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reference to the Clock Tower in Council and of my expres-

-sing doubts there as to there being any general desire on

the part of the public for the demolition of this old

monument there has recently been some discussion in the

press tending to show considerable division of opinion in

the matter. On the one side it is urged that the Tower is

an obstruction to traffic, that it does not serve its pur-

-pose because the clock owing to the reclamation and build-

-ing operations that have taken place since it was put up

in 1862 is invisible from the harbour and from most parts

of the town, that it is unsightly, and that it impedes

light and ventilation in the street where it stands. The

arguments on the other side are set forth with great ful-

-ness in the articles of which I enclose a copy. These

arguments appear to me to have greater weight than those

brought forward by the advocates of removal and I have

decided to leave the Tower where it is. If in future years

the argument of obstruction gains in force by increased

traffic in Queen's Road the removal can be again consider-

-ed, but I am inclined to think that with the transfer of

the Post Office and Supreme Court from their present

locations close to the Tower to the new buildings in

Enclosure.

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