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“...behind the Colonial House, called Mount Fitzwilliam, after Richard Fitzwilliam, Governor in 1733-1738, is reached by George Street, which runs at right angles to Bay Street at the east end of the Hotel Colonial. En route to it, Christ Church Cathedral, on the left-hand side of George Street, may be visited. The Cathedral occupies the site of an older church, and was opened for divine service on April 19th, 1840, the foundation-stone having been laid by Sir Francis Cockbum, the then Governor of the Baha- mas in 1837. It is a plain building of stone. The See of Nassau was fanned in 1861. Governor John Tinker (1738-1759), Lieut.-Govemor James E. Powell (1784- 1786) and Sir Henry Marr. of the 47th Regiment, were buried in the cathedral. Government House was erected by Governor Halkett in 1801. The statue of Columbus standing half-way up a broad staircase in the gardens, which cover about eighteen acres, was modelled with the assistance of Washington Irving, and was presented to the colony by General...”