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The government set aside a 10 acre site in Newtown, and engaged
C Julius Toxward, a Danish-born architect to submit detailed plans.

Toxward submitted his proposals for the new hospital to the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington on 23/4/1875.    Shown here is the covering letter in his own handwriting.

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Toxward's covering letter

            photocopy courtesy Archives New Zealand / Te Whare Tohu Tuhituhinga O Aotearoa          ref: ABBR 7563 W4990/6