that locality would be a very great ornament to the city and would occupy to good purpose a portion of waste land, which is now a receptacle for rubbish and an eyesore. It is believed that this Government is desirous of promoting the erection of a City Hall and will be prepared to recommend to the Secretary of State for the Colonies the cession of the ground alluded to, provided no objection exists on the part of the Medical Military Authorities.
The possibility of such objection rests, as the Committee understand, on a promise given some years ago by this Government that no building should be erected to the Eastward of Murray House that could in any way interfere with the ventilation of the Murray Barracks and the Sanatory condition of the Troops.
The accompanying ground plan, in which the proposed site is marked in red, will, we trust, satisfy you that no insalubrious effects could be produced by the erection upon it of a building for Public Meetings and other similar purposes, it being evident that the Fresh Ground will not be encroached upon in any way, and the ventilation of the Barracks in the slightest.