CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8] — Page 712

ALL.

707

for the staff, leaving little_

for any

extra demand in

view of future contingencies.

It is true I think that

the building

wvas

designed on

a somewhat too extravagant

scale as

regards its external_

but I am satisfied

appearance, but I

that the accommodation is

needed and that it is not

any part possible to devote any of the building to the purposes

of a ward.

These quarters

are now

almost

»

almost completed.

As regards the alterations and additions to the Hospital,

the Surveyor General is of _

opinion that they conte not be dispensed with in

any

case.

They consist of the

following items :-

Retaining Wall Hot water apparatus Enlargemement of }

Store room.

Ward

$1,314

"1000

395

11 400

Boundary Walls and

"Trailing and 12782 Carried forward #5891