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It is a question now of considerable importance in which direction to extend the City, there is little really available ground for the creation of such houses in the rear of the City, as the ground is so steep, and thus the extension of the City westward is what I most strenuously advocate, as it gives us more extended sea frontage which is of such vast importance and in its rear is a large vacant area of 100 acres, and though rough and rocky is of a suitable inclination for streets and in no way inferior to the space upon which the present City is erected; unfortunately however the proposed erection of a Battery at the West end of the City interferes with this scheme, which in much respect as I feel convinced an equally suitable site for a Battery is obtainable, viz: at the old Battery at the Naval Stores; it was one of the points originally determined upon for the defence of the Western entrance to the harbour and if such a work is really required I confer I should prefer seeing it created there, as from its position it would command not only the entrance but have an extensive range of the Harbour to the Eastward;
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