give which
an area
may
of 2.3% acres the whole of
be made available ground.
The Parade Ground containing 26 acres
and Army.
yer is available for Navy
NI- division containing an area of 24% acres
provides for the Battery, Barracks or Hospital
and Store Houses of every-description
flat ground
on
the
below. It will thus be perceived
that all the Government Establishments are accesible from
" from the sea,
all Points.
connected with the main Roads, with each
other, and the remainder of the Peninsula in
a most convenient manner, they are open to the prevailing winds in summer, and Mercantile interests cannot suffer in any degree by an appropriation, any other
such
mode which may prevent the connexion of
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the upper part of the Peninsula with the- South West angle of the site, and devote
it entirely to Military and Naval purposes
with, as I said before, frustrate every object
essential
for
encouragement of trade and render the whole entirely useless for ...
Mercantile or
any other objects.
I may observe that with the exception of the sea coast Roads, all other Roads can be rapidly
and economically formed, there
is great freedom from Rock, the soil is easily worked and there is no necessity for a single
bridge.
The East side of the Peninsula is
Comparatively worthless for
Mercantile
uses; Ships cannot be there safely even in the South West Monsoon,
and it is