CO129-238 - Governor Des Voeus - 1888 [7-8] — Page 388

4.

می

385

from

this

great work are: __

(1) Relief to the overcrowding of

our population (expecially the Chinese) by the addition of same 13.00 hours

to the Town;

(27). Improvement of the Sanitary

the

condition of the foreshore by conversion

and drained land of

Vinte

dry what is now at low tide exceedingly

noxious;

( 3 ) Provision of diep water for large vessels along the frontage even at the lowest tides; instead of the present silted up forcohore

covered

covered

only

sufficient.

at high tide with

water

· for

small book; and

- (4) A pecuniary profit, after

the whole reclamation,

payment for the

for the new sea-wall and.

for the

street with the requicité drainage, of at least one million pounds sterling

any

Care

large proportion of which must, in

· fall to the share of the ~ Government from the site created in front of its own property;:

(5) `An addition to the Revesives

of at least $80,000 per from Rent and Rates.

annum

There