Committee to the existing rules for admission to the
Musenv
Im
reply they pointed
out that the rules
were made
with
many
after consulting of the leading Chinese of the Colony, that they had never known them complained of
in
any way by
themselves
been framed
the Chinese
and that they had
in
the interest
of all parties Chinese and
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Chinese alike. They
further pointed out to His Excellency that the
rule as to admission
was not a
hard and
inflexible regulation but
was intended to be one
that
could be appealed to and
enforced should occasion
require.
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A basis of settlement.)
of the dispute between the Committee and His Excellency:
was then privately submitted to the Committee which ran
in the following words..
"The Committees will
be
ready
to meet and associate
with them the Bishop
in
order to
(1) consider amending the existing rules for admission to the museums if after full
discussion amendment is
thought necessary-
(2). Whether
any
departure from
the
original
understanding with the Government as to the
conditions of admission to the public has taken place.
The common basis
of settlement...