is commencing in real earnest. The old place has been pulled down and carried off, the site cloured and raised well above th highest recorded tide, and now Mr. Godsil is here making arrangements for the immediate commencement of the new buildings which are likely to be a credit to the service and fan ornament to the town, The staff is at present housed in a couple of fish shops opposite to the old office. Fortunately the recent fire cleared off old buildings so that chloride of lime has a powerful odour, fish these shops are almost new; but while
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