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Report on an area of land applied for by the Military Authori-

ties for the Proposed Test Point Battery.

The land aalbed for, is boualel on the

North by the road from the Oity to Pokfulam and Aberiaan, toe a

distance of 1,400 feet or over 1/4 of a mile and lies actually

within the City of Victoria, as defined by Ordinance. The lower

part of it is about 300 feet above sea level and it runs up to

300' or

nore. Densely crowded parts of the City lie between it

and the harbour including the improving district of Kennedy

Town. It contains an area goocoxinabaly of 233,359 square feet

of which 37,751 square feet has been a Military Reserve, the

balance of 199,038 square feet being unreservel Colonial pro-

berty. The ground is rough and steep, but not so, than much of

the building areas on the Northern slopes of Victoria Paak.

This laal is so readily accessible to the

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Oity, being within 1/4 of a mile of Queen's Road and 1 miles

of the Post Office or centre of the Jity, and bounded by a first

class road fɔe 1/4 of a mile, it is not unreasonable to suppo33

that before long it would (if it remained Colonial oroperty)

be sought after for building sites, especially in view of the

scarcity of houses and enormous rents now ruliaş,

Building sites at about the same level,

bat nearer the centre of the Jity, are now valued at fully 35

cents a foot, and this has been paid at public auction. Mach higher uo the hill side, on Barker Road 13 cents a foot is pail, though the cost of building bouses at this level of 900 to 1,000 feet, would be double that of builting on the site selected for

the West Point Battery."

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