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the City Hall and were it applicable to the circumstances of the Colony and

mpatible with the ideas of those who founded the City Hall would withingly avail thenwelves of the suggestion to

make admission to the Museum.

alternately free and by payment.

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- The present members of the Committee do not however feel ~ justified in departing from the

spirit which actuated the original____ shareholders and subscribers by attempting to raise an income fre

suggested

do

the son

- from they feel that the contents of the o Museum are at

et present sufficiently valuable or attractive to evable them to do so should they wish. They would also respectfectly point out

to

very limited.

to His Excellency that with the

are able to keep up it would be

staff they

almart impossible to get the admission

fees fairly paid and to prevent extortion. Having fully considered your letter of the ft. Ristant at a meeting held on the 13th Juce the Committee decided. to withdraw the public notice that hav

of late years

late years been exhibited at the. entrance to the Museum and to replace

it with a Notice in the following tercus : __

Notice

"The City Hall Mtween is open to the Public Pre "Sationtay acomings from 10am to 1pene

" are specially reserved for "childrew only."

wonten audin

"The Museum will be closed on

order

"By

"H. L. Denny

"Curator.

Sunday .

The