towers.
A reference to the accompanying plan will enable His Excellency to comprehend the construction of the building, and the purposes to which I contemplate appropriating the several rooms.
It was proposed that on his removal into hospital every policeman should provide his own bed and furniture. On consideration, this plan will be impracticable, as only a few are provided with suitable bedsteads and bedding, and it will be impossible to conduct the establishment even on a temporary basis, without a certain amount of furniture, including beds, bedsteads, and curtains, bathing tubs, washing utensils, chairs, tables, cooking implements, and lamps, amounting in value to one hundred dollars or thereabout. This provision will place the hospital on an efficient temporary footing. The establishment required, and the monthly expenditure, exclusive of rations, will be as follow: --
Rent $18.00 One book $0.25 @ Two Coolies $12.00 Up Firewood $3.00 Oil Washing $3.00 Total $55.00I deem it expedient at once to sanction the establishment of a dispensary in connexion with the hospital, it will incur the following incidental expense.
Incidental expenses per month, as above $55.00 Medicines, per month $35.00 Dispenser's wages $30.00 Dispensary coolie $5.00 $125.00 per monthIn connexion with the foregoing suggestion, I may perhaps be permitted to mention that, for ulterior purposes that I have now abandoned, I have a consignment of medicines and dispensing implements, for...