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of the Infantry

The remaining 74 men

Battalion could

go in Wellington Barracks. In the buildings in Lot 88 there would be room

REG 16.9-

in one

for the

part of McGregor's Buildings

there would be room for the Battery of

Ra R.α.

This would leave the rest of Wellington Barracks for details of departmen Corps and for Garrison requirements, keeping the reception hospital as at present.

The remainder of Mr. Gregor's Buildwigs,

men and 6 Married Quarters

for 5 Serpants 176

aud Lot 74 for 4 Serpants 162 men would accommodate probably the single

new

of 3

Batteries Asiatic Artillery and of the Asiatic, Submarine Miners, giving them too cubic feet per

man.

It is very desirable however to

give up

the highly rented McGregor's buildings of possible. This might be done

if the cubic space per

man in barracks

were reduced from 1'000 to goo'm which Murray and Victoria Barracks would

case

hold