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best avoid collisions between the rougher members of each section. Should that grant be withdrawn the museum and library would in all probability have to be closed, the rooms reverting to their original statue as a portion of the suite to be used for public assemblies.
6. The Committee would like to state that before issuing the notice as to the admission of visitors to the museum several of the leading members of the Chinese community were consulted and asked to suggest any alteration that might suit their convenience better.
A few suggestions were made and attended to by the Committee, but the Chinese then approved, and so far as the Committee are aware have always been quite contented with, the rules that were then made.
7. Under the circumstances the Committee trust that His Excellency will perceive that he has been under a misapprehension as to the feeling of the Chinese residents on the subject, and as they would like the highest sanction to be given to the continuance of the grant from the Colonial Government they would request that this correspondence be forwarded for the information of the Secretary of State.
I have the honour to be,
The Hon. W. H. MARSH,
No. 1319,
Colonial Secretary,
&c., &c., &c.
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
(sd.)
H. L. DENNYS, Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th October, 1879.
SI-I laid before His Excellency the Governor, the letter in which the Committee of the City Hall request that the correspondence respecting the distinction made by the Committee between Europeans and Chinese in admission to the Museum, may be forwarded to the Secretary of State.
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2. I am to inform you that the request of the Committee has been duly complied with.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
(Sd.)
The Hon. WM. KESWICK,
Chairman of the Committee
of the City Hall.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
(A Basis of Settlement of the questions that had arisen was in October submitted to the Committee, and in accordance therewith a Special Meeting of the Committee, they associating with themselves the Chief Justice and the Bishop, was held on the 1st December, The particulars referring to this will be found more fully explained in the despatch to the Earl of Kimberley sent to the Colonial Secretary on the 13th May. See post.)
City Hall,
Hongkong, 27th December, 1879.
SI-I am directed to inform you that a meeting of the City Hall Committee, His Honour the Chief Justice and His Lordship the Right Reverend Bishop Burdon being associated with them, took place on the 27th November last and that your letter of the 19th September referring to the admission of Chinese and other visitors to the Museum, together with the other correspondence relating to this subject was then considered upon the basis of settlement mutually agreed to by His Excellency the Governor and the City Hall Committee.
After very fully discussing the whole question of admission to the Museum, new rules were agreed to by the meeting, two copies of which I am instructed to forward, that they may be placed officially on record.
I have the honour to be,
Hon. W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
(Sd.) H. L. DENNYS,
Secretary.
Dec.
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best avoid collisions between the rougher members of each section. Should that grant be withdrawn the museum and library would in all probability have to be closed, the rooms reverting to their original statue as a portion of the suite to be used for public assemblies.
6. The Committee would like to state that before issuing the notice as to the admission of visitors to the museum several of the leading members of the Chinese community were consulted and asked to suggest any alteration that might suit their convenience better.
A few sug- gestions were made and attended to by the Committee, but the Chinese then approved, and so far as the Committee are aware have always been quite contented with, the rules that were then made.
7. Under the circumstances the Committee trust that His Ex- cellency will perceive that he has been under a misapprehension as to the feeling of the Chinese residents on the subject, and as they would like the highest sanction to be given to the continuance of the grunt from the Colonial Government they would request that this correspond- ence he forwarded for the information of the Secretary of State.
I have the honour to be,
The Hon. W. H. MARSH,
No. 1319,
Colonial Secretary,
$c., $c., &e.
Sir.
Your most obedient Servant,
(sd.)
H. L. DENNYS, Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th October, 1879.
SI-I laid before His Excelleney the Governor, the letter in which the Committee of the City Hall request that the correspondence respecting the distinction made by the Committee between Europeans and Chinese in admission to the Museum, may be forwarded to the Secretary of State.
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2. 1 am to inform you that the request of the Committee has been
duly complied with.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
(Sd.)
The Hon. WM. KESWICK,
Chairman of the Committee
of the City Hall.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
(A Basis of Settlement of the questions that bad arisen was in October submitted to the Committee, and in accordance therewith a Special Meeting of the Committee, they associating with themselves the Chief Justice and the Bishop, was held on the 1st December, The particulars referring to this will be found more fully explained in the despatch to the Earl of Kimberley sent to the Colonial Secretary on the 13th May. See post.)
City Hall,
Hongkong, 27th December, 1879. SI-I am directed to inform you that a meeting of the City Hall Committee, His Honour the Chief Justice and His Lordship the Kight Reverend Bishop Burdon being associated with them, took place on the 27th November last and that your letter of the 19th September referring to the admission of Chinese and other visitors to the Museum, together with the other correspondence relating to this subject was then considered upon the basis of settlement mutually agreed to by His Excelleney the Governor and the City Hall Committee.
After very fully discussing the whole question of admission to the Museum, new rules were agreed to by the meeting, two copies of which I am instructed to forward, that they may be placed officially on record.
I have the honour to be,
Hon. W. II. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
(Sd.) H. L. DENNYS,
Secretary.
Dec.
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