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unhealthy, and the various sanitary improvements which have from time to time been introduced in them, have failed to effect any appreciable benefit to the health mainly of the Troops. It was if the on this account that Major General Sir. van Straubenzee recommended the acquisition of a Sanitarium.
Sir George Lewis considers therefore that in dealing with this land the health of the Troops must be regarded as of primary importance; and with every desire to meet the wishes of the Governor, he has come to the conclusion that the only conceivable disposition of the Kowloon Peninsula, as being well adapted for a Sanitarium, is to remove the Quarters of
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unhealthy, and the various sanitary
improvements which have from
time to time been introduced
in them, have failed to effect
any appreciable benefit to the
health
mainly
the Troops. It was
if the
on this account that
Majiv General Sil. van Strau-
benzee recommended the
acqui-
Sanitarium.
Sir George Lewis considers
therefore that in dealing with
this land the health
A
the
Troops must be regarded as
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primary importance; and with
every desire to meet the wishes
of the Governor, he has come to
the conclusion that the only
sition of the Kowloon Peninsula,
as
being well adapted for
a
Sanitarium.
concepcione
which can
properly
te
made; is to remove the Quarters
of
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