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better ventilation and far more light and air than any structure erected on the site of the present Law Courts could possibly have.
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8.- The Harbour Master's Office would then also be in the immediate neighbourhood and in the midst of the offices of shipping firms instead of as at present far distant therefrom. necessary for the entrance and clearance of junks there could be, at a trifling expense, a branch of the Harbour Master's Department on the Praya opposite the Junk Anchorage and Sailors' Home where there is Government land available and lying fallow.
By utilising the two sites of Government land lying fallow on the New Praya Reclamation north of the City Hall in the manner hereinbefore mentioned, Government would have available for sale the far more valuable sites on which the present Court House, Land Office, Post Office, and Harbour Master's Office stand. The present Court House, Land Office and Post Office site consists of 41,945 square feet, at say $12 per square foot, $503,340; the site on which the Harbour Master's Office stands consists of about 9,000 square feet, value say $14 per square foot, $126,000.
In addition to the latter there is the New Praya Reclamation in front thereof and on which it is proposed to erect the new office for the Harbour Master's Department. If the Harbour Master's Department is accommodated in the proposed new Post Office building the said New Reclamation in front to the north of the Harbour Master's present office would not be required and would be available for sale. It consists of about 14,500 square feet and if sold by auction would realise not less than $14 a square foot or say $203,000. These three sites if sold at auction would, there is every reason to believe, realise $12, $14, and $14 per square foot respectively, as hereinbefore stated, or an aggregate of $832,340. The site on the New Praya Reclamation, immediately to the north of that on which the new Law Courts are to be erected, consists of 19,200 square feet, which, if sold at public auction, would not realise more than about $8 per square foot, or $153,600 and the site on which the Harbour Master's Office now stands is about 9,000 square feet
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better ventilation and far more light and air than any structure erected on the site of the present Law Courts could possibly
have.
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8.- The Harbour Master's Office would then also be in the immediate neighbourhood and in the midst of the offices of ship-
If ping firms instead of as at present far distant therefrom. necessary for the entrance and clearance of junks there could be, at a trifling expense, a branch of the Harbour Master's De- partment on the Praya opposite the Junk Anchorage and Sailors! Home where there is Government land available and lying fallow.
By utilising the two sites of Government land lying fallow on the New Praya Reclamation north of the City Hall in the manner hereinbefore mentioned, Government would have avail- able for sale the far more valuable sites on which the present Court House, Land Office, Post Office, and Harbour Master's Of- fice stand. The present Court House, Land Office and Post Of- fice site consists of 41,945 square feet, at say $12 per square foot, $503,340; the site on which the Harbour Master's Office stands consists of about 9,000 square feet, value say $14 per
In addition to the latter there is the square foot, $126,000. New Praya Reclamation in front thereof and on which it is pro-
posed to erect the new office for the Harbour Master's Department. If the Harbour Master's Department is accommodated in the pro- posed new Post Office building the said New Reclamation in front to the north of the Harbour Master's present office would not
be required and would be available for sale. It consists of about 14,500 square feet and if sold by auction would realise not less than $14 a square foot or say $205,000. These three sites if sold at auction would, there is every reason to believe, realise $12, $14, and $14 per square foot respectively, as hereinbefore stated, or an aggregate of $832,340. The site on the New Praya Reclamation, immediately to the north of that on which the new Law Courts are to be erected, consists of 19,200 square feet, which, if sold at public auction, would not realise more than about $8 per square foot, or $153,600 and the site on which the Harbour Master's Office now stands is about 9,000 square feet
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