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Libraries; a system which has
become obsolete in most civilized
countries.
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It will be observed
open
that the Museum is now
every day without any distinction
of race
race of
class; and that the
only restriction, i. e. confining it
to women and children on one
morning of the week, is
really in favour of the Chinese portion of the Community; for, in the absence of any such restriction, the Chinese custom of the
seclusion
seclusion of
women
of the higher
rank, would render it impossible
for respectable Chinese ladies to ___ visit the Institution at all. They cannot mix publicly
the men
in a
even with
of their own race. Moreover,
community such as that Bonghong composed to a extent of a rough sea-faring
large
of
of
population and of the evens
shipe of war of almost all nations. it is obviously proper and convenient that a portion of at
least one day in the week should
be