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in front of, and adjoining the War Department property, extendingra from the Government Wharf to the Eastern Praya

At present this

piece

of ground, is, Imay say, practically

without

an owner, and,

such is

not attended to, in any way, bye either the local civil authorities,

by the Military Department, the result being, that, at low water, the is strewn with all kinds of

beach

débris, and

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receptacle for every description of offensive deposit. On sanitary grounds therefore I a

consider it would be most desirable

that

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possession of this part of the foreshore should be vested in the Military Authorities, which would secure, at least, it's being Kept in a state of cleanliness.

Again, on Military grounds, it is of much importance that this right should be so vested, as the portion of the fore-shove Ire allude to, is situate in the

immediate

diate front of two of the Garrison batteries, and other of the military premises; and

consequently, could not, under

any

circumstances, be built upon, appropriated for Civil or