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such water-frontage for public baths. I am of opinion that 

 public baths can be provided for in most of our waterside 

 parks, and buildings from which swimming contests can be 

 viewed can be provided in a few instances. 



Then I would provide every possible facility for the hiring 

 of boats and for the accommodation of boating-clubs. At 

 present boat sheds are usually ramshackle affairs, often 

 half concealed from view on the park side, whereas the 

 boat-wharves should be well in view, for the starting and 

 return of boat-crews gives an element of picturesqueness 

 which is very pleasing to park visitors. Let us be in touch 

 with our boating citizens, for Sydney is a port and we are 

 proud of our prowess on the water. Furthermore, to have 

 well appointed places would encourage many people to 

 indulge in the healthy recreation of a blow on the harbour 

 who feel that few inducements are offered to them at 

 present. 



5. Refreshments. Unless a park has restaurants or 

 refreshment rooms outside, close to its entrances, it is 

 usually desirable to provide refreshment rooms or fruit- 

 stalls within the park area. Permanent buildings should 

 be of an ornamental character and there should be seats 

 in the immediate vicinity for the convenience of people 

 who desire refreshments in the open air. These seats 

 should be under the control of the lessee of the refreshment 

 room. Any citizen can claim to use a seat which is placed 

 in a public park, but people as a rule do not press their 

 rights where the seats are in the vicinity of a refreshment- 

 room, and, when they bring their own food, they usually 

 purchase tea or hot water from the lessee. The details of 

 arrangements in regard to refreshments depend so very 

 largely upon the special circumstances of every particular 

 park that I do not propose to enter into them. 



