CO129-080 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [1-3] — Page 126

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only landed from damaged Ships, which would not amount to a great deal. Business, that

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that is the

Mercantile offices, would

remain there as now, but

a

great want besides storage

is room

room, is

for Docks,

for Hospitals, for private residences, and for air and

lexercise.

exercise.

Ireadily admit and have admitted from the first that the

that the requirements ofster Majesty's Naval and

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Military Services must of course have prion. consideration; but when they shall have been entissied it will in my opinion be both unjust and impolitie to disregard, Sir Hope brant proposer,

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the urgent sanitary and

Commercial wants

this.

important and overcrowded

community.

As regards

sum of

the large

£6000 at present

paid by the War Depretiment

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