في
M: Lister proposed in
1889 the construction of an entirely
new
4.
building
ar
In 1892
the present site.
Mr. Travers stated
only solve.
that in his opinion
the
tion of the Post Office difficulty in respect of want of roour wasts ac.. commodate the Treasury
and
Stamp
Office which now
occupy
the upper floor of the Post Office building - elsewher: and devote the whole of the Post Office building to Post Office purposes. Ut Deane then Aching Colonial Secretary
concurred in
this opinion and recommended the location of the Treasury in the Government offices now occupied
by
the Colonial Secretary, Local. An. dit and Public Works Department. I must however point out that the Government offices are now fully occupied and the adoption
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of
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of this recommendation would involve the provision of
one or more
for one
now
other offices
of the Departments
occupying them.
6. Land Office. The Land Office
now
o the
occupies
ground floor of the building occupied by the Registear to the Supreme Court, which is con. nected with the offices in the Court
House
7.
is to
by
à covered bridge.
The existing
accou
modation for the Land Department
totally inadequate for the work that has to be performed by it, and for the proper, safe custody
and re
registration of registers, plaus, leases etc. Further its distance from the Public Works Department inconvenience, the pre-
is a
great
paration of lease plans, the ad -
justment of boundaries, and the
Crown lands, requiring
sale
of
constant