with the War Office regarding the acquisition by the Military Department, of the
Lazarette
on
Cotter's Island, from which I note
that this Government will
receive as
compensation
in
an
amount equivalent to the cost of the building in question.
It is unfortunate that
it should have been considered
necessary to remove the Lazarette
as it has been
found
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impossible to find a suitable site for it elsewhere,
and the construction of a hulk has involved the Colony in large expense.
I find that in 1888
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a mixed Board of Civil and
Military Officers was appointed to consider the question of the removal of the Lazaretto from Stonecutters Island.
In their report, copy of which is in Enclosures 1888, it was recommended that a hulk should