CO129-256 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1892 [8-12] — Page 492

في

M: Lister proposed in

1889 the construction of an entirely

new

4.

building

ar

In 1892

the present site.

Mr. Travers stated

only solve.

that in his opinion

the

tion of the Post Office difficulty in respect of want of roour wasts ac.. commodate the Treasury

and

Stamp

Office which now

occupy

the upper floor of the Post Office building - elsewher: and devote the whole of the Post Office building to Post Office purposes. Ut Deane then Aching Colonial Secretary

concurred in

this opinion and recommended the location of the Treasury in the Government offices now occupied

by

the Colonial Secretary, Local. An. dit and Public Works Department. I must however point out that the Government offices are now fully occupied and the adoption

5.

of

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of this recommendation would involve the provision of

one or more

for one

now

other offices

of the Departments

occupying them.

6. Land Office. The Land Office

now

o the

occupies

ground floor of the building occupied by the Registear to the Supreme Court, which is con. nected with the offices in the Court

House

7.

is to

by

à covered bridge.

The existing

accou

modation for the Land Department

totally inadequate for the work that has to be performed by it, and for the proper, safe custody

and re

registration of registers, plaus, leases etc. Further its distance from the Public Works Department inconvenience, the pre-

is a

great

paration of lease plans, the ad -

justment of boundaries, and the

Crown lands, requiring

sale

of

constant