Tempers must have been ragged in that era, for in 1880, the Committee expressed its exasperation in fan amusing conclusion to its report when it wished to ask "that portion of the Community who send their children to the Garden, to insist on the Amahs looking after their charges; as without wishing to interfere with the enjoyment of the ables, it is not conducive to the welfare of the garden that hornpipes should be habitually danced over the newly planted tulip beds when such gambols might reasonably be confine ed to the grass or to the paths." One might speculate to-day on just who were the "babies" who hornpiped on the tulip beds fifty years ago!
Peace for the Margary Memorial is remarked in passing, for. the "Honourable -T.G. Grosvenor, secretary of H. M. Legation, Peking, the presence of a large concourse of ladies and gentlemen" unveiled it.
In 1698, the Council proposed to eave the' grounds from the Customs. examination shed to the Public Garden open to the public, and soon after an official intimation that a appeal to England had been favourable, the Council wrote to various owners of different properties on the south side of Soochow Creek to remove all buildings, sheds and timber from the fore-shore or beach ground of their lots. In 1885, another request for the admittance of Chinese, under restrictions proposed by eight Chin ese, was referred to a later meeting! of rate-payers, and in 1887, the gam els of children over bulb beds was again the cause of an irate notation. The police were instructed to remove anyone transgressing Gar tions, and in 1889-60 statement appears, "It is reported that the Chinese have shown a sudden desire to visit the Garden: Chinese Public Garden was completed in November, 1890. and in Decem-_ ber, 1890 the Taotai, requested to select an auspicious and appropriate name in Chinese for the Garden, responded with, "Huan Hai Lien Huan", (China the nations rejoice together).
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.