6
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of Five dollars to Forty dollars, #5.to, with uniform, rations, and furnished quarters, in a house specially appropriated
to their use.
The total cost
: would thus be $5,136
· per annum no against
43372
nou
expended
for Chinese Nurses.
of this attempt is
we shall be
Junonccessful,
obliged to arrange for French
Italian Sisters, which
could be done here; only,
Enclosure Comparative,
Statement
in that case, the nurses would not be able to speak English, a qualification which, though not absolutely indispensable,
is, of course, highly desirable.
The matter is of
6.
such importance to the well- being of the Civil Hospital, that I venture to ask that a short telegram may
me, informing
as
practicable,
me
of the
be sent
as soon
the success
or failure of the proposal.
In the event of failure,
7.
in
to