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and the curve of the Railway in the South- -East that their value was almost destroyed. This resumption would therefore have been

very costly, and it would seem to involve

a comparative small additional expenditure

to buy them outright.

(b) Scheme 2 involved a levee crossing over Robinson Road the Main North and South Artery of the

Peninsula, practically cutting off its pro-

-longation to the sea-front except as an

(c)

(a)

(e)

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cess to the Station from the sea-side.

Scheme 3 saves entirely that portion of Salisbury

Road which lies Westward of Robinson Road.

It enhances the value of the eventual pier at

the end of Robinson Road which will be the

closest to the Station.

The Station will also be close to the deep-sea

wharf at Blackhead's.

14.

On the other hand the cost of

land resumption will in the immediate present be somewhat

greater since the land to be occupied by the Station under

Scheme 2 was for the most part Crown land, while the whole

of Lots 1141 618 which must be resumed under Scheme 3

are in private ownership. I do not,however, myself regard

this as a serious objection for the real cost if the value

of the Crown Land is taken into consideration is much

greater under Scheme 2 than under Scheme 3, and in any

proper calculation of the cost of the Railway to the Colony

the

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