CO129-189 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [7-9] — Page 260

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The whole question of admission to the Museum was discussed very fully and finally settled by a majority at the Special meeting held on the 1st December 1849 in accordance with the understanding come to between His Excellency and the committee and at which meeting the Chief Justice and the Bishop were present.

Since the new rules as to the admission of visitors agreed to between Sir J. H. Pelly and the rest of the committee and the latter report that they are unable to adopt the suggestion made in the 4th paragraph of your letter.

The new regulations fully considered and the majority being in favor of them, the committee was so nearly unanimous that any useful end would be served by trying the experiment suggested and would ask that the dispatch addressed to the Secretary of State on the 18th of May last, it still being in His Excellency's hands, could be forwarded at once together with...

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258 The whole question of admission to the Museum was discussed very fully and finally settled by a majority at the Special meeting held on the 1st December 1849 in accordance with the understanding come to between His Excellency and the committee and at which meeting the Chief Justice and the Bishop were present. Since the new rules as to the admission of visitors agreed to between Sir J. H. Pelly and the rest of the committee and the latter report that they are unable to adopt the suggestion made in the 4th paragraph of your letter. The new regulations fully considered and the majority being in favor of them, the committee was so nearly unanimous that any useful end would be served by trying the experiment suggested and would ask that the dispatch addressed to the Secretary of State on the 18th of May last, it still being in His Excellency's hands, could be forwarded at once together with...
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whole question of admission to the Museum was discussed very fully and finally uittied by a maprity at the Special sleeting held on the INE December 1849 in accordance with the understanding come to between this Excellency and the committee and at which

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the experiment suppested and would ask that the dishaish

to the lessetary of State unt a the Government on the

18th of May last it still in His Excellency's hands could je forwarded at once together with

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