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There is no doubt that a sale of the ground would at the present increased values of landed property in this part of the town realize a sufficiently large : the outlay incurred in
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to
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requisition and.
-levelling, but both Governor Dronnedy and
of opinion
Administrator Austin were
that it
vas
important the ground should
be held by the Crown to prevent its being
built upon, planted and converted into a garden for the benefit of the Hospital.
and that it should be
It is recommended this idea should
the serve of
· be adhered to no less
humanity than in the practical interests of the establishment itself, for inmates will be much sooner restored to health
and discharged, if those who can, are allowed
and of.
the daily opportunity of an airing taking gentle exercise on level ground
ind
cool, pleasant and cheerful plase. Accordingly,
it is proposed to plant out the place with picturesque shade trees and to lay it out in flower beds and shrubberies
as an
-evening
resort for convalescents who will dessend from the wards in the Lift and be
conveyed
across the road in the palanquin
chairs of the Hospital.
Although this memorandum is
-purposely free of technicalities to render
it intelligible to an I trust it will in
umprofessional reader,
conjunction with the Drawings also afford to the sanitary
Architect the
necessary
information for
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