four
218
as regards the details of the
plan merely say that we feel
persuaded
that a
better course
can
be adopted than to give
Lieutenant
Henry Pottinger ample discretionary
powers to decide and judge best on
the laying out of the Town.
But independently of the disposition of the Town, Captain Eldon's plan contemplates various public works, such as the continuation of the Queen's Road round the whole Island;
the construction of a praya or
Quay along the sea front of
the Town; the reclamation of
some ground at its western
extremity by means of a
Sea-Wall; and
the admission there of a Canal from the
Sea
with branches into different
parts of the Chinese Town.
We can
readily believe that several of
these
works
and especially the
proposed Quay along the Sea-front of
the Town, would
in
themselves be very beneficial;
but the question, we apprehend,
must
be
whether
there are the necessary funds.
As regards
the proposed praya, it may
perhaps