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amount which may be taken as having been virtually sanctioned in C.O. Despatch 10 126 of September

1879.

8. But while the conversion.

scheme was under consideration

the Mesident Surgeon of the Hospital for whom suitable bachelor quarters were contemplated in the new plans, went on leave and returned married and naturally claimed married quarters in the shape of a separate residence. The cost of a small bungalow residence for the Resident

dent Surgeon will be

$8000, and if approved will

increase

9.

increase the cost of the;

to $38,000.

1 project

It is not for me to say whether : theclesident Surgeon has a right or

not to a house at Government Expense, the question being

·

one

which should have been settled

at the time of that Officer's appointment by the Crown Agents,

very

but it is

certain that he must not be

provided with quarters within the main building at the expense.

of the room reserved for the wards, and I see no alternative

therefore but to build a detached residence for the Surgeon on the

ground.