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The person authorised to receive this money on behalf of the City Hall is the Honorary Treasurer, Mr F. D. Sassoon, and I would suggest that as he has calculated upon the receipt of the Government grant due for the six months expiring on the 31st December last, this sum of $600 should be paid over to him.
I have the honor to be,
The Hon. W. H. MARSH,
Sir,
Colonial Secretary,
&c., &c.
Your most obedient servant,
(Sd.)
(18)
City Hall,
Hongkong, 13th May, 1860.
Sir,-Herewith I have the honor to forward in triplicate a despatch addressed to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies and should feel obliged if His Excellency the Governor would be kind enough to have the same forwarded by the first opportunity.
I have the honour to be,
H. L. DENNYS, Secretary.
Hon. F. STEWART,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
(Sd.) W. KESWICK,
Chairman.
City Hall, Hongkong, March 8th, 1880.
SIR,I am directed by the Committee of this Institution to call to your notice my letter dated the 30th of January last, and to enquire whether you would kindly inform me as to whether the suggestion therein contained can be complied with.
I have the honor to be,
To the Hon. W. H. Marsh,
Colonial Secretary.
No. 282.
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
(Sd.) H. L. DENNYS,
Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th March, 1880.
Sir,In reply to your letter of the 8th instant, I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to refer you to my letter No. 35 of the 10th January, 1880.
H. L. DENNIS, Esq.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
(Sd.) W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
Acting Colonial Secretary,
&c., &c., &c.
To the Right Honourable
THE EARL OF KIMBERLEY,
City Hall, Hongkong,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary
of State for the Colonies,
&c., &c., &c.
13th May, 1880.
My Lord,
The Committee of this Institution beg respectfully to call your attention to a question that has arisen between themselves and His Excellency the Governor of this Colony with reference to the Annual Grant given by the local Government in aid of the City Hall.
When the Institution was opened in 1869 a grant of $100 per month was given in order to enable the Committee to obtain the services of a Librarian and Curator for the Public Library and Museum in the lower portion of the building, the only condition being that the Library and Museum should be open to the public free.
Some years were spent in getting the Library and Museum into order, and it was not until the year 1875 that the Chinese Community attended or took any special interest in the Museum.
Finding then that the Chinese Community flocked to the Museum in very large numbers and thus prevented Europeans attending as often as they otherwise would, and also to prevent any collision between the
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