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[an Church, Court House, Post-Officers, Treasury, &c. &c.), that will hereafter have to be erected in the Colony and therefore it is necessary to abandon that part of Lieutenant Auchterlony's plan.
It is my intention to recommend to Her Majesty's Government, that as large an extent of land as may be possible, shall hereafter be reclaimed from that part of the Harbor lying directly in front of "Government Hill".
This ground, when reclaimed, when joined to that on which the temporary Naval Store Houses now stand, will include a very large superficial space open to the Harbor and excellently adapted for Parade and Drill, &c.
I can hereafter be planted with rows of Trees round the borders of it, and with Public Buildings on the Slope of the Hill above, and facing it (the Queen's Road intervening) it will, I think, form altogether a handsome feature of the future City, tending greatly to its health, cleanliness, and the comfort of the Inhabitants.
I have to (Signed) Henry Pottinger.
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Michael Worman