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Legislative Council voted in
1889 a sum
of
$40,000 for
the reconstruction of the Peak residence. Almost the entere European community migrates during the hot
„season
on to the Peak, where the temperature is some 8° lower than in the town. The few- who continue to reside in Victoria during the hot ~
weather are either
very
levels,
or members of the
garrison and others whose duties preclude them from: residing at a distance from
the town.
It is recognised that
to
it is positively injurious ladies and children to pass the hot and wet season in the town, and what is injurious to them cannot be healthy for
old
4.
residents who are wedded
by prejudice to the lower
levels,
men.
The existing house,
apart from the fact, which
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