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the Southern side of the Queen's Road, eastwards from Government Hill, as far as Town lot marked Nr. 14 on the Survey, there should be lots for European Shops and Dwelling Houses, and along part of this distance (to the eastward of the Burial ground) there might be Terrace Houses more to the Southward, or further up the Hill, where I think Houses will be much in request for various persons in the employment of the Merchants, who have already purchased or may purchase lots opposite. Upon the Northern side of the Queen's Road, for the same distance, there are a number of valuable lots with Sea frontage, as will be seen on the Survey; some of these have already been built upon, having been sold by Captain Ellis, or granted by Mr Johnston.
As a Situation for the Town now to be founded, I would strongly recommend the "Wong-nei-chung" Valley; but as I have not yet seen a Survey of it, I am unable to specify the precise quantity of land available, but with what would be reclaimed by the plan I shall propose, there would be ample room for a Town. I propose to build a Sea Wall from a point at the foot of the Hill marked N°84 on the Survey, known as the Morrison Education Society Hill to one at that marked Suburban Lot N°2, the property