the War Office letter only formed about
one
third
of
the Military "property
in Victoria.
Commodore Church remarked
that should
the Admiralty desire
extensions to the present Naval
Yard, it
was to be presumed
they would have to purchase
such portions of the Military
property as would be considered
necessary for their purposes.
As regards the desirability of the Troops removing
to Causeway Bay, General Barker expressed himself
on the whole
in its favour. He
stated that it was
of course convenient
in some respects for
the Military to be
as near the centre
of the town as
they were,
but he admitted on the
other hand that they would have
more "elbow room" at Causeway Bay,
that their barracks would be more
concentrated, that they
would have
more available space for good drill
grounds, rifle ranges, and recreation,
being generally, and that in the centre of the town
at present, necessarily temptations to the men
were many,
which would
not exist to the same extent if
their establishments were
further away.
He added, however, that before
The