the
то
access
to the sea
through a
Military and Naval establishments—leaving General Public
length of 3250 feet if the Government wharf at
the Staza
is to be regarded
as reserved for
Government—contain ample evidence to throw
"a serious responsibility
on those who would
"persist in maintaining that long barrier between
Presidents and the sea.
general character of the city of Victoria
is that of a long but comparatively
narrow
strip
of building between the hills in the back and
the shore in front—Access to the sea is therefore
of more than ordinary importance to the population,
and no
such
plan of the city which does not provide
access
where possible could be considered
appropriate to the position of
to the position of the town or
to the inhabitants.
just
Vide Governor to Sec of State No. 178. Para 19.
19.
7.
In
no
part of London
are the residents
unable for a length of 3250 feet to communicate
with the Thames. though they
are not hemmed in by hills behind within
a narrow
strip.
arrangement
8. The most natural and obvious would have been to have formed one principal
Public
Quay along
the whole sea
frontage.
this has from time to time been
opposed by the Military, and
though supported
by two Admirals. Sir James Hoope and Vice Admiral King—was opposed by the predecessor
of the latter.
9.
The
result is most detrimental to the
general appearance of the town and I may add has proved a great
obstruction to
any
combined plan for reclaiming the foreshore, which
is
gradually filling up and the smell from