CO129-091 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [1-3] — Page 493

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mann, and his works of cutting and

are quite

as extensive as any required

filling

m

the

now

condemned site, bolonel Moody may illustrate

this.

of

I stiti maintain that the two Ranges Barracks as designed by Colonel Mann

En ɛchelow are de

defective he objects to works on

even on

his own

theory

the Sea Const which

one

hardly rise above the foundations of his - Barneko vide sketch and yet places Range effectually to block out the other.

Dr. He ome's suggestion of Keeping the~

Range open to ventilate

me

Windows of the other needs no comment.. I stiti adhere

Ло

my original proposal to place the face of the Barracks South to avail of the South East which is the prevailing wind

here as proved by statistics and Korown to all

old residents, the dire Westerly aspect of bolonel mann's Range will deprive the Barracks altogether of that and the South wind also, if the North East wind is objectionable

a mere

inspection of the map is alone su

sufficient to prove the advantages of the etapier's Range site which is sheltered entirely by the hills in the rear 1892

feet high distant chenfulues of expect

five

hundred

yards,

as to

no doubt bolonel Mann's

front Range has the advantage

Range in some

degree

Over

Napier's-

but the rear Range

half of the whole Barracks literally

Lee

nothing but the back windows of the front

range and

the Parade.

ground

whereas on the

other site every building may have

building may have an admind the

sea and land view besides, and can the possible