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and the conversion 

 of a large portion of 

 the area now covered 

 by the Station into 

 building sites, in con- 

 nection with a pro- 

 longation of five of 

 the thoroughfares 

 which are now stop- 

 ped by an impasse 

 in that direction. 



Before quitting 

 the Palace of Justice 

 it may be interesting 

 to note that it 

 stands upon the site 

 formerly occupied by 

 the old Government 

 House a plain, two- 

 store}- structure, 

 built of light granite, 

 and containing 

 about a dozen rooms 

 of modest dimen- 

 sions. From the 

 open space around 

 it an uninterrupted 





THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 



view was at that time obtained 

 of the country to the north- 

 ward and westward, and it also 

 commanded the whole of the 

 Bay, together with the villages 

 which had been formed upon 

 its shores. 



Passing the \Yest Melbourne 

 Presbyterian Church, with its 



