MR. CARNEGIE'S GIFTS.
OVER THIRTY MILLIONS.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Rec. October 3, 9.3tt p.m.)
. London, October 3. , The American Ambassador; Mr. Whitelaw E«id, in opening the Lutoa Public Library, Bedfordshire, stated that Hi. Andrew Carnegie'had given .£10,187,000 towards municipal libraries, and that his total benefaotions'now;"amount to over £3o,ooo,ooo.; : ■■■■■.',■' . Two years ago Mr. Carnegie's gifts were estimated at over .£30,000,000, of which over was stated to have beendistributed in the ten years"-preceding. The. number of libraries founded'by Mr. Carnegie was.• then, put at 1300. Of .the estimated, to have been spent on these,: ,£6,000,000 was stated to' have gone to the United States,,.£l,2oo,ooo to England, .£400,000 to.Scotland, ,£300,000 to Canada, J5120.000 to Ireland, and other shares to Porto Rico, New Zealand, and South Africa. ■■ • •.: .'■ .. . .-
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 938, 4 October 1910, Page 5
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