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The Government have come to the
conclusion that the time has come
for relieving the present inadequate
arrangements by the provision of a
combined Vehicular and Passenger
Ferry Service, and it is now proposed
to build for this purpose a new and
modern wharf on the site of the
present Queen Victoria Street Wharf,
exterding over the front immediately
to the west of it. Both the existing
ferry companies are interested and
have applied to be given the
contract for the proposed service..
The Government has decided to
build the piers provided that the
permission of the Secretary of State
for a loan can be obtained: that
the Secretary of State should be
approached for permission to issue
a loan forthwith; and that the
decision concerning the building
and