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the froum Agents, and

that

you

should be informed

by telegraph of the stupe

taken.

3. In the Straits

Settlements the services

9f russing sistams belonging

of

n st

to the Society of Vincent de Paul have

been secured and the

of

the general hospitals Singapore a "Penang

their worth

experience of

has been most satisfactay

It was

stated at the

time they

were first

inter employed by

government,

Colonial

nurses

the

that

Where from this Source had

had long

Worked

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in the genual hospital at

Shanghai to the satisfaction

the medical men & the

public; and Dr Powell

the

chief medical officer

the Straits Settlements

of the

answered an

objection tablen

to their being foreigners,

by saying that "the nauses will speak English fluently enough for all practical

purposes

in addition to

being able to converse with foreign patients. 4. J

you

are more

of opinion

opinion that

likely

to be

able to secure a constant

supply of

trustworthy Sohiatobe nurses