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to retard the object that the action of approaching you has been so long deferred. The late Governor favoured
it and I, with a considera
ble Knowledge of the topo-
· graphical features of the island and of the re- quirements and feelings - of the inhabitants "matter strongly favoured "it from the first.
on
the
The matter was dis- cussed in Executive Coun-
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oil on 4th April, 1898, when all were warmly favour of the scheme with the exception of one member who based his objection the ground that it was once proposed to remove the~ Naval Yard to this site-- the answer to this objection lies in the fact that this scheme had long been abandoned and that the~: extension of the boundaries
of the Naval Yard
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