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already existing from the west end of the city to Aberdeen, there are miles of unoccupied land, and treated in a few years the majority of it has been unoccupied and ruinous.
It occurs to me that the wishes of the majority of the subscribers should be carried out, provided they are not vetoed by the Military Authorities. To ascertain the opinion of the subscribers, a public meeting should be called, and with regard to the Government grant of the majority of the sum, the opinion of the Legislative Council who voted the money should be taken.
In the 11th October 1898, with the permission of Major General Black, who read and approved of what I had written, I addressed a letter to the Public Works Committee of San On County, going very fully into the question, which led to a generally expressed opinion that the road between Shaukiwan...