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sources and revenues are appropriated for the use of the 

 State. 



9th. The removal of all vegetation and unauthorized 

 temporary erections from within the Barrack Square, as well 

 as the extermination of all dogs, goats, poultry and other 

 sources of vermin and filth. 



10th. The exposure to the sun at this station is known to 

 be so prejudicial, that no duty should be exacted during the 

 hot months, that exposes the soldier after 8 a.m. or at any 

 period after 9 a.m., or a little before 5 p.m. during the entire 

 year. 



11th. Men should not be employed at Lines before it is 

 light, as they get cold and chilled, and its injurious conse- 

 quences are fully borne out by the obstinacy, inveteracy, and 

 frequency of rheumatic diseases. 



12th. All that can distress the mind in health or harass 

 the frame in disease, or disturb that order and quietness so 

 essential to the economy of a well regulated Hospital, should 

 be avoided, such as large funeral parties, signing accounts in 

 Hospital (now dispensed with in most Corps), or visits by the 

 various religious ministers for spiritual and religious pur- 

 poses, being employed for temporal purposes. 



Sutton fri 



The average strength of the Force throughout the year, distinguishing White from Black Troops 

 and showing any changes in its composition by the removal of one Corps and the arrival of 

 another : followed by a detail of the Deaths and Admissions into Hostipal— also distinguishing 

 White from Black Troops. 



The annexed tables of White and Black Troops composing 

 the force at the Station throughout the year, are separately 

 arranged, so as to afford at two views the information required 

 under this head. These tables have been prepared with 

 considerable labour, requiring no fewer than 300 distinct 

 calculations. 



