teropselger Fealsley #tatim for the troops lyoverment -expended about B220,000 in building_
and preparing, a fine set of barracks of two stories with every wier to comfort and health. The Officer of the Royal Engineers tracing reported the barracks trabet able the General commanding. Medical board to extamin the building and station. The bourd reported that the station at Taiwan appeared he healthing, that thrive was wr apparent Qaus... for disease and that.. it was eligible for troops. The General resolved to begin with CH small detachm and 20 Quropeant were sent to Saiwan.
No Sentry was to be mounted and but the day, In five we during one at night. weeks, five of the soldin suere dead, Mrice more were in a :tate, and four #R uropean. daugnous were convalescent: Que and child ivece, also danquisty. A a itt dangerously.
The 58 ung men were withdrawn remaining and a small detachment of hatwe troops as won / July 17 (1844) beingssent thither, in order to ascertain whether the climate with duit themn. On the 20 14 th tly only 4 mon out of the Pendrag were reported fit for duty.
The retums made to the Army and Naval Medical Boards with furnish-full information of the suffering of the loldiers and sailors in 14 Me : Service in this Colony.
The Indian troops bear the insalubrity of the slimmets worse thaw the Europeans. In the cantonments at the dust end of l'ictoria- Re 39 Mr. M. Infantry, and they CH 4 th lu We. M. Aufandry lost in 1847. In 1844 1.MM. I lawvided at carly half their men wing of the Mong nong 450 preec xxx perfect health I and
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