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28th. July 
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Si r, 
I am deal red by the Gardens' Committee 
to consult you regarding tft* possibility of closing the 
Gardens at night e.o aoneers to hav»» been the intention of 
their first j$^e»l.aw ~ which is 
the Botanic Cardans shall be oner?e4o the Public daily from 
sunrise tc sunset and on nights ” r hen the Band olays to II 
P.m. - ’ ^ ; 
Ifc is a ridiculous byelar irt that it conditions on 
the management of the Gardens whereas its context shout? that 
it was intended to frrcre cordi ti ers on the ouulic who use 
the Gardens: I moan that it orders the Gardens to be open, 
and ooee not do mo*e than irjply tim> they are closed *t other 
times. 
This, coupled with the tact that there never have been gates 
to the Gardens since (it appears) sometime about IG02 # seems 
do render it possible that the public could insist on the 
Gardena being onen *>t ^ll hour* within the twenty four: and j 
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it ie your vie* of this that I am to request. 
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¥he ru 1 e th--.t I hrve q u<• ted dntr r fr r n I8*&, Gr # y t. Cr t- p11^ 
of February ?Ioi. in tb*»t y<**.r p* 10?^ and was repeated in 
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the revised Bye- laws of th« Government Gazette Ho. 3 
I6S2 p. II3G # and Govt. Gazette of June 19th. 1908 p. 1096. 
It is and has been continously advertised in the Gazette and 
at the Gardens* gates. 
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You are doubtless aware that the Gardens were the property 
