The expense might be partly met by the £800 Sterling counted annually by the Imperial Government for the purposes of the Contagious Diseases Ordinance; and I believe that there is a large balance in favor of this Special Account derived from other sources.
I have &c.:
(Signed) J. J. Murray, M.D., Colonial Surgeon
True Copy)
Smith,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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(Copy) Memorandum suggesting Engineering points to be considered in designing a New Colonial Hospital for Hong Kong.
Two tracings are forwarded herewith, one of them marked ▲ being a general plan of the adjacent portion of the city, and which will show its relative position if compared with the large plan of Hong Kong sent here to the Colonial Office last year. The plan marked B is a contoured plan of the proposed site. It will be seen that the centre of this site is about 300 yards from the sea. The lowest point in the N.W corner is 85 feet above the Sea, while the highest in the