ark." “The stone will be put on a jetty 
large bricks, and as at low water the tops of the blocks were about 6 in. 
out of water, I built upon them without much diffieulty except when the 
water was rough." The filling-in of this space was carried out by day 
