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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