Mr. J. H. Teesdale mentioned, with regard to the urgent necessity of a new building, that what the Chairman had said about the age of the hospital was correct. The institution was an outcome of a meeting of British residents on December 3, 1846, Mr. (subsequently Sir) R. Alcock occupying the chair. The hospital was apparently built somewhere near the North Gate. In 1872 that building was quite insufficient to meet the requirements of the institution. The new hospital building which was accordingly erected was the one they now occupied, moving in on' July 11, 1873. Mr. H. Lester was thanked at a meeting of subscribers held soon afterwards for the excellent plans he had prepared. He (the speaker) was glad to say that Mr. Lester was still alive and had
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