CO129-086 - Sir Robinson - 1862 [5-6] — Page 6

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In that letter it was

stated:_

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In order however to afford the Marcantile Community

as

much stace

possible for

as

their Establishments, Lord Stuberk

proposes

that only

only one Stospital

should be erected

be created for the two Services, affording accommodation for about 150 Military and 25 Naval Patients the

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Building to be recupied jointly, but the ward to be

sexarated so as

the

to enable

the necessary discipline to be maintained.

a

fround for two landing

"

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3.

of

places below the Branacks, one

for

the Commissariat next-

the Naval Pier, the other for

the

Banacks, is all that need be reserved

on

the shore".

The present demands. however, comprise 200 acres on the South Western extremity the Peninsula - one mile and three quarters of sea frontage and literally every available yard of deep water in the entire Peninsula. In short, there is not

a

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spot left upon which a Commercial establishment could

by any possibility be erected.