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owing to transport difficulties it failed to arrive.

Throe piers und the reinforced concrete dolphin
wore oouiplotod and juuoh of the reinforced ooaorote
extension was built. The piles unci about 30,£ of the
deck of the dolphin were finished during the your.
It is estimated that it will take about five
months from the date of arrival of the waterial to

complete the whole work, Looal labour woe used in
the construction work under the supervision oi British
foremen. Arab divers were specially useful in fixing
the central submarine, cuss ion.

The women’s hospital v.as ocjipletod and opened on
Way 2b, 1940 (Rnbi ulthany 16, 1359) and the men'8
hospital was brought into'use some months later. The
ground floor walls of tho administrative building were
built and the hospital, kitchen, male nurses1 quarters,
walls, gates and me3s room were completed during the
your. The administrative building will oontaiu two
operating theutros, I-Ray rooms, 3bores, laboratory
and offioes. The two hospitals have u combined capa­

city of 100 beds but in case of oinargenoy u considorubly
lurgor number of patients could be accommodated, The
oxpanuituru during the year on tho woman*a hospital was
Rs 15,600/- and on the men's hospital Rs 49,000/-. The

expenditure on tho administrative building, staff
quarters, kitchens etc. was fix 32,800/-. Tho total ooat
of tho men*8 hoepitul iuoluding electric, water and
sanitary installations amounted to approximate lyHi 1,32,000/-.
Tho nurses' quarters and the Lady Medical Officer's flat
and Matron'u flat cost approximately Hi 86,000/-.

approximately us 16,500/- was spent on the ilannmuh
Fort. nil tho outer walls and the four corner to wore

have now been rebuilt. Tho north oast tower contains