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6.

".

There will also be the subsidiary,

advantage

that the supervision

which the Government will be able

buildings

to acercise over the architecture of the

to be erected will effect able improvement in the.

considerable

appeariona of the Town, from the Harbour .

4.

as seen

The merit of conceiving this great project,

or at least of bringing it conception into public notic, and of preparing the way thus far towards its adoption belongs to Mr Paul Chater, an unofficial

Member

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Member of the Legislative Council, who has crequired great popularity and...

- influerice in this community, not more by his longer property and his mode of dealing with it than by his onlightered public spirit and his broad and liberal views. In his letter to the Colonial Secretary dated. 13th July, 188%, will be found oek - forth a general view of the project. and ik advantages; and now that the aurvey of the growind has been ind -_completeds, and after the full enquiry which has taken place in the meantime,