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hamways in Queens Road.
4 . As the information Contained in
the Governors despatch is limited to
A newspaper report unaccompanied by any mention
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the nature of the propo Sals submitted to His Excellency by the
Marine Lot-owners, I
depulation of
have some difficulty in reporting
OZ
the Project Except in very general.
termos .
5. Inclose
A
copy of the printed report
Printed Report of
Mustion on
6th May. 1875.
investi
of the Commission which sat to inoosh
gate this Subject in 1875 before the new Raya Wall was
begun. Paragraphs 3
tvere
and 4 of
this report set forth the reasons why the reclamations now proposed not favourably recommended to Sir Arthur Kennedy by the Commission,
and
As
479 as I am aware these reasons Continued
To far as
to Txist as late as 1879 when the peerection
of the
New
Praya wall
was commenced on
its present site. It is not improbable the Chinese Marine-lot owners may
this time
be in carnest as to the reclamations, but
it is
very unfortunate they should have waited until the Completion of the new
seawall and Embankment to propose
its
demolition and recrection further out in deeper water.
6 . As the proposal is made with the view to the acquisition of land, I apprehend the
thens
promoters Contemplate a reclamation at least one hundred feet wide e for selves. At less width than this wouldn
scarcely be of use for building site.
a would