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CHAPTER 249

WILD BIRDS PROTECTION

RESERVES

(SECTION 4) The places mentioned below have been declared to be reserves for the protection of wild birds.

Instrument Name Description, etc. G.N. 16/1951 Big Derby Island. Little Derby Island. Guana Cay. Goat Cay. Betsy Cay.

G.N. 130/1954. High Cay. 5 miles south of Fresh Creek — opposite the north mouth of Young Sound, Andros.

Grassy Creek Cays: Six Cays including North Rock and 2 small rocks.

About 8 miles eastward of the southeastern end of Andros Is- land.

Cays in the vicinity of Washerwoman’s Cut-about 25 cays and rocks including Dolly Cay, Sister Rocks and Pigeon Cay.

About 12 miles southeastward of the southeastern end of Andros.

Goat Cay. North of the eastern end of Little San Salvador.

Big Galliot Cay. Southwest of the southeastern end of Wiltshire’s Cay, Exuma Range.

The Channel Cays: 2 Cays known as

Channel Cay Northwest of Stocking Island and 4¼ miles northwest of George Town, Exuma.

and Flay Cay. ¼ mile west of Channel Cay.

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Instrument Name Description, etc. G.N. 133/1954. Waterloo ALL THAT tract of land con-

taining 200 acres, more or less, which is a portion of a larger tract of land known as “Waterloo” and which is situated on the northern side of West Bay Street at a point about 13 miles westward of the City of Nassau and about 4,900 feet westward of the junction of the Windsor Field Road with West Bay Street, which said tract is bounded as follows —

On the south — by that portion of West Bay Street-1,700 feet long, more or less-which commences from a point about 4,900 feet westward of the junction of the Windsor Field Road with West Bay Street and extends thence in a westwardly direction for 1,700 feet to the junction of West Bay Street with the road to Lightbourne Creek.

On the west — partly by that portion of the said road to Light- bourne Creek which commences from West Bay Street and extends in a northwestwardly direction to a point 1,330 feet (approximately) distant from West Bay Street and thence partly by a line bearing north 52 degrees 45 minutes west for a distance of 400 feet to the High Water Mark or the northern coast of New Providence Island.

On the east — by a line which commences from the above-men- tioned point on West Bay Street which is 4,900 feet westward of its junction with the Windsor Field Road and extends thence north 16 degrees 55 minutes west for a distance of 2,056 feet to a point on the southern bank of the channel of Lightbourne Creek.

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Instrument Name Description, etc. On the north — partly by the High

Water Mark on that portion of the northern coast of New Provi- dence Island which extends from the mouth of Lightbourne Creek westwardly to the northern extre- mity of the western boundary described above, and partly by that portion of the southern bank of the channel of Lightbourne Creek which extends from its mouth to a northeastwardly di- rection to the northern extremity of the above described eastern boundary.

G.N. 149/1955. Mammy Rhoda Cay. Southern section of Berry Islands. Wood Cay and Water Cay. Schooner Cay group off the coast

of Southern Eleuthera. G.N. 23/1956 Pigeon Cay. Northern side of Settlement of

Forbes Hill, Exuma. G.N. 260/1956 The Island of G.N. 167/1961 Paradise Island G.N. 120/1958 Cistern Cay Between Hawksbill Cay and Wide

opening in Exuma Cays. G.N. 246/1958 Lake Cunningham All that body of water known as

Lake Cunningham and situate in the Western District of the Island of New Providence.

G.N. 156/1961 Bottle Cay and Cedar Cay. Latitude 24°57’ north, longitude 76°25’ west, in the group of cays known as Schooner Cays. 4§ miles north-west of Powells’ Point, Eleuthera Island.

Little Island or Little San Salvador.

Latitude 24°35’ north, longitude 75°56’ west, 11½ miles southwest of the northern end of Cat Island.

G.N. 247/1962 A rock in the Exuma Cays. About 50 yards off the north- eastern shore of Hog Cay at a point about 1,000 yards westward of the eastern end of the said Hog Cay in the southeastern section of the Exuma Cays.

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Instrument Name Description, etc. G.N. 81/1965 Big Green Cay Latitude 24°02’12” north and

Longitude 77°10’30” west, 61 miles south of New Providence.

Adelaide Creek Adelaide, New Providence. S.I. 7/1966 Harvey Cay Harvey Cay together with the

small Cay situated in the bight thereof the whole being situated at lat. 24°09’ North and long. 76°29’ West, about 85 miles south-east of Nassau and about 24 miles southwest of Staniard (otherwise Stanyard or Staniel) Cay in the Exuma Group of Cays.

S.I. 36/1968. The Exuma Cays Land-and- Sea Park — Horn Cay Snuff Cay Little Wax Cay (also known as Pigeon Cay)

That group of cays in the Exuma Range of Cays bounded to the North by Wax Cay Cut and to the South by Conch Cut and having the following geographical co-or- dinates:

Shroud Cay (also known as Hungry Hall Cay)

Hawksbill Cay (also known as Shroud Cay) Cistern Cay

Latitude 24°36’09” N Longitude 76°43’40” W

Waderick Wells Latitude 24°18’52” N Hall Pond Longitude 76°26’02” W O’Briens Cay Bell Island Latitude 24°13’48” N Little Bell, and unnamed cays

and rocks between Longitude 76°33’26” W

Horn and rocky Dundas Latitude 24°31’35” N Cays. Longitude 76°50’35” W Peterson Cay The Cay lying in the Northwest

Providence Channel approxi- mately three thousand (3,000) feet south of Boggy Point on the Southern Shore of the Island of Grand Bahama.

Golf Course Race Course Prospect Water Works Prospect Hospital Lake Cunningham Red Sound Twin lakes

That area of land on the Island of New Providence bounded on the North by West Bay Street, to the East by Prospect Road, to the South by John F. Kennedy Drive (Interfield Road) and to the West by Blake Road.

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Instrument Name Description, etc. Westward Villas Skyline Heights Delaport The Caves Lake View, and unnamed areas

adjoining the above specified places within to area of land described in the second column.

Goulding Cay The Cay situate about one mile north westwardly off Clifton Point at the Western End of New Providence and located at lat. 25°01’.3 North and long. 77°34’.1 West.

Joulter Cays ALL THOSE Cays Islets or Rocks known as the Joulter Cays situate approximately eleven (11) miles Northwestwardly of Mor- gan’s Bluff on North Andros Island-and located at latitude 25°17’45” North (approx.) and longitude 78°07’15” West (ap- prox.)

Finley Cay ALL THAT Cay or Islet known as Finley Cay situate approxi- mately twenty (20) miles South- wardly of the Current Settlement on the island of North Eleuthera- and located at latitude 25°07’30” North (approx.) and longitude 76°44’45” West (approx.)