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the full knowledge of its numerous disqualifications for the purpose intended, the irregular shape of the site, the difficulty of properly ventilating any large building that might be placed on it, and the heavy expense that would necessarily be incurred in creating sufficient retaining walls against the bluff soil which overhangs it, were all strong objections which gave way to the belief that Government had no other centrally situated piece of land at its disposal.
Since that time, however, the Committee have been informed that the piece of ground lying immediately to the Eastward of Wardley House and now partially occupied by the Harbour Master's Office is not, as they then supposed, under the control of the Military Authorities or otherwise than as being partially occupied, unavailable for public purposes. This is obviously the most eligible site for the purpose existing in the Colony, and the Committee venture to express their opinion that a handsome building created in this situation would be a great ornament to the city and would occupy to good purpose ground which at present is used for little else than a receptacle for rubbish.