CO129-305 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [5-7] — Page 100

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Anclosure

2.5.1907.

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current at the proposed dock entrance that must make the

docking of large Ships difficult and may make it dange-

rous, and a grievous injury inflicted upon the Colony

by preventing the expansion and improvment of the Town

of Victoria, preventing the junction of the Eastern and

Western portions by a continuous praya, and appropriat-

ing some of its most valuable land.

I have consulted with the Honourable

Mr. Chater upon this matter, and he has prepared a let-

ter upon the subject that I have the honour to attack.

I have examined the proposal with him, going over the

ground, and I am satisfied that it is feasible. The pre-

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one dock

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sent arrangement will leave the Naval Authorities, when

the reclamation is complate, 960, 200 Square Feet, I pro-

pose that they shall take in exchange an area of 5,311,992

Square Feet, They have at present space for and a tidal basin of 91 Acres. I propose instead room

for three graving docks, and a tidal basin of 22 Acres.

The area proposed in exchange includes Mount Cochrane,

which would give earth for the reclamation or afford

#xcellent sites for the houses of Europeans 'employed

in the Dockyard, which is, I am informed by Commodore

Powell, an important consideration. The proposed site

of the docks and basin is sheltered from prevailing winds and free from current while the dredging would be a simple matter as the bottom is several feet of sqft mud, which could be pumped direct by a Dredger to for the reclama-

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