31 04:
Par. 1.
Pars. 2, 3, 4.
Pars. 5 & 6.
217
(b)
Besides the men dislodged from North Barracks we have to find quarters for 11 Officers and 300 men—a voted increase to the Royal Artillery at this Station—provide (under the Barrack scheme already approved of) married quarters for a large number of families. And were it not for the accommodation afforded by the Hotel, we would be at our wits' end to find healthy sites for these buildings convenient for everyday life and for tactical requirements.
(c) The acquisition of Mount Austin will enable us more speedily to get the Asiatic Artillery out of the unsuitable and unsalubrious MacGregor Godowns and enables us to give the men of the garrison a change from the moist hot-house air of the lower levels.
I add short replies to such of the numbered paragraphs of the Petition put forward by some of the European and American inhabitants as seem to call for remark.
The principal petitioners are the dwellers in the Hotel, and many ladies have signed the Petition in addition to their husbands, thus swelling the list.
The signatories do not represent the general feeling in the Colony.
These paragraphs justify our giving the soldiers a change to this cooler air. I know of no other site where 400 soldiers could be quartered on the hill.
Within 200 yards of the Mount Austin Hotel is the Peak Hotel, now containing accommodation for 80 guests. A wing is to be added containing more bed rooms.
31 04:
Par. 1.
Pars. 2,3, 4.
ars. 5 % 6.
217
(b)
Besides the men dislodged from North Barracks we
have to find quarters for 11 Officers and 300 mea- a voted increase
to the Royal Artillery at this Station - provide (under the Barrack
scheme already approved of) married quarters for a large number of
famalies. and were it not for the accommodation afforded by the
Hotel we would be at our wits end to find healthy sites for these
buildings convenient for every day life and for tactical require-
ments.
(0) The acquisition of Mount Austin will enable us more
speedily to get the Asiatic Artillery out of the unsuitable and un-
salubrious MacGregor Godowns and enables us to give the men of the
garrison a change from the moist bot-house air of the lower levels.
I add short replies to such of the numbered para-
graphs of the Petition put forward by some of the European and Ane-
rican inhabitants as seem to call for remark.
The principal petitioners are the dwellers in
the Hotel and many ladies have signed the Petition in addition to
their busbands thus swelling the list.
The signatories do not represent the general
feeding in the Colony.
These paragraphs justify our giving the soldiers
a change to this cooler air. I know of no other site where 400
soldiers could be quartered on the bill.
Within 200 yards of the Mount Austin Hotel is
the Peak Hotel now containing accommodation for 80 guests. A wing
be
is to added containing more ted rooms.
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