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through since last meeting. Mention is made of the establishment 

 of manufactories in the city. No doubt such establishments must 

 arise sooner or later in connection with a large city, and in group- 

 ing them as suggested in the paper, attention should be paid to 

 prevailing winds, so that the manufactories would be placed as far 

 as possible, towards the lee side of the city. 



There is another matter I would just like to notice, although it 

 does not perhaps, strictly speaking, come within the limits of Mr. 

 Knibbs' paper, i.e., the location of the site. We are hearing a 

 great deal about this subject just now and I have made a calcula- 

 tion on the subject as follows: — If we suppose the population of 

 each of the Federated States to be concentrated in its capital city 

 and consider each capital to be a heavy point having a weight 

 proportional to the concentrated population, the heavy points 

 being rigidly connected : then the centre of gravity of the system 

 of heavy points thus formed should give the position of the Federal 

 City. Or, other things being equal, the suitable site nearest the 

 point thus determined should be adopted. The site thus indicated 

 would be situated about Lat. 35° 30' S., Long. 147° 20' E., say 

 about thirty miles south of Wagga Wagga. 



Mr. Henry Deane, m.a., m. inst. c.E. — Referring to the recom- 

 mendation of a previous speaker, that an area should be set apart 

 for manufactures, Mr. Knibbs had not included this as a necessary 

 provision ; and rightly, too. Manufactures, if possible, should be 

 rigidly excluded from the Federal City area. They were not 

 wanted there and there was plenty of room elsewhere for them. 



With regard to the remarks of one speaker, that the city should 

 be under one control so as to avoid the evils that had arisen in 

 Sydney through different authorities breaking up the streets at 

 different times, to lay pipes and make other improvements; the 

 City Council would probably not have done any better had they 

 had full charge of affairs. The Federal City would have chances 

 that Sydney never had. It would of course be under one central 

 control, either the Federal Government itself or a suitably selected 

 Commission, and it could be laid out with subways for pipes, etc., 

 and all modern improvements from the start. 



