CO129-002 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843 — Page 147

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the..

Staff of His Excelleway the Governor,

will remain

as

at

"present","

isolated

; nor will

from all other Buildings; any of those proposed interfere with from it. His Excellency

the view

Place, with an

the_ Governor has already spotion of

· having a space-

space of land restained from the Sea in front of this Hill, in order to form a Public landing

replanade or Pablic Walk. I propose that a

that a... Praya should be carried out in front of all the Buildings, both Eastward- and._ Westward from Government in Hill. = Eastwards, I would have_ it extend at least as far as the rocks at the foot of Lot marked. 1.86 in the Survey (the Manjeethey Hospital

Hospital Still- ) ; but if my plan_ for reclaiming the land in the "Wong-hei chung Valley

4

front of

were to

be carried out, then I would have the Praya to go

round the foot of

до

the_ Will; and join the Sex Wall snclosing the reclaimed- land; and I would also continue it eastwards

the

of the Nalley to the "Point", property of Mepers Jardine Matheson &fe. Westwards from Government Hill the Praga might be extended as far as Navy Bay, and the land. " this reclaimed." would form number of very

Lots. The

valuable Marine

part of the Lower which is on the Sen

Bazaar, which is

Beach, will, I am convinced

be