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and where coolness is the cardinal consideration

it is

if possible

so to

endeavoured always adjust the position of buildings that they

may

not shut each other out from the S.W.

monsoon which is the summer wind.

This all important point attained level...

another, always provided

terraces above one

they face the right direction are not as ....

· objectionable as they may appear in other countries and it is a

question whether.....

under the circumstances mentioned, they are not greatly preferable to the inconvenience

marked slopes. In of building on strongly the case of these Wospital premises, the

plateaux fall fairly

in the direction of

the monsoon and as three of them are

made I do not see the objection to

already

the fourth which is intended to contain the Coolie Barracks and yard.

Accommodation required. The question

beds to provide

i

in a wo

has been so

of how

many

-Hospital for amply enquired into and discussed since the original

trong

trong

receipt of Mr. Hawkin's Design that there is no need to touch on it again but the briefest way.

in

any

The table attached.

in Appendix A prepared by the Colonial Surgeon shows the largest number of __

been brought

sick that have ever

together in one month during five years. These figures represent maxima, and not

averages

and they have not been limited

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