from four to five,
there's and dollars the
place might be purchased,
In fact,
and maintained in proper order, and, in order to fulfil its original purpose. After consulting
its
4. After
the
Surveyor General, the
Botanical Superintendent
and several of the
leading
Chinese, I am
of opinion that the ground should be levelled, and quick growing shady trees
should be
planted on it. The vendors of the various articles sold on the ground I would propose to
accommodate in stalls
to be erected round three
sides of the square,
with
a concrete pavement as shown in the plan forwarded herewith.
These stalls would, I
believe, easily let for $2.50 each per month,
which would mean
an annual income
of at least $2,400. I see no reason for permitting vendors of small wares to utilise the Recreation
Ground for the purpose
of gain without obtaining from them a contribution
towards the maintenance
of their field of operations, and the collection from them of the rent proposed
would enable those in
charge of the ground to pay off the initial cost of the improvements.