And after the severe
typhoon which last year destroyed considerable portions of the wall, the Governor appointed a Special Commission, who have
reported in favour of rebuilding the wall in a more durable style with
aims of making it a structure
of sufficient strength and permanently capable of resisting the severest typhoons.
3. Before coming to any decision
on the style of
2. to the proposal by the Chief Royal Engineer, Lord Camperdown
1. And to consult Sir John
with a view to
ensuring
as far as possible efficiency
being combined; but Sir A. Kennedy
has urged the importance
of considering the propriety
of continuing the Parade
wall in front of the Naval
and Military Buildings which intervene
between the last two west-
wards of the City.
4. The work will at any
rate involve considerable
expense, and as the finances of the Colony
are now
subjected to
a severe strain
from various costly public works, Sir A. Kennedy does not recommend Lord
Camperdown's proposal that that portion of the work which would
improve the property of the...