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“...THE BAHAMAS 67
in the old days the slave auctions were held. Built in
1800, it is now used as the telephone exchange.
Victoria Avenue is the name of a picturesque avenue
of royal palms planted in 1904 by the members of the
Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire in
memory of her late Majesty Queen Victoria.
Government House, at the top of the hill 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...”
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