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erected at a cost of $96.000 (besides subsequent repairs making in the whole about $100.000) were excl
exclusively provided by the European, American and Parsee inhabitants of the Colony. The library
and Museum have moreover
bien almost entirely formed from the : voluntary gifts of the foreign (as opposed to the Chinese) community. A subscription of about #4.500 represents the total aid of the latter towards building which with its contents be roughly estimated a wworth about $150,000 to which must be added
a
may
long term of insurance premia . In consideration of the grant in aid of $1200 Jer ammum from the Government
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the Committee threw the entire building
to both foreigners and Chinese alike
often
reserving
to themselves simply the right
as would
of making such regulations best avoid collisions between the rougher members of each section. Should that grant be with drawn the museum
and lebrary would in all probability
have to be closed the rooms
to their original status as a
the suite to be used
assemblies.
6.
reverting portion of
for public
the notice
The Committee would like to state that before isseling
as to the admission of visitors to the museum several of the leading- members of the Chinese Communit