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of Five dollars to Forty dollars, #5.to, with uniform, rations, and furnished quarters, in a house specially appropriated

to their use.

The total cost

: would thus be $5,136

· per annum no against

43372

nou

expended

for Chinese Nurses.

of this attempt is

we shall be

Junonccessful,

obliged to arrange for French

Italian Sisters, which

could be done here; only,

Enclosure Comparative,

Statement

in that case, the nurses would not be able to speak English, a qualification which, though not absolutely indispensable,

is, of course, highly desirable.

The matter is of

6.

such importance to the well- being of the Civil Hospital, that I venture to ask that a short telegram may

me, informing

as

practicable,

me

of the

be sent

as soon

the success

or failure of the proposal.

In the event of failure,

7.

in

to