CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12] — Page 395

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concluding paragraph of your letter but that having very fully considered the point raised by His Excellency. The Governor they are unable notwithstanding the

alternative to see

any reason to alter

a regulation which was

originally

framed in the best interests of both

classes of visitors and which has

worked most satisfactorily for period fover five years.

3.

The Committee cannot avoid the conclusion that Ii's Excellency has entirely misapprehended both the intention and practical working of the rule in question, which though worded as if a hard and fast line. were observed between differing

nationalities is in reality only availed of

to prevent collisions between the lower Classes of Chinese and the answering strata of Europeans.

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It was further found that to

allow the female portion of the Chinese

Community to visit the Museum it

waz Freel

necessary to entirely exclude both Europeans and Chinese mate visitors

one onewor

morning

in each week: and

although this has been objected to as

community

unduly favouring the native command it has been found on the whole to

work well.

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The proportion of Foreign to Chinese visitors is as I to 7 but the funds from which the building

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