Town Reserve. But, with respect to this, as
well as to the Botanical Garden Reserve,
and the Government Reserve, if there be
any doubt of the necessity of reserving
them, I think it should be expressly understood that the Provincial Government or
Council may, if found desirable, cut them
up into sections for sale at any future
time.

Town Hall, Assembly Rooms, &c.
The Reserve for Town Hall, Assembly
Rooms, &c., is proposed because a site
for a hall for public meetings, is generally found to be one of the first actually
wanted in new colonial towns. The Reserve includes an isolated hill, which,
though small, might be laid out in ornamental walks as a place of recreation.

Gaol, Cemetery, Police Station.
Reserves have been made for a Gaol,
Cemetery, and Police Station, which need
no remark. More land, if required for
the Cemetery, might be taken from the
large Botanical Reserves, and portions
awarded to the different religious sects.

Public Offices, Supreme Court, &c.
One end of the square on the triangular flat, and a quarter of an acre in its
centre, are reserved for public buildings.
The latter has been marked on the plan,
lest, should the open space be used for
cricket, &c., its appropriation might
hereinafter be objected to.

Hospital.
A small suburban section on the hills
has been marked for an hospital, as the
site is healthy and cheerful. But as some
time may elapse before the settlement is
advanced enough to make it convenient
to place an hospital there, one of the unappropriated reserves on the flat, could
be taken for that object.

Slaughter House.
The gully marked for a Slaughter
House Reserve is a secluded out-of-the-
way spot at the furthest point under the
perpendicular cliffs, to which a road could
be taken. It is accessible from the interior by the sea beach of the southern
bank, without any street being entered.
If, however, objection be entertained to
this site, others might be obtained along
either of the shingle banks, at a greater
distance from the town.

Educational Reserves.
The only other Reserves that need be
noticed are those for Educational purposes. In accordance with the 7th
clause of the additional Land Regulations lately proclaimed, I have marked
out one thirtieth of the town and one
thirtieth of the suburban sections for
such reserves. This is the full amount
allowed under the regulations, and, I

trust, that no objection to your Honor’s
sanctioning the appropriation of that
amount, should any such be made, will
be allowed to prevail. The object is of
such paramount importance, that I would
gladly have proposed for it a still larger
number of reserves; and, in selecting, I
have preferred to risk the choosing them
above rather than beneath the average
value of the whole. I hope an available
fund will very soon accrue from the rents
of some of these, to be applied in aid of
some liberal system of education which
will admit the greatest possible number
to a share in its benefits. The Suburban
Reserve adjoining the main road through
the island, is a very good site for a school,
and the other at the west end of the island, may, for several reasons, be considered valuable.

Native Cemetery Island.
6. A small island near Gough Island
has not been surveyed at present, because
there is an old pah fence and native
burying ground upon it, and because I
find there was an understanding with Mr.
McLean at the purchase, that it would
not be used for some time. The natives
also, in the deed of sale of the town
block, reserved landing places in that locality, to be fixed afterwards by Government.
The reserves on Gough Island
and the Eastern Spit, will, I think, fully
redeem this engagement.

Upset Prices.
7. The upset prices I have proposed,
are consistent with those of the last auction sale. I have not attempted to represent exactly in the prices named, all
the gradations of value of the different
sections, because the auction sale will determine this much more satisfactorily.
The suburban sections are all valued at £3
per acre according to their size. Should
your Honor wish any of these changed
it would be better to do so without further reference to myself, in order that no
unnecessary delay may take place in issuing the Proclamation of Sale.

Sections occupied by private persons.
8. I should be obliged by your Honor’s
opinion or decision as to the course to be
adopted with respect to the sections already occupied. The occupants are:

1. Mr. Fitzgerald’s section, 515. For
   this, Mr. Fitzgerald engaged in writing
   to pay 20 per cent above the highest
   price of equivalent sections. He has
   erected four or five valuable buildings
   upon it, and has a steam flour mill already
   in operation thereon.

2. Messrs. Newton and Co.—I gave
   permission to them to build on a section
   some time before the Proclamation of the