at. 8° 3-presents
an extensive forty- -feet level site for Building with a
gradual slope to the sew. It has the
fr
further important recommendation of the Sanatory qualities of the position having been already tested for General
Guy inform's
me that in 1864 there
the was great mortality amongst 49th Regiment whilst en camped in huts where the proposed Military banacks are to be built - but that on
being.
moved to No 3 undur Canvass
the sicklist decreased na
apidly from
a
very
Remarkable
25.1 4. per cent fact, and not explicable merely through any change in the weather or season.
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Admiral King objects howesa
during
to the position at 3 because the North East Monsoon that sile is to windward of the mount anchorage
of Hour albajesty's Ships and also because the landing
landing is inconvenient and shallow- rendering difficult-
the Conveyance of patients to and whilst its distance from the naval anchorage
8.
is also considerable.
fro
At the same time from what
I have already stated it is evident that the Admiral in his letter of 28th Inly
eseen did not make
Wide Mr. Meren 1865 to all Meeree $167. 28th July 1805
sufficient allowana for the future
diminished level
of
other hills wh