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if, as they aspumed, the City Hall was comething more than

private institution

7.

entirely

Accordingly in considering the draft Relineates for 1550 ? —

Estimates cubmitted the question to the Rxecutive

Conncil, and they unanimously

advised me not to place the vole

the

for

ty Hall in the Rotimates for 1880

City

unless the sojectionable notices were

discontinued..

A letter was

therefore

written by the Colonial Secretary to the City Stall Committee on the 15th ffeptember expressing a hope that the distinction made between Europeans and Chinese

the Museum would be

in visiting

abolished. and it was pointed out that

if this distinction were maintained, the Government could not continue the annual vote from public funds of $1200

8.

to

In the reple of the Committee outer 13th October 1879 they appear have fallen into some

some not

wn =

=important mistakes: they assert that

the

City

Hall was

exclusively provided

from the Junts of the European, American

und Pursee inhabitants, and the Library and Museum almost

cutively from the voluntary gifts "of the foreign as opposed to the Chinese Community," except subscription of about $4,500 from the

latter.

In saying

this the Commalle