New Struct which commences at that place.
It will be seen from the Man on which the rates of inclination are marked, that Even up to the highest parts of the town there is a road quite accessible for carriages and all the Streets in a direction nearly parallel to the Queen's Road have a moderate gradient.
That part of the town known as the Upper Bazar I propose to remove altogether; at present it is inhabited by Chinese of the lowest description, who are a nuisance to the neighbourhood.
I have divided the space it occupies into lots (twenty seven in number) suitable for shops and dwellings for Europeans or respectable Chinese.
The ground occupied by Messrs Dent and Co near the Harbor Master's Hill (with the lots immediately adjoining) was formerly given by Captain Elliot to Major Caine as a Suburban lot, and was afterwards purchased by the present incumbents, who having built extensively have been allowed to retain the quantity they now hold, but rated as town lots.
It will be seen from the plan that I have allotted for Sale a small part of the Magistracy Hill, but still reserving ample space for all the buildings that may be required there.
I may remark that the labor required in cutting and filling up, to bring the streets to the gradient I have marked will be small; the greatest amount will be in the neighbourhood of Messrs Dent's land, where an arch will be required to carry ...