SOUTH RAKAIA LIBRARY CONMITTEE.
A meeting of the aoove vtti held In the Library on Wed-iesday eveiirtg. Present —Mas r« Hardy (Oluirman), Pyke, Blackbaru, Hughes, Oc'ey, Liddy and Oox. After transacting routine business, the a-inn*l meeting of subaorihers waa held. Mr Hardy oooupled tbe ohalr. A fair number put In an appearance* The receipts during tie year ending Do mW 31, 1887, from «11 eoorca were £72 '6-t 7 J, a id the expenditure £5t 16* 7J. The assets were £38 14s and liabilities £21 14s. The 0 iramltceo reported that In conaaquenno of the Ur«e paro»a«e of nnw book* In 1886 only small add"' lons hid been made during last year. lo ooneequwnoe of the falling off of the funds it hud been thought advisable to curtail expenditure on porlodiokl literature, and therefore a number of paper* were dlaoontlnued aod notloe had been given to discontinue all p vpera at the end of the year and leave 1* for the new Committee to deoido what shoald be pnro taotd. The oonoert got up la aid of too (unit had proved somewhat of a failure owing to inclement weather, The number of aub«oriblng members during tbe year was 52, aad the number of books and perlodioaU taken out 2421. Mr Tamer asked whtt bocume of the waste paper —Tbe Chairman stated that aone had been disposed of during the year. Oa tbe motion of Mr Makelg, aeoondod by Mr Pyke, tbe report and balance all* it were Adopted. Mr Hughes asked if members who bid n^t peld their subscriptions would b» aUo*el to v to at the meetlcg— The German stated (hat tbe rulea preolud d any mn doloß so unless all subscriptions were paid In alvance. S>rae fow wtro m this position and paid up, others did not, contending that they woro subscribe* a ia evi-ry eeni-. of the word. Tan ri«if bu ( *ue>e was the elec'ion of o 'remittee, and In the n t>i n"f lie ''illoniriK :— M B*« Pyk*, J I'uo.r, 1. B nck f iuru, Miu«iif, <>xh,, C x, 0. W. 'fioor gad J. Liddy, — I was a sagji»vif>n tp the new O>misv£oo uerlodiQ.ila and illustrated p»panTah»ul(} : be taken out ot the public room, |n coosq. I qaenoo of i lur^e qu aboc using them and I <iot Bubaonblng. A/fer a vote of t ianka to tb» retiring Oommlttf o a^d tl^e ohaum»n, the meetlner a >jonrned.
Tne new Committee then met, and M* Pyks wa»eleotedOh«lrra*n aid Treuure'r, and Mr Broadband, Librarian and Secretary at thp same salary as I-nt year. On the motion of Mr Oxley, seconded by Mr 0, W. Turner, it was resolved that m consideration of the Q jvernment •übildy being dlooonttnned and the majority of thoce uaiog the public room not contributing tD the funxls, no parlodl* o*ta or Illustrated papera fca plaaed on the tsblo Moved by Mr 0. W. Turner, and seconded by Mr J. Turner-*-" That the present Library Reietro bo Ipt for a term of years for building parpoian, and th*». the proposer and Ohnlrnua be nmhorlaed to m-tke the ueoeainry arr»»Jt;enjßDt«, subjf oi to lha approval of the Committee" — U.»rri«d, The Searetary was foitruoted (o make otj* a BtateniMit khowiog tne number of Bubaorjbejn ttki^a out eaob pariodioal. The toaotlng w'ii theo adjoarced till eeren o'olook uo' Wodueedayi 'tbe J^od
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1762, 9 February 1888, Page 2
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554SOUTH RAKAIA LIBRARY CONMITTEE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1762, 9 February 1888, Page 2
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